Category: F1

• 08/10/2022

  A day of driver market news…

  Months of intense speculation have culminated in a day with two announced confirming two of the most hotly debated seats on the 2023 F1 grid. Firstly, Alpine are having an all French (and all Normandy) lineup next year as they sign Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri. This may cause some issues for the Alpine management through…
• 08/10/2022

  Japanese GP Qualifying Analysis

  A session that produced the expected result and had no major shocks… Red Bull – A fourth pole for Verstappen which nearly didn’t come to be after the Dutchman was summoned to the stewards for ‘driving erratically’ but escaped without penalty. Perez starts tomorrow’s race P4. Ferrari – Leclerc was tantalisingly close to pole position…
• 02/10/2022

  Singapore GP Debrief

  A long, long race with more incidents than you can count. Maylander certainly earned his money today in managing the mixed-up order… Red Bull – A second win of the season for Perez on a street track after superb management of the wet-dry race. Verstappen struggled at the start and throughout the race and came…
• 01/10/2022

  What do we do about breaches of the Cost Cap?

  It’s the talk of the Formula One community: who has breached the Cost Cap? Who hasn’t breached the Cost Cap? What do we do about those who have breached the Cost Cap? For those who have been living under a rock this weekend, there has been a great deal of speculation about the Cost Cap…
• 01/10/2022

  Singapore GP Qualifying Analysis

  An interesting and uninterrupted qualifying session yielded some intriguing results… Ferrari – A strong performance for Ferrari with Leclerc taking his 9th pole this season although I doubt it will lead to a win. Sainz starts P4. Red Bull – Two different stories from Red Bull with Perez taking his first front row in Singapore…
• 30/09/2022

  Singapore GP Practice Analysis

  My first Singapore GP sessions watched were very interesting, some excitement, a beautiful track and lots of things to talk about… Ferrari – A good start to the fly-aways with a 1-2 in FP2. Leclerc did suffer from brake issues but still managed to put in a time good enough for second. Mercedes – Surprisingly,…
• 19/09/2022

  Formula Three test for promising female talents

  Abbi Pulling, Nerea Marti, Chloe Chambers and Hamda Al Qubaisi successfully completed a Formula Three test as part of their efforts to move up into the higher tier series. Marti was a last minute replacement for Tereza Babickova who was unable to complete the test due to a spinal injury. The women were invited by…
• 11/09/2022

  Italian GP Debrief

  An uneventful race that ended under a safety car that provided a few interesting stories… Red Bull – An eleventh race win this season for Max Verstappen after he breezed through the field in the early stages of the race. Perez had tyre issues and could only manage P6. Ferrari – The home heroes has…
• 10/09/2022

  Italian GP Qualifying Analysis

  Qualifying in Italy was rather anti-climatic due to the multitude of penalties. However, it still provided some entertainment… Ferrari – A 17th pole position for Leclerc made all the sweeter by the fact it was at Ferrari’s home race. His 8th this year means he has had the most poles in a season for a…
• 09/09/2022

  Italian GP Practice Analysis

  Another home race weekend for Ferrari starts in a reasonably strong way… Ferrari – It seems that the special livery is doing Ferrari good thus far as Leclerc topped FP1 in a 1-2 whilst Sainz went fastest in FP2. Something tells me the rest of their weekend will not run as smoothly… Mercedes – A…