F1 team names have been a big talking point in the off-season as two constructors underwent a rebrand for the 2024 campaign.Red Bull’s sister squad AlphaTauri changed its operation to Visa Cash App RB, while Sauber ditched its Alfa Romeo guise to sign a title sponsorship with online casino companyContinue Reading
Ocon is out of contract at Alpine at the end of this season. He was signed by the Mercedes junior programme during his 2015 title-winning GP3 Series campaign and given his relationship with the team’s boss Toto Wolff, he is seen as a candidate to replace Hamilton.Addressing the speculation forContinue Reading
Alpine slid back from fourth in 2022 to sixth last season, being stuck in no man’s land some distance away from rivals McLaren and Aston Martin.The Enstone team found it tough to continue adding significant performance to last year’s A523, so Harman’s technical team has opted to complete redesign theContinue Reading
In a season launch at its Enstone headquarters, that also included the unveiling of its hypercar for the World Endurance Championship, Alpine revealed the challenger that it hopes will return it to the front after dropping from fourth to sixth in 2023.Alpine’s livery, which was designed in collaboration with artistContinue Reading
As part of a push to be more aggressive with its 2024 C44 design, Sauber has made some extensive changes to the car that Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will race this season.One of the most intriguing design shifts is in its suspension layout, with the squad changing to theContinue Reading
Last week Mercedes announced the bombshell news that seven-time world champion Hamilton would be departing the team at the end of 2024 to join his former GP2 team boss Fred Vasseur at Ferrari.According to Vowles, Hamilton’s shock departure will inevitably be a blow to Mercedes, but he believes all parties willContinue Reading
The clock is ticking as the first sprint of 2024 is in China on 19-21 April, to be followed by events at the Miami, Austrian, US, Qatar and Brazilian GPs.While sprints have ramped up interest on Fridays, the fact that the FIA and F1 are still tinkering with the formatContinue Reading
Governance and regulatory director Pierre Ketterer and head of commercial legal affairs Edward Floydd, both of whom had a hand in Concorde Agreement negotiations on behalf of the FIA, are departing.Ketterer, who will take up a new role at the International Olympic Committee in April, joined the FIA in 2010.HeContinue Reading
In the wake of unspecified claims that are understood to have been made against him by a female employee, parent company Red Bull in Austria has opened up an official probe into the matter.A statement issued by it on Monday said: “After being made aware of certain recent allegations, theContinue Reading
Albon has been linked to various top teams in recent weeks, including a return to Red Bull and a move to Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton from 2025 onwards.While Williams team principal James Vowles clarified Albon is contracted to the Grove team until next year, he also added he wouldContinue Reading