Formula One 2022 Motor Sport

[Tom]

New season, new rules.

Pre-Season Testing

Barcelona circuit from the 23-25 February.
Bahrain hosting the second block of running from the 11-13 March, just a week before the season starts.
This will be the first opportunity to see the 2022 cars in action.

Provisional 2022 Formula 1 Calendar

Date	Grand Prix	Venue
20 March	Bahrain	Sakhir
27 March	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah
10 April	Australia	Melbourne
24 April	Emilia Romagna	Imola*
8 May	Miami	Miami**
22 May	Spain	Barcelona*
29 May	Monaco	Monaco
12 June	Azerbaijan	Baku
19 June	Canada	Montreal
3 July	United Kingdom	Silverstone
10 July	Austria	Spielberg
24 July	France	Le Castellet
31 July	Hungary	Budapest
28 August	Belgium	Spa
4 September	Netherlands	Zandvoort
11 September	Italy	Monza
25 September	Russia	Sochi
2 October	Singapore	Singapore*
9 October	Japan	Suzuka
23 October	USA	Austin*
30 October	Mexico	Mexico City
13 November	Brazil	Sao Paulo
20 November	Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi

*subject to contract **subject to FIA circuit homologation

Formula 1 2022 driver line-up

Team	Driver 1	Driver 2
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	George Russell
Red Bull	Max Verstappen	Sergio Perez
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc	Carlos Sainz
McLaren	Lando Norris	Daniel Ricciardo
Alpine	Fernando Alonso	Esteban Ocon
Alpha Tauri	Pierre Gasly	Yuki Tsunoda
Williams	Nicholas Latifi	Alex Albon
Aston Martin	Sebastian Vettel	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo	Valtteri Bottas	Guanyu Zhou
Haas	Mick Schumacher	Nikita Mazepin

 

[Tom]

Michael Masi is notably absent from the FIA organizational chart on the official FIA website which features newly-elected FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

 

[David76]

Michael Masi is notably absent from the FIA organizational chart on the official FIA website which features newly-elected FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

Masi is being fired? About time!

 

[Fraser]

Masi is being fired? About time!

So it seems Peter Bayer will be in control, but Masi will still be involved to some degree. Sounds like a demotion with less influence than 2021, definitely a good thing.

 

[Legion]

It's been clear all season that Masi cannot handle the pressure. He's essentially a referee that blows the whistle whenever the crowd shout and scream.

Either Mercedes asked for him to be removed or the FIA realised he's made a monumental feck up and damaged the sport's reputation.

It'll be nice to get some clarity, but I hope we never have to hear his voice again.

 

[Tom]

Aston Martin will be hoping Mike Krack will bring them a race win next season.

 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1481959868936425477

 

[David76]

For those looking for a less British slant on coverage, I've recently discovered the RacingNews365 website and podcast, which is an extension of an existing Dutch site. The podcast is hosted by an Irish lad, and they've also hired Dieter Rencken, a well-connected journalist.

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[Tom]

For those looking for a less British slant on coverage, I've recently discovered the RacingNews365 website and podcast, which is an extension of an existing Dutch site. The podcast is hosted by an Irish lad, and they've also hired Dieter Rencken, a well-connected journalist.

Never heard of it but playing the one about Lewis's future now. Thanks. They're not too long either. Podcasters need to learn that less is more.

There's a huge difference between podcast with journalists and podcasts with enthusiasts like Missed Apex

 

[David76]

There's a huge difference between podcast with journalists and podcasts with enthusiasts like Missed Apex

Been a long time listener to Missed Apex but found them tough to listen to at times last year. They fully admit to being Hamilton fans but seem to think that by declaring that, they have free reign to go full bias, I think it really affects the quality of the show. And then when you see the way that clown Philpot behaves on Twitter, and Spanners himself at times... I've kind of gone off them a bit lately. The episodes with Carter and Saward are always worth a listen though

 

[Tom]

Been a long time listener to Missed Apex but found them tough to listen to at times last year. They fully admit to being Hamilton fans but seem to think that by declaring that, they have free reign to go full bias, I think it really affects the quality of the show. And then when you see the way that clown Philpot behaves on Twitter, and Spanners himself at times... I've kind of gone off them a bit lately. The episodes with Carter and Saward are always worth a listen though

That's exactly how I feel. Sometimes I think they go overboard in declaring how Ham-Fossi they are and then the coverage seems extra pro-Hamilton when it's actually a fair argument.

The Carter and Saward ones are very good because of Carter and Seward. I can't stand Wrenches but the tech-time ones are good sometimes - but always too long.