The FIA’s latest missive, announcing changes to the governing body’s sporting code that could see drivers banned for swearing or speaking out against the organisation, is not only draconian. It is repressive and threatening.The changes, which are applied across all FIA-endorsed championships and includes team principals, would see international-level driversContinue Reading
The FIA says its new officials department will lead to a “more professional” governing body in the future, amid unease from Formula 1 teams over steward consistency.Last September the FIA announced it would introduce a new officials department to help the governing body train officials across all its sanctioned motorContinue Reading
While the 2025 Formula 1 season is heralded as having the finest rookie intake in years, teams are scouring the karting scene trying to unearth the next raw diamond.The upcoming season will feature no less than five full-time rookies, with a lot of attention on Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton replacement AndreaContinue Reading
Ex-Sauber managing director and team representative, Alessandro Alunni Bravi, has joined McLaren in the team’s newly created role of chief business affairs officer.Alunni Bravi will report directly to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown and as part of his new remit will head up McLaren’s driver development programme.He will start hisContinue Reading
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu is in no doubt that Oliver Bearman will be a future Formula 1 driver for Ferrari.The Italian team has started working with Lewis Hamilton this week, but fellow Briton Bearman, who is part of the team’s driver programme, is also entering this season as aContinue Reading
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has signed a partnership with Formula 1 to supply food for the championship’s pit garage hospitality suites at 10 2025 races.F1 has regularly used a pitbox at races since the 2022 season as an additional hospitality area for people willing to pay to watch sessions fromContinue Reading
Damp weather and the foggy conditions did not prevent the tifosi turning out for a mere glimpse of Lewis Hamilton driving a Ferrari for the first time in his long and distinguished career.He may not have been setting record times as he completed 30 laps around Fiorano on Wednesday but,Continue Reading
It does not take long when scrolling through the expert advice on LinkedIn to stumble across the seven-minute rule – ‘always make sure you speak within that timeframe at the start of a meeting, or you risk losing the room’.Now Formula 1 will test its own version of the theoryContinue Reading
The FIA has issued a series of stewards’ penalty guidelines that could result in Formula 1 drivers collecting fines or championship points penalties for swearing or other sporting code violations.An updated version of the FIA’s sporting code was released on Wednesday with a guidelines for infractions committed under Article 12,Continue Reading
Lewis Hamilton logged his first laps aboard a Ferrari Formula 1 car at Fiorano today, as the seven-time world champion continued his familiarisation process with his new team.Having not been released by Mercedes for the Abu Dhabi tyre test, which marked the end of the 2024 season, the 30 lapsContinue Reading