McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown sympathises with Daniel Ricciardo’s struggles at present, but insists that he wants to see him competing more frequently with Lando Norris. Ricciardo has only scored points on two occasions this season, including the sixth-placed finish in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint race in Imola. The other points haul arrived
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel does not believe that the AMR22 is in any way “controversial” after suggestions that they had stolen Red Bull’s design philosophy. Aston Martin introduced a B-spec car to the Spanish Grand Prix last weekend that featured sidepods and venturi tunnels that looked uncannily similar to those of Red Bull, sparking fury
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Renault CEO Luca de Meo says that Alpine have a responsibility to “protect” Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon and Oscar Piastri amid speculation over the Spaniard’s future. Alonso will turn 41 later this year having entered his 20th season in Formula 1 this year with Alpine. After winning 32 races and two championships in his first spell
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Sir Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes F1 Team will be wondering what could’ve been had the seven-time World Champion not been involved in an opening lap collision which dropped the Brit to nineteenth. Hamilton, who started sixth, was the only driver who opted to start on the medium compound, whilst everyone else was on softs.
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Red Bull team principal Christina Horner has warned of the severe consequences the budget cap may have on some teams due to inflation. The budget cap for the 2022 season sits at circa $140 million, and this has to be spread between development, damage repair and transport of freight, among other aspects. Horner has spoken
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Up until lap 27 of the Spanish Grand Prix, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc had dominated the entire weekend. The Monegasque driver was in imperious form across Friday, Saturday and Sunday. His sudden engine failure though at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has thrown his entire championship into turmoil. Max Verstappen’s victory in Spain means for the
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Former Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle has said that he understood Red Bull’s decision to swap their drivers during the Spanish Grand Prix, but also says that Sergio Perez has every right to feel hard done by. Max Verstappen was running second ahead of fourth-placed Perez in Spain before a gust of wind caught the
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A video has emerged of Sir Lewis Hamilton walking behind the Red Bull after the Spanish Grand Prix and getting very close to the rear wing, although it is unclear whether or not he touched it. Hamilton recovered to fifth in Barcelona last weekend after contact with Kevin Magnussen on the opening lap gave him
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Former Formula 1 driver Christijan Albers and 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve have both come down hard on Carlos Sainz after the Spanish Grand Prix. Sainz was out-qualified for the sixth race running by Charles Leclerc in Barcelona as the Monegasque claimed his fourth pole of the year, and a poor start for the Spaniard
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Kevin Magnussen has insisted that there was nothing behind his radio message about Sir Lewis Hamilton at the Spanish Grand Prix. Magnussen had started the race in eighth, two positions behind Hamilton after both Haas cars made it into Q3 for the first time since 2019, and the Dane tried to go around the outside
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