McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo says his tricky debut season with McLaren helped him grow, not just as a racer, but a person too. Ricciardo was out-qualified 15-7 by Lando Norris at the Woking-based team last season and, in the middle part of the year, branded his start to life at the squad “almost laughable.” The Briton
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Dr Helmut Marko has praised the job Carlos Sainz has done with both McLaren and Ferrari since he left the Red Bull junior programme, but concedes that Max Verstappen’s pace cut his longevity in their system. Sainz out-qualified Verstappen 10 times in 19 races at Toro Rosso in 2015 during what was a debut Formula
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The Singapore Grand Prix will remain on the Formula 1 calendar until 2028 after reaching an agreement to extend its contract. The Marina Bay Street Circuit became the first-ever host of a night race in F1 in 2008, with Fernando Alonso claiming victory for Renault in a controversial grand prix. Since then, another 11 races
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AlphaTauri and Alpine have both announced the dates on which they will reveal their respective cars for the 2022 season. AlphaTauri have sandwiched themselves in between McLaren and Mercedes, with them set to unveil their challenger on 14 February as they embark on their first season using Red Bull powertrains. Honda pulled out of Formula
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown recognises that engine manufacturers will be extremely competitive in 2022, but is confident that Mercedes will provide them with the right package. Amid significant changes ahead of this year, aerodynamic efficiency will be reduced, while the engines will also be altered resulting in a 20 horsepower drop. Ferrari team principal Mattia
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Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean sympathises with the Sir Lewis Hamilton for the way he lost the title in 2021, but insists that race director Michael Masi made the right call. With time constraints threatening to see the race end behind the Safety Car, Masi decided only to allow five lapped runners to gain
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has vehemently denied rumours linking former Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul to the team’s newly formed powertrains division. The Frenchman endured a torrid relationship with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner during Renault’s time supplying the Milton Keynes-based squad with engines in the turbo-hybrid era of Formula 1. Seven
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Had Renault manufactured the best power unit in 2021, Alpine “would not have been so far behind Ferrari and McLaren throughout last season,” a source has told Spanish publication AS. Renault have not made any significant updates to their power unit since 2018, when they began developing it for the 2019 season. Work was done
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Alpine’s shake-up has continued this week with the news that non-executive director Alain Prost is set to leave Renault’s motorsport brand. The Frenchman drove for Renault between 1981 and 1983 in Formula 1, before winning his four world championships between 1985 and 1993 with McLaren and Williams. The Frenchman then ran his own Prost team
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Cyril Abiteboul is reportedly set to join Red Bull following the Frenchman’s absence from Formula 1 in 2021. Abiteboul left his position as managing director of Renault ahead of the 2021 season, having led the team since 2016. He replaced Frederic Vasseur part-way through what was a disappointing season for the team – they managed
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