During his sabbatical from Formula 1 after a difficult second stint at McLaren, Alonso ventured into a wide variety of motorsport disciplines including endurance racing, but arguably faced his toughest challenge when he entered Dakar at the beginning of 2020.Driving the factory Toyota Hilux in the prestigious cross-country rally in Saudi Arabia, the Spaniard exceeded expectations by finishing …Keep reading
Leclerc looked poised to mount a title challenge for the first time in his F1 career after winning two of the first three races, surging into an early points lead thanks to the victories in Bahrain and Australia.But Leclerc would score just one more win all season as Max Verstappen and Red Bull pulled ahead in the fight, aided by a car that was clearly a step ahead in performance from the …Keep reading
The windtunnel is part of the new factory project currently underway at Silverstone, but while the main facility is scheduled to be occupied by next May, the adjacent tunnel won’t be in use until the following year.The team currently uses the Mercedes tunnel in Brackley, and will do the initial work on the AMR25 in that before making the switch to the new facility when it is completed and …Keep reading
The prize giving saw Verstappen, F1 runner-up Charles Leclerc, third-place driver Sergio Perez and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, collecting the F1 constructors’ championship, pick up the biggest prizes of the night.During a week of World Motor Sport Council and FIA General Assembly meetings, the prize giving culminated in Verstappen being presented the world championship trophy by FIA …Keep reading
Following Ferrari’s failure to win the world championship this year, Binotto offered his resignation after feeling he did not have the full support of the Italian manufacturer’s senior management team.Ferrari accepted his decision to quit and is currently finalising a replacement, with Alfa Romeo team boss Frederic Vasseur favourite to take the job.Binotto’s departure could disrupt …Keep reading
The team announced recently that current incumbent Mattia Binotto has resigned and will leave at the end of December, with his replacement yet to be confirmed.Alfa Romeo boss Fred Vasseur, who has worked extensively with Leclerc in the past at both ART and Sauber, is widely regarded as a favourite to get the job.“Mattia called me to announce that he would stop,” said Leclerc. “I …Keep reading
Gasly heads to Alpine in 2023 after a difficult final year with the Faenza team, which struggled to find form for much of the season.The Frenchman says that his former colleagues are confident that the new AT04 will be the best car they have built to date.He admits that with all teams developing their cars for the second season of the current rules it’s hard to predict the form book, and …Keep reading
Verstappen swept to his second world title in dominant fashion this year, scoring a record 15 wins through the season behind the wheel of the Red Bull RB18 car, while Red Bull also clinched its first constructors’ title since 2013.The dominance of the RB18 came despite an extended development cycle for the RB16B in 2021, when Verstappen was engaged in a close fight for the championship with …Keep reading
With all the commotion about a certain Netflix release that hit the screens recently, docuseries are quite the thing at the moment. So it’s timely that the latest offering from BAFTA-winning “Senna” writer and producer Manish Pandey should drop at Christmas on Discovery+ and other platforms internationally.Having dominated F1 for over 40 years, Bernie Ecclestone was moved aside in 2017 as …Keep reading
Ocon finished the 2022 season in eighth in the drivers’ standings, 11 points clear of teammate Fernando Alonso, the Spaniard rather bearing the brunt of Alpine’s reliability issues.But while an absolute highlight, such as his shock win in the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, was missing from Ocon’s year, the Frenchman says 2022 felt like his most complete season yet as an all-round …Keep reading