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Guenther Steiner has defended Haas' decision to previously gamble on inexperienced drivers, after signing F1 stalwart Nico Hulkenberg for 2023. Ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Haas team confirmed that they would be dropping Mick Schumacher in favour of Hulkenberg, who has secured his first full-time F1 drive since 2019. F1 returnee Hulkenberg will be making his 185th Grand Prix appearance in next season's opening race and, when asked about the main reason for signing the 35-year-old, Steiner commented that his experience would be beneficial to the team. "He was in F1 for a long time, he was with teams in the midfield for a long time, so he knows how they work, how to make them better," Steiner commented to media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "Wherever he was the team always made progress, and that's our aim; to do that here. "Experience takes time to make and at the moment we don't have time, because we want to move forward. ...

Christian Horner believes that no driver would have been able to match Max Verstappen in the same equipment in 2022 after Sergio Perez 's championship hopes ultimately came up short. The Mexican finished third in the World Championship following a battle with Charles Leclerc for the runner-up position in the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Perez ended the campaign with 305 points, while Verstappen – who clinched his second title at the Japanese Grand Prix – racked up 454 points, as well as breaking the record for most wins in a season along the way. As Perez fought for P2 in the championship, his relationship with Verstappen came under the spotlight in Brazil when the Dutchman refused a team order to let Perez by, though both stated afterwards that the situation had been discussed and resolved. When asked whether there was any sense of relief that those lost points ultimately did not affect the outcome for Perez in Abu Dhabi, Horner stated that he was keen to lo...

Logan Sargeant has been confirmed as Williams ' second driver for the 2023 season , taking the final seat on the grid. The American driver was already unveiled as Williams' intended driver for 2023 but was made to complete the Formula 2 season and wait to be officially announced as an F1 driver for next season. Junior drivers must acquire enough qualifying points to obtain a superlicence in order to race in Formula 1. Having earned 30 superlicence points through his junior career and FP1 outings, Sargeant went into the final F2 weekend in Abu Dhabi needing just P6 in the Drivers' Championship to reach the 40-point threshold for earning a superlicence. A finish of P6 in the Sprint race and a P5 in the Feature race secured P4 overall in the Drivers' standings, which completed the final hurdle in his quest for an F1 drive . Sargeant, the first American driver in F1 since Alexander Rossi in 2015, will replace Nicholas Latifi and race alongside Alex Albon f...

Alpine would look to prevent ' loopholes ', like the one found in Oscar Piastri 's Alpine agreement, from occurring again in future drive r contracts. After the announcement in July that Sebastian Vettel would be retiring at the end of the season, Fernando Alonso elected to transfer from Alpine and sign for Aston Martin to replace his fellow World Champion. This opened up a seat alongside Esteban Ocon, with Alpine planning to promote reserve driver Piastri to make his Grand Prix debut in 2023. However, as the team had not offered him a concrete race drive with them, the 2021 Formula 2 champion looked elsewhere and signed with McLaren, publicly rejecting Alpine's promotion on social media. Szafnauer: We should have done things differently As TheFOXposts.Com would later exclusively reveal in the Contract Recognition Board's ruling, failures on Alpine's side meant P...

Of the 22 drivers who competed in the 2022 F1 season, nine of them have been part of Red Bull-backed teams at some point in their F1 careers. The drinks company is well known for its patronage and sponsorship of motorsport and extreme events, and several promising drivers have enjoyed a leg up into F1 thanks to the firm’s support. But who has had the most successful stint under the Red Bull umbrella, and who has been cast aside? TheFOXposts.Com has trawled through F1's archives to take a look at how successful each driver has been with the backing of the drinks company. © XPBimages Nyck de Vries Alright, we’re bending the rules a little here, as de Vries hasn't actually raced in F1 under the Red Bull umbrella yet. However, aft...

Mick Schumacher has been announced as a Mercedes driver for the 2023 season, following his exit from the Haas F1 team. The 23-year-old was left without a full-time Formula 1 drive after Haas announced that they would sign Nico Hulkenberg to partner Kevin Magnussen for 2023. It was also recently confirmed that Ferrari would be discontinuing their association with Schumacher, bringing their collaboration to an end after four years. Mercedes' boss Toto Wolff, who has admitted his desire to bring the Schumacher name back to the Silver Arrows, has now moved to sign the Formula 2 champion as reserve driver for next season. In the announcement, Mercedes confirmed that Schumacher would be undertaking simulator duties, marketing duties, and be present at all Grand Prix events in 2023. Viewed by others: ...

