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Formula One's governing body, the FIA, have announced that Aston Martin's upgraded car is legal after it launched an investigation into the apparent ...

In the analysis we carried out we confirmed that the processes followed by Aston Martin were consistent with this Article's requirements." Aston Martin is among a number of teams that have brought significant updates to this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix and its new package includes revised sidepods and a new engine cover. "Both teams collaborated fully with the FIA in this investigation and provided all the relevant information.

The FIA has cleared Aston Martin after carrying out an investigation into the similarities between its updated Formula 1 car and Red Bull's car ahead of the ...

A spokesperson from Aston Martin said: “We have shared details of our update with the FIA technical people. “The investigation, which involved CAD checks and a detailed analysis of the development process adopted by Aston Martin, confirmed that no wrongdoing had been committed, and therefore the FIA considers that the Aston Martin aerodynamic upgrades are compliant,” the statement from the FIA reads. The FIA clamped down on reverse engineering car designs in the wake of the Pink Mercedes case, and revealed in Barcelona on Friday that it did look into the updated Aston Martin car.

Red Bull has responded to the FIA's statement clearing Aston Martin over similarities in its Formula 1 car design by saying any transfer of IP would be 'a ...

“What he has in his head… We will look into it in detail.” Reverse engineering has been banned in F1 since Racing Point – Aston Martin’s predecessor – based its 2020 car design on the 2019 Mercedes title-winner.

Formula One opened the European leg of the season in sweltering temperatures with an appropriately heated and fractious atmosphere in the paddock.

Following a raft of upgrades to the floor of the car, the team appeared to enjoy a decrease in the porpoising that has plagued them this season. We showed them the data and they found themselves with their hands tied because they had already issued the penalty. Fernando Alonso launched a scathing attack on the FIA, the sport’s governing body, for which he faces a potential punishment, while Red Bull in turn expressed scorn and disbelief at Aston Martin, who were accused of copying the design of their car. At the end of last year, two senior aerodynamicists, Dan Fallows and Andrew Alessi, left Red Bull to join Aston Martin and the Red Bull Team principal, Christian Horner, noted his “grave concern” that Red Bull’s intellectual property may have been compromised. But Red Bull were unwilling to let the matter lie. The Spaniard was given a five-second penalty at the last round in Miami for cutting a chicane – dropping the Alpine driver from a points-scoring position.

Esteban Ocon has been assured of changes to the Turn 7 barrier for next year's Miami Formula 1 race after both he and Carlos Sainz were left nursing small ...

“So there's definitely something to review.” Everything’s been listened, acknowledged, and action will be done. “I had a chat with the race director yesterday, we had a one-hour chat to be fair on all of this situation and why it had not been explained,” Ocon said.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was fastest during Spanish Grand Prix practice in Barcelona on Friday, the sixth round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship.

Sainz and Alex Albon (Williams) had a spat after Turn 1, which stewards will investigate after the session. Sebastian Vettel was the first to set a time on softs in his updated Aston Martin, which has been the talk of the paddock today, setting the bar at 1m20.703s. That was soon beaten by Verstappen on 1m20.006s. Teams ran medium tyres at the beginning of this session, with Verstappen leading the way on 1m20.932s, 0.046s ahead of Sainz and 0.063s quicker than Leclerc – the latter suffering a scruffy end to his lap. Russell was best of the rest for Mercedes, lapping 0.762s off the pace on 1m20.590s. He later had a big moment when he came across the second Red Bull, driven for the first time in FP1 by F2 racer Juri Vips. After early running on the hard tyres, Sainz set the bar on softs at 1m19.907s. That looked set to be toppled by Verstappen, who set the fastest first two sectors when he came across a huge amount of traffic towards the end of the lap. Leclerc was quickest in both FP1 and FP2, ahead of Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s reigning world champion Max Verstappen across the two one-hour sessions.

Hamilton: Mercedes "way better" as F1 upgrades dial out porpoising. Lewis Hamilton feels Mercedes is on its way to get back to the front of Formula 1, after upgrades in Spain helped it dial out much of its porpoising problems. Jonathan Noble.

We definitely don't have the porpoising on the straight, which is good, but we're still experiencing a bit here and there in the corners, which ultimately you need to dial out." But we're in a good spot." "We're not the quickest yet, but I think we're on our way.

Ahead of the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix, Aston Martin rolled out an updated Formula 1 car that shares a striking resemblance to Red Bull's machine.

