Review: How the Max Mosley movie delivers on his complicated contradictions

Any film that needed to cover ground as wide as Adolf Hitler being at his parents’ wedding, punch-ups at fascist rallies, Formula 1 controversies, the dishing out of $100 million fines and a News of the World sex orgy expose, couldn’t really be anything else.
Yet Mosley: It’s Complicated, which is released in cinemas next month, manages to cover the life of former FIA president Max …Keep reading

10 things we learned from F1’s 2021 Styrian GP

The first race of Formula 1’s Austria double-header may not have quite hit the heights of last year’s thriller, but it offered up a very different result.
It was a weekend that saw Mercedes soundly beaten – perhaps in the most comprehensive fashion since the start of the V6 hybrid era – by Max Verstappen and face serious questions about its ability to stop the current Red Bull …Keep reading

Sainz explains “strange scenario” of unlapping himself in Styria

The Spaniard was locked in a tight fight with McLaren’s Lando Norris for fifth place in the Red Bull Ring race, but their battle was interrupted when Sainz got held up when he was lapped by Hamilton.
Having been forced to let the second placed-Mercedes through after a switch to hard tyres, Sainz quickly found himself being backed up as the world champion was struggling for pace.
Unsure about …Keep reading

Autosport Podcast: Styrian GP review

It marked Red Bull’s fourth straight F1 victory, extending its lead at the top of both championships as Mercedes was left unable to respond to the pace of its fierce rival, who now looks harder to beat than ever.
It left Lewis Hamilton asking Mercedes for an upgrade on his car after the race, only for Toto Wolff to reveal that development of the W12 has stopped, acting as a big story in the …Keep reading

Aston Martin reveals details of overhauled 1,000bhp Valkyrie AMR Pro

Aston Martin originally built the Adrian Newey-designed Valkyrie for the new Le Mans 24 Hours Hypercar class as a factory programme, alongside a limited road car version.
But soon after a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll bought shares of the struggling British manufacturer, the Hypercar programme was shelved to shift focus on Formula 1, with Stroll’s Racing Point team rebranded Aston Martin …Keep reading

Ricciardo: Power unit glitch was “disheartening” in Styrian F1 race

The Australian finished a lowly 13th after a good start from the same position propelled him to ninth was negated by a glitch that forced him to let other drivers past.
Ricciardo had already been left frustrated by an unexplained loss of performance in qualifying that left him only 13th on the grid.
He made amends with a strong first lap in the race, jumping up to ninth place, behind George …Keep reading

Zhou to make F1 practice debut in Austria with Alpine

Formula 2 championship leader Zhou has conducted regular private testing in F1 cars over the past 12 months in his role with the Alpine Academy, which he joined under its previous Renault guise in 2019. He also currently serves as Alpine’s official F1 test driver.
Zhou drove last year’s Renault F1 car at the post-season test in Abu Dhabi, but will now get a first taste of 2021 machinery when he …Keep reading