Former F1 driver Felipe Massa has questioned how long Lewis Hamilton will remain in F1, with the Briton looking unlikely to be challenging for the title this year. Hamilton is yet to sign an extension to his current Mercedes contract which expires at the end of the year, though he has maintained that he remains committed to the team beyond 2023. With 313 Grands Prix under his belt, the seven-time World Champion is statistically F1's most successful driver of all time, with a record 103 Grand Prix wins standing among countless other accolades. Hamilton was joined at Mercedes last year by George Russell, with the younger Briton outscoring his illustrious teammate and taking the Silver Arrows' only Grand Prix win of 2022, prompting Massa to suggest that Russell's presence may be giving Hamilton pause for thought over his continued participation in F1 . "I don't know if Hamilton will choose to stop," Massa told Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport ...

Aston Martin drive r Lance Stroll must end teammate Fernando Alonso 's Formula 1 career , one World Champion has claimed. Alonso is the most experienced driver in F1 history, and joined the Aston squad for 2023 after replacing Sebastian Vettel who retired, with Stroll remaining as an incumbent driver. A turnaround in fortunes for the team means they are now fighting for podiums having gate-crashed the so-called 'big three' teams, with Alonso banking a trio of third places in the opening races of the season. Stroll has sixth, DNF and fourth place results to his name in 2023 - but 1996 champion Damon Hill believes the Canadian's goal must be to "end" Alonso's long career - just as George Russell is trying to do at Mercedes to Lewis Hamilton. Viewed by others: Australian Grand Prix 2023 Austra...

Sebastian Vettel is set to drive a Formula 1 car again as part of a special appearance. Months after retiring from the sport at the end of the 2022 season, the four-time World Champion will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July where he will get behind the wheel of multiple F1 cars from his own collection. This will include the Williams FW14B in which Nigel Mansell won his 1992 championship, as well as Ayrton Senna's McLaren MP4/8 from the 1993 campaign. As well as racing on Goodwood Hill, Vettel's cars are set to be displayed in the main paddocks for visitors to see. The German will use his appearance not only to celebrate his 15-year career in F1 but also to promote the matter of sustainability in the sport's future, a topic that he continues to advocate for. As part of this, Vettel will only drive cars running on synthetic fuel at the event. Viewed by others: ...

Christian Horner has revealed that he would have liked to have seen Juan Pablo Montoya race for Red Bull in F1 . Several drivers have achieved success with the Milton Keynes-based squad over the years, with the most notable being World Champions Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen. Despite this, Horner acknowledges that there are some personalities who he would have enjoyed seeing at Red Bull, with Montoya amongst these. After arriving into the sport in 2001 – and quickly making a name for himself by going wheel-to-wheel with Michael Schumacher – Montoya achieved seven race wins in his time with Williams and McLaren before exiting Formula 1 during the 2006 season. Horner on the drivers who never raced for Red Bull When asked on the Extraordinary Tales With Seb Coe podcast which drivers he would have liked to have driven for Red Bull that didn't, Horner explained: "There's a few over the years that I would have liked to have seen. "I think Mo...

Sergio Perez has predicted that all Formula 1 drivers will be forced into resting their necks through the new-ultra fast final corner at the Spanish Grand Prix. The old chicane, which was situated before the final corner, has been done away with for the 2023 race, with the track reverting to the sweeping double right-handers that were last used in 2006. As a result of the increased speeds, the G-Forces drivers are subjected to have increased, with Red Bull racer Perez feeling that the drivers must take precautions to last the race distance. Viewed by others: Red Bull Racing Marko dismisses Verstappen fears: 'He didn't complain' Lewis Hamilton Hamilton deli...

Ayrton Senna was known as a master of wet-weather racing, having first shot to prominence in the rain-shortened 1984 Monaco Grand Prix, before taking his first win in atrocious conditions at the following year's Portuguese Grand Prix. 41 wins and three World Championship titles bears testimony to Senna's status as one of F1's all-time greats, with countless examples of the Brazilian displaying his blistering speed and unparalleled ability. And on this day 30 years ago, at Donington Park in 1993, Senna showcased his superiority over the rest of the field in devastating fashion. © Photo4 Low expectations for 1993 Heading into 1993, Senna was facing the unusual prospect of not being one of the title favourites. The Brazilian had finished a distant fourth in the 1992 standings as Nigel Mansell had swept all before him in his Williams FW14B, complete with cutting-edge active suspension and...

Alex Palou has called for the FIA to "make it easier" for IndyCar drivers to enter F1. It comes after Colton Herta – the youngest driver to ever win an IndyCar race - was heavily linked with an AlphaTauri seat for 2023, but his hopes were scuppered as he did not have the required super licence points needed to compete in Formula 1. Palou, meanwhile, took part in Free Practice 1 for McLaren at the 2022 United States Grand Prix, and has since been named as one of the team's reserve driver for 2023. The Spaniard has collected enough super licence points himself, having won the IndyCar championship in 2021, but believes that the process needs to be improved for others from the category who hope to break into F1. Palou: IndyCar should be given more importance "First of all, I have my super license, so I don't care what's going on! It's easy for me to s...