Formula 1 Mercedes surprised by rival floor flexing hinted at by FIA Toto Wolff has expressed surprise that Mercedes’ rival F1 teams have apparently designed their cars’ floors to flex more than the regulations intended to allow
Formula 1 Latifi has set level he must maintain to try to save F1 drive Nicholas Latifi reckons the performance that led to his best Formula 1 qualifying result is the new baseline level he must consistently reach to prolong his career
Formula 1 What caused Mercedes’ disappointing British GP qualifying Mercedes was “pretty disappointed” not to split the title-contending Red Bulls and Ferraris in British Grand Prix qualifying
Formula 1 When will Alonso and Piastri’s intertwined F1 futures be clear? Alpine’s plan to resolve its three-into-two Formula 1 driver dilemma involves loaning Oscar Piastri to Williams, but that goes hand in hand with sorting Fernando Alonso’s future
Formula 1 Ricciardo’s new F1-based fictional TV series explained Daniel Ricciardo hopes to help ‘steer the ship’ in his role as executive producer for a new F1-based fictional TV show
Formula 1 How FIA has moved beyond its controversial quick bouncing fix The FIA’s efforts to combat the worst of the bouncing suffered by 2022 Formula 1 cars has moved on quickly from a short-term and controversial measure at the Canadian Grand Prix
Formula 1 New Piquet racist, homophobic Hamilton slur emerges from 2021 Footage has emerged of another instance of Nelson Piquet using a racial slur in reference to Lewis Hamilton, along with an apparent homophobic comment
Formula 1 Wolff challenges other F1 teams to act beyond ‘Instagram posts’ Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has challenged others in Formula 1 to make a “really meaningful” financial contribution to anti-racism causes, as the team holds a charity auction to support the foundation it launched with Lewis Hamilton
Formula 1 ‘A good gain’ – Alpine reveals redesigned F1 sidepods and floor A major sidepod and floor redesign for Alpine’s Formula 1 car has been revealed ahead of the British Grand Prix
Formula 1 FIA works out metric to police porpoising, reveals next step The FIA plans to enforce its new technical directive setting a limit for the vertical oscillations Formula 1 drivers can be subjected to from the French Grand Prix
Formula 1 Alpine’s big 2022 tech gamble is paying off – most of the time Alpine’s 2022 engine has brought more pace but has had its moments of poor reliability. Despite that displeasing Fernando Alonso, the team might well be on the right track
Formula 1 Piquet/Vips incidents part of bigger problem F1 can’t ignore The rightful condemnation of Nelson Piquet and the sacking of Juri Vips have provided F1 a stark reminder of the path it must follow
Formula E The missing ingredient making this Formula E’s best season There might not be 15 drivers contending for this season’s Formula E championship like last year, but that gives it a much richer narrative argues Scott Mitchell
Formula 1 The Aston Martin F1 recruit whose career defies convention There’s been no shortage of feel-good Formula 1 stories this year, but Aston Martin’s Jess Hawkins’ tale is a particularly unique one
Formula 1 ‘Proud’ Gasly’s 2023 AlphaTauri F1 drive now official AlphaTauri has announced Pierre Gasly will drive for the team again in 2023, in the wake of Red Bull re-signing Sergio Perez
Formula 1 No more major upgrades for McLaren this season McLaren has suggested upgrades to its 2022 car will be “small, little changes” as it focuses on finding performance from its current package
Formula 1 A warning for Max Verstappen’s 2022 F1 rivals Despite only starting from pole position twice, Max Verstappen has won six races and has a 46-point lead in 2022, and that’s something that should worry his title rivals, says Scott Mitchell
Formula 1 How Leclerc handled a big test of his patience and judgement Charles Leclerc had to put one virtue that’s not always been a strength of his to the test in the Canadian GP. It was a race in which he needed to keep a sense of perspective, so how did he fare?
