After failing at the first opportunity at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, Max Verstappen successfully claimed his second World Drivers’ Championship on Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix, in what was an unsurprisingly imperious performance. The Dutchman actually had a bad launch from the line, but excellently went around the outside of Charles Leclerc at
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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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Robert Reid, vice president of the FIA, has moved to cool speculation around who may have breached the financial regulations in 2021. The governing body brought in a cost cap last year, with the teams required to avoid spending any more than $145 million. They were also asked to keep a record of their outgoings
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Following on from being awarded a five-place grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix, outgoing Williams driver Nicholas Latifi has revealed his frustration at the FIA failing to listen to his side of the story, after his collision with Zhou Guanyu at the Singapore Grand Prix. Whilst battling for P18 at the wet Marina Bay
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has indicated that it is entirely possible the cost cap debacle will end up being settled in court. The FIA introduced financial regulations last season, prohibiting the teams from spending any more than $145 million on their car, as well as development for this year under in preparation for the
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The first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons, despite Max Verstappen having claimed his second World Championship after claiming what was his 12th victory of the season. Whilst already being under pressure for a lack of consistency throughout the season and ahead of Monday’s budget cap announcement, the FIA were thrown into further
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Somewhat astonishingly and unsurprisingly given the lack of consistency the FIA have demonstrated in 2022, Pierre Gasly has been awarded a 20-second time penalty and two penalty points, after being deemed to have driven too quickly under red flag conditions. The penalty awarded to Gasly follows an investigation into whether the Frenchman drove too quickly
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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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Alex Albon believes the race director was wrong for starting the Japanese Grand Prix in what were incredibly challenging conditions, both because of the lack of grip and the clear lack of visibility. The race somewhat astonishingly started on time, whilst the intensity of the rain continued to increase. Given the conditions, the opening corner was actually
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Pierre Gasly, a number of current and ex-F1 drivers, plus virtually the entire Formula 1 community, were left seething with anger with the FIA once again, as what was almost a deadly incident came to surface. The first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 began under what were initially wet but seemingly manageable conditions. However, Carlos Sainz crashed
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