2022 F1 Azerbaijan GP – How to watch, session timings and more

Following two painful races for Ferrari and Charles Leclerc, losing from winning positions at both the Spanish and Monaco GPs, the Italian squad will look to strike back in Baku this weekend.
Sergio Perez, who claimed his maiden Red Bull win at the Azerbaijan GP last year, celebrated his Monaco GP triumph by signing a new two-year contract extension at Red Bull that will keep him at the team at …Keep reading

Alonso questions driver salary cap when F1 is “asking more from us”

F1 introduced a budget cap at the start of the 2021 season, initially limiting teams to spending $145 million per year. This figure dropped to $140m for 2022 and will fall by a further $5m next year, although talks are ongoing about the impact of inflation and increased freight costs.
There are a number of exclusions from this base figure, including the driver salaries, but there is a renewed …Keep reading

Magnussen sees “nice change” in Haas between stints at the F1 team

After Magnussen left Haas at the end of 2020, the team set up what was dubbed a ‘Haas hub’ in Maranello at Ferrari’s headquarters, with more of the Italian team’s personnel moving over to the US squad to form a department headed up by technical director Simone Resta.
The change has allowed Haas to forge closer ties to Ferrari, while the team had already been taking as many components as …Keep reading

How F1 teams went from £1 rejects to billion-dollar forecasts

Liberty’s arrival marked a significant break from the past, replacing Bernie Ecclestone’s wheeler-dealer and profit-focused approach with a broader view to growing the series.
Greg Maffei, the CEO of Liberty Media, made an interesting point to highlight F1’s growth over the past five years when speaking at the Business of F1 Forum held by the Financial Times and Motorsport Network in …Keep reading