Formula 1 McLaren issues Massa warning over mechanical flag leniency McLaren’s Andreas Seidl has reminded F1 to consider Felipe Massa’s 2009 Hungarian GP accident when taking a lenient approach towards the use of the mechanical flag
Formula 1 Don’t be fooled by Mexico, Mercedes is ‘months’ behind Red Bull Mercedes’ hopes of winning the Mexican GP amounted to nothing. Now that Toto Wolff has conceded the team is still months behind Red Bull, where does that leave it for 2023 – and is there any hope of a win before the season is out?
Formula 1 Did Mexico’s qualifying star fold too easily? Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas starred in Mexican Grand Prix qualifying, splitting the Ferraris, but a difficult race meant he was fortunate to come away with even a point for 10th
Formula 1 The key Mercedes mistakes that ‘surprised’ Red Bull in Mexico Red Bull’s Christian Horner did not pass up an opportunity to publicly raise an eyebrow at how Mercedes approached the Mexican GP
Formula 1 Verstappen takes record 14th win of 2022 F1 season in Mexico Max Verstappen took his 14th victory of 2022 in the Mexican Grand Prix, breaking Formula 1’s record for most wins in a season as the hoped-for Mercedes challenge failed to materialise
Formula 1 Five key factors behind Bottas’s Ferrari-beating qualifying A Ferrari-beating performance from Valtteri Bottas in qualifying in Mexico owed a little to underperformance elsewhere, but he and Alfa Romeo did such a good job that Bottas surprised himself
Formula 1 Will Red Bull’s aero penalty really hurt as much as it claims? Christian Horner says Red Bull will lose up to half a second of laptime thanks to its cost cap penalty, but rival Formula 1 teams think he’s overstating the potential impact
Formula 1 Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 as rivals struggle in practice Mercedes heads into Mexican Grand Prix qualifying looking strong after George Russell tops the final practice session ahead of Lewis Hamilton
Formula 1 The failings exposed yet again in FIA’s F1 penalty U-turn Fernando Alonso’s US Grand Prix ‘penalty-that-wasn’t-a-penalty’ is another bizarre episode that yet again calls into question the FIA’s ability to implement Formula 1’s rules and procedures correctly
Formula 1 Hamilton: Cost cap pointless if Red Bull gets ‘slap on wrist’ Lewis Hamilton led rival drivers’ calls for Mercedes’ 2021 Formula 1 title opponent Red Bull to receive truly meaningful penalties for its cost cap overspend
Formula 1 ‘Facts will come out, people will understand’ – Red Bull speaks Red Bull Formula 1 drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen believe “people will understand” their team’s cost cap breach when facts emerge
Formula 1 Norris says he rejected Red Bull – what if he hadn’t? Lando Norris signed a big-money new McLaren deal on the eve of the 2022 Formula 1 season – but has revealed he also spoke to Red Bull before committing his future to McLaren. Just how different might things have looked if Norris joined Max Verstappen at Red Bull?
Formula 1 McLaren makes Red Bull ‘cheating’ penalty proposal to FIA McLaren boss Zak Brown has called for tougher penalties and tighter spending limits to protect the integrity of Formula 1’s new cost cap, arguing any proven overspend “constitutes cheating”
Formula 1 Red Bull doesn’t actually need to breach F1’s cost cap to win There’s a key detail being overlooked in the furore over Red Bull’s Formula 1 cost cap breach, reckons Ben Anderson: The fact that Red Bull doesn’t actually need to spend more than Ferrari and Mercedes to beat them
Formula 1 Latifi explains bizarre Suzuka wrong turn and ‘skewed’ radio Nicholas Latifi says the way Formula 1 TV pictures and radio were relayed “skewed” perceptions of his strange Suzuka wrong turn during Japanese Grand Prix free practice, but admits “it was my mistake”.
