Finnish Formula 1 journalist Mervi Kallio has disclosed her distaste of Lance Stroll’s attitude during interviews, and questioned his passion for the pinnacle of motorsport. Stroll entered F1 in 2017 when his billionaire father Lawrence paid for his drive alongside Felipe Massa at Williams. He was comprehensively out-qualified by the Brazilian and scored seven points
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Although there was no racing on Sunday, Sir Lewis Hamilton showcased why he doesn’t just live life on the extreme on the track by jumping out of a plane 10 times. After a disappointing start to the 2022 season, Hamilton went off to Dubai to enjoy his time off ahead of the upcoming Australian Grand
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has taken to social media to welcome back Sebastian Vettel after the German’s COVID-enforced absence from the opening two rounds of the 2022 Formula 1 season. Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, 10 drivers have tested positive for the virus, and seven of them – excluding Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has said he is not confident that Mercedes will be able to turn their fortunes around quickly, after having a disappointing start to 2022. However, F1’s technical consultant, Rob Smedley, holds a different view of the situation. While Mercedes achieved an unexpected podium finish in Bahrain, the team was brought back down
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Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes are all significantly over the 798kg weight limit, while Alfa Romeo’s approach changed ahead of the new season to ensure they kept weight to a minimum. Brand-new technical regulations were introduced ahead of this year as a ground effect aerodynamic philosophy came into effect in the hopes of promoting closer
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Ferrari are set to bring upgrades to their 2022 car ahead of the first European race of the season at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, according to the Italian edition of Motorsport.com. They will join Red Bull in updating their challenger to help them save weight as a result of the substantially heavier cars under
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Max Verstappen is pleased that the FIA published their report into last season’s controversial championship ending, and the Dutchman has called for annual reviews to be introduced. Verstappen sealed his maiden Formula 1 world championship last season after a highly controversial Safety Car restart by now former race director Michael Masi, leaving Mercedes and Sir
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Toto Wolff has insisted that he does not wish to pin the blame for Mercedes’ lack of performance solely on one aspect of the car, affirming that there are multiple areas of weakness. Mercedes have been on the back foot since the beginning of 2022 pre-season testing. The Silver Arrows looked off the pace in
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Ferrari President John Elkann has written a letter to shareholders of the Italian supercar brand to speak of his excitement at the present and future of their racing teams. Elkann took over from Sergio Marchionne after the Italian-Canadian’s tragic death in 2018, but unlike Marchionne and Luca di Motezemolo before him, the 46-year-old has made
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Speaking ahead of qualifying for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin said the team had found some solutions to the issues that have been plaguing their 2022 car, but maintained that they have a long way to go. The Silver Arrows spent much of testing dealing with “porpoising” problems posed
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