Red Bull boss Christian Horner has confirmed that the deadline for 2026 power unit suppliers to declare their intent has been delayed for a third time by the FIA, with the new deadline set for mid-November. Due to the 2026 engine regulations being “tidied up”, the FIA have opted to extend the deadline again, keeping the
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Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 career might be on the verge of an unofficial end, given that he only has two races remaining as a McLaren driver. Of course, it’s been confirmed that he will be taking a sabbatical year in 2023, with it looking increasingly likely that he will become Mercedes’ reserve driver next season.
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Time is rapidly running out for Mercedes to claim their first win in 2022, with just two races remaining in a year they will be extremely happy to forget. There is absolutely no doubt that the Silver Arrows are getting closer to the top step again, after Lewis Hamilton finished second on merit at both
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It is always difficult for a new driver coming into a team, especially when your new teammate has won multiple world championships. George Russell seemed to be a exception to this trend, blowing away teammate Lewis Hamilton in the early months of the season despite Mercedes’ struggles, picking up podiums and finishing in the top
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Last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix was a strange weekend for Max Verstappen and Red Bull, as the Dutchman sealed his 14th record-breaking win of the season just a few days after it was announced by the FIA what punishment the Austrians would be awarded. The governing body, of course, deemed Red Bull guilty of having made a
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Red Bull’s ‘Cashgate’ penalty has certainly divided opinion amongst the paddock, with some believing it’s harsh and others thinking it’s not strong enough. One of those thinking the latter is Haas team principal Guenther Steiner, who is expecting the $7 million fine and 10-percent reduction in permitted aerodynamic research to have little effect on the
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In a recent YouTube video, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who owns a third of the Mercedes team, allowed Lewis Hamilton to take his new car for a spin off road and push it to its limits. Hamilton took control of the £52,000 Ineos Grenadier 4×4 at the Millbrook Proving Ground, really throwing the car about and
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Last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix will go down as perhaps one of the most uneventful races of the 2022 season, with the top six having been decided by the time the cars all made their way through the opening three corners. The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez does present a rather unusual characteristic, in that the circuit
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It has been an unbelievable year for Max Verstappen, with the Dutchman winning his second drivers’ championship, helping his team to the constructors’ championship, and breaking the record for the most wins in an F1 season. The constructors’ title is also very much down to Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez, with the Mexican winning in Monaco
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It has not been the year that Mercedes would have wanted coming into the new era of Formula 1, with the Silver Arrows on course to finish the season winless, spending the first half of the year battling with the rest of the midfield rather than their rivals Red Bull and Ferrari. The team struggled
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