Formula 1 Belgian GP gets one-year reprieve as 2023 F1 deal agreed The Belgian Grand Prix has agreed a one-year extension to its contract and the Spa race will remain on the F1 calendar for 2023
Formula 1 Ricciardo’s timeline to avoid deciding F1 future ’emotionally’ Daniel Ricciardo has declared a strong design to stay in Formula 1, but suggests he won’t decide his post-McLaren future until after the current triple-header is complete because he does not want to be rushed or “emotional”
Formula 1 Russell: Verstappen will win ‘pretty comfortably’ from 15th George Russell expects Red Bull’s pace advantage to be so great that Max Verstappen will “pretty comfortably” win the Belgian Grand Prix from 15th on the grid
Formula 1 ‘Like it was built for Spa’ – Ferrari duo stunned by Red Bull gap Ferrari F1 drivers have both admitted their bewilderment and just how far ahead Max Verstappen and Red Bull have been at the Belgian GP
Formula 1 Possible Leclerc grid advantage undone by FIA clarification Further Ferrari engine changes mean Charles Leclerc will not have the Belgian GP grid advantage rivals thought he might benefit from
Formula 1 Piastri ‘thanked’ Alpine for F1 race seat before public snub Alpine F1 boss Otmar Szafnauer claims he was thanked by Oscar Piastri for promoting him to a seat hours before Piastri’s public rejection
Formula 1 Could Ricciardo join Haas – and does it even want him? Haas has tentatively expressed its interest in signing outgoing McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo for the 2023 Formula 1 season
Formula 1 Rule quirk means Leclerc will start ahead of Verstappen at Spa Charles Leclerc will start ahead of the group of penalised back-of-the-grid drivers including Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen at the Belgian Grand Prix despite an ostensibly similar offence because of a quirk of the sporting regulations
Formula 1 Alpine F1 boss wishes Piastri had ‘a bit more integrity’ Alpine Formula 1 team boss Otmar Szafnauer says he wishes his reserve driver Oscar Piastri had “a bit more integrity” amid an ongoing dispute over the Formula 2 champion’s future
Formula 1 Alfa Romeo/Sauber deal to end in 2023 ahead of Audi takeover Alfa Romeo’s title partnership with Sauber will conclude by the end of 2023 amid expectations Audi will purchase the Formula 1 team for its new 2026 entry
Formula 1 Why Audi and Porsche will keep F1 entries ‘completely separate’ Audi and Porsche had a “huge discussion” about combining resources for their new F1 projects before deciding to keep them separate
Formula 1 Audi outlines first ambitious target of its new F1 programme Audi expects to be “very competitive” within three years of its Formula 1 debut in 2026, which will mark the beginning of a “very long-term” commitment to the programme
Formula 1 Audi’s first F1 engine programme revealed – but no team yet Audi will enter Formula 1 for the first time in 2026 and has started work on an engine programme for the recently announced rules that come into force that year, amid speculation it will also buy into the Sauber team
Formula 1 Audi teases F1 entry announcement amid Sauber takeover rumours Audi has teased confirmation of a Formula 1 entry, amid expectations of a new engine programme and speculation it will also buy the Sauber team
Formula 1 Norris’s Ricciardo take and why he feels no sympathy Lando Norris says he does not feel “sympathy” for Daniel Ricciardo’s struggles at McLaren even though he acknowledges the team’s Formula 1 car has odd requirements he himself has had to adapt to
Formula 1 Albon independent from Red Bull under new Williams F1 deal Red Bull is now “the same as any other team” for Alex Albon in contractual terms, as his new Williams Formula 1 deal will make him fully independent from the outfit he has been on loan from
Formula 1 Spa hopes boosted as Kyalami F1 return unlikely for 2023 The Belgian GP’s hopes of staying on the 2023 F1 calendar look improved as the revival of the South African GP is likely to be delayed
Formula 1 Piastri on Alpine F1 sim duties for Belgian GP McLaren’s presumptive 2023 Formula 1 signing Oscar Piastri is continuing his work with his current team Alpine for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps
Formula 1 Giving up on Ricciardo is ruthless from McLaren – but fair Moving to axe Daniel Ricciardo one year before his current contract ends may seem like a ruthless move, but it’s the fairest for all parties involved, says Scott Mitchell-Malm
Formula 1 McLaren hopes Ricciardo stays in F1, won’t pay him to not race McLaren is hopeful Daniel Ricciardo will still be on the Formula 1 grid in 2023 despite parting company with him early, and has ruled out their severance deal preventing him from racing elsewhere
Formula 1 Ricciardo agrees early McLaren exit, plans to stay in F1 McLaren and Daniel Ricciardo have reached an agreement to end his contract one year early, with McLaren expected to run Oscar Piastri in Formula 1 next season instead
Formula 1 How Williams’s car reset ‘sets a baseline’ for 2023 design There are early signs of progress at Williams with its 2022 Formula 1 car. The real test of its progress will be whether it can harness the potential of its upgrade package in the second half of this year and into 2023
Formula 1 Exactly how McLaren’s outdated F1 facilities hold it back McLaren’s not made any secret of the fact it’s currently at a facilities disadvantage to many of its Formula 1 rivals. Here are some examples of where its inadequate simulator and windtunnel tech is holding it back
Formula 1 ‘Not here to play silly buggers’ – Has Mercedes changed Russell? Lando Norris’s suggestion that George Russell wasn’t as much fun since joining Mercedes wasn’t the blunt dig it was widely interpreted as. But did Norris have a point?
