Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has joked it would be like a ‘mafia reunion’ should Christian Horner, Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore combine for an ownership stake in the Alpine Formula 1 outfit.Horner was sacked as Red Bull team principal in July and his next step is not yet known, butContinue Reading
Formula 1 will undergo a major overhaul next year with new engine and chassis regulations. It’s a leap into the unknown for all teams and manufacturers, although some teams including Red Bull have suggested that Mercedes appears “very confident” about its engine project.That belief was based on paddock chatter –Continue Reading
McLaren driver Lando Norris edged team-mate Oscar Piastri to lead Friday’s first free practice at Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix.Following several heatwaves that scorched Europe’s summer, the second leg of the season got underway in cool conditions in the NetherlandsThere was little time to waste at the start of theContinue Reading
20 years ago, Fernando Alonso was engaged in a thrilling championship run-in with Kimi Raikkonen, and a young tyre engineer with a bright future was about to join Alonso’s Renault team.Ayao Komatsu had got his F1 break working for BAR-Honda’s test team in a high-spending era where leading manufacturer-backed organisationsContinue Reading
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have given their blessing for split strategies to continue at the team as they battle for the 2025 Formula 1 title, but both feel Hungary was something of an outlier.Norris was running third during the Hungarian Grand Prix and took the plunge to switchContinue Reading
Performance gains have become harder to find as F1’s second ground-effect aerodynamics era matures, but for some the process has been more challenging for others. Aston Martin has noticeably struggled to unlock more relative pace from its cars ever since making a strong start to the 2023 season. This has notContinue Reading
Suggestions from Toto Wolff that 2026 F1 cars could get near top speeds of 400km/h have caused a stir, but both the real picture and what the Mercedes chief actually meant are more nuanced than that.As is well documented, F1 is facing a radical regulations shake-up in 2026, driven byContinue Reading
Yuki Tsunoda has claimed Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko only became aware of the disparity between his and Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 car specifications at the Belgian and Hungarian grands prix.The Japanese driver made the step up to the senior of Red Bull’s two F1 teams after just twoContinue Reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli has responded to Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko’s claim that Mercedes had “exposed” the Formula 1 rookie to “immense pressure”.The Italian was signed by the Silver Arrows to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton after the seven-time world champion had announced that move early in the 2024 season.AntonelliContinue Reading
George Russell reckons Lewis Hamilton was talking “nonsense” when he claimed Ferrari should “change driver” after disappointing in qualifying for the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix.Hamilton suffered a Q2 elimination last time out in Budapest, before finishing outside of the points the following day, continuing his difficult debut campaign forContinue Reading