FIA president Ben Sulayem steps back from day-to-day F1 operations

Ben Sulayem was elected the president of F1’s governing body in December 2021, and quickly outlined a plan to restructure the FIA’s F1 operations.
This included an overhaul of race control, sparked by the controversial end to the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi, as well as changes to the senior FIA management such as appointing a CEO for the first time.
As part of this process, Ben Sulayem …Keep reading

Ranking Lewis Hamilton’s 10 F1 seasons with Mercedes

Hamilton’s tallies of 82 victories and six world titles with Mercedes, scored in 200 starts, are world championship records for a driver at one team.
Before Hamilton starts his 11th Mercedes campaign, we’ve decided to rank his 10 seasons at the Silver (and Black) Arrows.
PLUS: Assessing Hamilton’s remarkable decade as a Mercedes F1 driver
We’ve rated them on Hamilton’s …Keep reading

Verstappen buoyed by new handling characteristics of 2023 F1 tyres

The Red Bull driver is well known for preferring a pointier front end, as he has no concerns about his cars being more nervous at the rear.
This trait was the opposite of what he started the 2022 campaign with, thanks to the combination of an overweight Red Bull car and the understeer characteristics of Pirelli’s latest generation of tyres.
While Red Bull worked hard to address the weight …Keep reading

Domenicali: F1 doesn’t want to “gag” drivers

He also stressed that he expects the FIA to clarify exactly what the new ruling means.
The FIA made a change to the international sporting code for 2023 banning comments by drivers on “political, religious or personal” issues without obtaining prior permission from the governing body.
Due to the winter break few drivers have responded in public to the news, although as media activities …Keep reading