In that case, the team was found to have copied elements of the Mercedes W10 racer and was subsequently fined. But this isn’t the first time the Aston Martin squad has been caught up in a similar spat. And that’s because Aston Martin recently appointed Red Bull’s former head of aerodynamics, Dan Fallows, to the position of technical director. Red Bull, on the other hand, sits second in the standings and has taken three wins so far. When the first practice session got under way in Barcelona this morning, Aston Martin wheeled out an updated car that shocked onlookers. But so far, Aston has only managed to score six points across the first five races.

Charles Leclerc headed the Mercedes pair of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton during the qualifying simulations in second practice ahead of Formula 1's 2022 ...

Pierre Gasly was the first driver to miss out on the top 10, the AlphaTauri pipping the Haas of Kevin Magnussen and Lance Stroll. A puff of smoke from the rear was matched by the engine seeming to die promptly as Bottas pulled up on the edge of the track at the exit of Turn 1. Verstappen had been the first driver to set a fairly representative lap time on medium rubber as he and Sainz dropped below the 1m21s threshold ahead of Leclerc and the Mercedes. Hamilton was a late adopter of the soft tyre and ran particularly well in the final part of the second sector to land the third-fastest effort - albeit a further 0.09s shy of his teammate. Alexander Albon, Mick Schumacher, both Aston Martins and Esteban Ocon were the first drivers to hit the track in FP2 as the field stuck initially to the medium and hard compound tyre. The Ferrari driver and pre-event championship leader picked up his form from FP1 by also running to the top in the second of the hour-long Friday practice sessions at Barcelona.

Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix is Sunday; Mercedes improving, Red Bull takes shot at Aston Martin.

Mercedes has front wing and floor edge tweaks as it strives to cure the bouncing that has plagued its progress. It involved CAD checks and a detailed analysis of Aston Martin’s development processes, and the FIA concluded that no wrongdoing had been committed, approving the compliance of the new package. So yeah, starting to eke into a bit of the potential in our car.” “Hopefully it will be good ones and enough to be in front of Red Bull again,” said Leclerc on the updates. It means it is a circuit that can produce more reliable feedback and data on new components, particularly with three street-based circuits (Monaco, Baku, Montreal) next up on the schedule. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a known quantity, given its extensive use as a pre-season test venue, and has a layout that assesses most areas of a car.

Lewis Hamilton feels Mercedes is on its way to get back to the front of Formula 1, after upgrades in Spain helped it dial out much of its porpoising ...

We definitely don't have the porpoising on the straight, which is good, but we're still experiencing a bit here and there in the corners, which ultimately you need to dial out." But we're in a good spot." "We're not the quickest yet, but I think we're on our way.

F1 points leader Charles Leclerc paced Spanish Grand Prix practices while the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell seem to be improving.

He said “something’s broke” as his Alfa Romeo ground to a stop in the grass. Race officials expect more than 110,000 fans to turn out for each of the event’s three days after two years of racing without the public due to the pandemic. The Barcelona-Catalunya track is notorious for being tough on tires. We can get it in even better shape tomorrow so we can tackle the guys up ahead.” But he was encouraged by the car’s apparent improvements. Leclerc topped the time charts in both hourlong sessions.

Join us as we delve into the new and interesting technical features on display up and down the pitlane as teams prepare for the Spanish Grand Prix, ...

A close up of the AlphaTauri AT03’s front brake and suspension assembly. Alpine with a higher downforce rear wing than used in Miami, which features a deeper spoon-shaped central section and a Gurney on the upper element and the upper beam wing element. Photo by: Uncredited Photo by: Uncredited McLaren struggled in the opening races with overheating front brakes. Aston Martin will introduce a significant upgrade package this weekend, mainly centered on a change in philosophy for the sidepods.

Join us as we delve into the new and interesting technical features on display up and down the pitlane as teams prepare for the Spanish Grand Prix, ...

A close up of the AlphaTauri AT03’s front brake and suspension assembly. Alpine with a higher downforce rear wing than used in Miami, which features a deeper spoon-shaped central section and a Gurney on the upper element and the upper beam wing element. Photo by: Uncredited Photo by: Uncredited McLaren struggled in the opening races with overheating front brakes. Aston Martin will introduce a significant upgrade package this weekend, mainly centered on a change in philosophy for the sidepods.

Barcelona plays host to the sixth round of the 2022 Formula 1 season. Here's how you can watch qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.

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The run of nightmare Fridays for Valtteri Bottas and his Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team continued in Spain when the Finn suffered an engine failure early in FP2.

