Former Ferrari engineer, Rob Smedley, reckons that Charles Leclerc’s ability to lead the team through tough phases is something that makes him stand out. The Scuderia have not had it easy in the last few seasons; they have in fact not won a title in any capacity since 2008. Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen brought
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1978 champion Mario Andretti has aimed another dig at Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff after the Austrian’s latest protestations of the American entering a Formula 1 team in 2024. Andretti’s son Michael currently runs an IndyCar and Formula E team, filed paperwork months ago as he officially applied to put a team into Formula 1
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ART Formula 2 driver Theo Pourchaire has conceded that he does not have the funding to contest another campaign in the feeder series beyond the end of this season. Pourchaire is currently contesting his second full season, and his third overall, in F2 having raced four times with HWA towards the end of 2020. The
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Ferrari are set to beat the clock by bringing one final upgrade before engine development is frozen until 2026. Formula 1 underwent one of the biggest changes to the technical regulations in recent memory ahead of this season. More or less everything changed; ground effect aerodynamics were brought back, the chassis and wings were radically
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Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu has revealed what he was thinking as his car hurtled towards the barrier at the British Grand Prix last month. There had already been a very scary crash earlier on that Sunday afternoon in Formula 2, reigniting the sausage kerb debate. Roy Nissany pushed Dennis Hauger off onto the grass
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has vowed to keep himself grounded ahead of the final nine races of the 2022 season. The German announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the start of the season, citing a desire to continue to fight for causes he believes in. Those causes no longer run parallel with the pinnacle
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Alex Albon has divulged which two drivers he would want to race for him were he to become a Formula 1 team principal. Albon has now raced with three team-mates in a Formula 1 career that started in 2019, and he has gauged which drivers have the most technical, athletic and mental ability in that
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The 2022 rivalry of Max Verstappen against Charles Leclerc has so far failed to live up to the drama that occurred in 2021, when Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton battled it out at virtually every single Grand Prix. The fight wasn’t just fierce on the track; it was also fiery off the track too, however,
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A Formula 1 fan has given Charles Leclerc his own parking space at the Paul Ricard Circuit after his crash there during the French Grand Prix. The Monegasque had taken his seventh pole position of the season in France which, discounting Monaco, is very close indeed to his home race. It was further proof that
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly has divulged conversations he has had with Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel, which helped him at the start of his Formula 1 career. Gasly was signed to the Red Bull system towards the end of Vettel’s time at Red Bull, and he went on to achieve 13 podiums and four wins in 2015
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