End of an Era: Lewis’ Final Farewell at Brixworth and Brackley
2024-12-20
For one final time. Behind the scenes with Lewis in Brixworth and Brackley for his last visits to the factories SourceContinue Reading
Alpine F1 turnaround proves Enstone reorganisation was the “right thing to do”
2024-12-20
Alpine Formula 1 team boss Oliver Oakes says the team improving its fortunes over the second half of the 2024 season has shown that streamlining its Enstone operation was the right way to go.Hitech junior team chief Oakes was brought in alongside advisor Flavio Briatore by Renault boss Luca deContinue Reading
Who is Racing Bulls’ new F1 driver Isack Hadjar?
2024-12-20
Having been signed by Racing Bulls for the 2025 Formula 1 season, Isack Hadjar had very much been in and out of the conversation as speculation surrounding Sergio Perez’s Red Bull future mounted. With Liam Lawson always viewed as the most likely candidate to step up and replace the Mexican afterContinue Reading
Hadjar to partner Tsunoda at Racing Bulls for F1 2025
2024-12-20
The Racing Bulls Formula 1 team has announced Red Bull junior Isack Hadjar will partner Yuki Tsunoda in 2025, as the starting grid for the new season is now set.Hadjar will take up the seat vacated by Liam Lawson, whose own move to the main Red Bull squad as Sergio Perez’s replacementContinue Reading
Binotto on Audi’s F1 reality check after finding team “frozen” with no plans
2024-12-20
When former Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto accepted the call to head up Audi’s Formula 1 operations earlier this year, he knew it was going to be a tough task.It is one thing honing an established team as he did at Maranello into fighting for world championship glory; it isContinue Reading
Why F1 must find a solution to its wasted tyres problem
2024-12-19
While Formula 1 continues to make good gains in improving its sustainability, one of the most obvious areas of wastage clearly still needs addressing.With the quest to reduce environmental impact being all about marginal gains rather than delivering a silver bullet solution, it is quite remarkable that F1 finds itselfContinue Reading
Bottas rejoins Mercedes as 2025 F1 reserve driver
2024-12-19
Valtteri Bottas has been re-signed by Mercedes to be its reserve driver for the 2025 Formula 1 season, after he missed out on keeping his seat at Sauber.The Finnish racer scored 10 grand prix wins for the Silver Arrows squad in a 100-race stint between 2017 and 2021 when heContinue Reading
Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #49 Esteban Ocon
2024-12-19
On the face of it, Esteban Ocon’s second-place finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix might be doing a lot of heavy lifting here, but it’s easy to overlook a handful of other impressive moments in a difficult final season with Alpine.Ocon led a decent portion of that Interlagos race, andContinue Reading
Russell: Ben Sulayem needs to tell F1 drivers what the FIA’s goal is
2024-12-19
George Russell has implored FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to “express what his goal is” with motorsport’s governing body, amid the ongoing tension between the Emirati former rally driver and Formula 1 racers. The 2024 F1 season finished with the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association still awaiting a formal response to itsContinue Reading
Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #46 Yuki Tsunoda
2024-12-19
Despite continuing to be overlooked by Red Bull’s lead Formula 1 team, Yuki Tsunoda showed great maturity over 2024, with three seventh places the highlights of his year in Australia, Miami and Brazil.He also managed his best F1 qualifying result to date with third on the grid in slippery conditionsContinue Reading