Category: Formula 1

(GMM) A new financial row is brewing in the Formula 1 paddock. As previously reported, some teams are calling for an adjustment to the $140 million budget cap as raging … Read More

(GMM) Toto Wolff thinks Red Bull and Max Verstappen are “the benchmark” in Formula 1 now. Ferrari has gotten its new era with the revolutionary 2022 rules off to a … Read More

(GMM) Alpine is under “no pressure” to put reigning Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri in a race seat for 2023. In Melbourne, 40-year-old Fernando Alonso announced that he would like … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 drivers are worried that the sport’s expansion into new and lucrative markets will result in some of the most historic venues falling off the calendar. F1 will … Read More

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took the Australian Grand Prix pole position with a blistering lap of 1m17.868s around Albert Park – demoting his championship rival Max Verstappen to second on the … Read More

PART ONE – TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Frédéric VASSEUR (Alfa Romeo), Otmar SZAFNAUER (Alpine) Q: Welcome to you all. We’re back at Melbourne, racing for the first time since 2019. … Read More

The Australia GP Stewards need to get a life.  Sebastian Vettel provided the most entertainment to fans on Friday, yet they did this, like there was really any harm done: … Read More

DRIVER GROUP 1 Alex ALBON (Williams) Lance STROLL (Aston Martin) Carlos SAINZ (Ferrari) Fernando ALONSO (Alpine) Esteban OCON (Alpine) Q: Carlos, let’s kick things off with you. It’s been three … Read More

Day one of the Formula 1 Heineken Australian Grand Prix 2022 saw an estimated record-breaking attendance of 112,466. This was on a Friday – a workday. The previous largest estimated … Read More

The Mercedes team, who Lewis Hamilton said does not make mistakes when asked by a reporter, made a huge mistake with their 2022 car as they continue to struggle for … Read More

(GMM) Lando Norris has hit back at claims that extending his McLaren contract for so long may have been a grave mistake. 2009 world champion Jenson Button raised the alarm … Read More

(GMM) Former ‘number 2’ Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine thinks the Maranello team needs to revive a clear policy of team orders in 2022. That is because Ferrari has emerged for … Read More

(GMM) Freight chaos could become commonplace in Formula 1 this year, according to Gunther Steiner. The Steiner-led Haas team missed the start of the final pre-season test in Bahrain due … Read More

(GMM) Volkswagen has officially “confirmed” its intention to see the Audi and Porsche brands on the Formula 1 grid in 2026. We have reported for weeks and months that McLaren … Read More

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in FP2 ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Scuderia teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. on Friday at the Australian Grand Prix. Alpine’s Fernando … Read More

Carlos Sainz Jr. turned a lap of 1m19.806s to lead opening practice of the Australian GP F1 race in Melbourne in his #55 Ferrari. Sainz was followed by his #16 … Read More

Ride around the revised Melbourne Circuit with Carlos Sainz Jr. on the simulator. The apex of Turn One is visibly wider and easier to navigate as it has been widened … Read More

The F1 circus is all set up in Melbourne with the first practice less than 12 hours from now.  The Ferrari team gives us their preview.  

Jim Clark, the former world motor racing champion was killed when on this day in 1968 when his Lotus-Cosworth skidded off the track and somersaulted into a wood at about … Read More

The Haas Formula 1 team will not have a spare chassis for the Australian Grand Prix after Mick Schumacher wadded his car up in Saudi Arabia qualifying trying to beat … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 has improved the terms of its broadcasting deal with French television channel Canal Plus. Canal Plus’ CEO Maxime Saada told L’Equipe sports newspaper that the broadcaster has … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 team’s crucial sea freight almost didn’t arrive on time for the Australian GP this weekend. Austria’s Osterreich reports that although the teams put the Melbourne-bound equipment to … Read More

(GMM) Red Bull’s already-competitive 2022 car has been on a serious weight-loss diet, according to Dutch insider and racing driver Tom Coronel. Coronel, who is close to the Verstappen family, … Read More