Piastri: “2022 won’t be wasted year” as Alpine F1 reserve

Piastri took a convincing F2 title in 2021 as a rookie, his third straight title in three years after previously conquering FIA F3 and the Formula Renault Eurocup.
But despite being tipped as one of the hottest talents to come through the ranks in recent years, the 20-year-old Australian will spend the 2022 season without a race seat.
Instead, the Alpine academy graduate will act as the F1 …Keep reading

The ‘emotionally brutal’ F1 moments that made Russell stronger

Russell has stepped up to a full-time Mercedes F1 seat for the coming season after spending the last three years racing for the customer Williams squad.
Russell’s performances at Williams won him widespread acclaim throughout the F1 paddock, and convinced Mercedes to partner him with Lewis Hamilton five years after joining its junior programme.
PLUS: How Russell sees his place in the …Keep reading

Brown hopes to see “three or four cars” in F1 title hunt in 2022

Last year F1 enjoyed its most intense title finale since 2016, and its first true inter-team battle in a decade when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton fought over the drivers’ championship until a gripping season finale in Abu Dhabi – which went Verstappen’s way in dramatic circumstances.
The Verstappen-Hamilton duel reinvigorated the series after years of Mercedes …Keep reading