While the on-track battles swung between multiple teams, the driver market really sparked into action when Sebastian Vettel announced his F1 retirement at the end of 2022.That paved the way for Alonso to go to Aston Martin and then Alpine lost two of its drivers in one swing, as Oscar Read more
The pair collided at the start of the British Grand Prix after Russell tagged Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri that was caught between them leaving the startline, which saw Zhou’s Alfa Romeo then immediately flipped onto its rollhoop and slid at high-speed through the gravel trap.It then smashed over the tyre barrier Read more
However, a combination of poor reliability, strategy and driver errors, and rapid progress from Red Bull, meant that the team was unable to sustain its championship challenge for long enough.But although its title hopes faded, that did not stop it trying to continue to eke out performance from its 2022 Read more
After ending last year ninth in the standings, Williams slumped back to 10th place as it struggled to match the midfield teams for form across the course of the season.Alex Albon, Nicholas Latifi and one-race stand-in Nyck de Vries all managed to pick up points for Williams, but the total Read more
The Dutchman, a Formula E champion in the 2020-21 season with the Mercedes outfit, has earned a move to the AlphaTauri F1 squad to partner Yuki Tsunoda at the team.After impressing in his one-race cameo at Williams in 2022 as a late call-up to substitute for Alex Albon, de Vries Read more
For half a century, BMW’s motorsport division has been producing fantastic cars. It’s main areas of success have been on the road and in touring car racing, but it’s also taken big victories in sportscar competition and Formula 1.To help mark its 50th birthday, we decided to pick out the Read more
Alonso finished his second season since returning to F1 ninth in the championship, but rued a number of missed opportunities due to recurring reliability problems that emerged throughout the season.The Spaniard was open in his frustration about the problems Alpine faced at times, believing it had cost him dozens of Read more
Gasly led AlphaTauri to its highest points total in an F1 season through 2021, scoring 142 points en route to sixth in the constructors’ standings to mark the outfit’s best campaign including its time operating as Toro Rosso.But the team struggled to capitalise on the new regulations as it slipped Read more
Zhou became the first Chinese driver to race in F1 this year, joining Alfa Romeo alongside Valtteri Bottas to form an all-new driver line-up for the Swiss-based team.Ahead of his F1 debut, Zhou faced criticism and even racist abuse online as trolls claimed he only got the nod for the Read more
After taking over the former Force India outfit owner Lawrence Stroll launched a major recruitment drive, taking Fallows and other key names from Red Bull Racing, as well as deputy technical director Eric Blandin from Mercedes, and engineering director Luca Furbatto from Alfa Romeo.Fallows says the combination of newcomers from Read more