The retiring Sebastian Vettel has opened up on what Aston Martin need to reach the heights they so desperately desire; the heights Vettel was expecting to reach whilst at the Silverstone-based team. It’s been an extremely challenging period for the four-time World Champion whilst with Aston Martin, with the partnership having realistically failed to what was predicted from it.
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Winning World Championships under normal circumstances doesn’t seem to be Max Verstappen’s thing, after his 2021 World Championship was claimed under a ‘human error’ from race director Michael Masi, and his second having been confirmed in parc ferme. There was no doubt that Verstappen was going to become a double World Champion in 2022; the
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Red Bull are gingerly on the edge of the biggest scandal in the turbo-hybrid era of Formula 1, after being deemed guilty last Monday by the FIA of having breached the 2021 budget cap. It had been expected that the Austrians would be found guilty, something the FIA confirmed on Monday when Red Bull weren’t awarded with
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2022 really has been Max Verstappen’s year, with nobody having been able to consistently match, let alone beat, the imperious Dutchman. Verstappen’s victory at last weekend’s severely reduced Japanese Grand Prix saw the Dutchman claim his second consecutive World Championship, with more dominance likely until at least 2026, with the current regulations set to be
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Last Monday was one of the most highly anticipated days in the modern history of Formula 1, as the FIA announced if Red Bull and Aston Martin had in fact exceeded the 2021 budget cap, as had been reported. To the paddock’s shock, Red Bull were deemed guilty by the FIA of having exceeded the first ever
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Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, was left wondering why full points were awarded at the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. Max Verstappen went into the race 104 points clear of Charles Leclerc, and if he beat him by 12, he would secure his second world championship. This meant to say that a win with the
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Charles Leclerc has surprisingly supported the FIA in their decision to award him a five-second time penalty at the Japanese Grand Prix, something which left team principal Mattia Binotto seething. The Monegasque had been looking set for another second-place finish, despite having put Max Verstappen under some pressure during the start of the restarted wet
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Formula 1 driver turned commentator, Martin Brundle, has revealed all about his grid walks, and the trust he has from the drivers due to his racing background. Brundle has been walking the grid ahead of races for over two decades, speaking to drivers, mechanics, team bosses, celebrities and just about anybody you can think of.
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Mercedes trackside engineer, Andrew Shovlin, has conceded that mistakes were made during the running of the wet Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. The Briton, however, also stated that Formula 1 is “actually very good” at addressing its problems and applying the necessary changes. In 2014, a recovery vehicle was sent out onto the circuit after
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Some peculiar comments made by Red Bull boss, Christian Horner, have resurfaced amid the team’s involvement in a breach of the financial regulations. Back in 2019, the FIA ratified a new set of financial regulations that had been unofficially tried before, with little success. It had previously been a “gentleman’s agreement” that teams would stick
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