This week’s podcast looks at the 26 drivers who took a single world championship F1 win. Some of those drivers should have won many more races, while others got on the list through good fortune or an outstanding performance.Here is our pick of F1’s top 10 one-hit wonders, based on Read more
Hubert was the leading talent in Renault’s young driver programme – since rebranded as the Alpine Academy – after winning the GP3 title in 2018 before moving up to Formula 2 the following year.He won races at Monaco and Paul Ricard prior to his death in an accident during the Read more
After a season like 2022 it would be easy for Wolff, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and their Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team colleagues to consign their difficult memories to the bin and move on. But that’s not how Formula 1 works.The sport is all about relentless self-improvement and when you are Read more
The A522 car was by no means the fastest of the chasing pack every weekend, but it was on many occasions, showing particularly well at high-efficiency tracks, and in low-speed corners. In the end, it proved just good enough to outscore the competition.After three successive years in fifth place under Read more
Last year, in the wake of the controversy over the FIA’s handling of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, motor racing’s governing body elected a system whereby F1 race control was led by two different individuals.Wittich and Edoardo Freitas shared the race director role for much of the season, as Read more
Ben Sulayem took to social media on Monday to express his concern about the implications of an exaggerated price for F1.In the wake of a report from Bloomberg that Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund had tabled a $20 billion bid for F1 but without interest from owner Liberty Media, Ben Sulayem Read more
The young Brazilian-American, who was called up for two grands prix at the end of 2020 as replacement for the injured Romain Grosjean, will twin his reserve duties with Haas alongside his efforts for the Jota team in WEC’s LMP2 class.As part of his Haas responsibilities, Fittipaldi will likely get Read more
Max Verstappen clinched the F1 title in Suzuka last year in the wake of Charles Leclerc being handed a five-second penalty for having cut the chicane and gaining an advantage on the final lap.Leclerc’s demotion to third gave Verstappen an unassailable lead in the standings, but even the Red Bull Read more
Albon returned to F1 full-time last year with Williams after spending a year in a reserve and test role with Red Bull, who dropped him from its line-up at the end of 2020.He excelled upon his return to the grid, leading Williams’ efforts at the back of the field with Read more
At the start of 2022’s new ground effect era, Aston Martin’s launch specification car proved unsuited to the new rules.Just like Mercedes, the team had anticipated producing a lot of downforce when the car was close to the ground, but it found that porpoising prevented it being able to run Read more