In addition the team has requested a separate process, a right of review, and says that it has “discovered significant new evidence” that was not available on Sunday night.The right of review is likely to take place ahead of any appeal hearing as it is possible that the original decision could be changed. It will involve the original stewards who served in Hungary.Vettel was excluded ...Keep reading

Sainz recovered from a crash in qualifying to rise from 14th to sixth in the early stages of Sunday’s race following the crashes at Turn 1 and the subsequent red flag.As the Ferrari driver found himself struggling behind Yuki Tsunoda and cars behind started to pit for the undercut, the team gave him the call to box.But Sainz stressed that he had enough pace still and needed to stay out ...Keep reading

Having begun the 2021 season as a regular contender for Q3, Ocon faced a challenging spell once the campaign got into full swing.His qualifying form peaked with a P5 on the grid in Spain, but he then failed to make it out of Q2 in Monaco, Azerbaijan and France.Things then got even worse, as at the Styrian and Austrian Grand Prix he found himself ill at ease with his Alpine A521, and he ...Keep reading

Controls Engineers in Formula 1 are responsible for monitoring car performance, ensuring systems like the brakes, differential, clutch and more are all operating correctly.To find out more about what a Controls Engineer does, what qualifications you need, and how to become one, we spoke to David Sloan – Controls Engineer for Haas F1 Team – to find out more.What is your role?The ...Keep reading

And, with rival teams all pretty much having switched off their work on current cars to focus on 2022, McLaren is still eyeing further updates after the summer break.But the likelihood is that what appeared at the Hungaroring was probably the last 'major' upgrade for the team this season, with smaller tweaks to be made in the future to help find small pockets of performance without having a ...Keep reading

Alfa Romeo was dealt a blow in its fight with Williams for P8 after an eventful wet-dry Hungarian Grand Prix, in which Williams driver Nicholas Latifi and George Russell not only got their first points of the season on the board but grabbed a 10-point haul to move firmly ahead of Alfa in the constructors' championship.Latifi's and Russell's seventh and eighth place respectively ...Keep reading

Red Bull's Max Verstappen had opened up a 32-point lead over Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton in the drivers' championship by taking a clean sweep of the France-Austria triple-header but goes into the August break trailing by eight points after two incident-filled weekends.In Silverstone, Verstappen made a 51G smash at Copse after being tagged by Hamilton, while in Hungary he was a victim of ...Keep reading

Jack Aitken and Davide Rigon were both hospitalised after a multi-car accident at Raidillon, the high-speed section at the top of the hill after the Eau Rouge lefthander.Williams reserve driver Aitken was more seriously hurt of the two, suffering fractures to his collarbone and a vertebra. Aitken has been kept in hospital in Belgium as a precaution and is set to be discharged on Thursday ...Keep reading

Ocon scored a shock victory for Alpine at the Hungaroring on Sunday after capitalising on two Turn 1 crashes and a strategy miscue by Mercedes to move into the lead.Ocon controlled proceedings at the front, leading all 65 laps after he moved into P1, but looked set to come under late pressure from Mercedes driver Hamilton.PLUS: The "heart-breaking" call that led to Ocon's Hungary ...Keep reading

Mercedes is currently weighing up whether to continue with Bottas as Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate for next season, or promote junior driver George Russell into the senior team.Russell has been part of Mercedes’ young driver programme since 2017, and has impressed in F1 since making his debut with Williams in 2019.He scored his first points for the team in Hungary last weekend ...Keep reading