Formula 1 Szafnauer had ‘responsibilities taken away from me’ at Aston New Alpine Formula 1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer said he wanted to leave Aston Martin because he had lost “the responsibilities that I used to have”
Formula 1 The ‘Team Silverstone’ speciality Aston Martin hopes to revive Historically, the ‘Team Silverstone’ outfit that’s now known as Aston Martin has always been one of the most efficient teams in Formula 1, but its major expansion plans had the potential to jeopardise that strength. This is how the team is trying to protect it
Formula 1 Leclerc: Ferrari knows its 2022 F1 car better than any team Ferrari’s strategy of running a little-changed car across all of 2022 Formula 1 pre-season testing gives it a key advantage over its rivals, reckons Charles Leclerc
Formula 1 ‘Now I do have a reference’ – Schumacher on Magnussen return Mick Schumacher had Nikita Mazepin covered all throughout 2021 – but his new F1 intra-team duel with Kevin Magnussen will be more informative
Formula 1 Ferrari – F1 2022 ‘outsider’ or genuine title threat? Ferrari has been keen to talk down its performance in F1 testing, but what does the data say of the F1-75 relative to its rivals?
Formula 1 Chrome-styled wheel covers for McLaren as part of Google deal McLaren has struck a “major multi-year partnership” with Google that will add Chrome branding to the wheel covers of its 2022 Formula 1 car
Formula 1 F1’s only rookie can surprise ‘a lot of people with little clue’ Alfa Romeo has been impressed by F1’s only rookie in 2022, Zhou Guanyu, and reckons he can surprise people this season even if he is likely to have his critics
Formula 1 Haas ‘a bit scared’ by scale of its F1 reliability problems Haas Formula 1 boss Guenther Steiner says he is “a bit scared” of the reliability problems that plagued his team during test and left it with a “big mountain to climb”
Formula 1 Alpine can switch porpoising ‘on and off’ after breakthrough Alpine believes it improved its 2022 Formula 1 car’s porpoising problem to the point where it learned how to “switch that on and off”. Scott Mitchell explains more and assesses the team’s chances this year
Formula 1 What F1’s most low-key team was up to in testing While AlphaTauri, Alpine and Alfa Romeo all tried their hands at qualifying runs in the final hour of Bahrain F1 testing, one rival avoided a headline effort. How happy was it with its pre-season?
Formula 1 Where McLaren stands after a test spent ‘firefighting’ McLaren spent the final 2022 Formula 1 pre-season “firefighting” according to its team boss Andreas Seidl with brake issues that limited its running and created a “race against time”. But where does it leave the team in the pecking order?
Formula 1 ‘Spaceship’ mirrors set to be challenged in F1 rules meeting Discrepancies between the intent of the 2022 Formula 1 technical regulations and the reality of some designs will be discussed at an FIA meeting before the Bahrain Grand Prix
Formula 1 Trackside verdict: The visual hints of Red Bull’s superiority Max Verstappen’s eye-catching, test-topping lap time in Bahrain put Red Bull well clear at the end of Formula 1 2022’s pre-season. Watching trackside it is easy to believe it has a real advantage
Formula 1 McLaren must wait until Bahrain GP to get proper brake fix McLaren is completing the final day of Formula 1 testing with a partial solution to its braking problems but must wait until next week’s season-opener for a final fix
Formula 1 Hamilton adamant Mercedes can’t fight for wins in early races Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes’ challenges in Formula 1 testing are “far bigger” than one year ago and he does not believe it is currently in a position to be “competing for wins”
Formula 1 The Bahrain corner bringing out the worst in F1’s 2022 cars Bahrain’s tricky Turn 10 left-hander has long challenged Formula 1 drivers, but in 2022 it’s providing its biggest headache yet as Scott Mitchell explains
Formula 1 Cause of costly Williams fire ‘too stupid to talk about’ The cause of the fire that cost Williams almost an entire day of running in F1’s Bahrain pre-season test is “too stupid to talk about”
Formula 1 Magnussen expected 2022 F1 car to ‘feel worse than it did’ Formula 1 returnee Kevin Magnussen expected the 2022 car to feel worse than it did on his comeback with Haas in Bahrain
Formula 1 Ricciardo to miss final day in Bahrain after positive COVID test Daniel Ricciardo has tested positive for COVID-19 and must isolate before being released in time to compete in the 2022 Formula 1 season opener next week
Formula 1 Fresh problems halt Bottas’s F1 pre-season turnaround Alfa Romeo’s disrupted start to day two of Formula 1’s Bahrain test was caused by technical problems including what Valtteri Bottas called a “new issue”
