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Formula One Grand Prix are averaging a million viewers per race in America. The FIA, the governing body of the sport, just christened a new course in Miami, ...

She’s more excited about the forthcoming “F1 Manager 2022” from Frontier Games, a spiritual sequel to 2000′s “F1 Manager” and the first officially licensed F1 management simulation to come out in over 20 years. The first thing you learn when you start following Formula One is that the races are the tip of the iceberg; that philosophy has also taken hold at Codemasters. I’m not a soccer or a basketball guy, but I know who the key people in those sports are, because they transcended the sport, and that wasn’t something F1 had achieved,” Mather said. Perhaps the largest signifier of F1′s broadening appeal is the introduction of Breaking Point to “F1 2021” — a story-based, single-player mode where you take control of a newcomer driver, rubbing shoulders with the open-wheel elite. “When we first started on this series we were always catering to the F1 fan, and F1 fans are a very defined audience,” he said in an interview with The Washington Post. “But in recent years it’s absolutely blown up. That being said, what she likes most about the sport — the characters, the grudges, the meta-narratives surrounding every hairpin turn — is not easily replicated in a racing series. We did an automatic reset to track, so instead of the frustration of getting out of the gravel that the hardcore [players] want, you can jump back on course. “The fact that the drivers are basically getting battle tactics over the radio from their engineers is very cool and exciting. There’s no better example of this than the Netflix serial “Formula One: Drive To Survive” — the wildly popular docuseries that glosses over the heady mechanical gumption of open-wheel racing in favor of headstrong, Real Housewives-esque drama. F1 was always a fascinating universe, but as the sport became more web-literate, young people were given the tools to discover it on their own terms. The verdict is unanimous: F1 is officially a big deal in the United States. Formula One Grand Prix are averaging a million viewers per race in America. The FIA, the governing body of the sport, just christened a new course in Miami, and plans on opening another track in Las Vegas next year.

Lewis Hamilton enters his 300th Formula One race at the French Grand Prix this weekend in the uncustomary position of chasing a first win this season.

But the son of Michael Schumacher responded by finishing eighth at Silverstone to score the first points of his career, then he was sixth two weeks ago in Austria for back-to-back points-scoring finishes. “It feels good, I’ve got a much better feeling than I had coming into Austria. We just need to keep the focus, that level of performance,” Leclerc said. “I think Mick is on the right track . . . it’s great for him to show what he’s capable of,” Vettel said. “The whole realization of reaching your dream is a very, very surreal experience and it is always going to be your first,” Hamilton said. I was so young mentally and of course, OK in terms of skill, but it’s a lot of pressure to go against a great.” The 23-year-old German feels the pressure has been lifted amid a difficult season. “In the last race (in Austria) we were only a few tenths (of a second) off the lead guys in qualifying.” “He has been a tremendous driver and a legend. Sainz was handed a 10-place grid penalty because Ferrari changed the power unit for this weekend. Hamilton was fifth-fastest behind Mercedes teammate George Russell in the second practice. “We had some good battles, I wish we could have more,” Hamilton said. F1 races Sunday in the French Grand Prix.

After the standard fortnight break, F1 begins the second half of its season at Circuit Paul Ricard for the French Grand Prix. Here's everything you need to ...

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Charles Leclerc narrowly topped the first Formula 1 practice session ahead of the 2022 French Grand Prix as Red Bull's defending champion Max Verstappen ...

Russell, meanwhile, was best of the rest in fourth. It continued to be a messy session for Mexican, who straightlined the chicane and had to briefly stop at the Red Bull garage after his visor tear-off was caught in the right-rear suspension. With drivers sticking to the now scrubbed Pirellis for the remainder of the hour, the Monegasque preserved his 0.09s advantage over Verstappen to claim the first bragging rights. After a mid-session lull, with 30 mins to run Verstappen emerged with a shiny new set of soft Pirellis to lower the times to 1m34.346s thanks to a particularly strong first sector. Leclerc surged to the top of the times in the final third of the hour-long FP1 to eclipse his chief championship rival by a slender 0.09s as Carlos Sainz completed the top three. Leclerc improved to a 1m37.420s before Verstappen, keeping to practice form in 2022, blew the bankers away at his first attempt as he ran to a 1m35.727s to find 1.6s over the Ferrari.

Carlos Sainz beat team-mate Charles Leclerc to the fastest time as Ferrari dominated Practice Two at the French GP to continue their world championship ...

