The FIA have denied Williams’ request to strip back all of the paint on their car in a bid to save weight and shave lap time. The new regulations have wreaked havoc on the teams’ capacity to develop the cars without putting too much weight on them, as the limit set by the FIA is
MoreMercedes EQ Formula E driver Nyck de Vries is baffled by the rumours linking him to a Williams seat after a tough start to the 2022 Formula 1 season for Nicholas Latifi. The Dutchman has won three races in Formula E, and won the 2021 championship in the all-electric series having previously taken the Formula
MoreNicholas Latifi reportedly stands to lose his seat at Williams amid the rumour that there is about to be a swap between two drivers in Formula 1. Latifi has had a difficult start to the 2022 season, crashing out of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix having already put the car in the wall during qualifying,
MoreWilliams have diagnosed the cause of the fire that put a spectacular end to Alex Albon’s qualifying at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Having headed out onto the track at the start of Q1, Albon quickly began slowing down when a fire appeared in the right rear corner of his Williams, forcing him to slowly
MoreWilliams head of vehicle performance, Dave Robson, is confident that the team have managed to find an optimal window for their 2022 car, but would like to uncover a definitive solution to “porpoising.” Williams’ adaptation to the new technical regulations has been difficult thus far in 2022. A combination of accidents for Nicholas Latifi and
MoreIt was very much a weekend to forget for Aston Martin at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix, but there are legacies of their underperforming car that, sadly, will transcend the nightmare race in Melbourne. Aston Martin have struggled with horrific handling on their car since the turn of the new technical regulations, and Lance Stroll
MoreFans had a mixed reaction to the crash during qualifying between Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll, and a former Red Bull engineer settled on both of them being at fault. Stroll had already crashed earlier in the day when he found the wall at Turn 11, leaving his Aston Martin team with a massive repair
MoreAlex Albon was pleasantly surprised by the performance of the hard tyres after his mammoth stint that helped him score a point at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. The Thai-Brit was disqualified from qualifying on Saturday after he ran out of fuel at the end of Q1, but he waited 57 laps to pit, stopping
MoreZhou Guanyu hopes to acclimatise himself to the start procedure of a Formula 1 car over the next few races as he aims to avoid a repeat of the opening lap of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Zhou will be contesting his first-ever Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend, as none of the
MoreAston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has slammed the FIA for fining him after he ventured out onto the circuit on a scooter during Friday practice. The German missed the first two rounds of the 2022 season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia having tested positive for COVID-19, so track time was indispensable for him as he made
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