Formula 1 Wolff slams ‘pitiful’ rivals as FIA intervention issue escalates The actions of some teams while the FIA tries to address bouncing issues with the 2022 Formula 1 cars are “pitiful” and “disingenuous”, according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff
Formula 1 Aston Martin’s theory for the slump that left Vettel aghast Aston Martin had high hopes going into Canadian GP qualifying, yet it ended up with both cars falling in Q1. It reckons that was down to going in the “wrong direction with its tyre pressures
Formula 1 Why a Mercedes experiment upset Alpine so much in Canada The appearance of an experimental second floor stay on Mercedes’ Formula 1 car in Canadian Grand Prix practice upset at least one rival team
Formula 1 Alpine expects Piastri to race in F1 next year amid Williams link Alpine expects Oscar Piastri to race in Formula 1 next season, with the reigning Formula 2 champion thought to be close to a deal to drive for Williams in 2023
Formula 1 Mercedes car ‘getting worse’ with latest experiments in Canada Lewis Hamilton labelled his Canadian Grand Prix Friday a “disaster” in which it felt like his Mercedes Formula 1 car was “getting worse the more we do to it”
Formula 1 Leclerc to serve at least 10-place Canadian GP grid penalty Charles Leclerc will have to serve a grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix after more changes to his Ferrari Formula 1 power unit.
Formula 1 Hamilton couldn’t have met FIA extraction time with back pain Lewis Hamilton says he would have failed to meet the required time to extract himself from his car at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix because his back pain was so bad
Formula 1 Verstappen and Leclerc opposed to FIA’s bouncing intervention Formula 1 title rivals Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen do not support the FIA’s intervention over the bouncing issues suffered by some Formula 1 cars
Formula 1 Leclerc engine irreparable, grid penalty possible in Canada Charles Leclerc’s failed Ferrari Formula 1 engine from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is broken beyond repair and he could take a grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix
Formula 1 How Hamilton’s really handling Mercedes’ F1 struggles Critics are waiting to pounce on Lewis Hamilton at all times, especially amid F1 struggles. Short of analysing isolated frustrations, Scott Mitchell looks at the wider picture of how Hamilton’s coping with a tricky car and rapid team-mate
Formula 1 How FIA action could risk ‘completely changing’ 2022 F1 order Haas team boss Guenther Steiner reckons the FIA has taken a sensible first step in addressing drivers’ concerns about the ride quality of the 2022 Formula 1 cars because a rule change could “change the pecking order completely”
Formula 1 Ferrari protest helps show the extent of FIA/F1 disconnect Amid dissatifaction from teams, drivers and senior figures from Formula 1 itself, the FIA under Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s presidency looks less aligned with F1 than at any moment in recent memory
Formula 1 Hawkins gets F1 sim time as part of expanded Aston Martin role An expanded driver ambassador role with Aston Martin for 2022 includes Jessica Hawkins getting seat time in the team’s Formula 1 simulator
Formula 1 F1 eyeing 2023 Kyalami return but Spa may drop off calendar Formula 1 aims to have the South African Grand Prix on the 2023 calendar, potentially creating a 24-race season that the Belgian Grand Prix may not be part of
Formula 1 Piastri closing on deal to drive for Williams in F1 2023 Alpine Formula 1 junior Oscar Piastri is closing in on a deal to race for Williams in the 2023 season, and his drive could be announced by the end of the month
Formula 1 Ferrari’s lack of answers does not bode well for F1 title bid Ferrari’s reliability crisis shows it’s still a step away from being back at the standard needed to win a Formula 1 title. Its confusion over the cause of its current problems suggests it might not make that step in time to save its 2022 championship bid
Formula 1 Hamilton feared ‘most painful’ Baku F1 race would end in crash Lewis Hamilton described the Azerbaijan Grand Prix F1 race as the “most painful” race of his career
Formula 1 ‘A bit off’ all weekend – Why Verstappen looks limited in Baku The limitation Max Verstappen finds with the 2022 Red Bull has been a prominent theme of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend
Formula 1 Teams blocking ideas that can improve F1 drivers’ ride comfort The FIA is open to technical changes that could ease the poor ride quality of this generation of Formula 1 cars but some teams are blocking it
Formula 1 FIA stewards advise F1 rule change after Haas investigation The FIA stewards have suggested a F1 rule needs to be reconsidered after an investigation into an alleged Haas incident in Baku qualifying
