Red Bull’s breach of the cost cap limit in 2021 triggered a major controversy within F1 recently, with opinions divided in the paddock about how extreme the sanctions taken again it should be.In the end, the Milton Keynes-based outfit was handed a $7 million fine and had its aero development Read more
Mark Webber was one of Formula 1’s frontrunners during Red Bull’s purple patch, having impressed at Minardi, Jaguar and Williams.The Australian, who started 215 world championship grands prix, scored nine victories, 13 poles and 19 fastest laps before retiring from F1 at the end of 2013. He then went on Read more
The team has suffered more reliability problems than most rivals, costing valuable ground in the battle with McLaren for fourth in the constructors’ world championship. Alpine is currently in front by just seven points.In Mexico, Fernando Alonso lost seventh place in the closing laps after suffering a cylinder issue that Read more
The Spaniard struggled to come to terms with the Ferrari F1-75 in the first part of the year and had to adjust his driving style to suit it.However, while his personal form has improved relative to team-mate Charles Leclerc, the car has latterly not been as consistently competitive as it Read more
However, the change was not as dramatic as in previous quarters because income in the latter part of 2021 was not impacted as dramatically by the pandemic, as last year race attendances began to return to normal levels and the lucrative Paddock Club got back up to speed.Overall F1 revenue Read more
Last weekend’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City attracted a sell-out crowd of 397,000 fans over three days, once again making it one of the best-attended races of the season.The continued strong fan presence in Mexico comes amid F1’s current boom in the neighbouring United States, which Read more
Ferrari clearly lost form last weekend as the Italian team made compromises to ensure reliability at the high altitude track, leaving Mercedes clear to take the fight to Red Bull.However, while altitude is still an issue in Brazil it is not as extreme, and in addition the lower downforce levels Read more
The Australian put in his best performance of the year in Mexico City last weekend, using a successful medium/soft tyre strategy that gave him the pace to charge up to seventh place – while negating a 10-second penalty for colliding with Yuki Tsunoda.The race came just a week after one Read more
Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 career has been littered with record after record, most of which have been related to his age: youngest this, youngest that.But by claiming the record for the most victories in a single season with his 14th win of the year in Mexico last weekend, Verstappen offered Read more
The German manufacturer has endured a challenging 2022 campaign and, despite having got one pole position this year, is at risk of not winning a race for the first time since 2011.But its consistency, allied to recent improvements, has left it in contention to overhaul Ferrari for second place in Read more