“Many races, they throw away points because of the reliability.
There have been calls for changes to the Prancing Horse after the latest strategy mishap and lack of pace at the Hungarian Grand Prix, and some have gone as far as calling to get rid of Binotto.Ī perfect balance is key to success, Massa says, and Ferrari hasn’t had that this year. “I think we simply need to address what was wrong today, we need to understand, and then to address and get back competitive at the 12 races so far and the reason why it could not be the case at the next one.”
But if I look again at the balance of the first half of the season, there is no reason why we should change. Certainly there is something that you need to look at and understand why. It's always a matter of continuous learning and building, building experience, building skills. The 23-year-old soon quickly turned things around, scoring his first F1 points at Silverstone with an eighth-place finish and following it up with sixth place at Austria.įerrari team boss Mattia Binotto said after the Hungarian Grand Prix that no changes would be made during the summer break, adding, “It's not a matter of bad luck, and there is nothing to change as well. It depends on him.” Tsunoda has tallied 11 points so far this season with three top-10 finishes-Bahrain (8), Imola (7) and Spain (10).Īs for Schumacher, the 2022 campaign has taken a positive turn after a difficult start that included missing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and recording two DNFs in Monaco and Montreal (the latter for engine troubles). Meanwhile, AlphaTauri team boss Franz Tost commented on Tsunoda’s future with the team ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, stating, “If he continues like he did during the season, apart from crashing, I think that he has a good chance to stay with us. Zhou, the lone rookie on the grid, has recorded five DNFs in 13 races this season, but he has largely finished within the top 15, including 10th in Bahrain and eighth in Montreal. What about the rest of the driver market?Īnd those aren’t the only contracts in limbo.Īlfa Romeo, AlphaTauri, Haas and Williams all have vacancies left to confirm or fill with Zhou Guanyu, Yuki Tsunoda, Mick Schumacher and Nicholas Latifi’s contracts being up at the end of the season. Alonso took a brief hiatus in 2019 and ’20 before returning to Alpine (formerly known as Renault) in ’21.Ī reminder for F1 fans-Alpine and McLaren are competing for fourth place in the constructor standings with just four points separating the rivals. He then took the leap to Ferrari for several campaigns before returning to McLaren. The twist on this move: Team boss Otmar Szafnauer said the “first confirmation” he received of Alonso’s move was through Aston Martin’s press release.Īlthough Massa, who was teammates with Alonso, says the move was “pretty strange,” this was “a typical Fernando way of doing things.” Alonso went from Renault early in his career to spend a single season with McLaren before returning to Renault. Aston Martin confirmed after the race weekend that Fernando Alonso would fill the vacancy and race for them in 2023, which leaves an open seat at Alpine. Silly season dominated the headlines leading up to the summer shutdown, and two teams in particular found themselves at the center of the storm-Alpine and McLaren.Īhead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel announced he will retire at the end of the 2022 season.
Alpine and McLaren’s situation amid silly season But before it’s time for the beloved “it’s lights out and away we go,” Sports Illustrated spoke with Felipe Massa, who competed in F1 for 15 seasons and finished as the championship runner up in 2008 by a single point, about five story lines fans should keep an eye on as we head into the final nine races of the season.
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