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 between Friday's two practice sessions, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said: "(It was) not where we want to be. The car is not spectacular here, I don't know why, but overnight we usually make a bit of a step so I'm hoping that's the case tomorrow." "It's going to be getting it right, tyre degradation, strategy. 2) Charles Leclerc Hamilton was fifth, with team-mate George Russell fourth as they failed to match Ferrari's pace despite the introduction of new upgrades. 1) Carlos Sainz

Carlos Sainz was fastest during French Grand Prix practice on Friday, the 12th round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship, leading a Ferrari 1-2.

Verstappen beat that by 0.01s with 1m34.172s, before Sainz was the first of the frontrunners to switch to softs, unleashing 1m33.322s – highlighting a 0.85s delta between the compounds in similar track conditions. Sainz stayed third, over three tenths off the pace, ahead of George Russell’s Mercedes, Pierre Gasly’s updated AlphaTauri and Perez. Top spot then became a straight Verstappen v Leclerc fight. Leclerc beat his teammate for P1 by 0.186s with 1m33.136s just before the halfway point, but Sainz responded on a second push lap with 1m32.527s. That proved to be the fastest lap of the day. His teammate Charles Leclerc was fastest in FP1 but Sainz set the fastest lap of the day in FP2, with Red Bull’s championship leader Max Verstappen in third. Verstappen set the bar at 1m34.991s, running soft tyres from the start of the session, half a second clear of teammate Sergio Perez (who suffered a big spin at Turn 3 early on and later straight-lined a chicane) and 0.83s clear of Leclerc at the halfway point.

Carlos Sainz topped the times on Friday for Ferrari at the Formula 1 French Grand Prix. Here's how and when to watch qualifying.

Hot and sunny weather is forecast for Saturday afternoon for the start of qualifying at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, with a low chance of rain showers. For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. 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. Live radio coverage of every practice, qualifying and race for the 2022 F1 season will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC 5 Live Sports Extra or via the BBC Sport website. In the United Kingdom, every F1 practice, qualifying and race is broadcast live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event, with French GP qualifying coverage starting at 2:35pm BST.

Reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has warned against the series replacing its 'really cool' traditional venues with a calendar of street ...

"Of course, the track needs maybe a bit of work for track limits and all these things," said Ocon of F1 hosting Le Mans. "And of course, I understand everyone wants to make money, but there is also a limit to that, because it's important to keep these really cool circuits on the calendar instead of just driving on street circuits which I think F1 cars are not designed for anyway." "But it's a very iconic track and I don't want to see myself in 2028 or whatever driving only on street circuits close to the city just for the fan engagement or whatever because you need these kinds of iconic tracks on the calendar.

World champion Max Verstappen has said that Formula One must retain "iconic" tracks such as Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps, even if the trend is towards more ...

it's such a beautiful track, great place for racing and I think at the end of the day, it will be a loss, a loss for us as Formula One racing drivers." "It's just a great track to drive... So it will be important to enjoy every second of it.

PARIS (AP) -- Lewis Hamilton enters his 300th Formula One race at the French Grand Prix this weekend in the uncustomary position of chasing his first win.

But the son of Michael Schumacher responded by finishing eighth at Silverstone to score the first points of his career, then he was sixth two weeks ago in Austria for back-to-back points-scoring finishes. “It feels good, I’ve got a much better feeling than I had coming into Austria. We just need to keep the focus, that level of performance,” Leclerc said. “I think Mick is on the right track . . . it’s great for him to show what he’s capable of,” Vettel said. “The whole realization of reaching your dream is a very, very surreal experience and it is always going to be your first,” Hamilton said. I was so young mentally and of course, OK in terms of skill, but it’s a lot of pressure to go against a great.” The 23-year-old German feels the pressure has been lifted amid a difficult season. “In the last race (in Austria) we were only a few tenths (of a second) off the lead guys in qualifying.” “He has been a tremendous driver and a legend. Sainz was handed a 10-place grid penalty because Ferrari changed the power unit for this weekend. Hamilton was fifth-fastest behind Mercedes teammate George Russell in the second practice. “We had some good battles, I wish we could have more,” Hamilton said. F1 races Sunday in the French Grand Prix.

Mercedes cannot do much to help Nyck de Vries secure a Formula One drive and may let him go, team boss Toto Wolff said after the Dutch reserve replaced ...

