
Daniel Ricciardo to leave McLaren at the end of current F1 season
McLaren has bought out the rest of Daniel Ricciardo’s contract and he will leave at the end of the current F1 season, with the team hoping to sign Oscar Piastri
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F1 ends its summer break at Spa for what could be the final Belgian Grand Prix before it drops off the calendar. With the prospect of an even closer fight at the front on a revamped circuit, it could be a thrilling send-off
McLaren is soon expected to announce Daniel Ricciardo will leave the team at the end of the season. He’s been linked with a US move, but Chris Medland sayshe’ll find it hard to leave F1 — and there’s set to be a seat on the grid that will fit him perfectly
Although I had no more than a small role as the team’s press officer during the black-and-gold glory days of the Lotus 72, I had a ringside seat at someof…
It’s one of motor racing’s most familiar photographic clichés: black livery with gold flourishes, distinctive dark helmet with elegant red swirls, driver’s head cocked to one side as he coaxes…
“The Lotus 72 was such an important car for me –definitely the best car of my career. I have driven it recently at the Goodwood events and it still feels…
Chassis 72/5 Fittipaldi’s old faithful Emerson Fittipaldi crashed what would turn out to be his ‘old faithful’ on his first appearance in the car, in Friday practice at Monza 1970…
*But with similar lap times as last year, as Spa’s new faster surface will be counterbalanced by F1’s slower 2022 cars
It is notable how the development of the Red Bull and Ferrari, comfortably the two fastest cars of the season, seems to be influenced by their relative strengths and weaknesses.…
McLaren has bought out the rest of Daniel Ricciardo’s contract and he will leave at the end of the current F1 season, with the team hoping to sign Oscar Piastri
F1 ends its summer break at Spa for what could be the final Belgian Grand Prix before it drops off the calendar. With the prospect of an even closer fight at the front on a revamped circuit, it could be a thrilling send-off
McLaren is soon expected to announce Daniel Ricciardo will leave the team at the end of the season. He’s been linked with a US move, but Chris Medland sayshe’ll find it hard to leave F1 — and there’s set to be a seat on the grid that will fit him perfectly
Although I had no more than a small role as the team’s press officer during the black-and-gold glory days of the Lotus 72, I had a ringside seat at someof…
It’s one of motor racing’s most familiar photographic clichés: black livery with gold flourishes, distinctive dark helmet with elegant red swirls, driver’s head cocked to one side as he coaxes…
“The Lotus 72 was such an important car for me –definitely the best car of my career. I have driven it recently at the Goodwood events and it still feels…
Chassis 72/5 Fittipaldi’s old faithful Emerson Fittipaldi crashed what would turn out to be his ‘old faithful’ on his first appearance in the car, in Friday practice at Monza 1970…
*But with similar lap times as last year, as Spa’s new faster surface will be counterbalanced by F1’s slower 2022 cars
It is notable how the development of the Red Bull and Ferrari, comfortably the two fastest cars of the season, seems to be influenced by their relative strengths and weaknesses.…
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