FIA sets date for review of Sainz’s F1 Australian GP penalty

Ferrari made the request after Sainz was docked five seconds following his collision with Fernando Alonso after the final grid restart in Melbourne.
The contact between the two Spaniards was one of several incidents that occurred at the restart and which led to the third red flag of the race.
Sainz received the penalty before the resumption for a one-lap run to the chequered flag behind the …Keep reading

Domenicali: Brad Pitt F1 movie will be “quite invasive”

The as yet unnamed film is being made by the team behind Top Gun: Maverick, with Lewis Hamilton serving as a producer and consultant.
It is set to start production in the coming weeks from a base at Silverstone, with some of the action to be shot around real race events with the filming fitted around the regular schedule.
Pitt, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joseph Kosinski met team …Keep reading

Domenicali hints at increased entry costs for new F1 teams

The FIA launched an entry process in February that is still open and is scheduled to produce an outcome in June after all bids have been examined.
At the moment, if accepted, a new entrant has to pay a $200m ‘anti-dilution fee’ that is shared between the 10 existing teams.
Officially that number is meant to reflect the potential losses each team will incur with an extra team taking a slice …Keep reading

The Ferrari optimism over its “worst-ever” start to an F1 season

At this point last year, Charles Leclerc had two wins under his belt to lead Ferrari’s blossoming title challenge, its most credible since 2018. Twelve months on, he has only finished one race of three to call it the “worst-ever start of the season”. Meanwhile, a distant sixth in Saudi Arabia left team-mate Carlos Sainz convinced that major car changes, rather than minor set-up tweaks, were …Keep reading