Charles Leclerc fell victim once again to a strategic nightmare from Scuderia Ferrari, after having another potential race victory taken from him. Leclerc made an excellent start to the race; the Monegasque driver managed to get past George Russell and Carlos Sainz, to claim the lead of the race. However, Ferrari were forced into taking
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Former race director Michael Masi reportedly signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) after his removal as race director by the FIA. Masi was the centre of controversy at last season’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when he made a bizarre call to allow a limited number of lapped runners to pass the Safety Car ahead of the
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Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) chairman, Alex Wurz, posted a video of the drivers voting on who should replace Sebastian Vettel in the union. Vettel and Mercedes driver George Russell are currently the two directors of the association after the young Briton took over from the departing Romain Grosjean at the end of 2020. Vettel
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Criticism of Ferrari has been difficult enough for the Scuderia to take in recent months, but it has reached a new level of pain, and that is ridicule. Carlos Sainz started the Hungarian Grand Prix second and third respectively, and they looked in prime position to beat Mercedes’ polesitter George Russell to the win, with
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Porpoising is once again a hot topic in the paddock, as a number of teams have called for the FIA to drop a set of new regulations for 2023 which are targeted at eliminating porpoising. The bouncing phenomenon has caused chaos for some, and absolutely nothing for others, with the latter being the ones who are rallying
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No table thumping could be seen from Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff after George Russell took pole for the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix. It had actually been a relatively concerning day for the Silver Arrows on Friday as they appeared to be around a second off the pace in practice. Their one-lap pace appeared to
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff had some words of encouragement for Sir Lewis Hamilton after a DRS failure left the seven-time champion in seventh place in qualifying for the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix. Mercedes, who had looked significantly off the pace in practice, came into qualifying unsure of how their car would perform, but they
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Former race director Michael Masi has revealed that he and his family were threatened online in the aftermath of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen went into the final round of the season level on points as the championship was set to be decided at the Yas Marina Circuit, and the seven-time champion
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Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell both struggled for comfort and performance during practice ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday. Mercedes were an average of over nine tenths of a second off the pace of Ferrari during the opening two sessions of the weekend, ana managed a highest position of P5 through Russell
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was in a very jovial mood after qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix having watched George Russell take pole. The Silver Arrows went one and two in the first session of qualifying, but had to fight to get out of Q2, so one wondered where their pace actually was heading
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