Formula 1 Steiner’s reaction to ‘self-inflicted’ Schumacher F1 crash Haas Formula 1 team boss Guenther Steiner has labelled Mick Schumacher’s costly crash in opening practice at the Japanese Grand Prix “self-inflicted”
Formula 1 Hakkinen’s advice to Verstappen as F1 title looms Max Verstappen should have an easier time clinching the 2022 Formula 1 title than he did last year – or than Mika Hakkinen had in any of his championship years. But Verstappen might be surprised how much title thoughts affect his driving, reckons Hakkinen
Formula 1 An unexpected Tsunoda ‘weak point’ and his plan to fix it AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda might be well known for his radio outbursts, but it’s in the more nuanced communication with the team he feels he can take his next step in F1
Formula 1 Why F1’s divisive ‘necessary curveball’ is worth fighting for F1’s ‘necessary curveball’ cost-cap system is in the news and causing division, but Edd Straw argues its implementation – and the policing of the regulations – are vital to F1’s future
Formula 1 Gasly on result AlphaTauri ‘threw away’ + Gary Anderson’s view Calling the strategy in Sunday’s Singapore GP was tough, but Pierre Gasly was probably right to say AlphaTauri “threw away” a good result by stopping early. Gary Anderson considers the challenge of making such calls in changing circumstances
Formula 1 Gary Anderson: Haas’s ‘over the top’ penalties are self-inflicted Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen criticised the FIA for showing him another black-and-orange flag in Singapore – but is he right to be angry? Ex-F1 technical director Gary Anderson gives his verdict
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2022 F1 Singapore Grand Prix driver ratings Sergio Perez emerged the winner but does he receive the highest score in Edd Straw’s F1 driver ratings this week?
Formula 1 Hamilton’s strategy ire and why Mercedes overruled him Lewis Hamilton complained about his Mercedes team’s tyre choice in the early stages of the Singapore Grand Prix but Mercedes was right to overrule him as Edd Straw explains
Formula 1 Ferrari and Mercedes: ‘Minor’ cap breach can have huge impact Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff argue the use of the word “minor” to describe a Formula 1 cost cap regulations breach of less than 5% of the permitted budget is misleading given the size of the advantage that can be gained by such an overspend
Formula 1 Latifi explains difficulties that led to his terminal F1 decline Williams will not retain Nicholas Latifi for a fourth F1 season in 2023. And it’s easy to see why on the evidence of his 2022 so far following a failure to adapt to what’s required of an F1 driver in this new era, as Edd Straw explains
Formula 1 F1 rules will be tightened to stop Aston Martin rear wing design The reward for innovation in Formula 1 can sometimes be short-lived. That’s the case for Aston Martin, as a tightening of the regulations for 2023 means its clever rear-wing endplate solution introduced at the Hungarian Grand Prix won’t be seen beyond this year
Formula 1 Eight F1 champions who wouldn’t have got a superlicence As seven-time IndyCar race-winner Colton Herta has discovered, gaining an F1 superlicence is crucial if you want to make it onto the grid. And a look through the history books tells us that plenty of F1 champions wouldn’t have qualified for a licence following their junior career
Formula 1 The legend trait that Verstappen has added this season The Formula 1 title might inevitably be heading the way of Max Verstappen, but by crushing the opposition – even if not as fierce a prospect in 2021 – the Red Bull driver has displayed a trait rarely seen
Formula 1 How Alfa’s sharp 2022 decline has hidden Zhou’s F1 progress Zhou Guanyu will be an Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver again in 2023 – there’s little surprise there. But how good has his rookie season been, and how much has his progress been masked by Alfa Romeo’s slip down the pecking order?
Formula 1 Mercedes’ bogey F1 track will be a test of its optimism By its own high standards, Mercedes doesn’t have the best Singapore Grand Prix record. Yet it thinks this weekend might be one of its best chances of the 2022 Formula 1 season – if the W13 can handle the bumps
Formula 1 Mercedes reserve role would be win or bust move for Ricciardo Should Daniel Ricciardo sacrifice a place on the 2023 Formula 1 grid and bet everything on getting a Mercedes reserve role? Edd Straw assesses the arguments for and against a high risk but high reward gamble
Formula 1 Every F1 driver of the 2010s ranked Sixty six drivers contested Formula 1 grands prix in the 2010s – some in all-conquering Red Bulls or Mercedes, some in Hispanias or Virgins. Edd Straw ranks them all
Formula 1 The key contenders for second Alpine F1 seat amid three-day test Alpine’s three-day with a 2021 Formula 1 car at the Hungaroring has become one of the most talked-about and eagerly-anticipated in years given its potential impact on the destiny of the best remaining seat on the 2023 grid. But which of the contenders are taking part? And which of them aren’t?
