Month: January 2022

9:50 AM ET Formula One will make it mandatory for all personnel working in its paddock to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, without exemption, starting this season, a spokesperson for the sport’s commercial arm said on Monday. The mandate, which was first reported by the Times newspaper and the BBC, will apply to anyone entering
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As part of the rules overhaul for this year, F1 is demanding that cars use E10 fuel – which is a mixture of 90 percent fossil fuel and 10 percent ethanol. The change has been widely expected to trigger a drop in power, but there have been suggestions from manufacturers that they have managed to recover all of those
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On the one hand, it prompted some questions about the fairness of race drivers working in the sim at such a time, and giving their teams that extra edge just hours before the cars hit the track. But it also provided the latest proof that even for those drivers who have long been sceptical about the value
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3:14 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — What a year for Helio Castroneves, the ageless Spider-Man of motorsports. Castroneves climbed the fence for the third time in a calendar year Sunday after earning another crown jewel victory, this time a second consecutive win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The Brazilian closed out
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According to rumours filtering in from Maranello, the team could return to a triangular shaped airbox, without the two horns that set the SF21 apart from the rest last season. It’s understood that the team wants to move away from the oval airbox design it appropriated last season in order to provide less obstruction to
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A showcar created by FOM last year provided some insight into the basic form that the new designs will take,  but teams have been busy developing their own ideas based on what they think can give them the edge over their rivals. PLUS: Will 2022’s all-new cars look like F1’s concept model? F1’s designers have been more constrained in some areas, because
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IndyCar and Motorsport Network launched the 2022 survey in 11 languages earlier this month, in collaboration with Nielsen Sports, to capture the views of racing fans everywhere. It features questions about fans’ favourite drivers and teams and – just like the fiercely-competitive nature of its track action – there’s strong competition for the #1 spot
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