‘Deserving’ De Vries has character to succeed in F1 says McLaren FE boss

The Dutchman, a Formula E champion in the 2020-21 season with the Mercedes outfit, has earned a move to the AlphaTauri F1 squad to partner Yuki Tsunoda at the team.
After impressing in his one-race cameo at Williams in 2022 as a late call-up to substitute for Alex Albon, de Vries sufficiently turned heads among Red Bull’s higher-ups to earn the race seat vacated by Pierre Gasly.
James, de …Keep reading

Williams opted against continuing F1 2022 development when P10 looked certain

After ending last year ninth in the standings, Williams slumped back to 10th place as it struggled to match the midfield teams for form across the course of the season.
Alex Albon, Nicholas Latifi and one-race stand-in Nyck de Vries all managed to pick up points for Williams, but the total of eight for the season still left it well adrift of ninth-placed AlphaTauri, which finished on 35 …Keep reading

Ranking the 10 greatest BMW Motorsport machines

For half a century, BMW’s motorsport division has been producing fantastic cars. It’s main areas of success have been on the road and in touring car racing, but it’s also taken big victories in sportscar competition and Formula 1.
To help mark its 50th birthday, we decided to pick out the 10 best BMW Motorsport machines and talk to some of those lucky enough to get behind the …Keep reading

Alonso: Alpine F1 reliability struggles not comparable to McLaren-Honda

Alonso finished his second season since returning to F1 ninth in the championship, but rued a number of missed opportunities due to recurring reliability problems that emerged throughout the season.
The Spaniard was open in his frustration about the problems Alpine faced at times, believing it had cost him dozens of points that resulted in a head-to-head loss to team-mate Esteban Ocon in …Keep reading

Zhou: Point on debut in Bahrain felt ‘huge’ after criticism and abuse

Zhou became the first Chinese driver to race in F1 this year, joining Alfa Romeo alongside Valtteri Bottas to form an all-new driver line-up for the Swiss-based team.
Ahead of his F1 debut, Zhou faced criticism and even racist abuse online as trolls claimed he only got the nod for the seat due to his nationality and the associated sponsorship. 
But Zhou hit back on debut in Bahrain …Keep reading