Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff says he expects Andrea Kimi Antonelli to match George Russell for pace during his rookie season, but insists the Italian’s goal is get acclimatised ahead of 2026.Antonelli was brought through the Mercedes junior ranks as a long-term replacement for Lewis Hamilton, a planContinue Reading
Racing Bulls team principal Laurent Mekies believes the squad’s new collaboration with ExxonMobil will help with the challenge of racing with sustainable fuel from 2026 onwards.Already working with Red Bull, it was announced on the eve of the Australian Grand Prix that ExxonMobil will now also be fuel partner toContinue Reading
Stefano Domenicali will continue as president and CEO of Formula One Management for a further five years, the commercial rights holder for the Formula 1 championship has announced.The ex-Ferrari F1 team boss has helmed FOM since the start of 2021 and has overseen a period of strong growth in termsContinue Reading
F1 is a series built around technology, whereas, in football, the smartest teams have only begun using technology in the last decade for recruitment, strategy, in-game tactical decisions, and more.With James to compare how Mercedes recruited Andrea Kimi Antonelli with how Liverpool FC discovered Mo Salah, we have two expertsContinue Reading
Doesn’t Helmut Marko sometimes remind you of Morpheus from The Matrix?He has the power to make or break the careers of young drivers. In his search for the special one, he goes through dozens of them, putting the best on the conveyor belt of the Red Bull junior program. ButContinue Reading
6 Hours of Portimao winning crew Razoon will enter its Porsche 992 GT3 R at this weekend’s 6 Hours of Barcelona as the Austrian team looks to make it two out of two in this winter’s Gedlich Racing enduros.The non-points endurance event on Sunday will bring down the curtain onContinue Reading
Adrian Newey leaving Red BullOne of the biggest news stories of the 2024 season involved longtime Red Bull design guru, Adrian Newey, defecting to Aston Martin. His surprise departure sent shock waves through the paddock, especially considering it came shortly after Christian Horner’s highly-publicised scandal, and questions over whether heContinue Reading
Danny Soufi and Konrad Motorsport confirmed themselves as the 2025 Prototype Winter Series champions, with a stellar sweep of the final races of the season.The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya played host to the finale, and featured several additional line-ups on the grid. Team Virage welcomed a talented young pairing in theContinue Reading
Cadillac has been known for decades as the ‘American Dream’, and its arrival into Formula 1 next season will only serve to further increase the ever-growing interest in the series in the United States.Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Jay-Z and Marilyn Monroe all drove Cadillacs, and as one classic car collector putContinue Reading
Scotland has emerged as the best hope to revive Rally GB with Motorsport UK stating “fantastic progress” on a plan to bring the World Rally Championship back to Great Britain for 2026.The WRC has been absent from Britain since 2019 after Wales Rally GB lost its place on the calendar.Continue Reading