Formula 1 Hamilton ‘driving too slow’ investigation yields no penalty Lewis Hamilton has avoided a penalty following an investigation into allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly ahead of Lando Norris in Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying
Formula 1 Russell: Major incident ‘a matter of time’ with 2022 F1 cars GPDA director George Russell has warned it is a “matter of time” before F1 suffers a “major incident” because of the new generation of 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 Ferrari reliability worry only fixed in ‘medium/long-term’ Ferrari has a reliability concern with its Formula 1 engine that will only be addressed in the “medium/long-term”, according to team principal Mattia Binotto
Formula 1 Ferrari concerned by senior FIA role for ex-Mercedes advisor Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says the appointment of an ex-Mercedes advisor to a senior FIA position is a “concern” but expects the governing body to ensure no “conflicts of interest”
Formula 1 Vettel’s alternative suggestion to ‘funny’ F1 driver salary cap Sebastian Vettel has suggested that Formula 1 team earnings should be capped, and excess profits put to other causes, as he finds it “funny” that driver salaries could be limited
Formula 1 ‘Fundamental improvements’ needed – so where are Mercedes losses? Mercedes admits its car needs “fundamental improvements” to be more competitive at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as a comparison with the pacesetting Ferrari highlights its all-round losses as Scott Mitchell explains
Formula 1 Hamilton/Vettel to stay ‘outspoken’ as FIA appoints new advisor The FIA has appointed a new equality, diversity and inclusion advisor, the day after its president had to clarify comments about outspoken F1 drivers
Formula 1 Verstappen: F1 salary cap ‘completely wrong’, hurts young drivers Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen says a driver salary cap would be “completely wrong” and would also “hurt all the junior categories”
Formula 1 ‘Feed me pressure’ – How Schumacher’s handling Haas ultimatum Mick Schumacher wants to use the pressure he is facing in Formula 1 as motivation as his Haas team says he cannot afford to repeat his costly crashes
Formula 1 FIA president moved to clarify remarks about driver activism The FIA president has emphasised his belief in sport “as a catalyst of progress” after an interview interpreted as critical of driver activism
Formula 1 Haas concerns over Ferrari reliability now ‘a little bigger’ Guenther Steiner has admitted Haas’s reliability concerns “got a little bigger” after the Ferrari failure that cost Kevin Magnussen an MGU-K
Formula 1 Alpine trying to counter F1 team’s male-dominated ‘banter culture’ Alpine has admitted its Formula 1 team has a “male-dominated” banter culture that it is trying to counter, alongside the launch of a partnership with LGBTQ+ initiative Racing Pride
Formula 1 FIA notes on pit exit line updated after Monaco controversy The FIA race director’s instructions regarding the pitlane exit line have been updated for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, following the Monaco controversy in which Ferrari protested Red Bull
Formula 1 The other weaknesses Mercedes’ 2022 F1 car still has Porpoising: solved. But the list of things wrong with the 2022 Mercedes Formula 1 car is still too big for it to threaten Red Bull and Ferrari any time soon
Formula 1 The US epiphany that made Magnussen a better F1 team-mate Kevin Magnussen had a “very challenging” relationship with his team-mate last time he was in F1. Now things are different and his time racing in the US has a big role to play in that
Formula 1 Norris’s value to McLaren has never been clearer Lando Norris has scored 81.40% of McLaren’s 2022 points – no mean feat against a driver the calibre of Daniel Ricciardo, even given his current struggles – and it’s clear his importance to McLaren has parallels with F1’s frontrunners
Formula 1 Vettel’s form is a sign it’s worth his while staying in F1 Sebastian Vettel suffered a dreadful start to 2022, but his campaign is finally gaining momentum. With an ever-improving Aston Martin package, there are signs its worthwhile he stays in F1
Formula 1 The 11th team F1 probably wants before Andretti Formula 1 and the FIA’s willingness to expand the grid beyond 10 teams would be good news for Michael Andretti if he was the sort of entrant F1 wanted. But he is not
Formula 1 ‘F1 was too heavy on my life before’ – Magnussen’s new outlook Kevin Magnussen has returned to Formula 1 in 2022 as a very different person, with very different feelings about F1 – as he discusses with Scott Mitchell in a candid and revealing interview
