On Thursday Hamilton went to both the racing team in Brackley and the HPP engine division in Brixworth for a final debrief on 2023 before heading for his winter break.He says the mood in the camp is “positive” after the team secured second place in the constructors’ championship despite aContinue Reading
Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda represent the most experienced driver line-up that the team has employed since its first season as Toro Rosso in 2006.Owner Red Bull has reaffirmed its commitment to moving the Faenza organisation up the grid under the new management team of CEO Peter Bayer and team principalContinue Reading
The Milton Keynes-based squad is coming off the back of a truly dominant 2023 campaign where it won all but one race en route to capturing both the constructors’ and drivers’ crowns with Max Verstappen.But despite the scale of its record-breaking feats, the team is not getting complacent that itsContinue Reading
This year the event took place in Baku, not far from the street circuit that has hosted a Formula 1 race since 2017.The Gala is perhaps the biggest gathering of racing people away from the intensity of the competition – and it always prompts some moments of reflection and intrigue.FridayContinue Reading
Stella took over last winter to replace Andreas Seidl, who departed to head up Audi’s 2026 entry with Sauber.One of his biggest early decisions was to restructure the technical departments, creating three clear pillars with their own responsibilities.While two of the three technical directors are still on gardening leave afterContinue Reading
The Italian company has been evaluating making changes to its tyres in a bid to eradicate the increased presence of thermal degradation, which has notched up a level this year. The trait of tyres overheating has been labelled by senior sources in the F1 paddock as the ‘enemy of racing’ –Continue Reading
The FIA issued a statement earlier this week indicating that its compliance department was “looking into the matter” of an allegation that confidential information had been passed from an FOM employee to a team principal, while not naming the Wolffs.However, it was a clear reference to the couple in theContinue Reading
F1 cars are incredibly complex machines which take several years plus millions of dollars to design and build before heading to a track.A key component of that is the steering wheel. Of course, it is essential for every car, but the F1 steering wheel is unlike any that is seenContinue Reading
On Tuesday, the FIA announced its Compliance Department was looking into allegations made in a dubious media report suggesting Mercedes team boss Wolff and his wife Susie, who heads FOM’s F1 Academy, were exchanging confidential information.The probe took all parties involved by surprise and invoked a furious response by theContinue Reading
On Tuesday, the F1 Academy managing director and spouse of Toto Wolff, the Mercedes motorsport boss, were set to be the subject of an investigation by the FIA Compliance Department.This followed highly dubious media reports that Toto Wolff had raised comments in a meeting between Formula 1 team principals thatContinue Reading