Both drivers came face to face during the Thursday press conference at the Yas Marina Circuit ahead of the final round, fresh from their controversial fight at the Saudi Arabian GP where Hamilton clinched victory to go level on points with Verstappen for the title decider.During the build-up to the Read more
The Ferrari Driver Academy member, who is currently second in the FIA Formula 2 drivers’ standings, will get behind the wheel of the SF21, splitting driving duties with the team’s specialist simulator driver, Antonio Fuoco. Shwartzman has already driven a Ferrari F1 car twice in 2021, but in both cases – Read more
F1’s inaugural visit to the Jeddah Corniche street circuit resulted in a controversial and eventful race that was twice red-flagged as the 2021 title race bubbled to boiling point.Championship rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton went toe-to-toe and made contact on-track before Hamilton won out, the Mercedes driver levelling the Read more
The Alpine driver had been running third behind Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen for much of the Jeddah race, before facing a late challenge from Valtteri Bottas.Although he managed to stave off his Mercedes rival for a while, Ocon ultimately lost a drag race out of the final corner and Read more
Hamilton won the race to level the points battle with Verstappen on 369.5 apiece after multiple incidents in an ill-tempered race that was red-flagged twice.Verstappen made good use of the medium tyres chosen by his Red Bull team for the third race start by taking the lead with a daring Read more
Mercedes has faced pressure from a number of groups after announcing ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that it had signed a deal with Kingspan, whose logos appear on the side of the nose of the team’s car.Kingspan’s involvement in the Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 remains Read more
Both title contenders had their mid-session qualifying simulations disrupted, with Hamilton’s session-topping time remaining his best from the early running on the medium tyres.Under the lights with night having set in over Jeddah, Carlos Sainz Jr led the pack around to set the first time of the day’s second one-hour Read more
In many sports the last event of the season sees the presentation of the trophy to the winner. At the Indy 500 the Borg-Warner trophy is given to the winner moments after they step out of the car, in the NFL the Lombardi Trophy – given to the winners of Read more
The first Formula 1 race I ever watched was the 1987 British Grand Prix. We all know the story – Nigel Mansell stops to change tyres, chases Nelson Piquet down, and then dramatically passes him for the win, kicking off an incredible crowd invasion.That race made me an F1 fan, Read more
Piastri currently leads the Formula 2 standings after taking the FIA F3 title at his first attempt last year with Prema.But despite his rapid rise the Australian will spend 2022 on the sidelines, becoming Alpine’s reserve driver after missing out on a potential F1 seat.Piastri was said to be in the frame for a Read more