Formula 1

Verstappen swept to his second F1 world title in 2022, setting a new record with 15 wins in a single season and a new high points tally of 454, leaving him 146 clear of Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc in second place. Although Verstappen’s dominance meant he clinched the title with four races to spare, the

The Woking-based squad announced on Tuesday that it was appointing Andrea Stella as its new team principal to replace Seidl. As part of a team boss merry-go-round, Seidl has been lured away to join Sauber as its new CEO, in the wake of the Swiss-based outfit losing Fred Vasseur to Ferrari. It comes as Sauber

Williams go the ball rolling on Monday evening when it announced team principal Jost Capito was leaving his role at the end of the year. Read Also: Then Ferrari confirmed it had appointed Sauber team boss Fred Vassuer to replace Mattia Binotto for 2023 on Tuesday morning. This was followed by McLaren announcing Andreas Seidl

Just look at how Sebastian Vettel’s decision to retire before F1’s summer break set off a chain of events that ended up with Fernando Alonso at Aston Martin, Pierre Gasly at Alpine and Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri (and that’s ignoring the Oscar Piastri to McLaren shenanigans). What is much rarer is for this kind

But while there was no doubt big progress was made in improving the ability of cars to follow each other closer, the season just gone was not without its faults. Red Bull’s dominance meant the championship battle was pretty much a foregone conclusion after the summer break and, while some of the racing was good,

In a statement issued by the team on Monday, it was confirmed that Capito had stepped down as team principal and CEO, with technical director FX Demaison also leaving his post. Williams said it would announce its new team principal and technical director “in due course.” “It has been a huge privilege to lead Williams

Perez made a strong start to his second season with Red Bull in 2022, taking pole in Saudi Arabia and victory in Monaco to leave him 15 points off Verstappen after the opening seven races. But the Mexican’s form took a dip ahead of the summer break as he conceded the development of the RB18

During his sabbatical from Formula 1 after a difficult second stint at McLaren, Alonso ventured into a wide variety of motorsport disciplines including endurance racing, but arguably faced his toughest challenge when he entered Dakar at the beginning of 2020. Driving the factory Toyota Hilux in the prestigious cross-country rally in Saudi Arabia, the Spaniard

He believes that the current arrangement should be adjusted to take into account the increase in the number of events, including the six sprints on the 2023 schedule. The Frenchman is currently on 10 points, and if he reaches 12 before he drops his earliest score in late May he could be banned for a

Leclerc looked poised to mount a title challenge for the first time in his F1 career after winning two of the first three races, surging into an early points lead thanks to the victories in Bahrain and Australia. But Leclerc would score just one more win all season as Max Verstappen and Red Bull pulled

Following Ferrari’s failure to win the world championship this year, Binotto offered his resignation after feeling he did not have the full support of the Italian manufacturer’s senior management team. Ferrari accepted his decision to quit and is currently finalising a replacement, with Alfa Romeo team boss Frederic Vasseur favourite to take the job. Binotto’s

The windtunnel is part of the new factory project currently underway at Silverstone, but while the main facility is scheduled to be occupied by next May, the adjacent tunnel won’t be in use until the following year. The team currently uses the Mercedes tunnel in Brackley, and will do the initial work on the AMR25

The prize giving saw Verstappen, F1 runner-up Charles Leclerc, third-place driver Sergio Perez and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, collecting the F1 constructors’ championship, pick up the biggest prizes of the night. During a week of World Motor Sport Council and FIA General Assembly meetings, the prize giving culminated in Verstappen being presented the

Gasly heads to Alpine in 2023 after a difficult final year with the Faenza team, which struggled to find form for much of the season. The Frenchman says that his former colleagues are confident that the new AT04 will be the best car they have built to date. He admits that with all teams developing

The team announced recently that current incumbent Mattia Binotto has resigned and will leave at the end of December, with his replacement yet to be confirmed. Alfa Romeo boss Fred Vasseur, who has worked extensively with Leclerc in the past at both ART and Sauber, is widely regarded as a favourite to get the job.

