Zhou’s pace in F2 this season, allied to some healthy backing from Chinese sponsors, has left the 22-year-old Alpine Academy driver as the most likely candidate to step up and race alongside new Alfa signing Valtteri Bottas in 2022.Sources have suggested that a deal is all but agreed, and now just needs Read more
At Silverstone and Monza, the two venues that have hosted sprint qualifying races so far this year, Friday practice is reduced to just 60 minutes of running instead of the usual 120.The day also features a qualifying session that determines the grid for the sprint race on Saturday.The format has Read more
Neale originally joined McLaren as its Formula 1 operations director in 2001, before moving up to become the team’s managing director in 2005.He helped play a part in the evolution of the squad as it grew stronger in that period before it helped Lewis Hamilton win his first F1 drivers’ world Read more
In the Italian Grand Prix’s FP2, Sainz lost control of his Ferrari in the middle of the fast Variante Ascari combination, spinning off the track on the inside and making hard head-on contact with the wall.It was Sainz’ third crash in four race weekends after going off in qualifying in Read more
Perez was handed a five-second penalty at Monza, dropping him from third to fifth, after he was deemed to have gained an unfair advantage by cutting a corner.The Mexican ran behind the kerbs at the second chicane on lap 32 as he attempted to go around the outside of Leclerc Read more
Red Bull driver Verstappen collided with Mercedes rival Hamilton at the first chicane on lap 26 of the Italian Grand Prix, just after a sequence of pitstops.Hamilton had emerged ahead of Verstappen and held the inside line into the first chicane, where the Dutchman attempted to go around the outside Read more
The four-time world champion is in talks with Aston Martin to finalise an extension of the long-term deal that was originally signed for the start of this season.With the terms of the contract requiring options to be taken up on both sides to roll into its second year, the two Read more
Following weeks of discussions, Red Bull has helped pave the way for development driver Albon to make his F1 return with Williams next year by releasing him from contractual ties – although a statement said it retains a relationship with “future options”.It follows protracted talks with Williams’ current engine supplier Read more
The first sprint qualifying event at the British Grand Prix was generally viewed as a big success, even though some notable gripes were aired afterwards.It is this very discovery of what’s good, and what doesn’t work, that is the reason the experiments are taking place this year.For Ross Brawn, F1’s Read more
While multiple Formula 1 driver deals have been confirmed for 2022, a number of race seats still need to be officially filled. Here’s how next year’s grid is shaping up.MercedesMercedes is, arguably, the team with the most attention on its driver line-up. Rumours of Mercedes young driver George Russell getting Read more