It’s not a drama, and I hope we have a clean weekend from Saturday onwards.” OK, it’s Barcelona, I think in two laps he will recover, and even the lap he did was a very good one. “Based on that one lap in FP2 I can say that it seems to be working,” he said. “It even damaged the bodywork so we’ll have to repair it,” he told Motorsport.com of the PU failure. “We seem to have tricky Fridays. I think this time it seems like it was an engine issue. In Imola, Bottas suffered a broken exhaust and subsequent fire in Friday qualifying, and he was forced to miss Saturday’s FP2 session while repairs were undertaken.

The upgrade package introduced by Aston Martin ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix is one of the most extensive on show in Barcelona, much of which draws ...

But whereas the RB18’s wing mirror sits astride the outer sidepod boundary winglet, the AMR22’s does not – it remains independent of it. For example, the RB18 has an extended lip ahead of the inlet, which creates an open top, increasing the volume of air that can be captured – but the AMR22’s version does not. Photo by: Giorgio Piola

Aston Martin has denied suggestions that it got hold of illegal Red Bull data to help it with its Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 upgrades.

And I think that was confirmation of that.” “They have come in and looked and then declared that it’s all legitimate independent work. But I think that just reinforced our feeling at the time that, of the two paths that that we had open to us, we'd gone the wrong way. So I think the accusations are very wide of the mark.” “All I can say is that at no stage did we ever receive any data from any team or anyone. “It's not just Dan Fallows,” Marko told Sky Germany. “There is evidence that data was downloaded.

Ferrari has been forced into changing the chassis for Carlos Sainz's Formula 1 car ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix due to a fuel system issue that emerged ...

Despite topping the timesheets in FP2 for Ferrari, Leclerc was uneasy about the team’s long-run pace, having complained that his tyres were struggling. At the same time, I think we didn't do the right steps going into FP2 and we we made ourselves a bit slower. Ferrari debuted a number of updates for its F1-75 car on Friday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which Sainz felt had “definitely got potential” as the team looked to get back in contention against Red Bull at the front of the pack.

Charles Leclerc says he will “think twice” about driving historic Formula 1 cars again in the future after crashing one of Niki Lauda's classic Ferraris in ...

“I got to meet Niki a few times in the paddock in the past and yeah, they are just legends of our sports, of course it’s always amazing to be driving their cars.” “I think also it’s great to experience what it was like and what it’s like now, it’s very different now, it’s so much faster but it’s also so much safer and we don’t have the safety in mind as much as they probably did once they were racing. “Obviously there was a shakedown of this car the Thursday before and yeah, the failure that happened was on a screw of the brake pads and it’s impossible to know.

The upgrade package introduced by Aston Martin ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix is one of the most extensive on show in Barcelona, much of which draws ...

But whereas the RB18’s wing mirror sits astride the outer sidepod boundary winglet, the AMR22’s does not as it remains independent of it. For example, the RB18 has an extended lip ahead of the inlet, which creates an open top, increasing the volume of air that can be captured but the AMR22’s version does not. Photo by: Giorgio Piola

Aston Martin has denied suggestions that it got hold of illegal Red Bull data to help it with its Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 upgrades.

And I think that was confirmation of that.” “They have come in and looked and then declared that it’s all legitimate independent work. But I think that just reinforced our feeling at the time that, of the two paths that that we had open to us, we'd gone the wrong way. So I think the accusations are very wide of the mark.” “All I can say is that at no stage did we ever receive any data from any team or anyone. What he has in his head...copying is not prohibited in the approach.

The upgrade package introduced by Aston Martin ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix is one of the most extensive on show in Barcelona, much of which draws ...

But whereas the RB18’s wing mirror sits astride the outer sidepod boundary winglet, the AMR22’s does not – it remains independent of it. For example, the RB18 has an extended lip ahead of the inlet, which creates an open top, increasing the volume of air that can be captured – but the AMR22’s version does not. Photo by: Giorgio Piola

Mercedes' Formula 1 technical director Mike Elliott believes it is “too early” to rule whether it is best to develop its current car concept despite taking ...

We’ve brought bits which have definitely settled the car down. “We’ve changed the car so much for this weekend that we need to work out how we get the best out of it. “The package we’ve brought here, we were definitely able to run the car in a position much more close to where we’d like to ideally run it.

Red Bull is not currently planning any further action with the FIA over Aston Martin's Formula 1 car, instead focusing on an internal investigation to find ...

It means our concept is not so bad.” That is the main asset of the team. “We just want to be sure that we protect ourselves, and on the budget cap, the main aspect of the budget is IP, and we want to make sure that how we spend our money is secure and our assets are secure,” he said.

