Vettel to miss Bahrain GP with COVID, Hulkenberg in for Aston
Reserved driver Nico Hulkenberg will contest the Bahrain Grand Prix for Aston Martin in place of Sebastian Vettel, who has COVID and will miss the 2022 Formula 1 season opener
Chrome-styled wheel covers for McLaren as part of Google deal
McLaren has struck a “major multi-year partnership” with Google that will add Chrome branding to the wheel covers of its 2022 Formula 1 car
F1’s only rookie can surprise ‘a lot of people with little clue’
Alfa Romeo has been impressed by F1’s only rookie in 2022, Zhou Guanyu, and reckons he can surprise people this season even if he is likely to have his critics
Alpine testing form suggests Alonso set for career crossroads
Fernando Alonso always emphasised 2022 over 2021 when it came to his F1 comeback. But what if 2022 is more of the same?
Podcast: The rivalries that will define F1 2022
We break down the key rivalries that will shape 2022 in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast, which previews the new season
Ricciardo set to compete in Bahrain GP after testing negative
McLaren says Daniel Ricciardo is set to compete in this weekend’s Formula 1 opener in Bahrain after all, following “a number of” negative COVID-19 tests
Haas ‘a bit scared’ by scale of its F1 reliability problems
Haas Formula 1 boss Guenther Steiner says he is “a bit scared” of the reliability problems that plagued his team during test and left it with a “big mountain to climb”
Gary Anderson: Every F1 team’s 2022 sidepod design ranked
Given their importance in generating ground effect and handling porpoising, sidepods and the areas around them are a critical 2022 Formula 1 tech battleground. Gary Anderson ranks all 10 teams’ efforts
F1 rules update stamps out Abu Dhabi-style partial unlapping
The FIA has modified the Formula 1 sporting regulations to clarify one of the rules that proved contentious in last year’s Abu Dhabi GP
Reliability risks squandering Alfa’s ‘clear step forward’
Alfa Romeo was the sixth-fastest team in Formula 1’s Bahrain test but will reliability woes hide its ‘clear step forward’ in 2022?
