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Horner defends Red Bull team orders after Perez claims he was deceived

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has affirmed that Sergio Perez understood why he was asked to let team-mate Max Verstappen through in Spain after he had seen the full picture of how the race played out. Perez was twice asked to allow Verstappen to pass him at the Spanish Grand Prix, the first of

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Latifi reacts to ‘being sacked by Williams’ ahead of Spanish GP

Williams driver Nicholas Latifi was tickled by the false reports in Canada that he had been dropped by the team ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. Having endured a difficult start to the 2022 season, Latifi continues to sit 21st and last in the Drivers’ Championship, and has been out-qualified in every race by Alex Albon.

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Sainz and Leclerc land Hollywood role

Ferrari drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc have tried their hand at voice acting ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix for the upcoming Pixar film “Lightyear.” Chris Evans, star of Captain America and the Avengers Infinity Saga, will be the lead voice of the film in the English language, while Sainz and Leclerc gave their

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Pierre Gasly: ‘I want to apologise to Lance for that’

AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly has taken responsibility for the crash that hindered Lance Stroll’s race in Barcelona last weekend, and is left ruing a “frustrating weekend.” Gasly was out-qualified by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda for the second time this season in Spain as the AlphaTauri drivers occupied the seventh row of the grid, and the Frenchman

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Hamilton doesn’t believe he’s Mercedes’ lead driver

The start of 2022 hasn’t gone how Sir Lewis Hamilton may have expected; the seven-time World Champion is already considered to be out of title contention after just six rounds. The new era hasn’t greeted the Mercedes F1 Team with their usual success, instead they’ve been the third best team on the grid and continue

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Perez urged to resist Red Bull team orders and fight for wins

Former Formula 1 driver Alexander Wurz says that Sergio Perez was right to vent after the Spanish Grand Prix about team orders, but adds that the Mexican needs to back himself more during races. Perez was twice asked to move over to allow team-mate Max Verstappen to pass him after the Dutchman made a mistake

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Marko confirms Ferrari’s claim about Red Bull fuel issue

Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has conceded that there was an issue with the fuel in Max Verstappen’s car ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen was faced with a litany of issues throughout qualifying and the race in Barcelona. He was forced to abort his final run in qualifying when his DRS failed

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Negotiations reportedly underway for Monaco extension

As Formula 1 heads to Monaco this weekend, there is a real threat that the 68th edition of the world championship Monaco Grand Prix could also be the last. The contract for Monaco expired last year, but an emergency one-year extension was agreed, which is the reason that Monaco is on the calendar this season too.

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