Williams team principal Jost Capito has stressed that Nicholas Latifi has a contract until the end of the year, but insists that Oscar Piastri deserves a place in Formula 1. Piastri is the current Formula 2 champion after winning it last year having won the Formula 3 and Formula Renault Eurocar the two years previous.
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Haas driver Kevin Magnussen does not understand why he was ordered to pit for a new front wing after contact with Sir Lewis Hamilton in Canada. Haas had equalled their best-ever overall qualifying result in Montreal when the Dane started fifth ahead of team-mate Mick Schumacher, but he once again connected with Hamilton on the
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was glad to see an end to Sir Lewis Hamilton’s wretched luck on Sunday as he finished third at the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton took P3 in Bahrain at the beginning of the year in an underperforming Mercedes, but went seven races without one as George Russell took three in Melbourne,
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What was already a difficult day for Lando Norris and Fernando Alonso became even worse on Sunday when they received post-race penalties. Norris had suffered engine issues during qualifying as he was dumped out of Q2 in 14th, while Alonso got his first front row start since the 2012 German Grand Prix – 158 races
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Max Verstappen agrees with Carlos Sainz’s assessment that Ferrari had the quicker car than Red Bull at the Canadian Grand Prix. Verstappen stormed to pole in wet conditions on Saturday in Montreal but, with Sainz having gotten past Fernando Alonso early in the race, the reigning champion found himself defending from the Spaniard late on.
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One thing Formula 1 fans and Christian Horner likely did not anticipate this weekend was a thirsty message written on a t-shirt about him, but that can now be added to the list of remarkable things we have seen in 2022. A fan at the Canadian Grand Prix approached the Red Bull boss for a
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Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton is relieved to be back on the podium after a superb performance in Canada that saw him finish third. Hamilton managed to get past Fernando Alonso late on in the race to put himself on the podium as George Russell and Esteban Ocon also got ahead with the help of a
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Mercedes’ George Russell has revealed that the team found no benefit from running an extra floor stay during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, which is why they did not use it for the race. The FIA brought in a new directive for the Canadian Grand Prix weekend in the form of a metric that will
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Max Verstappen was enthused by his late defending from the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz as the Red Bull driver took his sixth win of the season in Montreal. Verstappen had started on pole ahead of Fernando Alonso and Sainz, with the Ferrari get past the Alpine after a few laps of running. The Virtual Safety
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has revealed he tried to push harder into the final corner during his final qualifying run in a bid to get pole, but a mistake cost him over five tenths. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had been in imperious form throughout the session on Saturday, and dominated the third and final qualifying session
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