Aston Martin close to agreeing F1 cost cap penalty with FIA

The team was named recently by the FIA alongside Red Bull Racing and Williams as having failed to fully comply with the 2021 financial regulations.
However while Red Bull was deemed to have overspent and made procedural errors, Aston Martin and Williams were only guilty of the latter.
The Williams case, involving the late submission of documents by a third-party accounting firm, was settled …Keep reading
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Doohan set for Mexico, Abu Dhabi F1 free practice runs with Alpine

These will be the last opportunities for any teams to run rookies this year, as Brazil is a sprint race and thus FP1 is followed by qualifying in the afternoon.
It is understood than any formal confirmation of Doohan’s outings has been delayed by complications over formally finalising Oscar Piastri’s exit from the team.
The latter was supposed to do the Alpine FP1 running this year, but …Keep reading
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Solving for the future of race operations today

“Everyone wants to find that edge in any way in the sport. When you are dealing with hundredths of milliseconds, you look for any advantage you can to help you go faster,” says Ed Green, Head of Commercial Technology for McLaren F1 team.
Every area of race operations activity is scrutinised to try to find a competitive advantage, from front jacks that shave milliseconds off a pitstop, to …Keep reading
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Steiner: Haas F1 protests seeking consistency from FIA stewards

The protests were prompted by Kevin Magnussen receiving three black and orange flags for endplate damage over the course of this season, despite the team explaining to the FIA that thanks to its design a flapping endplate would not detach from the car.
In Austin, Perez received front wing damage on the first lap, which led to the endplate flying off shortly afterwards.
Meanwhile, after …Keep reading
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Vettel will “miss the adrenaline” of last-lap Magnussen battle from F1

As the Silverstone squad enjoyed a surprise upturn in form at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, Vettel and teammate Lance Stroll were competing for the best of the rest spot in the early stages of Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.
But as Stroll took himself out of the race by colliding with Alpine’s Fernando Alonso, which yielded the Canadian a three-place grid penalty for Mexico, Vettel’s …Keep reading
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Horner: Verstappen F1 recovery “almost scripted” as win honours Mateschitz

The double success came the day after Red Bull boss Mateschitz passed away, an event that Horner suggested made Verstappen even more determined to win.
The Dutchman looked set to score a straightforward victory until an 11-second pit stop due to an issue with the left front dropped him back.
He thus had a fight on his hands, but he quickly moved up the order and eventually passed Lewis …Keep reading
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Autosport Podcast: F1 United States Grand Prix review

Both Verstappen and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner dedicated the victory to team co-founder and team owner Dietrich Mateschitz who died aged 78 over the weekend.
In a frantic race, two safety car periods disguised how dominant Verstappen could have been, and then a slow pitstop meant the 2022 F1 world champion had to chase down Hamilton and Leclerc.
Hamilton and Mercedes can be buoyed …Keep reading
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