Formula 1 teams’ new cars for 2022 will run together for the first time behind closed doors with no live timing or television coverage, the series has confirmed.
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AlphaTauri and Alpine announce 2022 F1 car launch plans
2022 F1 season
Posted onAlphaTauri and Alpine have become the latest teams to confirm when they will present their new cars for the 2022 Formula 1 season
Button confident Hamilton will return to seek record eighth F1 title
2022 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton’s former team mate Jenson Button believes the Mercedes driver will return to Formula 1 this year, despite his ongoing silence following the controversial end to the 2021 world championship.
Ferrari replace 2021 car with 2018 model for Fiorano test
2022 F1 season
Posted onFerrari is not testing its 2021 Formula 1 car at Fiorano today, having indicated yesterday it would. The team will instead run its 2018 car.
Red Bull’s five F2 drivers targeting promotion to an F1 seat in 2023
Formula 2
Posted onRed Bull’s junior talent roster looks stronger than it has for years and the likes of Yuki Tsunoda will be wary of the progress its five F2 drivers make in 2022.
‘One or two teams will get new cars really badly wrong’ – Allison
2022 F1 season
Posted onMercedes chief technical officer James Allison believes at least one of the team’s rivals will have a “terribly painful year” in 2022.
Poll – Should F1 use the Bahrain Outer Track for 2022’s proposed first sprint race?
Debates & polls
Posted onFormula 1 may begin the 2022 season with its first sprint race of the year in Bahrain. Should it do so using the circuit’s Outer Track layout?
F1’s plan to end military flypasts won’t stop Red Arrows flying at Silverstone
2022 F1 season
Posted onThe traditional pre-race flypast by the Red Arrows at the British Grand Prix has not been outlawed by Formula 1, Silverstone has confirmed in reaction to recent reports.
Hodgkinson to join Red Bull Powertrains in May after agreement with Mercedes
2022 F1 season
Posted onMercedes and Red Bull have agreed to terms for Ben Hodgkinson to begin his role as technical director of Red Bull Powertrains in May.
COTA begins major resurfacing work in fresh bid to eliminate bumps
2022 F1 Season
Posted onThe Circuit of the Americas is undergoing heavy resurfacing efforts to eliminate the track’s notorious bumps for the 2022 racing season.
One-stop races ‘no issue’ if new tyres improve racing – Isola
2022 F1 season
Posted onPirelli’s Mario Isola says it is “not an issue” if F1’s new tyres for 2022 lead to more one-stop races, as long as drivers can race.
Why the next karting prodigy won’t reach F1 as quickly as its newest champion did
News focus
Posted onIt isn’t just the FIA’s superlicence rules which prevents young racing prodigies reaching Formula 1 as quickly as Max Verstappen did.
Fallows to join Aston Martin in April as team reaches settlement with Red Bull
2022 F1 season
Posted onDan Fallows will join Aston Martin from Red Bull on April 2nd after the two teams reached a settlement over the aerodynamicist’s notice period.
F1 teams not seeking to reintroduce tyre allocation choices – Pirelli
2022 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 teams will not have the opportunity to choose their tyre allocations for a third year in 2022 having shown no interest in reintroducing the rule which was suspended due to the pandemic.
Mercedes to launch its new F1 car for 2022 on February 18th
2022 F1 season
Posted onMercedes has confirmed it will launch its new car for the 2022 F1 season on February 18th, one month from today.
Prost “very disappointed” as split from Alpine is revealed
2022 F1 season
Posted onAlain Prost says he is “very disappointed” after news of his split from the Alpine Formula 1 team emerged today.
Excessive power of teams has made F1 “like a pantomime audition” – Brown
2022 F1 season
Posted onMcLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has called for stronger leadership of Formula 1 following a series of episodes which he says have made it feel “like a pantomime audition rather than the pinnacle of a global sport.”
Ferrari and McLaren announce launch dates ahead of pre-season testing
2022 F1 season
Posted onFerrari and McLaren have become the second and third Formula 1 teams to reveal details of the launches of their new cars for the upcoming season.
Poll – Has Lewis Hamilton won his final world championship?
Debates and Polls
Posted onAs Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 future remains uncertain, will the sport’s most successful driver’s seventh world title be his final one?
Wickens to return to racing using modified Hyundai touring car
IndyCar
Posted onFormer IndyCar driver Robert Wickens will make his racing return in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (IMPC), driving a Hyundai Elantra for Bryan Herta Autosport.