The Monegasque driver fended off multiple attacks from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, including a late safety car restart to recover Pierre Gasly’s blazing AlphaTauri, to clinch victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix and the bonus point for fastest lap.Following Red Bull’s double disaster late in the race, as both Verstappen Read more
Neither McLaren driver made it through to Q3 in Bahrain, with Lando Norris qualifying 13th and Daniel Ricciardo down in 18th as they both struggled for a lack of grip around the Sakhir track.The team’s performance has been a surprise following a hugely encouraging first pre-season test in Barcelona , Read more
Red Bull and Ferrari came away from testing in the strongest shape, but neither team is convinced that Mercedes is truly in trouble despite Lewis Hamilton’s fears it may not be able to win a race at present.Everyone will start from zero in Bahrain, making it the perfect time to Read more
While some of the changes seen have been quite dramatic, like the Mercedes sidepods, other modifications have been more subtle and offer us some insight in to how teams feel their 2022 cars are performing.Ferrari made a small change to its front wing arrangement between the first and second test, Read more
F1 will begin its new technical era this weekend as the Bahrain Grand Prix offers the first chance for teams to race their overhauled cars.A concerted effort has been made by F1’s rulemakers to reduce the technical freedoms available to teams, pushing to create closer competition while retaining the goal Read more
In the wake of the controversial finish to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Hamilton disappeared from the public spotlight and went silent on social media for several months.Amid talk from his Mercedes team that Hamilton was ‘disillusioned’ with F1 and was pondering his future, there was widespread speculation that Hamilton Read more
Amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine following its invasion by Russia, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association came together in Bahrain ahead of pre-season testing for an event on the grid, wearing t-shirts and holding a banner with the ‘No War’ message.For the test running in Bahrain, Vettel unveiled a helmet Read more
Herta races for Andretti Autosport in IndyCar, and became the youngest winner in the series’ history back in 2019.The American was in line to land an F1 drive at the Alfa Romeo team for 2022 if Andretti completed its plans to acquire a majority stake, only for plans to fall Read more
Isola said that a stronger rear tyre encourages understeer, and admitted that it’s easier to lock the fronts than it was last year.He agreed that the 2022 cars are trickier to drive in slower corners.“These tyres are different, you have to drive them in a different way,” Isola said in Read more
The limit for car plus driver increased from 752 to 795kg for this season in order to reflect both the change to 18-inch wheels and the introduction of new safety features.However, despite the increase, teams still found it hard to get down to that limit.One unexpected factor has been the Read more