Kevin Magnussen will join BMW to race its M Hybrid V8 LMDh car next year after departing the Haas Formula 1 team.The announcement made on the eve of his final race for Haas in Abu Dhabi did not stipulate which series Magnussen will contest as a factory driver for BMW,Continue Reading
Formula 1 will return its constructors’ championship crown back to one of two heritage teams on the grid come the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi this Sunday.With Max Verstappen’s title-winning performances not backed up by team-mate Sergio Perez, who will finish the year eighth in the drivers’ standings, Red BullContinue Reading
Ferrari arrived in Qatar with its experimental floor in tow once more, fitting it on Charles Leclerc’s car for first free practice with Carlos Sainz having initially run it in Las Vegas.Whilst it had been assumed that the truncated practice running of a sprint weekend would result in the floorContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton was penalised at the Qatar Grand Prix for a false start having moved – and then stopped – before the lights went out to begin the race.The Mercedes driver picked up his first penalty of a trying race when he nudged forward early, though his loss of momentumContinue Reading
In many sports the last event of the season sees the presentation of the trophy to the winner. At the Indy 500 the Borg-Warner trophy is given to the winner moments after they step out of the car, in the NFL the Lombardi Trophy – given to the winners ofContinue Reading
Alpine will become one of the main sponsors of Pramac when it becomes Yamaha’s new satellite team in 2025, Autosport has learned.Pramac had already announced last month that Italian insurance company Prima will remain its title sponsor until the end of the 2027 season.Now, Autosport can report that Prima willContinue Reading
Organisers of Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix have explained the reasoning behind calling time on their event while local hero Max Verstappen is still at the height of his powers.On Wednesday, the Dutch Grand Prix and F1 jointly announced they agreed a one-year contract extension for 2026, but that editionContinue Reading
On this week’s episode, we discuss the latest reports that Red Bull is set to replace Sergio Perez with Liam Lawson and ask what it could mean for the much-speculated future of Williams’ Franco Colapinto. There are also discussions on the premature end of Esteban Ocon’s Alpine career, the fallout betweenContinue Reading
Ferrari has announced its development driver Arthur Leclerc will replace Carlos Sainz during first free practice at Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, forming a unique line-up with his elder brother Charles.As part of F1’s requirement to enter a rookie driver in two FP1 sessions, Ferrari has opted to handContinue Reading
On Tuesday evening this writer received a phone call from a senior member of staff at an F1 team expressing their concern about the bombshell that the FIA is proposing to change the way it is governed.Essentially, the proposal removes the power from the FIA ethics committee to tackle complaintsContinue Reading