Mercedes was at pains to point out that Toto Wolff’s “yapping little terrier” jibe had been directed at his opposite Formula 1 team principal number at Red Bull, Christian Horner.Its communications team knew he was planning to say something on the media day for the season finale here in Abu Dhabi.Continue Reading
Charles Leclerc is set for a 10-place grid penalty at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after Ferrari was forced to fit a new battery for the last race of the season.The Monegasque is hoping to help Ferrari beat rival McLaren to the constructors’ championship this weekend in their close-fought battle.However,Continue Reading
Charles Leclerc was fastest in Formula 1’s final FP1 session of 2024 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, two tenths clear of McLaren’s Lando Norris.Leclerc was stranded in the garage for the opening 25 minutes of the session with a battery issue, but immediately picked up the pace when heContinue Reading
Formula 1 has announced the Chinese Grand Prix has signed a new deal that will see the series visit Shanghai until at least 2030.China’s current deal is set to run out after next year’s edition, but delegates from the races inked a new deal in the Abu Dhabi Grand PrixContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he underestimated just how difficult his final season with Mercedes would be from an emotional point of view.The seven-time world champion revealed at the start of the year that he would be leaving the German manufacturer for Ferrari, ending what will have been a 12-yearContinue Reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Oliver Bearman will take part in next week’s Super Formula test at Suzuka to help learn the track.With next year’s Japanese Grand Prix being the third race of the season, following Australia and China, any knowledge they can get of the venue will be a bigContinue Reading
TWG Global and General Motors have announced Graeme Lowdon as team principal of the Cadillac Formula 1 programme ahead of its entry in 2026.The American brand will join the grid for the new era of regulations after a reworked package was presented to F1 after over a year of tryingContinue Reading
Luxury car brand Genesis says it did evaluate a potential entry into Formula 1 prior to deciding that it would commit to an LMDh programme for the 2026 World Endurance Championship instead.The South Korean manufacturer officially launched its Genesis GMR-001 Hypercar plans on Wednesday evening in Dubai, revealing a scaleContinue Reading
George Russell’s extraordinary row with Max Verstappen has caught many by surprise – but really, it is not that unexpected. The content of the explosive verbal boxing match between the two, however, is.Russell claiming that Verstappen told him ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix he was “going to purposely goContinue Reading
The old adage of ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all’ has never really been adhered to within Formula 1 – and now George Russell and Max Verstappen are happy to air their dirty laundry in public after their falling out at the QatarContinue Reading