Piastri helped Norris hit new F1 peaks, says McLaren

Norris and Piastri took second and fourth respectively in the recent British Grand Prix.It was a breakthrough result for McLaren and its upgrade package after struggling through the first half of the season, but it was also big boost for rookie Piastri, who took his best result in F1 by some margin.The highly rated Australian has repaid the faith shown in him by McLaren when it went to great …Keep reading

Ricciardo “pitching” for Red Bull F1 to take him over Perez for 2025

As Ricciardo prepares for his F1 comeback at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, the Australian is well aware that he is going to face a pretty challenging time in an AlphaTauri car that has left the team at the bottom of the constructors’ championship standings.But reflecting on the reasons why Ricciardo has elected to throw himself in at the deep end as a replacement for Nyck de Vries, Red Bull …Keep reading

F1 cost cap cheats should get sporting sanctions, says Domenicali

The FIA is currently working through the submissions for the 2022 season that have been handed to it by teams, and has increased its analysis of competitor spending in a bid to stamp out any clever workarounds.As reported by Autosport last month, this has also included a deep dive in to team’s non-F1 activities to make sure that ideas are not being fed back to the grand prix operation outside of …Keep reading

2023 F1 Hungarian GP – How to watch, session timings and more

The headlines have been dominated by a driver change at AlphaTauri, as rookie Nyck de Vries has been axed after just 10 races and replaced by Daniel Ricciardo.The Australian, who raced for the Italian team in 2012-13 under its Toro Rosso guise, will be the central focus going into the race weekend because if he can produce strong performances it is likely to put Sergio Perez under greater pressure …Keep reading

Ferrari dismisses Albon F1 link as it holds fire on driver contract talks

Speculation in the Italian press last week suggested that Ferrari had set its sights on luring Albon on board for after Sainz’s current contract runs out at the end of next year.However, Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has dismissed the idea of any movement for Albon, who himself made it clear in recent weeks that his own focus is on a long-term future with Williams.Vasseur, who knows …Keep reading