Formula 1 Haas drivers at odds over meaning of Mazepin apology Nikita Mazepin believes that he did nothing wrong in the last-lap incident with Mick Schumacher during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix despite his Haas team-mate saying that he had received an apology
Formula 1 Aston Martin adds Alfa’s chief designer to growing F1 roster Alfa Romeo chief designer Luca Furbatto will join the Aston Martin Formula 1 team as engineering director ahead of the 2022 season
Formula 1 Alpine can’t blame F1 Sunday weakness on street-track blip F1 returns to more conventional circuits with a triple-header at Paul Ricard and the Red Bull Ring, but there are still big question marks over Alpine’s race pace
Formula 1 Is Ferrari making the right moves to win the 2022 F1 title? With back-to-back poles and having reached third in the constructors’ championship, Ferrari is on course to achieve its 2021 Formula 1 goals. But this season is really all about getting back into title contention next year after the dire low of 2020
Formula 1 An old disadvantage may be Aston Martin’s new F1 weapon Formula 1’s new cost cap could make bookkeeping as significant as exploiting the technical regulations to the limit as Edd Straw explains
Formula 1 Ricciardo’s McLaren adaptation mission enters crucial weeks Daniel Ricciardo has pinpointed Formula 1’s upcoming triple-header as a potential turning point in his struggle to adapt to the McLaren. His optimism could be well-founded
Formula 1 The underrated skill crucial to nailing F1 qualifying this year A recurring theme during the 2021 Formula 1 season has been qualifying not going down to the wire in Q3. That plays to an often underestimated aspect of the skillset of F1 drivers – and one where Max Verstappen’s losing out to Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc
Formula 1 Sainz’s ‘anger’ at himself is helping make him formidable Carlos Sainz Jr’s Ferrari career has started well, to the point that even an Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend that made him “angry” showcased one of the qualities that have made him a formidable Formula 1 driver
Formula 1 F1 qualifying ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ is just a fallacy Formula 1 drivers keep criticising each other over their behaviour in qualifying, but the ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ they cite isn’t worth the paper it’s not even written on
Formula 1 Alonso’s ‘mini prix’ heroics leave no room to doubt him Fernando Alonso’s late-race display of trademark killer instinct capped off what was already an impressive Baku weekend. It’s the best evidence yet that he’s lost nothing in his time away from Formula 1
Formula 1 Mercedes plans changes to prevent repeat of ‘brake magic’ error Mercedes has promised changes to its car in response to Lewis Hamilton’s Baku switch error, and also shared its theory for Valtteri Bottas’s poor weekend
Formula 1 Williams F1 team boss Roberts leaving, won’t be replaced Williams team principal Simon Roberts is leaving the Formula 1 team as part of an internal restructure following Dorilton Capital’s takeover.
Formula 1 Ricciardo’s vital McLaren progress muffled by Baku shunt Daniel Ricciardo’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend appeared to be a big improvement before he became one of five drivers to crash in qualifying. Edd Straw looks at the progress Ricciardo’s making
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s Azerbaijan GP driver ratings + reader debate Two past greats who’ve had tough starts to 2021 are among the biggest scorers in Edd Straw’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix driver ratings, while chances wasted are punished with very low marks. Debate Edd’s scores with him live at 5.30pm UK time
Formula 1 Pirelli’s early findings from high-speed Baku F1 tyre failures Pirelli’s initial understanding of Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix tyre failures is that both were caused by debris not wear
Formula 1 The set-up trade-off that made Ferrari a shock pole contender Wild circumstances played a part in Charles Leclerc’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix pole, but Ferrari was in contention on merit – which very few people had expected in Baku
Formula 1 Norris: Ferrari ‘a long way ahead’ in Azerbaijan Lando Norris declared Ferrari to be “a long way ahead” of McLaren after the opening day of practice for Formula 1’s Azerbaijan GP
Formula 1 Alonso enjoying F1 return more than he expected Fernando Alonso has revealed that he is enjoying his Formula 1 comeback more than he expected despite a difficult start to the season with Alpine
Formula 1 Post-Monaco sim sessions made things ‘more clear’ to Ricciardo Intense work in the simulator since his miserable Monaco Grand Prix has given Daniel Ricciardo new insight into how to conquer the 2021 McLaren Formula 1 car
