Tickets for the Qatar Grand Prix are now on sale for 2023! Book your Arabian F1 adventure now!One of the final pieces in the ever-evolving puzzle that is the Formula 1 calendar, Qatar is one of this year’s last events to go on sale.Another Arabian night of Formula 1 racing will land on the sands of Qatar on Sunday 8 October, Round 18 of the 2023 championship.Last time roundLewis …Keep reading
As part of the FIA’s ongoing push to improve safety, drivers are now going to have to adhere to a stricter speed limit when passing through double yellow flag zones during both safety car and virtual safety car procedures. Previously, the only requirement on drivers to react to double yellows was in the International Sporting Code, which required them to “reduce…speed significantly …Keep reading
Following the American corporation’s 2017 buyout of the championship, it launched a fan satisfaction survey open to those who attended a race. The British round has topped the list every year apart from 2020, when COVID-19 forced the event to run behind closed doors.Between 2014 and 2021, the British GP had recorded weekend attendance figures ranging from 340,000 to 356,000. But the 2022 …Keep reading
The current Concorde Agreement, F1’s crucial three-way commercial deal between the commercial rights holder (Liberty Media-owned FOM), the FIA and the 10 teams covers the 2021-2025 period.With two more years remaining beyond the current season, there’s no rush to thrash out a fresh deal, but in a recent call with Wall Street analysts Liberty Media president Greg Maffei said he was keen to …Keep reading
Honda initially announced its exit from F1 in 2020, and officially withdrew from the championship after helping Max Verstappen clinch his maiden title the following year.However, it continued to provide power units to Red Bull and still does as part of a supply deal that now runs until the end of the 2025 season.Honda’s future beyond then had been unclear though, as it was left facing …Keep reading
The British team will run a temporary colour scheme at the next two F1 races in Monaco and Spain, which incorporates the three livery designs of its cars that won the 1974 Indianapolis 500, the 1984 Monaco GP and the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours.It had faced a tight turnaround to change the vinyl wrapping that McLaren uses to add its livery to its chassis aerodynamic surfaces given the Imola event …Keep reading
For the next two F1 rounds, the MCL60 cars driven by Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will feature a colour scheme that harks back to its successes at the Indianapolis 500, Monaco GP and Le Mans 24 Hours.The combination of winning these races – where the Monaco victory can be swapped for the F1 world title – is bestowed as motorsport’s ‘Triple Crown’ achievement.Although this is …Keep reading
In response to the bouncing sensation experienced by many teams last season upon the return of ground-effect regulations, the FIA changed the technical rulebook for 2023.A key alteration was the mandated 15mm raising of the floor edges, which was conceived to stop teams from running cars so close to the ground to create the porpoising problem.The governing body’s single-seater director …Keep reading
Tsunoda experienced a tough start to his 2021 maiden campaign marked by crashes and a lack of consistency, which prompted a mid-season change of approach and a move to Faenza to be closer to his Italian team.The 23-year-old showed the necessary improvement to stay on board for 2022 but says that came at a cost as he opened up about the “contract stress” that made him suffer throughout last …Keep reading
A champion in Formula and Formula E, De Vries joined AlphaTauri after excelling last year in a one-off drive for Williams at Monza, where he finished ninth while deputising for Alex Albon.Despite being an F1 rookie, De Vries’ vast experience as a Mercedes test driver and a winner in other forms of motorsport made him an enticing prospect for AlphaTauri to replace Alpine-bound Pierre …Keep reading