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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Charles Leclerc clearly less than pleased with race control, as he asked his team why there was a crane on the track during the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. Eight years ago, at the same race, Jules Bianchi suffered a fatal accident, hitting a recovery vehicle that had been negligently sent out to collect the
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Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz were discussing their biggest incidents at the Singapore Grand Prix. It might not be all that rare to see Formula 1 drivers give off their biggest flexes, and their most violent shunt with the barrier might well be one of the topics of discussion. Verstappen and Sainz were
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Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, would have liked to have the discussion as to who might have broken the budget cap last year, as opposed to this season. Max Verstappen’s victory in Abu Dhabi last year was a controversial one after a bizarre Safety Car restart by now former race director, Michael Masi, but the
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It’s difficult to believe that Charles Leclerc led the Drivers’ Championship by 46 points after the first three rounds of the season, and Max Verstappen wrapped up the 2022 title with four races to spare. After what was looking set to be such a promising season for Leclerc and Ferrari, it’s safe to say that
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It was a Japanese Grand Prix to forget for Ferrari, after what was looking set to be a strong race after Charles Leclerc qualified second and Carlos Sainz third. Whilst qualifying was in the dry, the race certainly wasn’t! The conditions were the wettest they’d been all weekend; however, Ferrari had demonstrated strong pace in
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Today is the highly anticipated ‘Certificate compliance’ day, as the FIA are set to finally award certificates to the teams who kept below the 2021 budget cap. As reported in the last two weeks, it is believed that Aston Martin and Red Bull will both be deemed guilty of a ‘minor’ breach of the cap, which means both sides have overspent
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has told the FIA that they cannot play with safety after Pierre Gasly narrowly avoided a recovery vehicle in Japan on Sunday. Sainz started the Japanese Grand Prix third ahead of Sergio Perez, but a great launch from the Mexican got him in front going into Turn One. Sainz later lost control
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Not for the first time this season, Carlos Sainz came within a whisker of claiming pole position, something he last achieved at the Belgian Grand Prix. The top three were astonishingly split by just 0.57 seconds, in what is arguably one of the closest top three in the history of Formula 1. Onboards show that
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Both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz ended the opening day of the Japanese Grand Prix in a positive frame of mind, despite neither topping FP1 or FP2. Leclerc, who currently sits just two points ahead of Sergio Pérez in the battle for second in the Drivers’ Championship, ended FP1 in a strong P3, but ended FP2 lower
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