Yuki Tsunoda appears to be performing better in his second season of Formula 1 but there may be more to this than meets the eye.
2022 f1 season articles archive
Perez fades after strong start to second season alongside Verstappen
2022 F1 team mate battles: Perez vs Verstappen
Posted onSergio Perez started his second season at Red Bull strongly, but the gap between him and Max Verstappen has grown in recent races.
Poor luck limiting Zhou’s points-scoring in his F1 debut so far
2022 F1 team mate battles: Zhou vs Bottas
Posted onZhou Guanyu has performed well on his debut as a Formula 1 driver but luck hasn’t been on his side with an excessive amount of technical failures.
A resurgent Sainz is the last thing Leclerc’s rapidly fading championship hopes needed
2022 F1 team mate battles: Leclerc vs Sainz Jnr
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr has turned his season around just in time to frustrate his team mate’s rapidly fading hopes of winning the championship.
Schumacher bagged his first points but must make gains in qualifying
2022 F1 team mate battles: Schumacher vs Magnussen
Posted onSecond year driver Mick Schumacher picked up in form approaching the summer break, but his returning team mate has the edge on him so far this year.
Hamilton confounds his detractors again as Mercedes reverse early-season slump
2022 F1 team mate battles: Hamilton vs Russell
Posted onGeorge Russell beat Lewis Hamilton for the seventh consecutive race in Azerbaijan. But the multiple world champion has turned his season around since then.
Aston Martin set to lose their top-performing driver for the third time in a row
2022 F1 team mate battles: Stroll vs Vettel
Posted onSebastian Vettel is retiring from Formula 1 at the end of 2022, meaning that, once more, Aston Martin look set to lose their better performing driver.
Despite a change of team mate, Latifi continues to lag at Williams
2022 F1 team mate battles: Latifi vs Albon
Posted onNicholas Latifi has been regularly out-paced and out-performed by Williams’ new arrival Alexander Albon so far in 2022.
Departing Alonso’s points deficit to Ocon is no reflection of his performance
2022 F1 team mate battles: Alonso vs Ocon
Posted onEsteban Ocon is on course to become only the second of Fernando Alonso’s team mates to out-score him over a season. Are the 41-year-old’s skills waning?
Norris’s demolition of Ricciardo leaves McLaren facing a 2023 dilemma
2022 F1 team mate battles: Ricciardo vs Norris
Posted onThe first of our mid-season assessments of each pair of team mates in Formula 1 looks at whether there are any signs of improvement for Daniel Ricciardo in his second year at McLaren.
FIA to submit new 2023 technical regulations to tackle porpoising this week
2023 F1 season
Posted onFIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has confirmed the sport’s governing body will seek approval of revised technical regulations for the 2023 Formula 1 season this week.
F1 teams can ‘get around technical directive on skid blocks a little bit’
2022 F1 season
Posted onAlpine are hoping a technical directive on skid blocks which will come into force at the next race plays in their favour.
Ricciardo eager for summer break after “not the six months I wanted”
2022 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo is eagerly anticipating the month-long break between the Hungarian and Belgian grands prix after a disappointing start to his second season at McLaren.
Sargeant to make F1 practice debut in home round at COTA
2022 United States Grand Prix
Posted onWilliams junior driver Logan Sargeant will make his debut in an official Formula 1 practice session at his home round of the championship, the United States Grand Prix.
Piastri’s F1 promotion in 2023 seems assured, but not necessarily at Alpine
2022 F1 season
Posted onHas Fernando Alonso’s exit from Alpine opened the door for Oscar Piastri, or will the team continue to explore other options for their junior driver?
After 300 grands prix, Hamilton may surprise himself by racing on into his forties
News Focus
Posted onLewis Hamilton made his 300th Formula 1 start last weekend and indicated he’s keen to race on – perhaps longer than he originally expected to.
W Series swaps Suzuka round for Singapore
W Series
Posted onW Series has changed the venue of the seventh round on its 2022 calendar due to what it says are “unforeseeable operational challenges”.
‘After his crash, Zhou asked the team for the spare car. Chapeau, monsieur!’
News Focus
Posted onZhou Guanyu’s huge Silverstone crash made headlines, but his creditable start to life as an F1 driver deserves greater appreciation.
Why F1’s new, no-nonsense approach to track limits is only a partial success
2022 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1’s new race control team has made a point of clearing up the sport’s messy track limits rules. Half a season in, how successful have they been?
Tougher tests for F1 roll hoops in 2023 after Zhou’s Silverstone crash
2022 F1 season
Posted onThe FIA plans to introduce “more stringent measures” for testing roll hoops on Formula 1 cars following Zhou Guanyu’s shocking British Grand Prix crash.