Prior to the Belgian Grand Prix, many had predicted that the FIA’s technical directive would see Red Bull Racing and Ferrari drop closer to Mercedes; however, with Max Verstappen winning his ninth race of the season by 17.8 seconds, this clearly wasn’t the case. The FIA clamped down on porpoising at the Belgian Grand Prix, by measuring how
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Mattia Binotto thinks that Red Bull could be exceeding the budget cap, and that the FIA aren’t monitoring the matter closely enough. Ferrari and Red Bull started the 2022 campaign fairly evenly matched, but the latter team have now pulled ahead in terms of both points and pace. That was abundantly clear to see at
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Max Verstappen was in a league of his own at the Belgian Grand Prix, after making his way from P14 on the grid to claim his ninth victory of the 2022 Formula 1 season. The Dutchman had qualified on pole but was awarded a grid penalty after taking onboard a new power unit, exceeding his
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen joked after qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix that the new technical directive has had a massively detrimental effect on his team. Mercedes have been asking for changes to the regulations amid safety concerns due to the dangers attached to “porpoising” and bouncing. The phenomenon has been a feature of the
MoreFerrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, has been left wondering if Red Bull are complying with the financial regulations this season. Charles Leclerc won two of the opening three races as Red Bull struggled to find their feet, suffering three reliability failures between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Leclerc led the Drivers’ Standings, while he and
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, made a naughty comment when asked about the compromised changes to the technical regulations for 2023. “Porpoising” and bouncing have been debated all season by the teams, with Mercedes keen to find a solution amid the physical dangers of it. A technical directive was introduced in Montreal in a
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Max Verstappen has been warned by the stewards after they found a discrepancy during his practice start at the Belgian Grand Prix. It has already been a busy weekend for the Dutchman, who headed to Spa with an engine penalty that should see him start from the eighth row of the grid alongside Ferrari’s Charles
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The Mercedes F1 Team enters the second half of the season with a spring in their step, after ending the first half of the year with two consecutive double podiums, and with Sir Lewis Hamilton currently on a run of five podiums in a row. It’s a very different picture to the start of the
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1996 world champion Damon Hill believes that Sir Lewis Hamilton is going to be in with a shout of victory at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. The 37-year-old came back from his winter break to a car that had inherent problems under the new technical regulations. The unique sidepod design was causing issues aerodynamically, and
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This weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix is set to be the first race under the revised regulations, but will there be a change to the pecking order? Red Bull and Ferrari are certain that it is not going to affect their performance, while Mercedes have been coy as to whether it might bring them closer to
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