Formula 1 Life after F1 was ‘really fun’ for Magnussen – but he’s back Kevin Magnussen didn’t realise he missed Formula 1 as much as he did. This is why he was so quick to say ‘yes’ when Haas came calling again
Formula 1 Ricciardo still too unwell to drive in Bahrain F1 test McLaren Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo is still too unwell to drive in the Bahrain pre-season but “several” precautionary COVID-19 tests have come back negative
Formula 1 Bottas’s Alfa Romeo F1 life finally starts ‘properly’ Valtteri Bottas believes the problems that plagued Alfa Romeo’s woeful Formula 1 Barcelona test are now “behind us” after the team’s “first proper day” without issue in Bahrain
Formula 1 F1 2022’s first tech row kicks off week of intense scrutiny Formula 1’s first real 2022 technical rules row has started simmering in Bahrain as Mercedes kicked off the reveals of what the biggest teams have planned for the first race
Formula 1 Haas Sunday test request rejected, can run longer in evenings The Haas Formula 1 team has had a request to test on Sunday morning rejected but will be allowed to run longer across the three evening sessions this week instead
Formula 1 Haas requests extra F1 pre-season running after cargo delays The Haas Formula 1 team has requested to run on Sunday after missing the first morning of pre-season testing
Formula 1 The ‘massive tear-up’ behind Mercedes’ disappearing sidepods Mercedes has turned heads at the start of the final Formula 1 pre-season test with its aggressive design making the sidepods on its 2022 Formula 1 car “disappear”. It’s a change it’s been dropping hints about for a while
Formula 1 Why Magnussen’s shock F1 comeback makes so much sense Kevin Magnussen’s Formula 1 return with Haas may be a surprise, but it’s also extremely logical – especially given so many in the team felt he was ousted just as he was peaking
Formula 1 Magnussen returns to F1 as Haas’s Mazepin replacement Kevin Magnussen will return to Formula 1 as the Haas team’s replacement for Nikita Mazepin and will take part in testing this week
Formula 1 Mazepins added to list of people sanctioned by EU Axed Haas Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin and his father Dmitry have been added to the list of Russian people subject to sanctions by the European Union
Formula 1 A ‘completely different’ 2022 F1 engine has quietly impressed The Alpine Formula 1 team’s massively revised Renault engine should be run at full power for the first time this week after an impressive testing debut in which it was “not even a talking point”
Formula 1 Mazepin claims no warning of F1 axe before Haas announcement Speaking in in a press conference where he addressed multiple topics, Nikita Mazepin says he had no advanced warning he had lost his Haas F1 drive before the team announced it publicly with a press release
Formula 1 Axed Mazepin sponsor Uralkali demands refund from Haas Russian company Uralkali has demanded a refund from the Haas Formula 1 team after it and driver Nikita Mazepin had their contracts terminated ahead of the 2022 season
Formula 1 New F1 cars already close to predicted end-of-2022 performance The performance of the 2022 Formula 1 cars is already close to what teams expected to have by the end of the season, according to Pirelli
Formula 1 Imola gets multi-year F1 deal until 2025 Imola has achieved its goal of sealing a multi-year deal with Formula 1, keeping it on the calendar until at least 2025
Formula 1 Cargo misfortune may delay Haas’s start to second F1 test The Haas Formula 1 team risks having a delayed start to the second pre-season Formula 1 test in Bahrain after a problem with its cargo being sent from the UK
Formula 1 ‘Franz Tost was in better shape than me!’ – Tsunoda interview Yuki Tsunoda readily admits he hates the gym so much he even hates “the smell of it”. But he also admits he totally underestimated his first Formula 1 season, and has had to put ‘afternoons of ordering UberEats with one hand and gaming’ firmly behind him
Formula 1 Alfa F1 team parent firm Sauber appoints new managing director Alessandro Aluni Bravi is the new managing director of the Sauber Group, which owns the Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team
Formula 1 New Aston F1 chief’s ideology seems tailor-made for Vettel Compassion, respect, and transparency – three things always said to be crucial ingredients to get the most out of Sebastian Vettel, and three things that come second-nature to his new Formula 1 team boss
Formula 1 Fittipaldi to drive in test after Mazepin’s exit – Gene Haas The Haas Formula 1 team will run Pietro Fittipaldi in the second pre-season test in Bahrain but wants a more experienced driver as a full-time replacement for Nikita Mazepin
