With the usual chill in the characteristically breezy Silverstone air, Joseph Loake arrives at the home of the British Grand Prix ready to fulfil a childhood dream: finally, he is going to get behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car, with Aston Martin.Following in the footsteps of drivers whoContinue Reading
Zak Brown says he would welcome full-time FIA race stewards and would accept McLaren paying a percentage towards their wages.Currently, F1 stewards are unpaid volunteers and are only offered travel expenses to preside over races.It has led to calls for F1’s governing body to employ ‘professional’ stewards to help improveContinue Reading
Won’t somebody think of the poor volunteers?Nobody has chafed so publicly about the absurdity and iniquity of relying on unpaid officials to do the FIA’s heavy lifting than its president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Indeed, last year he announced the formation of a new ‘officials department’ to instill professionalism in theContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton has crashed on the second of his three days of private Formula 1 testing with his new Ferrari squad, which is taking place at the Barcelona circuit this week, Autosport understands.Hamilton is understood to be unharmed in the incident, which occurred as he was traversing the third sectorContinue Reading
The South African government has extended the deadline to submit host bids for a Formula 1 grand prix in the country.After a bid to revive the South African race at Kyalami fell through in 2023, the government continued efforts to end the 32-year hiatus of grand prix racing in theContinue Reading
The FIA has announced that former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert will no longer act as a steward for grand prix racing events.The British driver has for many years formed part of the governing body’s pool of ex-professional racing drivers required to act as one of four stewards who serveContinue Reading
Ferrari will focus on two key aspects as Lewis Hamilton returns to action to continue his acclimatisation to the Italian squad in Barcelona.The seven-time Formula 1 champion made his track debut with the Scuderia at Fiorano last week before embarking on a longer, more significant programme in Spain this week.StartingContinue Reading
A new Formula 1 season is just around the corner, with teams preparing for the lifting of the covers from their final challengers under the current regulations at London’s O2 Arena on 18 February.While everyone will be chasing the usual improvements over the winter – more speed, increased downforce, reducedContinue Reading
Madrid’s mayor has insisted that the work to host a Formula 1 race in the Spanish capital is progressing “as planned” ahead of its debut in 2026.The city announced it had secured a 10-year contract with Formula 1 to host the Spanish Grand Prix on a purpose-built hybrid circuit.The trackContinue Reading
The youngest of Formula 1’s rookie class, Andrea Kimi Antonelli is facing the daunting task of replacing Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, but the team is confident some of the attributes that made him stand out in karting will help him ease into the seat.Born in 2006, the year Fernando AlonsoContinue Reading