Hamilton missed out on a record-breaking eighth world championship after being passed by Max Verstappen on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a late restart by race control that did not appear to follow the regulations. Mercedes initially protested the restart procedure and considered a further appeal, but ultimately put an
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Pagenaud will join MSR’s new full-time line-up of Oliver Jarvis and Tom Blomqvist, as well as its endurance ‘third man’ Helio Castroneves, who will also be Pagenaud’s team-mate in the squad’s IndyCar team this year. For Pagenaud, who was an ace in the now-defunct American Le Mans Series before joining the IndyCar Series and also
While the regulations are not specifically designed to make overtaking easier per se, the hope is that the new concepts will allow drivers to follow their rivals much closer than before. To achieve that, F1 has had to move away from a reliance on downforce created by the front and rear wings and instead the
Ricciardo joined McLaren from Renault on a three-year deal starting in 2021, but struggled to get up to speed with the team at first, leaving team-mate Lando Norris to score the majority of its points. But Ricciardo bounced back after the summer break to score a dominant victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza,
This year will mark the start of a long-anticipated new technical ruleset for F1, forcing teams to pursue different aerodynamic concepts and manage the introduction of the new 18-inch tyres. It will provide an opportunity for all teams to make a big step forward, with Ferrari in particular looking to return to the front of
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Following Saturday’s Prologue and the first full stage of the rally raid in Ha’il on Sunday, the competitors were scheduled to face two days of Marathon during which they would not have been able to receive outside assistance from their teams. But heavy downpours that began on Saturday afternoon in Ha’il and throughout the northern
For the first half of the 333km special near Ha’il in Saudi Arabia, Al-Attiyah came under serious pressure from the three Audis, with the German marque’s lead runner Stephane Peterhansel sitting just six seconds behind him after the first 120km. However, Audi’s challenge began to unravel en route to the next waypoint, with 14-time Dakar
The Russian had a character-building 2021 rookie campaign, where he and team-mate Mick Schumacher had to battle through a season with a package that had not been developed from the previous year. But. despite making some mistakes, Mazepin feels he has learned an awful lot and thinks his knowledge can be applied to good use if Haas’s 2022
Ricciardo joined McLaren on a three-year contract for the 2021 season after his exit from Renault, but initially failed to match team-mate Lando Norris for pace. Norris scored three podium finishes and more than double the points of Ricciardo before the summer break as the Australian struggled through the first half of the season. But
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On a terrain with similar characteristics to those that the competitors will encounter throughout the first week of the race, 2021 runner-up Al-Attiyah completed the 19km Prologue section located between Jeedah and Ha’il in 10m56s as he kick-started his bid for a fourth Dakar win to add to previous successes in 2011, 2015 and 2019.
The 44th edition of Dakar Rally kicked off from Saudi Arabia’s financial hub on New Year’s Day with a short 19km Prologue won by Toyota driver Nasser Al-Attiyah from Audi’s Carlos Sainz Sr. But attention was quickly diverted at around 18:30 local time by an official press release, issued by organiser ASO, which issued a safety alert
The McLaren driver, who scored his first F1 pole in 2021 and took four podium finishes, has made no secret of the fact that he struggled at times with the pressures that come with being a grand prix driver. In particular he said the stress caused in his early races during his 2019 rookie season, where
It’s ironic that double World Rally champion and three-time Dakar Rally winner Carlos Sainz Sr’s topflight career would be launched by his specialism for asphalt. It was his back-to-back crowns aboard a Ford Sierra Cosworth RS in 1987 and 1988 in the Tarmac-heavy Spanish national rally division that earned a factory drive with Toyota on
The 2021 MotoGP championship runner-up won four races last season and only missed the title by 26 points after a strong second part to the campaign. Ducati won more races than any other manufacturer in 2021, with Bagnaia (4), Jack Miller (2) and Pramac rookie Jorge Martin (1) tallying up seven between them – securing
The 2009 world champion, who made his F1 debut with Williams in 2000, took on a role as a senior advisor at the Grove-based outfit last year as the team continues its recovery under new owners Dorilton Capital. However, with F1 personnel put in bubbles because of COVID protocols, Button found himself unable to mix with the team as
Pesci was due to make his third consecutive Dakar appearance with former LMP1 race winning-team Rebellion as part of a two-car line-up for the Saudi Arabian event. However, his hopes of improving on a best finish of 43rd were seemingly dashed when his #251 DXX entry was engulfed in flames in the 10.7km shakedown near
The Milton Keynes-based team was locked in a tight fight with Mercedes until the final round of this year for both the drivers’ and constructors’ championship crowns – with honours being split between the two outfits. But while Red Bull and Mercedes were kept on their toes to the end, other squads like Ferrari made
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