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Nicholas Latifi admits that he is leaving F1 with a feeling that he had wanted to achieve more during his time in the sport. The Canadian participated in his final race for the Williams team at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but it did not end in the way he might have hoped following a collision with the Haas of Mick Schumacher. While both drivers were initially able to continue, Latifi made a long visit to the pits before suffering an electrical issue with the car when he returned to the track, forcing him to retire just two laps from the end of the event. With the race bringing the curtain down on Latifi's Formula 1 career for now, the 27-year-old was left disappointed at how things ended. Latifi: I wanted to achieve more in F1 "The incident with Mick really put us out and then we suffered an electrical issue that forced us to retire," Latifi said after the race at the Yas Ma...

FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem believes some of Red Bull's Formula 1 rivals wanted the team " hanged " as further punishment for breach ing the cost cap. In the auditing process for the 2021 season, it was revealed that Red Bull were the only team to exceed the $145 million limit imposed, committing a so-called 'minor' breach . It was revealed that the team were $1.8 million over the cap, but a tax credit situation with United Kingdom authorities meant the team did not receive an expected rebate for engineering and technology research. This accounted for about $1.4 million of the overspend, with the FIA looking favourably on this and reducing the overspend to about $400k, or 0.37% of the available spend. As punishment, Red Bull were handed a $7 million fine and docked some of their development allowance for 2023, including wind tunnel and CFD time. Despite the penalties handed out, Ben Sulayem feels that even more draconian penalties were bei...