Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has rubbished suggestions that the budget cap should be raised, telling the top teams to be smarter with their money saving if they want to make the final few rounds of the season. Red Bull boss Christian Horner, Mercedes chief Toto Wolff, and Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto have all
More
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto says that one of the key factors towards the Scuderia’s improvements in 2022 has been a greater sense of responsibility from everyone at the team. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are aiming to win Ferrari’s first Drivers’ Championship in 15 years, while the Italian side’s last constructors’ title came about
More
Red Bull Racing go into the upcoming double-header full of “optimism”, with both the Baku City Circuit and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve possessing an incredibly long straight. The RB18 has been superior by far when it comes to top speed this season, with both Scuderia Ferrari and the Mercedes F1 Team having little to say against
More
Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko reckons that the team will be able to unlock even more potential from the RB18 once they finally make the regulation weight. The weight limit has been set at 798kg this season by the FIA due to the ground effect aerodynamics, which have made the cars a lot heavier.
More
Sir Lewis Hamilton has admitted he would like to race for Ferrari in Formula 1, but the Briton was also quick to reiterate his loyalty to Mercedes. A seven-time champion racing for both Mercedes and Ferrari would be a romantic motorsport headline after Michael Schumacher did the same thing a decade ago, and Mercedes’ struggles
More
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has become well-known for speaking negatively about Sir Lewis Hamilton to the media, with the recent Emilia Romagna Grand Prix being no exception. The race in Imola saw Max Verstappen cruise to victory, whilst lapping his 2021 rival in the process. It led to comments from Marko after the race,
More
Ferrari team principal Matti Binotto has again urged the FIA to reconsider the budget cap for the 2022 season, affirming that it has resulted in employees being let go. The revised $140 million cap this year, which is reserved for development, damage repair, transport of freight and man hours working on the cars – among
More
Red Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan has outlined the races in which they expect to further improve their lap time as the all-important development battle continues. The new $140 million budget cap this year has meant that teams have needed to adopt a slightly different approach to spending money on upgrades, and there have been
More
2009 world champion Jenson Button is unsure why Ferrari did not immediately respond to Red Bull after their first stop in the Monaco Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc was leading the way from pole in wet conditions when Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen pitted for Inters, but Ferrari gave the Mexican a two-lap undercut before bringing
More
FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem has not ruled out the possibility of introducing more of a pragmatic approach to training the stewards in Formula 1 after multiple complaints in recent months. Former race director Michael Masi was removed from his role ahead of the 2022 season following the extremely controversial end to 2021 that saw
More