Formula 1 F1’s driver drought is catching up with it Some Formula 1 teams are struggling to find drivers for 2023. That’s not because of the superlicence system, argues Edd Straw, but because F1 rules don’t give enough opportunities for new drivers to get ‘race ready’
Formula 1 Red Bull admits altering set-up for Perez costs it performance As Sergio Perez’s performances continue to drift away from his Formula 1 dominating team-mate Max Verstappen’s level, Red Bull admits it will usually “lose a bit of performance” when it sets the car up for Perez’s style
Formula 1 What F1’s Monza finish angst tells us about Abu Dhabi The fallout from the anticlimactic finish to F1’s Italian GP at Monza was a glimpse into several alternate Abu Dhabi ’21 scenarios
Formula 1 Why ‘one of my best drives’ didn’t get reward Norris deserved Seventh for Lando Norris in the Italian Grand Prix gave McLaren some hope in its fight for fourth in the Formula 1 constructors’ standings. But three factors conspiring against Norris prevented an even better result
Formula 1 Drugovich on Aston Martin’s ‘radar’ for 2023 F1 role Newly-crowned Formula 2 champion Felipe Drugovich is “on the radar” as a contender for the Aston Martin’s Formula 1 team’s reserve driver role for 2023
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2022 F1 Italian Grand Prix driver ratings Max Verstappen may have romped to an impressive fifth successive win at the Italian Grand Prix but Edd Straw feels there were two drivers who were even more impressive this past weekend
Formula 1 Every Williams F1 stand-in driver ranked Nyck de Vries makes his Formula 1 debut today as Alex Albon’s stand-in at Williams. Here’s what he’s got to live up to
Formula 1 Why Ricciardo’s miracle McLaren outlier was even possible It was never as good before or since – but the Daniel Ricciardo/McLaren partnership bore fruit at Monza in 2021. But how much of that was the stars aligning – and how much was performance?
Formula 1 Tost exasperated at Tsunoda over ‘not clever’ FP2 penalty AlphaTauri Formula 1 team principal Franz Tost has warned that Yuki Tsunoda needs to become “more disciplined” after being hit with a penalty for ignoring yellow flags in second Italian Grand Prix practice
Formula 1 Ferrari’s stern warning to FIA amid Herta F1 licence debate Ferrari is firmly against the FIA making any kind of Formula 1 superlicence exception for IndyCar star Colton Herta’s proposed 2023 AlphaTauri move
Formula 1 Red Bull: Porsche got ‘ahead of themselves’ over 50% stake Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Porsche got “a little bit ahead of themselves” with talk of buying a 50% stake in the Formula 1 organisation, following the collapse of their negotiations
Formula 1 De Vries: Exception for Herta could ‘almost kill’ F1 ladder Nyck de Vries has warned that tweaking the superlicence regulations or making an exception to allow Colton Herta to race in Formula 1 next year would “almost kill” the F1 ladder
Formula 1 Why Red Bull set terms Porsche refused to accept Red Bull is confident enough about its Formula 1 future that it’s allowed a potential Porsche partnership to fall through. Edd Straw explains its stance
Formula 1 Tsunoda says conspiracy theorists need brain scans Yuki Tsunoda says those suggesting the AlphaTauri Formula 1 team used him deliberately to create a virtual safety car period to help Red Bull stablemate Max Verstappen win the Dutch Grand Prix should be scanned in an MRI “to see what’s wrong”
Formula 1 Herta case contains the fix for F1’s broken superlicence system Colton Herta is not eligible for a Formula 1 superlicence as it stands. But circumstances – and precedents outside of motorsport – do exist where he could be granted one without making such access a free for all
Formula 1 What’s going on with Alfa, as pointless streak reaches six races Alfa Romeo has now gone six Formula 1 races without a point, and the Dutch GP weekend was arguably its least convincing weekend yet. Even if it found performance later on, the team concedes it came “a bit too late”
Formula 1 Ferrari needs to address its worrying F1 trend Ferrari has had the pace to be on pole at two of the last three Formula 1 races – even if it hasn’t managed to do so – but it’s failing to extract its potential in the races. The team concedes that’s a concern that needs addressing
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2022 F1 Dutch Grand Prix driver ratings Max Verstappen earned a second Formula 1 victory on home soil but he wasn’t the best-performing driver of the Dutch Grand Prix weekend according to Edd Straw who delivers his verdict on all 20 drivers
Formula 1 Why Ferrari’s so upset by Dutch GP penalty that looked clear cut Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has criticised the penalty Carlos Sainz was hit with for an unsafe release as “very harsh”, arguing that both the car’s release and the way it was driven to avoid endangering the McLaren pitcrew were safe
Formula 1 Latest swing in McLaren/Alpine battle isn’t what it seems After a resounding Spa defeat, McLaren outpaced Alpine in Dutch GP qualifying – but it’s unlikely to be too encouraged
Formula 1 Where Leclerc lost Dutch GP pole to Verstappen Charles Leclerc missed out on pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix by a tiny margin – which made a time-sapping moment in the middle sector an obvious source of frustration after qualifying
Formula 1 Verstappen: Throwing flares onto track ‘dangerous’, ‘stupid’ Max Verstappen has criticised the “stupid” throwing of flares onto the track during qualifying for Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix
