The F1 season is almost over. Max Verstappen has joined Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel as a four-time world champion. But there is one very important matter still to resolve.The Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship may not have the same caché with fans, but it matters a lot to the teams;Continue Reading
Sacked F1 race steward Tim Mayer has taken aim at FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in a series of claims.Mayer, who was this week axed by Ben Sulayem, says the president “directly involved himself in making his views known” within the organisation.A stewards’ panel is assigned to each race andContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc has questioned Max Verstappen’s claim he would have won the 2024 Formula 1 world championship “even earlier” had he been racing a McLaren or Ferrari, saying it is “a stretch”.The Red Bull driver made the remark in the hours after he secured this year’s title in Las Vegas last weekend,Continue Reading
Charles Leclerc has questioned Max Verstappen’s claim he would have won the 2024 Formula 1 world championship “even earlier” had he been racing a McLaren or Ferrari, saying it is “a stretch”.The Red Bull driver made the remark in the hours after he secured this year’s title in Las Vegas last weekend,Continue Reading
Seven of the Qatar Formula 1 circuit’s 16 corners now feature new kerb profiles after changes ahead of the 2023 race resulted in damage which forced the FIA to impose maximum stint lengths during the race.The kerbs rose to sharp 50mm points on their inner edges, with a steep drop-off,Continue Reading
Valtteri Bottas has revealed he turned down an offer to drive in IndyCar full-time next season but insisted he is open to tackling the Indianapolis 500 – though his primary focus remains on Formula 1.The 35-year-old will leave Sauber at the end of 2024 and is expected to replace MickContinue Reading
Mario Andretti has insisted IndyCar driver Colton Herta remains a “priority” interest for Cadillac’s Formula 1 entry.The General Motors brand was finally accepted as a new F1 team for 2026 and beyond, albeit with a number of compromises to push over the line the previous Andretti Global guise had failedContinue Reading
Mick Schumacher will depart from his Formula 1 reserve driver position at Mercedes at the end of the season, as Valtteri Bottas looks set to assume the role for 2025.The German joined the team as reserve at the start of 2023 after losing his Haas seat to Nico Hulkenberg atContinue Reading
Formula 1 race director Rui Marques faces increased duties at the Qatar Grand Prix in having to take charge of F2 as well, following the latest shock FIA exit, Autosport has learned.Just one week after former F2/F3 race director Marques took over in F1 from Niels Wittich, who himself wasContinue Reading
As regulations change and evolve, F1 teams find themselves able to find new ways to reincorporate good concepts that worked previously but suddenly lost their edge for one reason or another.The latest example of this phenomenon is the reintroduction of grooves on the brake disc rotor, with Carbone Industries triallingContinue Reading