Who will replace Sebastian Vettel in F1? Assessing the contenders

The German’s retirement news has turned the driver silly season on its head, and opened up a raft of possible scenarios that could impact several teams.
The bottom line is that Aston Martin doesn’t have a definitive plan in place.
While Vettel’s retirement was always a possibility, and was obviously a topic of conversation between the four-time world champion and team owner Lawrence Stroll …Keep reading

Why Vettel’s retirement is a huge loss for F1 on and off-track

News of Sebastian Vettel’s plan to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season was met with widespread sadness across the sport’s fanbase and paddock community.
This is a driver who has established himself as one of the all-time greats, winning four world champions and enjoying the kind of dominance with Red Bull few have tasted in F1 history.
But Vettel is also a driver who, as he has …Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel’s top F1 wins ranked

Aston Martin driver Vettel announced on the eve of the Hungarian Grand Prix that he will walk away from F1 at season’s end, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.
It will bring down the curtain on a glittering career that to date features 53 grand prix wins, putting him third on the all-time list behind only Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher. 
Although he didn’t …Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel’s full statement on his retirement from F1

I hereby announce my retirement from F1 by the end of the 2022 season. Probably I should start with a long list of people to thank now, but I feel it is more important to explain the reasons behind my decision.
I love this sport. It has been central to my life since I can remember, but as much as there is life on track, there is my life off track too. Being a racing driver has never been my …Keep reading

Four-time F1 world champion Vettel to retire at the end of 2022

The four-time F1 world champion revealed via his newly-launched Instagram account on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix that he would be walking away for the series at the end of the season.
In recent years, Vettel has become increasingly vocal about the importance of environmental and social issues around the world, and weighed heavily on the significance of these issues …Keep reading

Williams helping Albon to be “more of a fighter” off-track in F1

Albon made his return to the F1 grid this year after spending last season in a reserve role with Red Bull, having been dropped from the team’s line-up after a difficult 2020 campaign.
Albon has impressed throughout his time at Williams so far, scoring all three of its world championship points this year with runs to 10th in Australia and ninth in Miami.
Both results came despite …Keep reading

Why more extreme F1 bodywork could be on the cards for 2023

With less scope for designers to think outside the box for innovative solutions, the likelihood was of a grid of lookalike ground effect machines. But things did not quite play out that way, with one of the most stark differences between teams being their sidepod solutions.
At the start of the year, there was a wide variety of different sidepod concepts at play, with Ferrari’s inwash, Red …Keep reading

Magazine: Are Ferrari’s F1 title hopes over after the French GP?

Charles Leclerc was putting up a fine battle against title rival Max Verstappen in the French Grand Prix when he lost the back end of his Ferrari and crashed.
As Alex Kalinauckas shows in our race analysis, Ferrari and Leclerc had performed brilliantly to offset Red Bull’s straightline speed advantage at Paul Ricard. The race was finely poised – with both teams reckoning they could win it …Keep reading

Why Alpine’s intense F1 development push shows no sign of slowing

While some developments have been minor tweaks and optimisations, at other times there have been hefty upgrade packages thrown into the mix as the team balances a well-coordinated development programme that’s repositioned it in the fight for fourth place.
But while few of its rivals have been able to keep up with the scale of such revision, Alpine says there is no evidence of it running out …Keep reading