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Daniel Ricciardo, Andreas Seidl, F1

Ricciardo admits of still not getting 100% from the car; Seidl adds more

Andreas Seidl speaks on helping Daniel Ricciardo as much in F1 2022 as the Australian admits about not getting 100% feel from the car. For Ricciardo, it has been a tough season to say the...
Charles Leclerc, F1, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari

Leclerc says he’ll ‘think twice’ before driving historic F1 car during title bid

Charles Leclerc says he will now “think twice” before accepting an invitation to drive another historic F1 car, after crashing a classic Niki Lauda Ferrari in Monaco. Ahead of the Monaco GP in which he...
Guanyu Zhou, Yuki Tsunoda, F1

Guanyu, Tusnoda not thinking about F1 future beyond 2022 season yet

Zhou Guanyu and Yuki Tsunoda are not thinking too far ahead at the moment regarding their F1 future beyond the 2022 season. For Guanyu, the first Chinese driver on the grid, his season at Alfa...
F1, FIA

F1 top teams oppose smaller teams’ driver & senior staff salary cap plans

F1 budget cap crisis continues to rear its head as the bigger teams ask for an increase in the maximum spending allowance, with rumblings of senior personnel caps materialising in the background. The significant rise...
Alexander Albon, George Russell, Nicholas Latifi, F1

Russell, Latifi not surprised to see Albon’s fine performances on F1 return

George Russell has full praise for his friend Alexander Albon for his solid performances so far in F1 2022 as Nicholas Latifi is not surprised with it. After losing his Red Bull seat to Sergio...
Sergio Perez, Christian Horner, Max Verstappen, F1

Horner: “It’s great to have both at the sharp end” in title scene

Christian Horner says Red Bull are happy that they have both of their drivers in the mix in 2022, after Sergio Perez took the team’s latest victory, at the Monaco GP. Perez was consistently quicker...
Lando Norris, Andreas Seidl, McLaren, F1

Norris still getting to grips with MCL36 as Seidl praises him for his drives

Lando Norris talks about getting into grips with the 2022 McLaren F1 car, as Andreas Seidl has praise for the Brit despite his health issues. For McLaren, it has been a challenging start to the...
Toto Wolff, Mercedes, F1

Wolff says Mercedes will continue to ‘grind away’ with sidepod concept

Mercedes CEO and team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that the team will stick with and continue to develop their current ‘zeropod’ sidepod concept regardless of the car’s performance. It became clear early-on in the...
Pierre Gasly, F1

Gasly wants AlphaTauri to collectively do better amid slump

Pierre Gasly says AlphaTauri needs to do better amid a slump in F1 2022 and it doesn't means he wants to leave. It has been a difficult run for AlphaTauri in the last few races...
Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo, F1

Bottas talks about inspiring and motivational atmosphere at Alfa Romeo

Valtteri Bottas talks about his own motivation joining Alfa Romeo and how the F1 outfit is helping him move forward in his new journey. After five seasons, Bottas stepped out of the shadow of Lewis...
Ferrari, Mattia Binotto, F1

Ferrari admits strategy ‘mistakes’ but made ‘right call’ on tyres in Monaco

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto admits that clear mistakes were made by the Scuderia in Monaco, especially at the expense of pole-sitter Charles Leclerc’s race. Leclerc led the first stint of the race up until...
Alexander Rossi, IndyCar, Arrow McLaren SP

Rossi switches to Arrow McLaren SP in multi-year IndyCar deal from 2023

Alexander Rossi will switch to Arrow McLaren SP after signing a multi-year IndyCar deal starting from the 2023 season. Arrow McLaren SP has signed American driver Alexander Rossi to a multiyear deal for him to...
Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP

Quartararo extends deal with Yamaha for two more MotoGP seasons

Fabio Quartararo has signed a new deal with Yamaha to stay with the Japanese manufacturer for two more MotoGP seasons. Having joined Yamaha in 2021 after spending two years in the satellite outfit, Quartararo took...
Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin, F1

Vettel rues early mistake but satisfied with recovery to score a point

Sebastian Vettel rues the early mistake which cost him more points in F1 Monaco GP as he scored a point eventually after a penalty to rival. For Vettel, a point was the end result for...
Max Verstappen, F1

Verstappen says Red Bull’s Monaco tyre choice was ‘risky’ and ‘tricky one’

Max Verstappen thinks that he was in a better position to win the Monaco Grand Prix than eventual race winner and teammate Sergio Perez after a “risky” and “quite tricky” stint on softer medium...
FIA, Peter Bayer, Shaila-Ann Rao

