Australians Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri are at the heart of one of the biggest Formula 1 ‘silly season’ stories in years. To make sense of a wild week of news on Ricciardo’s future and Piastri’s path to a full-time race seat, Scott Mitchell-Malm from the-race.com joins hosts Matt Clayton and Michael Lamonato to discuss where things unravelled for Ricciardo at McLaren (03:58), his options to race on or sit out in 2023 (07:09), McLaren’s role in the failed relationship (13:13), the pressure Piastri will face when he debuts (17:37), how Piastri declining an Alpine seat is seen in the paddock (20:26) and the impact of the contractual tug-of-war between Alpine and McLaren on his reputation (24:06).
Max Verstappen has dominated the Belgian Grand Prix with a storming drive from 13th on the grid to start the countdown to his second world title. Featuring Brazilian F1 correspondent Julianne Cerasoli.
With the F1 world championship all but over, we debate who will win the equally prestigious F1 gluten championship. Mercedes enters the Del Boca Vista stage of its decline.
F1 journalist and host of the strategy report joins us live from Belgium for the latest in motorsport.
Pure’s F1 fanatic Matt Oostveen, is joined by former F1 driver Alex Yoong and F1 journalist Michael Lamonato to dissect all the action on the track and in the pits during the Belgian GP and what it all means for the championship.
Max Verstappen landed a major boost to his championship campaign with a peerless drive to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix.
Verstappen started the race from 14th on the grid but made scintillating progress from lights out. He made five positions up on the first lap alone and continued scything through the field after a brief safety car intervention to clear the stricken cars of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
By the end of lap 8 – just five racing laps into the race – he was up to third and had victory in his sights.
Continue reading on RACERCarlos Sainz bested Charles Leclerc to the top spot in a damp first practice session at the Belgian Grand Prix, that was overshadowed by six drivers being confirmed as having back-of-grid starts for Sunday.
Just 0.069s split the Ferrari teammates, with title leader Max Verstappen 0.2s adrift in third for Red Bull. The hour-long session started on a damp and drying track but ended with sudden heavy showers in the final 10 minutes.
Leclerc, however, won’t be contending for pole, having taken new power unit parts and a new gearbox, sending him to the back of the grid. Verstappen, who holds an 80-point advantage over the Monegasque, will join him at the back with several new engine parts of his own.
Continue reading on RACERFormula 1 is reconvening from its midseason break this weekend with the Belgian Grand Prix, where a more competitive frontrunning pack is being teased.
Now is the time for the king to take his rightful place, throne, in the hall of fame — sit on his king of throne.
Formula 1 awakens from its midseason slumber with a quickfire three races starting with the Belgian Grand Prix, and Charles Leclerc will have to win them all if he’s any chance to so much as delay Max Verstappen’s second championship coronation.
The 2022 F1 season is in its mid-season break – which means it’s over to you to ask the questions! Hosts Matt Clayton and Michael Lamonato discuss a wide range of listener questions, including which F1 teams of the past they’d like to see on the 2022 grid (03:00), the verdict on F1 Sprint races after two seasons (05:36), the impact of the 2022 regulation changes (09:33), the best race of the season so far (12:22), what rule changes could benefit the sport (19:22), the impact F2 and F3 will have on the Australian Grand Prix from 2023 (23:34), if Mercedes can win a race or the constructors’ title this year (29:50), which drivers and teams have impressed the most in 2022 (35:14) and who would win a go-kart race of the current grid in equal machinery (38:16).
Nick McKenzie reveals the details of an exclusive investigation into the shady backroom deals that have carved up the McLaren frontbench according to factional interests.
Charles Leclerc edged George Russell to top spot in final practice at the Dutch Grand Prix, while Max Verstappen recovered from Friday woes to take third.
Leclerc consolidated Ferrari’s lead from Friday evening to set a time of 1m11.632s to pip Russell by just 0.066s. The Mercedes driver was quicker than the Ferrari driver in the final sector, which is mostly flat out after Turns 11 and 12, but lost the bulk of the difference through the high-speed bends of the second split.
Verstappen’s return to competitiveness was the session’s biggest talking point, however. Red Bull Racing struggled with setup on Friday thanks to track time lost through mechanical issues, but the team bounced back on Saturday morning to put Verstappen into the pole fight ahead of qualifying.
Continue reading on RACERIf you had told Emma Gilmour a year ago that she would be driving for the outfit that bears the name of New Zealand automotive royalty, she’d almost have certainly not believed you.
But now Emma is part of an elite line-up of drivers at the Woking-based squad, representing one of the biggest shifts in diversity in motorsport, by being the first female driver to drive for McLaren while repping the New Zealand flag.
Emma sat down with James at the McLaren Technology Centre to talk about her motorsport journey so far, driving at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and not opening her eyes when in a crash.
Formula 1 mind coach Don Macpherson joins hosts Matt Clayton and Michael Lamonato to discuss his book ‘How To Master Your Monkey Mind’ (01:53), how he became involved in F1 through Sir Jack Brabham and which drivers he has worked with (07:00), the emotions of being alongside David Brabham at the tragic San Marino Grand Prix of 1994 (09:30), how drivers have become more aware of the benefits of using mind management techniques (17:15), Charles Leclerc’s well-publicised emotional reactions to adversity (20:20), which drivers on the 2022 grid maximise the mental side of the sport (25:50) and how aspiring F1® drivers are employing mind-coaching techniques as early as karting (30:42).
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Max Verstappen wins again to stretch his championship lead after Ferrari fumbles to turn second and third on the grid into fourth and sixth at the flag. Featuring Christian Menath, F1 managing editor, motorsport-magazin.com.
Fernando Alonso opens his superannuation account. We talk about the Hungarian Grand Prix for about four minutes and forget to mention Porsche.