Новости за 20.05.2022

Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN returned to action on practice day for the Spanish Grand Prix, the sixth round of the 2022 season. The team had a productive first session with Valtteri Bottas and Robert Kubica, while in the afternoon there was plenty of mileage for Zhou Guanyu as Valtteri’s session was cut short by.....check out full post »

By the end of Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, Scuderia Ferrari has accumulated plenty of data to analyse and the conclusions so far are that the car performs well over a single lap, while there is still room for improvement in other areas, including race pace. FP1. In the first session that began.....check out full post »

Max Verstappen's 2022 Spanish F1 GP Friday practice comments First Practice Session: 1:20.164, Position: 3, Laps: 28 Second Practice Session: 1:20.006, Position: 5, Laps: 27 “Overall it’s been a good day, the long runs look positive so we can be happy with that. It has been a bit tricky to find the right balance with.....check out full post »

Event: Spanish F1 Grand Prix Track: Catalunya Circuit Weather: dry  30.8°C Tarmac: wet  44.5°C Humidity: 27% Wind: 1.8 m/s SW Pressure: 1008.7 bar The second free practice for the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix started off under very high ambient temperatures. All drivers who didn't ran during FP1 now had returned to their seat. After.....check out full post »

Event: Spanish F1 Grand Prix Track: Catalunya Circuit Weather: dry  29.0°C Tarmac: wet  45.9°C Humidity: 42% Wind: 1.0 m/s SW Pressure: 1009.9 bar The first practice session for the 2022 Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix started off quite busy. 7 cars went out right away when the pit light turned green. Two of those drivers.....check out full post »

May 20 - Max Verstappen's father and co-manager is not concerned that the Red Bull versus Ferrari title battle will spiral out of control. Last year, the ultra-intense confrontation between reigning world champion Max and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton descended into an unseemly head-to-head scrap both on and off the track. And in recent weeks, Red.....check out full post »

May 20 - Carlos Sainz has denied that he is effectively already Ferrari's number 2 driver. The Spaniard has struggled more than teammate Charles Leclerc with the highly competitive 2022 car, and as a result is already 51 points behind the championship leader heading into his home race in Barcelona. "In the past I have.....check out full post »

May 20 - Mick Schumacher has been tasked with upping his game in order to keep his place in Formula 1. Some have accused Haas team boss Gunther Steiner of putting too much pressure on the 23-year-old son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher, especially after he crashed in Miami whilst so close to his first.....check out full post »

May 20 - Carlos Sainz claims Formula 1's current technical regulations are bad for the health of the drivers. The Ferrari driver says he and some of his rivals are worried about the long-term effect severe 'porpoising' caused by the new ground effect cars will have on their bodies. "I don't need expert advice to.....check out full post »

May 20 - Formula 1 has headed in the "wrong direction" with the basic philosophy of the technical rules going forward. That is the view of Adrian Newey, the Red Bull technical boss who is widely regarded as one of the greatest designers in the history of the sport. "I think the principle of helping.....check out full post »

May 20 - Fernando Alonso has questioned the accuracy of his boss' recent claim that a "new rear wing" this weekend in Barcelona will give Alpine "a bit more performance". According to El Mundo Deportivo newspaper, new Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer said in Miami that the Renault-owned team was planning to "introduce a new rear.....check out full post »

May 20 - Lewis Hamilton has found an unlikely ally in his battle with the FIA's Mohammed Ben Sulayem over the new jewellery clampdown. The new FIA president says drivers like Hamilton, who are openly dissenting against having to remove body jewellery including rings and piercings, will have to comply or face hefty penalties. Perhaps.....check out full post »

The 2022 Formula 1 World Championship season is set to continue with the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The sixth round of the season could be one that shows what we could expect for the rest of the year, and it could also be a good place to test how the.....check out full post »