I can't really help him," added Wolff. Mercedes are also pulling out of Formula E at the end of this season, with the team sold to McLaren who have their own roster of drivers. De Vries, 27, is the reigning Formula E champion with Mercedes and also won the Formula Two crown in 2019.

It's a milestone that only five other drivers in F1 history have reached. That list includes Kimi Raikkonen (349), Fernando Alonso (344), Rubens Barrichello ( ...

"Just getting to the first Grand Prix in 2007," Hamilton said. A two-time champion in his own right, Alonso said that Hamilton's talent was apparent early. I think we started off not where we want it to be, we've made progress, we started to reach a patch of a bit of consistency. He's won at least one race in each of his previous 15 seasons in F1—a consecutive season record he shares with Michael Schumacher. In between race start No. 1 and Sunday's 300th start, Hamilton certainly has learned a thing or two. His first win came in the sixth races later, on June 10 at Montreal.

As Circuit Paul Ricard basked in the glorious sunshine and sweltering temperatures, F1 teams got down to business trying to understand how their cars and ...

There’s work to do on the balance, and like their rivals, the team found the hot conditions challenging. They ran it on Gasly’s car in FP1 so they could get a back-to-back comparison and the step was impressive, particularly over one lap. According to our data, they were the fourth fastest in terms of qualifying simulations, a solid 0.2s clear of nearest rivals AlphaTauri, so Q3 with both cars is a realistic prospect. They topped both practice sessions, with a one-two in second practice that put the Italian squad more than half a second clear of the field. With a little work overnight, Hamilton is optimistic they can put themselves in the fight for a podium. And when they turned up with a series of upgrades, it only served to support that chatter.

Circuit Paul Ricard hosts the 12th round of the 2022 Formula 1 season this weekend on July 22-24. Here's how and when you can watch qualifying for the ...

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Lando Norris believes that the McLaren Formula 1 team's latest update package is going in the right direction, with porpoising potentially indicating that ...

But I think there's still more to get out of it." "So I do feel some differences, but it's not like a back-to-back test, if you will. "It felt like I had a decent amount," he said. "But I don't think we expected a lot of it. "Just different, I wouldn't say trickier," he said. And it's still too early to say, I've just driven it, and things feel different, some things a little bit better.

Mixed reviews on big McLaren changes; Hamilton's honest admission — F1 Qualifying LIVE.

“We have a lot of work to do, a lot of ground to cover. We’ll have a look at it all for tomorrow and try to get closer than what we were today.” We’re a little bit further behind than we anticipated this weekend.” I guess I’m playing a little bit of catch-up and trying to understand that compared to Daniel.” “On the long runs, I’m not really sure where we stand yet, I haven’t had a good look at that. I’ve just driven it and things feel different – some things a little bit better and some things we have to optimise and figure out.

McLaren is set to debut an updated sidepod and floor design on its MCL36 Formula 1 car as part of a new part package brought to the French Grand Prix.

It currently sits fourth in the constructors’ championship, tied on points with Alpine in fifth. McLaren’s update comes after Lando Norris said ahead of last month’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix that the team was in need of a “whole package upgrade” if it wanted to remain at the head of the midfield fight. The updated sidepod shape is accompanied by a new position for the mirror stay, which McLaren said was “part of a more complete package update which aims at improving overall load on both axles in conjunction with the floor.”

Live commentary and updates for the 2022 edition of the Formula 1 French Grand Prix, taking place at Paul Ricard this weekend.

Williams look set to hand American racer Logan Sargeant a Formula One Friday free practice slot this season, with team boss Jost Capito hailing him on ...

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Formula 2 championship challenger Logan Sargeant could give Williams a “great headache” in choosing its 2023 Formula 1 driver line-up.

He managed to secure a deal with the lesser-fancied Charouz team for a good but low-key third year in F3 in 2021 and then earned the Williams academy place for 2022 alongside an F2 graduation with Carlin. “If it’s not the best and we would have another better solution, we will go for the better solution.” On being open to Piastri on a short-term deal, he added: “If that was the best for us, then we would consider that. “He’s a very promising talent and we’d love to fulfil his talent in the team. “How he got the pole yesterday was really impressive and he will be in a Formula 1 car in the future, I’m absolutely convinced.” Although Alpine continues to insist Piastri will be on the F1 grid next year and Williams has now admittedly publicly a loan deal for Piastri is possible, Sargeant cannot be discounted.