Formula 1 Horner: FIA order on floor stay ‘overtly biased’ to Mercedes Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner says the FIA’s decision to allow teams to run secondary floor stays is “overtly biased to sorting one team’s problems out”, in a thinly-veiled dig at Mercedes
Formula 1 ‘A cake with no frosting’ – Schumacher’s fresh points blow Mick Schumacher likened his Canadian Grand Prix to a cake without frosting after a power unit problem denied the Haas driver a likely first Formula 1 points finish
Formula 1 Ferrari challenges validity of FIA’s action on F1 bouncing Ferrari has told the FIA it does not consider new technical directives aimed at helping control the porpoising and bouncing of Formula 1 cars to be “applicable”
Formula 1 Wolff slams ‘pitiful’ rivals as FIA intervention issue escalates The actions of some teams while the FIA tries to address bouncing issues with the 2022 Formula 1 cars are “pitiful” and “disingenuous”, according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff
Formula 1 Aston Martin’s theory for the slump that left Vettel aghast Aston Martin had high hopes going into Canadian GP qualifying, yet it ended up with both cars falling in Q1. It reckons that was down to going in the “wrong direction with its tyre pressures
Formula 1 Why a Mercedes experiment upset Alpine so much in Canada The appearance of an experimental second floor stay on Mercedes’ Formula 1 car in Canadian Grand Prix practice upset at least one rival team
Formula 1 Alpine expects Piastri to race in F1 next year amid Williams link Alpine expects Oscar Piastri to race in Formula 1 next season, with the reigning Formula 2 champion thought to be close to a deal to drive for Williams in 2023
Formula 1 Mercedes car ‘getting worse’ with latest experiments in Canada Lewis Hamilton labelled his Canadian Grand Prix Friday a “disaster” in which it felt like his Mercedes Formula 1 car was “getting worse the more we do to it”
Formula 1 Leclerc to serve at least 10-place Canadian GP grid penalty Charles Leclerc will have to serve a grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix after more changes to his Ferrari Formula 1 power unit.
Formula 1 Hamilton couldn’t have met FIA extraction time with back pain Lewis Hamilton says he would have failed to meet the required time to extract himself from his car at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix because his back pain was so bad
Formula 1 Verstappen and Leclerc opposed to FIA’s bouncing intervention Formula 1 title rivals Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen do not support the FIA’s intervention over the bouncing issues suffered by some Formula 1 cars
Formula 1 Leclerc engine irreparable, grid penalty possible in Canada Charles Leclerc’s failed Ferrari Formula 1 engine from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is broken beyond repair and he could take a grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix
Formula 1 How Hamilton’s really handling Mercedes’ F1 struggles Critics are waiting to pounce on Lewis Hamilton at all times, especially amid F1 struggles. Short of analysing isolated frustrations, Scott Mitchell looks at the wider picture of how Hamilton’s coping with a tricky car and rapid team-mate
Formula 1 How FIA action could risk ‘completely changing’ 2022 F1 order Haas team boss Guenther Steiner reckons the FIA has taken a sensible first step in addressing drivers’ concerns about the ride quality of the 2022 Formula 1 cars because a rule change could “change the pecking order completely”
Formula 1 Ferrari protest helps show the extent of FIA/F1 disconnect Amid dissatifaction from teams, drivers and senior figures from Formula 1 itself, the FIA under Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s presidency looks less aligned with F1 than at any moment in recent memory
Formula 1 Hawkins gets F1 sim time as part of expanded Aston Martin role An expanded driver ambassador role with Aston Martin for 2022 includes Jessica Hawkins getting seat time in the team’s Formula 1 simulator
Formula 1 F1 eyeing 2023 Kyalami return but Spa may drop off calendar Formula 1 aims to have the South African Grand Prix on the 2023 calendar, potentially creating a 24-race season that the Belgian Grand Prix may not be part of
Formula 1 Piastri closing on deal to drive for Williams in F1 2023 Alpine Formula 1 junior Oscar Piastri is closing in on a deal to race for Williams in the 2023 season, and his drive could be announced by the end of the month
Formula 1 Ferrari’s lack of answers does not bode well for F1 title bid Ferrari’s reliability crisis shows it’s still a step away from being back at the standard needed to win a Formula 1 title. Its confusion over the cause of its current problems suggests it might not make that step in time to save its 2022 championship bid
Formula 1 Hamilton feared ‘most painful’ Baku F1 race would end in crash Lewis Hamilton described the Azerbaijan Grand Prix F1 race as the “most painful” race of his career
Formula 1 ‘A bit off’ all weekend – Why Verstappen looks limited in Baku The limitation Max Verstappen finds with the 2022 Red Bull has been a prominent theme of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend
Formula 1 Teams blocking ideas that can improve F1 drivers’ ride comfort The FIA is open to technical changes that could ease the poor ride quality of this generation of Formula 1 cars but some teams are blocking it