Formula 1 F1 enacts rule changes concerning fuel, deflection tests and more A series of changes to F1’s sporting and technical regulations approved by the FIA world motor sport council.
Formula 1 F1 planning to ban Nelson Piquet from paddock Formula 1 is planning to ban three-time world champion Nelson Piquet Sr from its paddock in the wake of his use of a racial slur in relation to Lewis Hamilton
Formula 1 Aston Martin needs ‘another step’ to convince Vettel to stay Aston Martin wants to show Sebastian Vettel “another step” with its improving AMR22 Formula 1 car to further its hopes of keeping him at the team in 2022
Formula 1 Is Silverstone Mercedes’ best chance of an F1 2022 highlight? There haven’t been a lot of causes for optimism in Mercedes’ 2022 F1 season so far, but Silverstone does look particularly welcoming
Formula 1 Crashes, errors, Ferrari failures: How many points has Haas lost? Haas was third in the constructors’ championship after the season-opener in Bahrain but it’s now dramatically slipped to ninth. Edd Straw details the missed chances
Formula 1 Why Mercedes’ slump is good for F1 – besides the obvious Mercedes no longer being F1’s top dog is welcome variety after the hybrid era – but it’s also more significant than that
Formula 1 Mercedes gets aero testing boost after 2022 F1 struggles Mercedes is, along with Williams, the biggest gainer from the reset of Formula 1’s aerodynamic testing restrictions for the second half of the year
Formula 1 Just how genuine was Sainz’s apparent Ferrari breakthrough? Carlos Sainz enjoyed his most competitive showing of what has been a difficult sophomore F1 year with Ferrari. But is the breakthrough a sign he’s turned things around or simply a one-off?
Formula 1 The weakness that’s left Stroll struggling to run with Vettel Lance Stroll wasn’t a million miles away from his four-time world champion team-mate in 2021, but he’s struggling to match him this year, and as Edd Straw explains, that’s partly down to a weakness of Stroll’s F1 career so far
Formula 1 What went wrong in McLaren’s double-stack Canadian GP stop Andreas Seidl wouldn’t elaborate beyond McLaren’s botched double-stack Canadian Grand Prix pitstop being down to a “communication issue”, but the issue caused both drivers significant delay
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2022 Canadian Grand Prix F1 driver ratings There was a drive of absolute flawless 10-out-of-10 perfection in the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix. And two that were only worth two out of 10
Formula 1 The giant-killing that inspired Russell’s failed ‘hero moment’ George Russell’s slick tyre gamble in Canadian Grand Prix qualifying failed pretty spectacularly. Here’s why he did it
Formula 1 Alonso’s plan for ‘Turn 1 maximum attack’ from front row Fernando Alonso aims to take the lead of the Canadian GP with a “Turn 1 maximum attack” approach after taking his first F1 front row since 2012, but accepts a win is “completely unrealistic”
Formula 1 Gasly ‘100%’ staying with AlphaTauri for 2023 F1 season Team principal Franz Tost has confirmed Piere Gasly will drive for AlphaTauri in 2023
Formula 1 Mercedes sees ‘problematic’ side to F1 bouncing metric plan Mercedes chief technical officer James Allison has warned the FIA’s desire to apply a metric to limit the vertical oscillations drivers are subjected to could be “a problematic way forward”, despite backing moves to take action to curb violent bouncing and porpoising
Formula 1 Hamilton tries ‘relatively extreme’ Mercedes floor experiment Mercedes is running a “relatively extreme” experimental floor with a large cut in it on Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 car during the first free practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix
Formula 1 Haas’s unorthodox and delayed single-upgrade plan explained Haas’s major upgrade, originally planned for the French Grand Prix, is now set to appear one race later in Hungary – and will be the only big package the team introduces during the season
Formula 1 Will Aston Martin’s return to normal be enough for Vettel? Aston Martin’s not just started producing better Formula 1 form, it’s also answered one of Sebastian Vettel’s main questions of it. And he’s driving well too. So if the masterplan’s coming together, surely he’s more likely to race on into 2023…?