Formula 1 The holes Ricciardo has dug himself out of before Daniel Ricciardo’s reached a baffled low in his struggle to acclimatise to McLaren, but a look at how he’s turned things around during other bleak moments in his Formula 1 career offers a lot of hope
Formula 1 The ‘more robust’ F1 driver spearheading Alfa Romeo’s season Antonio Giovinazzi’s 10th place finish in Monaco finally got Alfa Romeo off the mark in 2021 – a well-deserved reward for the Italian who is enjoying his best season in Formula 1 so far
Formula 1 The case for Mercedes keeping Bottas for 2022 With George Russell vying for a Mercedes seat next year, Edd Straw assesses why Mercedes might opt to keep Valtteri Bottas for 2022 instead
Formula 1 ‘Future world champion’ is a misleading F1 stereotype You could argue that there are six ‘future world champions’ on the 2021 Formula 1 grid. But the chance of them all winning titles is tiny
Formula 1 Has Perez used his five-race Red Bull ‘warm-up’ well enough? Sergio Perez felt he’d need around five grands prix to acclimatise to the Red Bull Formula 1 car. He’s now at that point. Edd Straw looks at the strengths and weaknesses of Perez’s start to Red Bull life
Formula 1 Does Alpine still need to look beyond Ocon for 2022? After being outperformed by Daniel Ricciardo and with Fernando Alonso arriving, Esteban Ocon went into 2021 under pressure to justify his place at Alpine. Edd Straw takes a look at how that picture has changed
Formula 1 Vettel is the silver lining in Aston Martin’s tough 2021 There were initial concerns about Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin performance – but he is now emerging as a bright spot in its difficult campaign
Formula 1 Does Leclerc need to change his style after latest error? Charles Leclerc’s Monaco qualifying crash was his sixth significant error in the last 22 Formula 1 weekends – which is clearly too high a rate. Edd Straw takes a look at Leclerc’s mistakes and his attitude to them
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2021 Monaco GP driver ratings + reader debate Edd Straw gives his verdict on every driver’s performance in a 2021 Monaco Grand Prix weekend that offered a huge range of emotions and achievements. Agree or disagree? Debate it with him in the comments at 7.30pm UK time on Monday
Formula 1 The best underdog F1 qualifying laps in Monaco Monaco puts the fate of qualifying back in Formula 1 drivers’ hands. Edd Straw looks back at some of the great underdog performances
Formula 1 ‘A joke, unfair, a fortune to fix’ – Alfa’s flexi-wing anger The introduction of more stringent F1 flexible bodywork tests will cost Alfa Romeo “a fortune”, says incensed team boss Frederic Vasseur
Formula 1 How F1’s cost cap forced Mercedes out of 18-inch tyre test There is a cost cap exemption for Pirelli F1 tyre testing – so why did Mercedes end up having to bail out of a planned Paul Ricard test?
Formula 1 Five Monaco GP underachievers with curses to break Some of the biggest names in the 2021 Formula 1 field have abysmal Monaco Grand Prix records – even though they’ve been fast there. Edd Straw looks at the reasons for those anomalies, and the chances of them being rectified this weekend
Formula 1 The 2022 F1 driver market risk worth taking Bottom of the list recently for exiled F1 drivers, Williams’ on and off-track progress may make it a driver market key player in the near future
Formula 1 Why Monaco may punish a sudden 2021 struggler’s weak points AlphaTauri’s 2021 took a sudden turn for the worse in Portugal and Spain, and Monaco doesn’t look like ideal ground for a resurgence
Formula 1 McLaren’s 2021 weakness it needs to solve for Monaco McLaren has been outqualified by Ferrari on every F1 weekend so far in 2021. Edd Straw believes it needs to stop putting itself on the back foot at the start of races, never more so than at the Monaco Grand Prix
Formula 1 The ‘underestimated’ and unlucky F1 driver fighting to continue How Antonio Giovinazzi is regarded is difficult to judge given opinions differ, but you can make a strong case for him being the most unlucky driver in Formula 1 in 2021 given his lack of reward after a good start to the season
Formula 1 ‘Unbelievable’ fan reaction prompted McLaren Gulf F1 livery Fan reaction to last year’s announcement of McLaren’s strategic partnership with Gulf led to the idea to run a special one-off Formula 1 livery at this year’s Monaco Grand Prix
Formula 1 McLaren to race iconic Gulf livery in Monaco GP McLaren will run a special one-off Gulf Formula 1 livery on both cars during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend
Formula 1 Is Alonso right to say Alpine is now F1’s ‘fifth team’? The Race analyses Fernando Alonso’s claim that Alpine is currently the fifth best team in Formula 1 behind Ferrari and McLaren
Formula 1 The impact of F1’s practice cut is bigger than it seems F1’s 2021 Friday practice reduction seems trivial – but it’s actually making a difference, and presents an area for teams to ‘exploit’