Charles Leclerc narrowly pipped Max Verstappen in final practice ahead of Formula 1's 2022 Spanish Grand Prix as Mercedes' apparent improvement returned ...

Behind Sainz and Perez, Norris effectively claimed the 'best of the rest' accolade as he ran to seventh courtesy of a 1m20.403s effort to sit ahead of Kevin Magnussen and Bottas. Leclerc then reemerged for his second full-tilt run on the soft tyre and duly improved to 1m19.772s to set the eventual yardstick, even if falling a tenth shy of his second practice benchmark. Perez, however, could only manage a 1m20.260s to fall behind Sainz in sixth thanks to Hamilton's improvement to fourth on a 1m20.002s, running 0.09s shy of Russell - who had nabbed the best first sector of the session - with 10 minutes to run. The Ferrari driver posted a 1m20.278s to sit top after his first attempt but was two tenths slower on his second effort even though he remained in first place ahead of Verstappen and Sainz. Ricciardo's teammate Lando Norris had been the first driver to head out in the session and he immediately delivered a five-lap stint on medium tyres to bed in his new chassis. Ferrari's points leader used his later soft tyre run to turn in a 1m19.772s and he ended the session just seven hundredths in front of his likely end-of-season title rival Verstappen.

Formula 1 has been trialling innovative robots that can roam around the paddock to connect hospitalised fans who cannot attend the race with their racing ...

Awabot works closely with the Eric Abidal Foundation which works to promote the well-being of young people fighting against cancer. He is able to drive the robot remotely using his eyes, allowing him to explore the paddock via the technology. The AI technology has already been used by FC Barcelona, Paris-Saint Germain and at the FIA gala dinner in 2021.

Sebastian Vettel rides a rainbow bicycle and worries about global warming, Lewis Hamilton is a passionate campaigner for human rights and diversity, ...

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Mercedes have not given up on defending their Formula One constructors' title despite a difficult start to the season, the team's technical director Mike ...

"It's quite nice to be coming from behind. "But we've got to have a level of humility. "Until it's mathematically over, it's not over.

Formula One racing is headed to Catalonia for the Spanish Grand Prix. We'll update qualifying until we've got the full racing grid is set Sunday's race at ...

The first 20 minutes will eliminate five drivers, and the next 15 minutes will eliminate five more. Q1 results: The first stage of qualifying wrapped and Charles Leclerc finished with the fastest time. The 20 drivers will face off for an hour of racing to establish the fastest time and secure pole position. The five slowest drivers that were eliminated included Lando Norris, Esteban Ocon, Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly, and Guanyu Zhou. They will start Sunday in positions 11-15, pending any drivers moved to the back of the pack. That will leave the remaining ten competing for pole position in Sunday’s race. Q3 results: Charles Leclerc claimed the pole position in spite of a mid-stage spinout.

Charles Leclerc recovered from a spin to land a remarkable pole position for Formula 1's 2022 Spanish Grand Prix as Max Verstappen was hurt by a final-lap ...

That left Alonso prey as the customary flurry of improved times landed late on. He then locked all four tyres bringing the car to a stop. Alpine driver Alonso, preparing for his home race, was forced to back out of his final flying lap thanks in part to early traffic from Norris, however the stewards did not to intervene. George Russell led the renewed effort from Mercedes with fourth place as he nipped ahead of Sergio Perez, while Lewis Hamilton ran to sixth after his first Q3 lap was hurt by oversteer out of the final corner. Comfortable Q2 pacesetter Verstappen had not long delivered a crushing run through the final sector to extract a four tenth advantage on his first flying lap in the final part of qualifying to post a 1m19.073s. The Ferrari driver had it all to do in the last part of qualifying after spinning at the penultimate corner during his banker lap in Q3 but then the points leader stunned on his second attempt.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, the sixth round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship, ...

Time Sainz took third behind Verstappen on 1m19.166s, despite a poor first sector. After the session, team boss Christian Horner said it was a DRS issue that affected Verstappen. Time Time Time

Charles Leclerc recovered from a spin to land a remarkable pole position for Formula 1's 2022 Spanish Grand Prix as Max Verstappen was hurt by a final-lap ...