FIA announces departure of Bayer with Rao to be his interim replacement

The FIA has announced the departure of Peter Bayer from his administration work, as Shaila-Ann Rao will be his interim replacement. In a surprising announcement, the FIA revealed the news of long-time personnel Bayer leaving...
Lando Norris, Daniel Ricciardo, Andreas Seidl, F1

Norris pleased with another Top 6 result; Ricciardo disappointed with no points

Lando Norris was pleased with the F1 Monaco GP result despite losing a place to George Russell, as Daniel Ricciardo was left disappointed outside Top 10. Sixth place in Monaco GP plus an added bonus...
Toto Wolff, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, F1

Wolff defends Hamilton’s struggles as a ‘bad spell’ against Russell

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has defended Lewis Hamilton, who is being comprehensively outscored by new teammate George Russell, after another disappointing race for the seven-time champion in Monaco. Hamilton finished the Monaco GP down...
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Stefan Bradl

Bradl to replace Marquez for Catalan MotoGP weekend

Stefan Bradl has been confirmed to replace Marc Marquez for Catalan MotoGP weekend with the Spaniard going to USA for surgery. Repsol Honda have confirmed that HRC Test Rider Stefan Bradl will be replacing Marc...
Sergio Perez, Christian Horner, F1

Perez signs new deal to stay with Red Bull for two more F1 seasons

Sergio Perez signs new deal to extend his F1 contract with Red Bull for two more seasons, as the rumours floated during Monaco GP. The news was actually leaked by Perez himself during the F1...
Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon, Alpine, F1

Ocon frustrated by penalty in Monaco; Alonso talks of conserving strategy

Esteban Ocon was left frustrated by the stewards call in F1 Monaco GP, as Fernando Alonso talks about the strategy to conserve tyres. For the Alpine team, what might be deemed a sort of “home”...
Alexander Albon, Ferrari, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, Mattia Binotto

Albon explains the hold up against Leclerc; Ferrari upset with no action

Alexander Albon explains why he didn't let Charles Leclerc pass in F1 Monaco GP, which left Ferrari confused where they need more clarity. The F1 Monaco GP was a difficult one for Ferrari eventually where...
FIA, Sergio Perez, Max Verstappen

FIA dismisses Ferrari’s protest as Perez keeps Monaco win, Verstappen P3

The FIA rejected the protest made by Ferrari against the Red Bull duo of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen for F1 Monaco GP pit exit breach. The incident took place when Red Bull changed to...
Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin, F1

Vettel expands on his bag theft in Barcelona and his search for it

Sebastian Vettel expanded on his scooter chase to search his bag that was stolen during the F1 Spanish GP weekend. Post the F1 Spanish GP weekend, Aston Martin confirmed that Vettel had a scooter chase...
Aprilia, RNF, MotoGP

RNF to become Aprilia’s satellite MotoGP team in new deal from 2023

RNF Racing and Aprilia Racing have announced a new deal where the former will become the satellite MotoGP outfit of the latter from 2023 onward. Together for the next season, RNF Racing and Aprilia Racing...
Bernie Ecclestone, F1

Ecclestone arrested for carrying gun on way to Switzerland

Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has been arrested by Brazilian authorities for carrying a gun in his luggage on a private plane headed for Switzerland. The 91-year-old former leader and supremo of F1, who...
Aleix Espargaro, Maverick Vinales, MotoGP, Aprilia

Aprilia retains Espargaro and Vinales for two more MotoGP seasons

Aprilia staged a special press conference on Thursday evening to announce the retention of Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales for two more MotoGP seasons. In an exceptional Press Conference held on Thursday afternoon at the...
Red Bull, Aston Martin, F1, FIA

Aston Martin, Red Bull technical chiefs discuss car ‘copy’ row, FIA decision

The chiefs of Aston Martin and Red Bull along with AlphaTauri discuss about the copy row which was revealed during F1 Spanish GP weekend. Following on from the fallout over Aston Martin “copying” the Red...
Sergio Perez, Red Bull, F1, Christian Horner

Horner defends Red Bull team orders which prevented ‘no point’ battle

Christian Horner has defended Red Bull’s Spanish Grand Prix team orders, disclosing how it “just didn’t make sense” to take risks for “no point” with an intra-team battle for the lead. Perez was issued team...
Valtteri Bottas, F1, Alfa Romeo

Bottas didn’t think podium was possible; could have taken some risk

Valtteri Bottas talks about points scored in F1 Spanish GP and if Alfa Romeo could have taken more risk on strategy side. For a team who struggled last season, Alfa Romeo and most particularly Bottas...