Our verdict on F3’s odd title fight and contenders’ F1 prospects
The Formula 3 title has gone to an Alpine junior after a strange but close-fought year. But who in the field is really heading for Formula 1?
Alpine junior Martins takes FIA F3 title in bizarre finale
Alpine Formula 1 junior Victor Martins has claimed the FIA Formula 3 title after emerging triumphant from the championship’s closest-ever title fight in bizarre circumstances in Monza
‘Pessimistic’ Norris lays out how far McLaren has fallen in F1
‘Pessimistic’ Lando Norris laid out the harsh reality for McLaren ahead of Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, where a repeat of last season’s 1-2 result looks highly unlikely despite both cars starting on row two of the grid
Alpine: Piastri wrong to snub Williams, doesn’t share values
Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi believes Oscar Piastri did not follow Formula 1 “tradition” by picking a move to McLaren over a two-year Williams loan deal and a future at the Renault works team, saying past champions would’ve taken what Alpine offered
Why Ricciardo’s miracle McLaren outlier was even possible
It was never as good before or since – but the Daniel Ricciardo/McLaren partnership bore fruit at Monza in 2021. But how much of that was the stars aligning – and how much was performance?
Gary Anderson’s solution for F1’s repeated grid penalty mess
With nine drivers taking penalties at the Italian GP, F1 must fix its broken grid penalty system, says ex-F1 technical director Gary Anderson who has a solution that he thinks could solve it
Mark Hughes: Where Leclerc’s apparent Monza edge has come from
After a Friday where it looked second best to Red Bull, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc beat Max Verstappen in qualifying on Saturday. So what made the difference and can it be repeated on Sunday?
F1 finally publishes Italian GP grid with Verstappen seventh
For the second time in three weekends, the grand prix grid order will look very different from the Formula 1 qualifying result at the Italian Grand Prix. Here’s a complete rundown of the actual grid as it provisionally stands
‘Not in racing’s DNA’ – Monza grid mess shows system untenable
F1’s current grid penalty system effectively collapsed in on itself in the aftermath of the Italian GP qualifying at Monza
Aggressive de Vries has made case for Williams seat already
Nyck de Vries has been on F1’s periphery for a while, but there was never an ironclad case for him to be on the grid. There might be one now