Williams/Mercedes Williams/Mercedes Aston Martin/Mercedes McLaren/Mercedes Aston Martin/Mercedes McLaren/Mercedes That left Alonso prey as the customary flurry of improved times landed late on. He then locked all four tyres bringing the car to a stop. Alfa Romeo/Ferrari Haas/Ferrari Haas/Ferrari Alfa Romeo/Ferrari

SportsLine analyzed the starting grid and made its best bets for the F1 Pirelli Spanish GP 2022 race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Mercedes has been working diligently to improve its cars after a highly disappointing start to the 2022 F1 season, and with Red Bull leader Christian Horner recently went on record predicting a return to contention for the reigning Formula 1 Constructor champions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the complete projected 2022 Spanish GP leaderboard. The latest stop on the Formula 1 schedule is Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain for the 2022 Spanish GP at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The race is scheduled for Sunday, May 22, with F1 legend Lewis Hamilton entering the event as the five-time defending champion.

Toto Wolff believes his Mercedes Formula 1 team can finally start catching up to Red Bull and Ferrari after solving its car's crippling porpoising issues.

"It's an aerodynamic effect that's created from the floor swinging and it was difficult to come to that conclusion in a scientific way. And that's great." Mercedes endured a nightmare start to the ground-effect era with a car that suffered from wild porpoising, which forced the team to run its car higher than it wanted.

Roger Federer took a high-octane break from the practice court in Barcelona on Saturday as the Swiss legend caught up with Formula 1 great Lewis Hamilton at ...

Good luck tomorrow,” wrote Federer to Hamilton and Russell via Twitter after spending time with the British duo. Hamilton is one of the most successful drivers of all time, having won a joint-record seven Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship titles, while 24-year-old Russell is considered one of the brightest talents in the sport. Federer was at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya watching qualifying for Sunday’s race, the sixth round of the 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The 40-year-old visited Hamilton and the rest of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, including Hamilton’s teammate George Russell and Team Principal Toto Wolff.

Mercedes' Formula 1 technical director Mike Elliott believes it is “too early” to rule whether it is best to develop its current car concept despite taking ...

We’ve brought bits which have definitely settled the car down. “We’ve changed the car so much for this weekend that we need to work out how we get the best out of it. “The package we’ve brought here, we were definitely able to run the car in a position much more close to where we’d like to ideally run it.

Series leader and pole-sitter Charles Leclerc is hoping Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz can help him beat Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen to stay in ...

Hopefully, our car will again be a bit kinder on the tyres, but it’s difficult to tell.” “The last few races, we have seemed decent on the tyres,” he said. “I think we’re still fighting a little bit in some areas so I’m just trying to perfect it – but on paper ninth is a solid place to start, and we’ll keep chipping away. Sainz, cheered by a sellout crowd at the Circuit de Catalunya, said: “It’s been a tough weekend so far. “I only had that one lap, but it went extremely well,” said Leclerc. “I feel very good! “I think that was our target, for sure, so we had our work cut-out for us.

Charles Leclerc will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix after topping qualifying. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. In the United Kingdom, Channel 4 is broadcasting highlights of the Spanish GP at 6:30pm BST on Sunday evening. Current weather forecasts predict hot and sunny conditions at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmelo, with a very low chance of rain. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98 or a month membership of £33.99 per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports will be live broadcasting the Spanish GP, with the race shown live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event. Pre-race coverage will be starting on Sky Sports F1 at 12:30pm BST ahead of the race start at 2:00pm BST.

Charles Leclerc proved he could handle the heat by overcoming a spin to take pole position for the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix, as a compromised Max Verstappen ...

It was a very, very difficult session, especially in Q3 because I did a mistake in the first run of Q3 and then obviously I only had one lap, but it went extremely well. With Schumacher rounding out the top 10 in his Haas, Ricciardo qualified ninth for McLaren. So, we need to get on top of it and do a good job tomorrow on tyre management. It was a good lap, and the car was amazing too. Verstappen was rounding the track, bearing down on his rival, but then came a message of despair: the Dutchman complained of a loss of power. With Verstappen settling for P2, Sainz rounded out the provisional top three. And it was Schumacher who rounded out the top 10 for a first career Q3 appearance. The pressure was on the championship leader, Leclerc going out earliest to set a time of 1m 18.750s for provisional pole. Improvements across the board dropped Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel down to P16 – losing out on 15th-place Esteban Ocon by 0.074s, while Fernando Alonso was a surprising P17 at home, 0.163s off safety in his Alpine, having struggled with traffic as he went to open his final lap. As for Leclerc, he spun exiting Turn 14 and aborted his opening lap, leaving Mercedes’ Russell fourth and Hamilton fifth (having run just wide at Turns 10-11) with the time ticking away. Zhou Guanyu was off the pace in Q2 and could only qualify P15 for Alfa Romeo. The reigning champion lost out by an eventual 0.323s – local hero Carlos Sainz another tenth off in third.