Formula 1 The ‘distraction’ from Mercedes’ real F1 car concept progress As Mercedes has worked through improving its capricious 2022 Formula 1 car it has remained resolute that something pinpointed by many as a potential major flaw is merely a “distraction”
Formula 1 Our mid-season 2022 Formula 1 team grades Who’s excelled in the first half of the 2022 Formula 1 season and who’s wasted their potential? Here are our team-by-team report cards
Formula 1 Alpine’s true fighting weight can punish drivers who lack faith For all Alpine’s improvement in 2022, so far is it still from F1’s ‘big three’ that it’s easy to forget it’s a works team. But there are genuine signs of progress and cohesion. Now it needs those to come together to make those who’ve spurned it regret their choices
Formula 1 Why Red Bull upgrades can’t cure Verstappen’s main limitation Despite being 80 points clear in the championship, Max Verstappen is still not completely happy with the 2022 Red Bull. Here’s why and how the team hopes to make the RB18 more likeable for the 2021 Formula 1 champion
Formula 1 Albon’s rediscovered the spark that Red Bull snuffed out The version of Alex Albon seen at Red Bull was a poor imitation of the driver who shone so brightly at Toro Rosso early in 2019. But the Albon seen at Williams is much closer to the real deal
Formula 1 How Russell’s stopped ‘being taken for a ride’ at Mercedes George Russell has always openly acknowledged the biggest driving weakness of the early part of his Formula 1 career. And now he appears to have fixed it
Formula 1 The forgotten part of Ferrari’s failed F1 title bid Normally when you think ‘wasted 2022 Ferrari F1 title shot’, you think of Charles Leclerc’s plight. But you can make a growing case for Carlos Sainz too, and in adversity he’s shown his key trait again
Formula 1 More upgrades for Mercedes to end its ‘annoying’ 2022 trend Does Mercedes’ Hungarian GP pace mean it’s ready to challenge Red Bull and Ferrari? It doesn’t think so. But it does believe the W13 has too much promise to be written off in favour of focusing on 2023
Formula 1 Szafnauer thinks Alonso’s moving down the grid. Is he right? Otmar Szafnauer reckons Alpine will be ahead of Aston Martin for the duration of Fernando Alonso’s time there, but which of the two F1 teams is most likely to deliver on the promises they’ve laid out?
Formula 1 The painful deja vu undermining F1 2022’s early feel-good story Alfa Romeo’s 2022 F1 season has been much improved compared to recent campaigns, but the team has also been at far from the flawless standard it wants to maintain after the summer break
Formula 1 Alpine’s few Piastri F1 alternatives include a massive gamble If Alpine can’t have Fernando Alonso, Oscar Piastri or even Daniel Ricciardo for 2023, its list of alternatives gets complicated. The candidate who might be its best option comes with a lot of asterisks
Formula 1 Alpine willing to take Piastri to court for compensation Alpine suspects the fight over Oscar Piastri will go beyond Formula 1’s Contract Recognition Board to the High Court in the UK
Formula 1 Lack of Piastri ‘loyalty’ upsets Alpine more than Alonso exit Alpine isn’t happy to have lost Fernando Alonso, but it understands his motives. But in Oscar Piastri’s case, it doesn’t – and it is seething
Formula 1 Ferrari’s ‘no reason to change’ defiance misses the point Ferrari is defiant there’s no need for change despite its fading 2022 Formula 1 title bid. If there really is no reason to do so, there’s also no reason to think its mistakes will stop
Formula 1 F1’s porpoising fix comparable to halo, says one tech chief Changing the rules to make sure Formula 1 cars cannot suffer porpoising and bottoming out is similar in principle to introducing the halo, reckons McLaren technical director James Key
Formula 1 McLaren’s plan to replace Ricciardo with Piastri explained McLaren’s plan to replace Daniel Ricciardo with Oscar Piastri in Formula 1 next season now depends on two outstanding processes being completed. Scott Mitchell explains more
