Mar.2 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has backed the decision to allow Nikita Mazepin to keep racing in Formula 1. At an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council on Tuesday to discuss the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the FIA bucked the current international trend by deciding to allow Russian drivers to keep racing. “If Mazepin can […]
Month: March 2022
Binotto denies Ferrari ‘months ahead’ of 2022 rivals
Mar.1 (GMM) Mattia Binotto has scoffed at seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton’s claim that Ferrari is “several months ahead” with its all-new 2022 car. Hamilton believes Mercedes and Red Bull’s full and late focus on the 2021 title race means big teams not fighting for the championship were better able to prepare for Formula […]
Marko admits Red Bull’s car has weight ‘problem’
Mar.1 (GMM) Red Bull’s car could be the heaviest on the entire grid at the beginning of 2022. To compensate for the radical new technical regulations this year, the FIA raised the minimum car-plus-driver weight yet again to 795 – almost 200kg more than just 20 years ago. However, according to Auto Motor und Sport, […]
Favourite emerges to replace Russia GP
Mar.1 (GMM) One circuit has emerged as the favourite to replace Russia’s ‘suspended’ round of the 2022 world championship in September. Amid the covid crisis in 2020 and again last year, Portugal’s Portimao circuit filled in for race hosts more affected by the pandemic. And with Sochi’s 2022 race now looking in doubt over the […]
Minister says Russia GP not cancelled
Mar.1 (GMM) Local authorities have joined promoters of the Sochi race in insisting that September’s Russian GP has not been officially cancelled. Indeed, amid the escalating Russia-Ukraine crisis, the FIA’s statement said only that a Formula 1 race on Russian soil at present would be “impossible” in the “current circumstances”. A spokesman for Sochi race […]
‘No guarantees’ for Mazepin’s Haas seat – boss
Mar.1 (GMM) Nikita Mazepin’s Formula 1 career is hanging in the balance ahead of an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday of the World Motor Sport Council. The meeting has been convened by new FIA president Mohammed Bin Sulayem as a direct result of the “ongoing crisis in Ukraine”. Preparations for September’s Russian GP at Sochi have […]