Gasly: 2022 F1 season was ‘quite far away’ from AlphaTauri’s expectations

Gasly led AlphaTauri to its highest points total in an F1 season through 2021, scoring 142 points en route to sixth in the constructors’ standings to mark the outfit’s best campaign including its time operating as Toro Rosso.
But the team struggled to capitalise on the new regulations as it slipped back to ninth in 2022, picking up just 35 points between Gasly and team-mate Yuki …Keep reading

Autosport Podcast: 2022 F1 season review – Part 1

After a tense and controversial battle with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to claim a maiden F1 world championship in 2021, Verstappen’s run to the 2022 crown was a much more dominant affair.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc initially took the fight to Verstappen as the Monegasque opened up a 34-point lead over the world champion after the first three races.
However, once Red Bull addressed its …Keep reading

What McLaren learned from Ricciardo’s 2022 F1 struggles

Ricciardo left the team at the end of this season after two difficult years that saw the high of victory in the 2021 Italian GP, but which generally left both parties frustrated as he tried to come to terms with the car.
Stella insists that Ricciardo, who is returning to Red Bull Racing as reserve driver, had a positive impact on McLaren.
“One point I would highlight from a race team point …Keep reading

Fallows: Aston Martin benefitting from recruits across the paddock

After taking over the former Force India outfit owner Lawrence Stroll launched a major recruitment drive, taking Fallows and other key names from Red Bull Racing, as well as deputy technical director Eric Blandin from Mercedes, and engineering director Luca Furbatto from Alfa Romeo.
Fallows says the combination of newcomers from teams across the paddock and long-time members of the Silverstone …Keep reading

F1 2022 tech review: How Mercedes turned early-season pain into late victory joy

But the German car manufacturer certainly would never have predicted the kind of difficulties it faced with its W13.
Having suffered the most extreme porpoising on the grid, Mercedes found itself enduring some pretty painful moments in trying to get to the bottom of what had gone wrong.
Despite a few false dawns along the way, Mercedes steadily got to grips with its concept, unleashed more …Keep reading