Oct.14 (GMM) Max Verstappen’s father thinks the Red Bull driver could dominate Formula 1 for several years – and then retire. After an early show of form from Ferrari, 25-year-old Dutchman Verstappen ended up totally dominating the 2022 season to wrap up his second consecutive drivers’ title with four races still to run. “I think […]
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Steiner pushes for F1 ‘sprint’ format shakeup
Oct.14 (GMM) Gunther Steiner says he would support moves to shake up the ‘sprint race’ weekend format in Formula 1. Next year, the number of ‘sprint’ weekends will be doubted from three to six, but the Haas team boss thinks the format for those events can be improved. He would like there to be separate […]
Abandoned track shows Vietnam’s F1 dream is over
Oct.14 (GMM) Vietnam’s Formula 1 dream appears to be over. In 2020, a race in Hanoi was set to go ahead until the outbreak of the pandemic. Now, AFP news agency has published photos of the abandoned circuit which is now commonly used by local cyclists. After the race was cancelled, city mayor Nguyen Duc […]
‘Nonsense’ Verstappen will lose F1 title – Marko
Oct.14 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko says it’s “nonsense” that Max Verstappen might lose his 2021 world championship over the budget cap scandal. Red Bull has been found by the FIA to have broken last year’s budget limit by less than 5 percent. “I don’t want to say too much,” Dr Helmut Marko told f1-insider. “Just […]
Haas closing on Uralkali replacement
Oct.14 (GMM) Haas looks to be closing in on a deal with a new title sponsor. Early this year, the small American team parted with Nikita Mazepin and his Russian sponsor Uralkali over the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict. Mazepin is now suing the team for unpaid monies, with Tass news agency reporting on Tuesday […]
Gasly also to blame for recovery vehicle saga
Oct.13 (GMM) Pierre Gasly has some of the blame for a highly dangerous situation that occurred during the Japanese GP. The Frenchman, and many of his fellow Formula 1 drivers, was livid with the FIA after a heavy vehicle entered the Suzuka circuit to recover Carlos Sainz’s crashed Ferrari even though cars were still circulating […]
Williams unfazed by 2023 driver speculation
Oct.13 (GMM) Nicholas Latifi admits his first and only points of the season so far in Japan came too late for him to retain his Williams seat. Only the British team as well as Haas now have vacancies for the 2023 season – with Mick Schumacher reportedly in the running for both of them at […]
Ferrari, Mercedes end 2022 car development
Oct.13 (GMM) Ferrari and Mercedes are at the end of the road with their car development programs for 2022. With Max Verstappen already champion and Red Bull cruising to the constructors’ title, Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says a new floor at Suzuka was the final development because the team is “at this season’s budget limit”. […]
Another potential African GP venue scratched
Oct.12 (GMM) Formula 1 will need to scratch Zimbabwe off the list of potential hosts of an African GP. With organisers in Kyalami unable to reach a 2023 race deal with the sport for financial reasons, attention had turned to Zimbabwe – as a $1.2 billion circuit project near the famous Victoria Falls was underway. […]
Pirelli hits back at wet tyre criticism
Oct.12 (GMM) Pirelli has deflected driver complaints about the quality of Formula 1’s rain tyres back onto the teams. After Suzuka, fans were once again wondering why the sport seems so averse in the modern era to racing in very wet conditions. The finger was pointed straight at Pirelli, with Sebastian Vettel insisting that the […]
Budget cap scandal ‘really bad’ for F1 teams
Oct.12 (GMM) The budget cap scandal is “really bad” not just for Red Bull, but for all of the Formula 1 teams. The sport has found itself in a deep quandary after the FIA found that the top team of the past two seasons breached the 2021 budget cap by less than 5 percent. The […]
Marko eyes all-time F1 record for champion Verstappen
Oct.12 (GMM) Max Verstappen is on track to break an impressive Formula 1 record in 2022. The Dutchman has already wrapped up his second consecutive drivers’ title in dominant fashion, while Red Bull is cruising for its first constructors’ championship since 2013. And the 25-year-old thinks more dominance is now on the cards. “It will […]
Verstappen eyes next goal for remaining 2022 races
Oct.11 (GMM) New back-to-back drivers’ world champion Max Verstappen says his goal for the remaining four races is now to help Red Bull secure the constructors’ crown. It would be the first time since the Sebastian Vettel era in 2013 that Red Bull won the team title, breaking Mercedes’ dominant eight-year streak. “We’re leading the […]
All-female F1 support series collapses
Oct.11 (GMM) The all-female open wheel support series for Formula 1 has collapsed with two races still to run in 2022. We reported a fortnight ago that the ‘W Series’ was on its last legs after the Singapore event, with reports revealing that “significant sums” are owed to creditors. “We’re looking at our budgets,” said […]
Rule confusion risks alienating F1 fans – report
Oct.11 (GMM) Formula 1 needs to be “careful” not to alienate its fans with overly complex rules. The entire paddock and F1 world, including Red Bull, was caught by surprise when Max Verstappen was declared world champion some 20 minutes after he won Sunday’s Japanese GP. “We were sure there would only be full points […]
‘A shame’ Mercedes is losing de Vries – boss
Oct.11 (GMM) Mercedes’ technical boss says it’s “a shame” the Brackley based team is losing Nyck de Vries. The Dutchman, whose one-off debut for Williams this year was due to his role as Mercedes’ official reserve, has been signed up by Red Bull’s second team Alpha Tauri for 2023. Franz Tost, Alpha Tauri boss, denies […]
Red Bull’s budget cap penalty ‘could take a while’
Oct.11 (GMM) It could be “a while” until the penalty for Red Bull’s now-confirmed budget cap breach is decided. The energy drink owned team officially reacted to the FIA’s confirmation of “minor overspend breaches” last year with “surprise and disappointment”. F1’s governing body said it is now “determining the appropriate course of action”, but severe […]
Honda’s full F1 return for 2026 not decided yet
Oct.10 (GMM) Talks in Tokyo with Dr Helmut Marko, and a deal to return clear ‘Honda’ branding to the car doesn’t mean the Japanese carmaker will rekindle its full works backing of Red Bull in Formula 1. That is the insistence of Koji Watanabe, president of Honda’s subsidiary ‘Honda Racing Corporation’ (HRC) that until recently […]
Father tips Verstappen to keep dominating F1
Oct.10 (GMM) Max Verstappen’s father thinks the Red Bull driver and new back-to-back world champion could utterly dominate the next several Formula 1 seasons. Even 25-year-old Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez had to admit after the Japanese GP that the Dutchman is currently close to untouchable. “Once he feels comfortable, he drives at a different level,” […]
Confusion and anger as Verstappen wins second title
Oct.10 (GMM) Confusion, danger, anger and intrigue set the scene at Suzuka as Max Verstappen splashed to his second consecutive drivers’ title win. The entire F1 world thought the Dutchman had just fallen short of the points he needed to wrap up the championship with a full four grands prix still to run in 2022. […]