Norris claimed third place for McLaren at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in April, benefitting from a late error by Charles Leclerc that dropped the Ferrari driver back to sixth place. Norris said ahead of the summer break that it “blows my mind” McLaren managed to score a podium given its early-season car struggles, the team having

Four-time world champion Vettel retired from F1 at the end of the 2022 season, having announced plans to hang up his helmet back in July. The German driver enjoyed stints with Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin in F1, as well as making a big impact in recent years by speaking up on

The new model is the first to have been developed under former Red Bull man Fallows, who started work at the Silverstone outfit in April, and head of aerodynamics Eric Blandin, who was previously at Mercedes. This year’s AMR22 was designed to allow for a change of concept, and it was developed substantially over the

The new generation of ground effect cars introduced this year were aimed at making the racing more exciting by allowing drivers to run closer together – which would then have a knock-on benefit of improving overtaking chances. However, one characteristic that emerged throughout 2022 was that the DRS offset between closed and open become much

Following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 and the delayed start to that season, the FIA introduced a strict set of protocols to reduce the risk of spreading the virus and keeping the paddock safe. Steps were taken to relax restrictions through 2021, including a return of the media and

Since the introduction of F1 sprint races in 2021, teams have been given additional breathing room in the budget cap make up for the extra on-track running, as well as receiving an accident allowance for major incidents in the 100km Saturday events. The matter has been a subject for debate between the teams, F1 and

Despite a lacklustre start to the campaign, when it struggled with reliability and was on the back foot in pace terms, Red Bull successfully turned its season around. A combination of weight reduction and aero improvements to the RB18 made it the dominant car after the summer break, as the team romped to both championships, and Ferrari had nothing in response – especially

Two-time world champion Verstappen has previously said he did not expect to keep racing in F1 into his 40s, and that he is keen to sample other disciplines of motorsport. Verstappen signed one of the longest contracts in F1 history when he penned an extension with Red Bull until the end of 2028 earlier this year, by which

Following the overhaul of the technical regulations for this year and the return of ground effect, a number of teams encountered severe porpoising through pre-season testing. Although many teams made changes to their cars to combat the issue, the recurring problems prompted the FIA to intervene on safety grounds mid-season, introducing a new metric to measure how

Ben Sulayem became the successor to Jean Todt in last December’s election, and arrived at Formula 1’s governing body in the days after the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But reflecting on his experiences over the past 12 months, Ben Sulayem says that there was no honeymoon period for him as he walked straight

Ferrari’s 2022 engine was a good step forward this year, with outgoing boss Mattia Binotto claiming that the Maranello squad had made the biggest progress season to season that he had ever known. “On the power unit, we set big numbers in terms of objectives,” he said over the summer. “And what I’ve seen that

The Italian outfit began the year as the team to beat, with Charles Leclerc winning two of the opening three grands prix of the campaign. As well as having the fastest car in terms of out-and-out pace, the early phase of the season was notable also for Ferrari mostly enjoying better tyre degradation than rival Red Bull. However, as

Red Bull swept to both championships in 2022 as Max Verstappen scored a record 15 victories in a single season to clinch his second drivers’ title. Sergio Perez finished third in the championship with two wins, helping Red Bull wrap up the constructors’ crown with three races to spare. But Red Bull’s season was not

The Red Bull star scored a record-breaking 15 wins from 22 races in 2022 and clinched his second world title with four rounds to go. Autosport readers have voted Verstappen the best racing driver of 2022, ahead of main F1 rival Charles Leclerc, IndyCar champion Will Power and Formula E title winner Stoffel Vandoorne. Verstappen’s

The news of Tambay’s death was communicated by his family to French agency AFP on Sunday. He had been known to be suffering from Parkinson’s disease, a progressive disorder that affects the nervous system, as well as diabetes. Born on June 25, 1949, Tambay went on to spend a decade in F1, racing for some