Formula One
Lewis Hamilton has received a knighthood for services to motorsport just days after losing the controversial title battle with Max Verstappen on the last lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton was made a Knight Bachelor by Princes Charles at Windsor Castle. The Briton has the record for most
Toyota Racing Series
New Zealand Formula Ford champion James Penrose has won a fully-funded drive in the 2022 New Zealand Grand Prix. The twenty-five year-old is the first entrant for the Grand Prix after winning the Castrol-sponsored seat. Sixty-six drivers applied for the drive, with a short list of seven announced in November.
Formula One
Max Verstappen has revealed the last lap of the championship battle with Lewis Hamilton came with his "worst experience" as a driver. Speaking at the post-season Formula 1 test in Abu Dhabi after having time to reflect title victory, Verstappen spoke about several key moments of the final-lap
British Formula 3
Tommy Smith will remain with team Douglas Motorsport to contest his first full season of GB3 in 2022. Smith has made his way up to the motorsport ladder, starting in Australian Formula Ford before campaigns in Australian Formula 4, the Toyota Racing Series, and Asian Formula 3. He made the
Formula One
The FIA will investigate the rules and circumstances surrounding the controversial F1 title decider in Abu Dhabi. Max Verstappen won the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship after overtaking Lewis Hamilton on the final lap following a safety car restart. The FIA says "misunderstanding from Formula 1 teams, drivers and
S5000
S5000 will return to Albert Park and Mount Panorama in 2022 as part of a blockbuster calendar. The 2022 season will being at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania on February 12-13 alongside TCR and Trans Am as part of Race Tasmania. The category then heads to Phillips Island in March
FIA Formula 2
Australia and New Zealand will be well-represented in the FIA Formula 2 post-season test at Yas Marina, with Jack Doohan, Liam Lawson, Marcus Armstrong and Calan Williams to all complete three days of running. Drivers will complete two sessions each day on medium compound Pirelli tyres to prepare for the
Formula One
Daniel Ricciardo is heading home after a day of testing the 2022 F1 tyres at Yas Marina. Teams had two days of testing in Abu Dhabi, with the Young Driver Test taking part alongside tyre testing on mule cars for the 2022 season. "It’s been a good day
Formula One
Oscar Piastri says it felt like the first day of a new job as he set the third-fastest time in the F1 Young Driver test in Abu Dhabi. "It was very, very cool," said Piastri. "Not my first F1 test, but to do it in current machinery
Formula One
Liam Lawson set the second-fastest time of the Formula 1 young driver test in Abu Dhabi. "What an amazing day, it’s incredible how unbelievably fast these cars are," said Lawson, after spending a day driving for Alpha Tauri around the Yas Marina Circuit. "I’ve obviously
Formula One
Oscar Piastri and Liam Lawson have both had extended running as part of the post-season F1 test at Yas Marina Circuit.
FIA Formula 2
Jack Doohan and Marino Sato will race for Virtuosi Racing in the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship. Doohan graduates to Formula 2 after a successful FIA Formula 3 campaign where he finished the year as Vice-Champion. He completed the final two rounds of this year’s Formula 2 season with