Haas team principal, Guenther Steiner, has affirmed that he does not feel any pressure to decide the team’s driver line-up for next year. Mick Schumacher came into this season expecting to partner Nikita Mazepin after they both made their breakthrough in 2021, but the Russian was dropped amid his country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He
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Alpine F1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer is ‘confident’ that next week’s meeting with the FIA’s contract recognition board will come to the decision that Oscar Piastri is contractually bound to race for Alpine next season, rather than the McLaren F1 Team. The FIA’s contract recognition board will ultimately decide if Alpine’s reserve driver will race for
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Daniel Ricciardo’s options in Formula 1 are quickly running out, with more drivers now being rumoured to be competing with him for the vacant Alpine seat. The Australian announced prior to the Belgian Grand Prix that as expected, he will be leaving the McLaren F1 Team at the end of the year, opening the door for Alpine
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After making so many steps in the right direction across the last couple of months, the Mercedes F1 Team may have gone all the way back to square one, after qualifying almost two seconds off the leading time. Toto Wolff slammed the team’s Saturday performance as “unacceptable”, with Sir Lewis Hamilton ending Q3 1.8 seconds off Max
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Charles Leclerc struggled in qualifying at the 2022 Belgian GP, with Max Verstappen looking to have at least half a second on the entire field. Going into the weekend, a victory at Spa-Francorchamps looked like the only way the Ferrari driver would be able to stay in the title fight; however, yet another engine change
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Sir Lewis Hamilton did not have any interest in hearing what Fernando Alonso had to say in the aftermath of their incident at the Belgian Grand Prix. Alonso and Hamilton started third and fourth, respectively, after penalties for Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon had bumped them up the order from qualifying. Alonso passed
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Fernando Alonso caused quite the stir among fans when he made a comment about Sir Lewis Hamilton’s ability behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car. The seven-time champion started fourth behind third-placed Alonso after they had been lifted up the order by grid penalties for Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon, so all
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It was a tough day for Charles Leclerc in Belgium. He had been given a grid penalty for the race due to taking new engine parts, and he was forced to pit early on. The Monegasque had made good progress along with Max Verstappen, who also had a penalty, meaning that, from 14th on the grid,
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Fernando Alonso was fuming with Sir Lewis Hamilton after their incident at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix that saw the seven-time champion retire from the race. Alonso had started third on the grid following penalties for Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Esteban Ocon, but he was passed by Hamilton off the start. He
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Sir Lewis Hamilton was left perplexed after qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, where he found himself in the top 10 but 1.8 seconds behind the fastest time set. Incredibly, Hamilton was actually the top Mercedes F1 driver in qualifying, with George Russell 2.1 seconds adrift of Max Verstappen’s dominant time on Saturday. Team principal
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