Autosport Chief Editor Kevin Turner sits down with Jake Boxall-Legge and Stuart Codling to preview this weekend’s Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix.The trio review a busy week of news, with James Vowles in for the long-term at Williams, but Renault CEO Luca De Meo leaving Alpine. What will it doContinue Reading
Mercedes Formula 1 reserve driver Valtteri Bottas has emerged as a leading candidate to join the Cadillac team when it enters the championship next season.Senior figures at the nascent squad are due to be in attendance at the British Grand Prix at the start of next month – including teamContinue Reading
American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge was claimed to be on a mission to transform shopping into an enjoyable experience when he opened his Oxford Street emporium in 1909. Among the first attractions to be displayed in store, alongside consumer goods, was the aeroplane in which aviation pioneer Louis BleriotContinue Reading
A new report of the impact of Motorsport Valley has been published, showing increased growth over the past decade.The Motorsport Industry Association review, conducted by Grant Thornton, highlights the global importance of Motorsport Valley – the area in the United Kingdom where seven of the 10 teams competing in theContinue Reading
Reigning Super Formula champion Sho Tsuboi hopes Toyota’s partnership with the Haas Formula 1 team could result in an opportunity to fulfil a long-held dream of testing grand prix machinery.Tsuboi has been tipped as a likely candidate to get mileage as part of Haas’s TPC programme with previous-generation F1 carsContinue Reading
At racing speeds, one of Pirelli’s blue-sidewalled ‘wet’ tyres can displace a remarkable 85 litres of water per second. The problem is that you’re more likely to see a blue moon than witness an F1 wet tyre operating at racing speeds. That amount of water being displaced at all four cornersContinue Reading
In terms of points on the board – which convert into dollars in the coffers once Formula 1’s prize funds are dished out – Gabriel Bortoleto has yet to deliver on his considerable early promise. Only two other drivers – Jack Doohan and Franco Colapinto – are also on zeroContinue Reading
Formula 2 championship leader Alex Dunne will make his Formula 1 free practice debut with McLaren at the Austrian Grand Prix, taking Lando Norris’ seat for Friday’s FP1 session.The Irishman is in his first F2 season, having stepped up to the series with Rodin after a single season of F3.Continue Reading
Red Bull prospect Arvid Lindblad has taken the wheel of Racing Bull’s 2023 AT04 for his first proper F1 test at Imola.In a camouflaged car that originally ran under the team’s AlphaTauri name, Lindblad split TPC testing duties with fellow Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa at the Emilia-Romagna Grand PrixContinue Reading
As much as McLaren will want to move on from Lando Norris’ Canadian Grand Prix clash with Oscar Piastri when it comes to the subject of Austria, it will invariably remain a talking point at the Red Bull Ring race.Norris largely headed off most of the criticism by owning upContinue Reading