Kevin Magnussen’s Jeddah race had already been spoiled by a 10-second penalty for contact with Alex Albon when he passed Yuki Tsunoda while running off the circuit. The move subsequently earned him a second 10-second penalty.He then followed orders to slow down the Japanese driver and others in the followingContinue Reading
Feeney arrived at the Australian Grand Prix second in the points but, after taking pole position for the weekend’s opening race, could only watch on as Anton de Pasquale took an early lead in the shortened 18-lap race.But the positions swapped back before the end of the first lap, withContinue Reading
The McLaren driver was lucky to escape a penalty after he edged forward before the lights went out at Jeddah a fortnight ago.While rivals, including George Russell, complained about him jumping the start as his car was seen to move, the FIA stewards ruled that there had been no offenceContinue Reading
The Spaniard acknowledges that he hasn’t yet returned to 100% fitness after having his appendix removed in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago.However, he remains confident that he will be able to drive this weekend, despite not undertaking any training or using the Maranello simulator since his operation.Sainz plans to driveContinue Reading
The F1 Driver Academy managing director, who is wife of Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, found herself at the centre of a media storm in December after the FIA announced it was looking into a potential conflict of interest between them.This followed a media report suggesting that confidential information hadContinue Reading
A soft-spoken and affable character away from the action, Ocon has built up a rather different reputation among his peers once he gets down to business.The 27-year-old is known for his straightforward, no-nonsense and no-compromise attitude, whether he is dealing with team-mates, team bosses or his battling his rivals.Having nowContinue Reading
The FIA’s Compliance Department had been looking into claims made against Ben Sulayem by a whistleblower about two separate incidents that occurred during 2023.The first involved a suggestion that he had interfered with the stewards’ decision to reverse a penalty handed down on Fernando Alonso at the Saudi Arabian GrandContinue Reading
With rivals like Mercedes and Aston Martin switching over, it had been anticipated that the entire grid would follow suit – but Ferrari joined Haas and Williams in doing its own thing.Haas is no surprise though, because it takes what is supplied by the Scuderia, while Williams chose to take last year’sContinue Reading
“This is going in an Autosport Engineering supplement,” says Peter Thurston incredulously as he reveals his extraordinary Citroen 2CV8 racer, yet to turn a wheel. In place of a wheezing 602cc air-cooled flat-twin engine making a whopping 45bhp in racing trim sits a gruff 4.6-litre Rover V8. Even in mildContinue Reading
In a ruling that was made on Wednesday, the European Union said that it could not justify the ex-Haas F1 racer remaining on a list of individuals that have had sanctions imposed on them as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.At the time, Mazepin and hisContinue Reading