Formula 1 F1 drivers laud quick porpoising action from FIA ‘grown-ups’ George Russell led Formula 1 drivers’ praise for the FIA’s efforts to end the porpoising and bouncing that was causing them increasing health concerns
Formula 1 FIA intervenes on F1 car porpoising for ‘safety’ reasons The FIA has announced plans to reduce 2022 Formula 1 cars’ porpoising amid growing concerns about the effect on drivers
Formula 1 Bottas’ Baku mystery prompts Alfa to ‘change as much as we can’ With Valtteri Bottas puzzled and aghast at his car’s performance in Baku, Alfa Romeo will “change as much as possible” for Montreal
Formula 1 Judging McLaren’s Alpine-influenced Baku team orders Both Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris were asked to hold position behind the other during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Did McLaren miss an opportunity to score more points, or did another factor justify its decisions?
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix F1 driver ratings One driver stood above all others in Edd Straw’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix driver ratings, while three drivers scored very poorly. Find out how they, and the rest of the Formula 1 field, fared in Baku
Formula 1 Horner: Rival F1 teams urging drivers to moan about bouncing Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner believes rival team chiefs are deliberately encouraging their drivers to make a big fuss about the ride quality of the 2022 F1 cars
Formula 1 Alonso responds to Albon accusation of ‘playing the system’ Fernando Alonso has dismissed Formula 1 peer Alex Albon’s suggestion that his visit to the Turn 15 escape road in Baku qualifying was in any way intentional or tactical
Formula 1 Ricciardo’s confident realism can help save his McLaren stint If there is to be light at the end of the tunnel for Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren, it’s because of his mixture of confidence and self-esteem
Formula 1 Time is right for Gasly to move – and he seems to know it Pierre Gasly’s response to Sergio Perez’s Red Bull extension, while coy, suggests he’s aware the time is now to fly the coop
Formula 1 McLaren’s overcome a past performance ‘roadblock’ Some of McLaren’s best 2022 Formula 1 performances so far have come at circuits where its drivers feared the worst. That’s because a long-standing weakness of its cars is now solved
Formula 1 How McLaren solved the mystery of its ‘oddball’ F1 car problem A “really strange phenomenon” caused a problem that heavily disrupted McLaren’s start to the 2022 Formula 1 season. Here’s how the team got to the bottom of it, and Gary Anderson on how easily it can happen
Formula 1 Why Leclerc may go down as an all-time F1 qualifying great Charles Leclerc only has a modest number of Formula 1 pole positions so far, but the style in which he attacks qualifying hints that this is the start of something special
Formula 1 McLaren’s F1 2022 position is more precarious than it seems McLaren has been fourth in the F1 constructors’ championship since the Australian GP, but it can’t be “fully comfortable” it’s re-emerged as the midfield leader
Formula 1 Williams’s main 2022 F1 car problem is now fully exposed Williams admits it is “difficult to hide” from the aerodynamic weaknesses made emphatically clear by its contrasting performance levels in Formula 1’s recent double-header in Spain and Monaco.
Formula 1 F1 must act on existential threat of its first cost cap impasse Just how serious the concerns Formula 1 teams are presenting about the cost cap right now are depends on who you speak to
Formula 1 What could have saved F1 from perceived Monaco start fiasco Formula 1’s delayed start to the Monaco GP angered fans, but a simple NASA-style addition to race control could have prevented it, says Edd Straw
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2022 Monaco Grand Prix F1 driver ratings Sergio Perez may have won the Monaco Grand Prix but he isn’t the highest-rated driver in Edd Straw’s latest Formula 1 driver ratings
Formula 1 Mercedes explains its ‘not porpoising’ Monaco bouncing issue Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff says its porpoising troubles have not returned despite the evidence of a difficult Monaco GP weekend
Formula 1 ‘Held to ransom’, breaches inevitable – F1 cost cap row escalates F1’s top teams are increasingly adamant they cannot avoid a cost cap breach – but Alpine and AlphaTauri are far from sympathetic
Formula 1 Ricciardo clears up McLaren status, responds to Brown admission McLaren F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo says CEO Zak Brown’s recent claim that his stint at the team has not met expectations is “pretty true”
Formula 1 The former Monaco star team that’s a 2022 dark horse What’s now Alpine has achieved some great things at the Monaco Grand Prix – but that’s all a long time ago now. Do recent signs suggest it can recapture some of that spirit this weekend?
Formula 1 ‘Completely different from Red Bull’ – Aston’s forceful defence Aston Martin’s muted form during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend took it out of the headlines, but the controversy over similarities between its upgraded AMR22 Formula 1 car and Red Bull’s championship-leading RB18 still has some distance to run given Red Bull’s stance
