The Briton and team-mate George Russell ran a different programme to other squads on the opening day of action, as they steered clear of using the soft tyre in FP1. However, after going for the softer compound in the afternoon, neither driver found a major step forward in lap time – Read more
Verstappen maintained his dominant grip of top spot in F1 by leading both practice sessions on Friday at Silverstone, but did see his advantage trimmed to just 0.022s by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in FP2. But it was a frustrating afternoon for Ferrari as Charles Leclerc missed the entire FP2 session due Read more
In FP1, Alex Albon was an impressive third fastest, and the Thai/British driver then underlined the speed of the car by repeating the performance in FP2.However, while Albon has been an occasional visitor to the top 10 this season, what caught the attention of rivals was that rookie Logan Sargeant Read more
Five people jumped the barriers on the opening lap of the 2022 race but an early red flag for the Zhou Guanyu rollover at Turn 1 meant the field slowed by the time they arrived at the protestors from environmental activist group Just Stop Oil on the Wellington Straight.In total, Read more
The new design still harnesses many of its predecessor’s features, such as the semi-detached flap and endplate juncture.However, there’s also a big change to how the wing is loaded across its span and how it interacts with the nose.The triangular junction of the endplate’s leading edge has been retired in Read more
The two-time world champion has been left far from impressed about his first experience of the future engine and car rules during trials on the Red Bull simulator.He had previously spoken out about the way that drivers could be forced to change down gears on the straight to try to Read more
Andretti is the highest profile contender of the teams that have indicated an interest in joining the grid, and an answer is expected soon on whether any of the contenders have been successful.However, the incumbent teams who face a dilution of their future income have made it clear that any Read more
Eighteen-year-old MP Motorsport driver van ’t Hoff lost his life during the second rain-soaked Formula Regional European by Alpine Championship race last weekend at Spa.The crash happened on the Kemmel Straight, after the Eau Rouge and Raidillon sequence, and bore similarities to the 2019 incident that killed FIA F2 driver Read more
The tweaks came close to helping Charles Leclerc to the grand prix pole position, but he missed out on beating Max Verstappen by 0.048s.Even having a sniff of the top spot was a sure sign of the progress that Ferrari has made since both updating its sidepods at the Spanish Read more
Schumacher took the wheel of McLaren’s 2021 MCL35M car on Wednesday as part of F1’s so-called TPC rules, which allow tests with two-year-old machinery.The test is part of Mercedes’ arrangement of sharing its test and reserve drivers with McLaren, which takes customer engines from the German manufacturer.In previous years it Read more