While former team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane both reckoned that it would realistically take a few more years for the Enstone-based squad to hit its victory targets, the French car manufacturer’s senior management believed it could be done quicker. It was this disconnect of timeline and ambition Read more
The start of the Saturday sprint event at Spa was delayed by rain, and when it eventually got underway the cars ran on full wet tyres behind the safety car – as mandated by the rules – before the field was released.Half the cars then came straight in for intermediates, Read more
Williams team boss James Vowles has been seeking greater capital expenditure freedom for his squad, after discovering that its facilities are well down compared to many rivals.While F1’s financial rules allow some spending on capex improvements, Williams feels the $36 million allowed over a four-year period is not enough to Read more
Stroll missed pre-season testing in Bahrain after breaking both his wrists and a toe in a crash while cycling in Spain three days before that event was due to start.But just one week later he returned for the season-opener in Bahrain in a car team-mate Fernando Alonso has taken to Read more
Twelve races down there’s a lot of data available to explain where Red Bull is so good, how McLaren and Aston Martin changed throughout the season, where Mercedes and Ferrari need to improve, and how far back the midfield teams really are this season.Martyn Lee chats with Jon Noble and returning special Read more
The perils of racing single-seaters in the rain were highlighted last month by the fatal accident of Formula Regional racer Dilano van ‘t Hoff at Spa, with the lack of visibility in the rain a major factor in the multi-car collision that claimed the Dutchman’s life.Rain also derailed the Belgian Read more
Verstappen and Lambiase raised eyebrows with a vocal disagreement over their run plan during Friday qualifying for last week’s Belgian Grand Prix.That was followed up by more fiery exchanges in the race, particularly when Lambiase asked his driver to “use your head more” in the final stint when Verstappen took too Read more
To help reduce the dirty air produced and allow cars to follow one another more closely, the design rulebook was reset for 2022 to move to ground-effects and away from complex top surfaces.Aerodynamic development for this year has reduced the effectiveness of the shake-up, with reports it is again harder Read more
Vowles has been at the helm since February and after a three-month back and forth, managed to tempt Alpine chief technical officer Pat Fry to join the Grove squad from 1 November.While the team hopes this coup will enable it to tempt other senior figures, the technical director who will Read more
Through Verstappen.com Racing, the Dutchman and his family are planning to put together a two-car GT3 team that could compete in series like the GT World Challenge (GTWC) from 2025 onwards.”It all started with Team Redline in sim racing,” Verstappen said in an interview the Dutch magazine Formule 1.”With Verstappen.com Racing we are sponsoring Read more