Having been quoted briefly in a Mercedes press release that flagged his departure, Hamilton used an Instagram post on Saturday to give an extensive and more personal insight into his decision, and the thought process behind it.After years of competing against the Maranello team, the seven-time world champion made itContinue Reading
On Thursday it was revealed that Hamilton will leave Mercedes to join rival Ferrari from the start of the 2025 season.Top drivers who change teams are often joined by staff with whom they worked at their previous outfits, either because they specifically ask trusted colleagues to join them or becauseContinue Reading
The 2022 regulations cycle put much more emphasis on exploiting the ground effect to reduce how much cars were affected by turbulent air from the cars in front, in a bid to improve the racing.Initially, the regulation changes were met with weariness by some designers and observers, fearing the muchContinue Reading
The team is looking to build on the development trajectory that it pursued during 2023 and the most obvious alteration is the design of the sidepods.This is a continuation of the development made by Haas at the United States Grand Prix last season. Its ability to fully commit to theContinue Reading
Netflix has revealed its first behind the scenes look at the upcoming drama Senna, which is due to be released in the near future.Senna will be a biographical sports drama based on the F1 legend who won the world championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991 for McLaren.Filming for Senna isContinue Reading
The Bahrain Grand Prix is less than a month away, with excitement beginning to build for the start of the 2024 F1 season. Teams have been working tirelessly to prepare their new cars ahead of their launches over the coming weeks.Each team has already announced the dates of their carContinue Reading
Four months after approval of the entry by the FIA, the team’s bid was rejected by F1 in a lengthy statement issued on Wednesday.The championship spelled out various reasons why it believed that the entry could not be accepted that went well beyond the commercial aspects that most observers expectedContinue Reading
The 2024 F1 season is one of change for Haas amid the departure of team boss Guenther Steiner and its technical director Simone Resta.Dissatisfied with the lack of progress, owner Gene Haas has swung the axe and entrusted new principal Komatsu to undertake a full-scale revision of its technical programmeContinue Reading
As the German manufacturer comes to terms with Hamilton’s shock decision to join Ferrari from 2025, it is well aware that the new two-year deal it agreed with the seven-time champion last year had flexibility on both sides to be terminated as early as the end of this season.It isContinue Reading
Compared to the colour scheme the American team ran on its VF-23 2023 car, the new livery is not a substantial change, with the main area of alteration being the upper nose section.This is now predominantly black compared to being white last year, which makes the VF-24 appear dark fromContinue Reading