Formula 1 When Alonso and Raikkonen both hit their F1 peaks at Suzuka It’s rare to have Formula 1 champions deliver era-defining performances in the same weekend but that happened at Suzuka in 2005
Formula 1 ‘Another five years’ – Wolff on Hamilton’s F1 future Toto Wolff says a Mercedes contract extension for Lewis Hamilton “is going to happen” and that Hamilton thinks he can continue for at least another five years in Formula 1
Formula 1 ‘This is really bad for us’ – Verstappen vents at Red Bull error An ‘incredibly frustrated’ Max Verstappen says the Red Bull fuel miscalculation that robbed him of pole for Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix is a “really bad” mistake that’s “never acceptable”
Formula 1 Leclerc on Singapore GP pole after Verstappen aborts final lap Charles Leclerc claimed pole position for Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix, as championship leader Max Verstappen aborted his final qualifying lap and wound up only eighth fastest
Formula 1 Hamilton tops his first F1 practice of 2022 in Singapore FP1 Lewis Hamilton led the way for Mercedes in the opening F1 practice session of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend
Formula 1 Ricciardo fears racing outside F1 in 2023 would hurt his image Daniel Ricciardo knows he faces a stark choice if he wants to resurrect his Formula 1 career in 2023, and he also knows he cannot afford to give the F1 paddock the wrong impression when he makes that decision
Formula 1 Red Bull’s Tsunoda reprieve reflects the F1 status it lost Red Bull’s trademark ruthlessness is nowhere to be seen with Yuki Tsunoda’s 2023 F1 deal – but that’s because its junior monopoly is gone
Formula 1 Perez now looks less convincing at Red Bull than Albon did He’d earned himself a new two-year Red Bull F1 deal with a strong start to 2022 – but Sergio Perez’s performance has tailed off alarmingly since
Formula 1 ‘Pessimistic’ Norris lays out how far McLaren has fallen in F1 ‘Pessimistic’ Lando Norris laid out the harsh reality for McLaren ahead of Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, where a repeat of last season’s 1-2 result looks highly unlikely despite both cars starting on row two of the grid
Formula 1 ‘Not in racing’s DNA’ – Monza grid mess shows system untenable F1’s current grid penalty system effectively collapsed in on itself in the aftermath of the Italian GP qualifying at Monza
Formula 1 Leclerc beats penalty-hit Verstappen in Italian GP qualifying Charles Leclerc claimed pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, beating Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen to the fastest time at Monza
Formula 1 Ferrari 1-2 in second practice, Red Bull struggles continue Charles Leclerc topped the second Dutch GP practice session for Ferrari, while F1 points leader Max Verstappen was eighth after his FP1 drama
Formula 1 Verstappen hits trouble in Mercedes-led first Dutch GP practice George Russell led a Mercedes 1-2 in the first F1 practice at Zandvoort, as points leader Max Verstappen triggered an early red flag
Formula 1 Leclerc has ‘stopped counting’ points deficit to Verstappen Charles Leclerc saying he has “stopped counting” his points deficit to F1 title rival Max Verstappen reads like a tacit admission that his and Ferrari’s championship hopes are all but over for this year
Formula 1 F1’s claim that 2022 interest shows Abu Dhabi hasn’t hurt it The acrimonious conclusion to the 2021 F1 season hasn’t done any real lasting damage to the series, CEO Stefano Domenicali is convinced
Formula 1 ‘McLaren failed to extract his potential’ – Vettel on Ricciardo Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel thinks McLaren should bear the brunt of the blame for not extracting former Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo’s full potential during his time there
Formula 1 F1 boss pushing for ‘aggressive’ weekend format changes Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali wants every session outside of FP1 on a grand prix weekend to count for something to add more “intensity” to the weekends
Formula 1 Domenicali can’t see female driver in F1 in next five years It’s “very unlikely” that there will be a female driver in Formula 1 within the next five years according to championship CEO Stefano Domenicali
Formula 1 F1 chief explains resistance towards Andretti entry Championship boss Stefano Domenicali believes Formula 1 doesn’t currently need an 11th entry, suggesting the mooted Andretti team will need to acquire an existing franchise if it wants to realise its plan to enter F1 in 2024
Formula 1 2026 F1 engine rules approval clears way for Porsche and Audi Formula 1 has finally approved its new engine regulations for 2026, paving the way for ‘new’ manufacturers such as Audi and Porsche to enter F1 in the near future
Formula 1 A Newey, Brawn and Anderson row that shows F1 doesn’t change Formula 1’s plan to adjust the new regs to stop porpoising has reignited the old debate over the “intent” of tech rules versus what they actually say. Here’s a classic F1 row on that theme which pitched Adrian Newey + Gary Anderson against Ross Brawn + John Barnard
Formula 1 When McLaren used medical equipment to outwit F1 rivals Formula 1 has always been about engineering ingenuity, but it’s not often medical equipment is used by an F1 team to beat its rivals
Formula 1 French GP ‘exposed’ true nature of McLaren/Alpine battle McLaren’s qualifying pace had Fernando Alonso ‘worried’ on Saturday but he convincingly beat them on Sunday at the French GP. And that’s telling of the nature of the battle for fourth place in the constructors’ championship, according to Lando Norris
Formula 1 Ferrari’s defence of ‘defeatist’ Sainz strategy doesn’t hold up The available data from the French GP doesn’t support Ferrari’s claim that pitting Carlos Sainz late on was a no-brainer
