Williams is not looking for drivers who can bring sponsorship next season, the team’s CEO Jost Capito has confirmed.
2022 F1 season articles archive
Articles on the 2022 Formula 1 season.
A technical director’s verdict on F1’s 2022 car model
2022 F1 season
Posted onDoes the model 2022 car presented by F1 accurately represent what next year’s designs will look like? We asked a technical director.
Will Formula 1’s new cars for 2022 prove a change for the better?
Debates and Polls
Posted onFormula 1 revealed the radical new look of next year’s cars at Silverstone last week. Will its plan to improve the racing succeed?
Teams’ developments won’t undermine push for better racing in 2022 – Key
2022 F1 season
Posted onMcLaren technical director James Key is confident F1 teams will not undercut new 2022 regulation aims of producing closer racing.
2022 F1 car looks ‘cool but retro like a 1990s Indycar’ – Horner
2021 British Grand Prix
Posted onNext year’s Formula 1 cars will look like IndyCar machines from the nineties, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said.
“Very heavily regulated” 2022 F1 cars will differ little from presentation model
2021 British Grand Prix
Posted onTighter technical rules mean teams’ new cars for the 2022 F1 season are expected to closely resemble an example design revealed by the series yesterday.
Why F1’s “face-melting” computing power is the game-changer behind its new 2022 rules
2022 F1 season
Posted onF1 wielded “insane” computing power greater than that used by the teams to develop its new regulations intended to aid overtaking in 2022, explains Rob Smedley.
Russell will not be announced as a Mercedes driver for 2022 at British Grand Prix
2021 British Grand Prix
Posted onGeorge Russell has denied suggestions Mercedes will announce him as their new driver for the 2022 F1 season ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix.
Australia “unlikely” to hold first race of 2022 season
2021 F1 season
Posted onThe Australian Grand Prix is unlikely to return to its regular place as F1’s season-opening race after the event was cancelled for the second year in a row.
A “soft landing” for Bottas after Mercedes may happen at an unexpected place
News Focus
Posted onWith Lewis Hamilton signed up for two years, a straight swap between Valtteri Bottas and George Russell seems the logical next move. But Bottas may not end up at Williams.
Official: New deal keeps Hamilton at Mercedes until 2023
2022 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton will continue to race in Formula 1 until at least 2023 after signing a new two-year deal to drive for Mercedes.
First impression of new 2022 F1 car in simulator is “very different” – Leclerc
2021 Austrian Grand Prix
Posted onCharles Leclerc has become one of the first Formula 1 drivers to sample his team’s planned car for next year’s radically changed technical regulations.
Ocon and Alpine agree contract extension until 2024
2022 F1 Season
Posted onAlpine have announced Esteban Ocon has signed to the team through 2024, ahead of his home race at the French Grand Prix.
Alpine have “too many” F1 juniors, but do they have a 2022 solution?
2021 F1 season
Posted onAlpine chief executive officer Laurent Rossi admits the team has “too many” juniors vying for promotion to F1. So where might they go in 2022?
F1’s heavy cars at odds with sustainability push – Hamilton
2021 F1 Season
Posted onLewis Hamilton has said the 2022 weight increase for Formula One cars seems at odds with sustainability and sporting aims.
Norris commits to McLaren with new “multi-year” deal
2021 F1 season
Posted onLando Norris has extended his deal to drive for McLaren after signing a new “multi-year” agreement.
Pirelli shift focus of 18-inch tyre development to compounds at Kubica test
2022 F1 season
Posted onPirelli has largely finalised the construction of its new 18-inch tyres for the 2022 F1 season and is starting work on developing compounds at this week’s test.
F1 extends deal for Japanese Grand Prix to continue at Suzuka until 2024
2022 F1 season
Posted onThe Japanese Grand Prix will remain at Suzuka until at least the 2024 season after the circuit agreed a new deal with Formula 1.
Video: First onboard lap simulation of Miami’s new track for 2022 F1 season
2022 F1 season
Posted onThe promoters of the Miami Grand Prix, which will hold its first F1 race in 2022, have revealed a simulated onboard lap of the new Hard Rock Stadium circuit.
Why F1 fought so hard for a race in Miami – and it may come at the expense of Spain’s
RacingLines
Posted onFormula 1 lobbied hard for five years to get a second race in the USA. But ‘Welcome to Miami’ may mean ‘bye-bye Barcelona’.