Gasly: No explanation for AlphaTauri’s midfield struggles
RaceFans Round-up
In the round-up: Gasly can’t explain AlphaTauri’s struggles • Giovinazzi to mull Formula E future • Ex-Schumacher 1991 Benetton B191 for sale
Departing Alonso’s points deficit to Ocon is no reflection of his performance
2022 F1 team mate battles: Alonso vs Ocon
Esteban Ocon is on course to become only the second of Fernando Alonso’s team mates to out-score him over a season. Are the 41-year-old’s skills waning?
Raikkonen tests NASCAR Next Gen car ahead of Watkins Glen Cup debut
RaceFans Round-up
In the round-up: Raikkonen tests NASCAR Cup car ahead of debut • Porsche run special black livery for Formula E finale • Aston Martin share HQ build progress
Will retiring Vettel inspire a new generation of ‘activist drivers’?
News Focus
Who among the new generation of Formula 1 drivers might emulate Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton by using their status to promote important causes?
Norris’s demolition of Ricciardo leaves McLaren facing a 2023 dilemma
2022 F1 team mate battles: Ricciardo vs Norris
The first of our mid-season assessments of each pair of team mates in Formula 1 looks at whether there are any signs of improvement for Daniel Ricciardo in his second year at McLaren.
Mercedes ‘not close enough to Ferrari and Red Bull to really fight them yet’ – Wolff
2022 F1 season
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is not convinced the team’s strong performance in recent races shows they are on the cusp of fighting for wins.
Two black-and-orange flags in five races “a bit strange” for Magnussen
RaceFans Round-up
In the round-up: Two black-and-orange flags in five races “strange” – Magnussen • Krack expects “105%” from retiring Vettel • Work begins on new Detroit track
FIA plans new Formula 2 engine to run on sustainable fuel from 2024
Formula 2
The FIA has issued an invitation for engine manufacturers to tender for a contract to supply new power units to the Formula 2 championship from 2024 to 2026.
The making of the F1 newcomer who stunned the sport by saying ‘no’ to Alpine
2022 F1 season
Oscar Piastri clearly has an alternative to Alpine lined up for 2023, but why was his rejection of their claim to his services so unexpectedly forceful?
Aston Martin expect rivals will copy novel rear wing by Singapore GP
2022 Hungarian Grand Prix
Aston Martin’s Mike Krack anticipates that rival teams will have copied his team’s innovative rear wing design by October’s Singapore GP
IndyCar’s newest race still needs more work to lose its ‘Crashville’ reputation
IndyCar
Sunday’s IndyCar race in Nashville proved that the carnage seen in the inaugural event was no one-off. Does the event have a future?
Norris practising ‘mind soothing’, not mind games, on Ricciardo
RaceFans Round-up
In the round-up: Norris offering Ricciardo “more help than I normally would” • Super Formula reveals 2023 calendar • McLaren ‘seeking to buy Ricciardo out of contract’
Ricciardo’s recipe for his TV show is ‘F1 reality but with a bit of Hollywood’
2022 F1 season
Daniel Ricciardo told RaceFans his upcoming television series based on Formula 1 will be “completely different” to Netflix documentary Drive to Survive.
Herta expects IndyCar to change “really dangerous” Nashville restart zone again
IndyCar
Colton Herta expects IndyCar to rethink the positioning of the restart zone at the Nashville street circuit after a series of crashes and near-misses at the venue’s second race.
Hamilton: “My worst fears came alive” in Abu Dhabi finale controversy
RaceFans Round-up
In the round-up: Hamilton: “My worst fears came alive” in Abu Dhabi finale controversy • Piastri should have shown more loyalty – Szafnauer • Ganassi spoke to Palou for first time in weeks
Las Vegas race date leaked, indicating race start times outside USA
2023 F1 season
The date of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, one of multiple new rounds being added to the 2023 Formula 1 calendar, has been revealed in a letter leaked on social media.
FIA to submit new 2023 technical regulations to tackle porpoising this week
2023 F1 season
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has confirmed the sport’s governing body will seek approval of revised technical regulations for the 2023 Formula 1 season this week.
F1 teams can ‘get around technical directive on skid blocks a little bit’
2022 F1 season
Alpine are hoping a technical directive on skid blocks which will come into force at the next race plays in their favour.
Hamilton’s priority ‘winning another title’, not following Vettel into retirement
2022 F1 season
Lewis Hamilton isn’t reconsidering his Formula 1 future in the wake of Sebastian Vettel’s decision to retire from the sport.
How the F1 Manager 2022 team raided the archives to make their races sound realistic
Gaming
Audio from past Formula 1 races including thousands of team radio messages have gone into making F1 Manager 22 as realistic as possible.