The longer the FIA delayed announcing its findings from the 2022 spending reviews, the greater the prospect was of one or more teams to have been found to be in breach. After the controversy triggered by Red Bull’s 2021 overspend, and unease about the nature of the penalty handed down, more rule-breaking this time around would have been explosive.The ongoing wait in getting an FIA decision meant …Keep reading
Verstappen has been rewriting the history book this season with the dominant RB19, having been undefeated since team-mate Sergio Perez’s win in Baku.His win in last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix was his 10th victory in a row, beating the all-time record he shared with Sebastian Vettel and Alberto Ascari, while Red Bull’s streak of 15 wins is also unprecedented.Verstappen has regularly played down …Keep reading
Each team will receive a certificate of compliance for meeting the cap between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, which stands at a base of $135 million plus extras.The FIA added that non-F1 activities within each team were studied extensively, along with on-site visits, but none were found to have breached the cap amid earlier controversy that teams were using engineering off-shoots to …Keep reading
His Aston Martin team knew in advance that Monza wouldn’t play to the strengths of the AMR23, and that was reflected in qualifying, with Alonso earning 10th place and his lowest grid position of the season.Despite a typically feisty race, the Spaniard could not better ninth in the race, which matched Hungary as his worst result of the year, but at least extended his record of scoring in every …Keep reading
Sainz and Leclerc were running third and fourth after Red Bull’s Sergio Perez had passed both drivers and moved into second.Vasseur opted not to tell the drivers to hold station and bring home the points and instead, the message was passed on that they could continue to race each other to the flag, but with the proviso of “no risk”.Leclerc made several bold attempts to pass his team-mate …Keep reading
After taking an emotional pole on Saturday, Sainz produced a combative display at Monza in front of Ferrari’s tifosi, putting on a strong defence in the first stint of a one-stopper in an attempt to keep Verstappen’s quicker Red Bull at bay.Sainz used his Ferrari’s excellent top speed to successfully defend his position several times into the first two chicanes. But following a lock-up into Turn 1 …Keep reading
Although Ferrari threw everything it had at securing victory in its home Formula 1 race at Monza, Red Bull proved too strong over the Italian Grand Prix weekend.It seemed inevitable that Max Verstappen would break the record for most consecutive wins in Ferrari’s backyard, but that didn’t stop the Scuderia – willed on by the scarlet-draped crowds – attempting to rain on the reigning champion’s …Keep reading
The Mercedes driver went across the escape road twice during the Italian Grand Prix, once in tandem with Sergio Perez during their battle for position, and then later on his own when he emerged from the pits alongside Esteban Ocon.On the latter occasion Russell was deemed to have gained an advantage, and having not given back the place he was handed a five-second penalty that ultimately had no …Keep reading
The Dutchman had opened up a solid lead towards the end of the Monza race, after biding his time early in the grand prix as he battled Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz for the win before he moved to the front.But his hopes of an easy cruise to the flag suffered a late blow when his team came on the radio a few laps from the chequered flag and urged him to back off and not get Read more…
On lap 24 of 51, the McLaren pair came to blows at the first chicane as rookie racer Piastri re-joined the Monza track alongside earlier-stopping Norris in a dice for what was then 10th position. With Piastri on the inside at the tight first apex, the front-right of the Australian’s MCL60 glanced his team-mate’s sidepod. There was no major damage and both escaped punishment from the …Keep reading