Lando Norris will start from a disappointing at for the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, after an incident with Max Verstappen left the McLaren driver cutting across the grass at 130R. The near-miss, which the Brit admitted after qualifying would’ve been a “pretty big crash”, clearly shook the driver up, which is fairly understandable given that
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Sir Lewis Hamilton wants the FIA to be diligent in their overview as they try to ascertain whether anyone broke the financial regulations last season. Ratified in 2019, the first budget cap was imposed last year, and the teams had a limit of $145 million, which they could not exceed. They also needed to document
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Former Formula 1 driver and Toro Rosso, Gerhard Berger, does not think speculation over who might have broken the financial regulations is a worthwhile discussion. Red Bull and Aston Martin were mentioned in a report last week that indicated that two teams had gone over the budget cap in 2021. Agreed upon in 2019, a
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has reiterated that the timing of the cost cap debate, just as Max Verstappen is about to wrap up his second title, is no coincidence. The teams were given a spending limit last season, and they were required to adhere to a $145 million cost cap to be spread
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This weekend’s first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 has been massively overshadowed by what is set to be announced on Monday, with the FIA having said that after this weekend they’ll be awarding certificates of approval to teams who kept below the 2021 budget cap. Monday’s announcement has the potential to lead to the biggest scandal in the history of the
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After failing to claim his second World Championship at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, this weekend’s returning Japanese Grand Prix presents Max Verstappen with his second shot at becoming a double World Champion. The Dutchman endured a difficult weekend in Singapore, largely through no fault of his own. Red Bull insufficiently fuelled the championship leader’s
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On the back of the first Singapore Grand Prix since 2019, Formula 1 remains in Asia this weekend for the highly anticipated Japanese Grand Prix, which, like Singapore, hasn’t been seen since 2019. The Japanese Grand Prix is one of the oldest and most popular races of the season, with the likes of Ayrton Senna,
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso trusts that the FIA will deal with any breaches of the financial regulations appropriately. A $145 million budget cap was brought in last season to manage the team’s spending on development. It was intended to stop the big teams from having a significant advantage over the smaller teams, who do not have
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Formula 1 managing director, Ross Brawn, warned in 2019 that the financial regulations set to be imposed in 2021 were serious, and anyone breaking would lose their championship. F1 had previously tried to impose financial restrictions of sorts, but there was no signed agreement that no one could spend more than a certain amount of
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Mercedes’ George Russell does not want to delve into the controversy surrounding the budget cap, and would rather wait until the FIA publishes its findings on Monday. The governing body, now led by Mohammed ben Sulayem, introduced the first budget cap in 2021, with the teams limited to $145 million of spending. Each team was
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