Max Verstappen endured an average start to the Mexican Grand Prix weekend by his impeccable standards, as the double World Champion ended the opening day behind some of his key rivals. The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit is always one of the most important to gather data at prior to qualifying and the race, due to
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Williams Academy driver and Formula 2 star Logan Sargeant is all but set to race for the Grove-based team in 2023, with the American currently occupying third in the F2 standings. With just Abu Dhabi remaining, Sergeant is in a great position to achieve an F1 super licence, something he can achieve at the end of 2022 if he finishes in
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Nyck de Vries got his final chance to drive a Mercedes car on Friday, with the Silver Arrows reserve driver taking part in the young drivers’ practice session in Mexico before his move to AlphaTauri next year, where he will have a full time race seat. The Dutchman jumped into George Russell’s car for the
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There is never a day without controversy in Formula 1, with Friday having been yet further proof of that ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. Following on from their announcement the day after the Japanese Grand Prix that Red Bull had breached the budget cap, the FIA finally informed the world on what their punishment
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At the start of the season, George Russell looked like an inspired signing for Mercedes, and a future world champion, picking up podiums and regularly outperforming F1 legend and teammate Lewis Hamilton. In recent races, however, the young Brit’s reputation has taken a bit of a knock, with Russell being accused of ruining other drivers’
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After coming within six laps of winning last weekend’s United States Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton has admitted that if the team could claim a victory from one of the final three races of the season, then the emotions would be “unmeasurable”. It really was looking like Hamilton was going to break his and Mercedes’ 2022
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Robert Shwartzman is perhaps the highest rated member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, with the Maranello-based side appearing to have full faith in the Israeli driver. The 2021 Formula 2 runner-up drove for Ferrari during FP1 last weekend at the Circuit of the Americas and is set to drive the F1-75 again in FP1 at the
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Charles Leclerc has had a disrupted race weekend so far, with issues in FP1 and a crash in FP2, but the Monegasque driver will still be hoping to put his car at the front of the grid during qualifying on Saturday. Leclerc set the second fastest time in the first practice session on Friday, however
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Red Bull have been a dominant force this season, with Max Verstappen wrapping in his second consecutive world title in Suzuka, and the team confirming their status as constructors’ championship winners last time out in Austin. The team had a faulting start with a double DNF in Bahrain, followed by another for Verstappen two races
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Lewis Hamilton experienced the heartbreak of all heartbreaks last season, being overtaken on the final lap at the Yas Marina circuit by Max Verstappen, handing the Dutchman his first world title at the expense on Hamilton’s record breaking eighth. The result came in highly controversial circumstances, with the race director Michael Masi’s decision-making being called
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