Podcast: Best F1 driver 2022
Was anyone better than Max Verstappen this year? IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean and Motor Sport’s Damien Smith join Chris Medland as they weigh up the best driver of the 2022 Formula 1 season in our review podcast
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Sometimes, announcements come out of the blue and really catch you by surprise. The first reports of Mattia Binotto’s departure from Ferrari were like that, as it didn’t really seem…
Zak Brown has shed light on how Andreas Seidl’s Audi switch came about, and how an old business associate intervened to speed up the process
Williams reserve driver Jack Aitken and F1 commentator Alex Jacques join Chris Medland as they try to decide on the best overtake of the 2022 grand prix season in our review podcast
Frédéric Vasseur has been revealed as Ferrari’s new team boss, with a raft of other principal changes announced up and down the grid
One senior F1 figure claims that George Russell is now a better driver than Lewis Hamilton, after winning Mercedes’ only GP in 2022 and finishing 35 points ahead of his team-mate. But when Mark Hughes looks at the full picture, he isn’t so sure…
The race results suggest a dull and predictable 2022 F1 season, but Chris Medland recalls a deluge of highlights and excitement in a year that bodes well for grand prix racing
A few months ago I was talking to Aleix Espargaró about Aprilia’s long and winding road to the summit of MotoGP, from the 500cc two-stroke twin of the 1990s to…
Part of France’s golden F1 generation of the 1980s, Patrick Tambay was charismatic, cosmopolitan and quick. Andrew Marriott remembers the two-time grand prix winner
In the new book Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane by Matt Whyman, Toto Wolff says that he liked the situation of Lewis Hamilton informing him at the…
Mercedes hit the jackpot at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, where the track surface and temperature gave a double boost to its W15 F1 car. The rest didn’t stand a chance, writes Mark Hughes
McLaren was in the F1 doldrums six years ago, but now heads the constructors’ championship, led by Andrea Stella, who’s created a very different atmosphere to the Ron Dennis era, says Mark Hughes
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
Christian Horner dominated the headlines in the run-up to — and during — the 2024 Bahrain GP weekend despite the best efforts of Alpine, Yuki Tsunoda and a glorious V8
2023 US Grand Prix diary: More lengthy post-race investigations, the challenge of COTA and Ricciardo returns with the stars — Chris Medland’s view from the F1 paddock
Although the Mexico City GP was an unambiguous one-stop race, the strategy challenge was based around the cooling levels chosen for the car in Mexico’s thin air. At an altitude…
Between Austin and Mexico, conversations between the drivers and the FIA led to a clarified understanding about how stewards would judge wheel-to-wheel contests for position. This followed the Austin incident…
In Mexico Max Verstappen earned censure for his style of racing against title rival Lando Norris. In the rain of Brazil a week later he produced a virtuoso masterclass to…
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