Mekies will officially join the soon-to-be-renamed Faenza outfit on January 1. He will work alongside CEO Peter Bayer in a two-man arrangement as former boss Franz Tost heads for retirement.Former Ferrari sporting director Mekies remains a Maranello employee until the end of this month, but he has been on gardeningContinue Reading
In its last season under the Alfa Romeo name, the Swiss outfit slumped from sixth to ninth in the world championship, scoring only 16 points.Bottas says the team realised that it had reached the end of the line with its 2023 car and that an all-new approach was needed as aContinue Reading
To most people, the scenario facing John Judd in 1988 would be a fitting dictionary definition of stress.For its entry into Formula 1 as an engine manufacturer, the Engine Developments company he’d co-founded with Jack Brabham had undertaken to supply three teams, including Williams following its split with Honda. ItsContinue Reading
It feels like ages ago since Perez lived up to his once-valid ‘street race king’ moniker and won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, cutting team-mate Max Verstappen’s lead to just six points as he vowed to take the 2023 title fight all the way.His pole in the subsequent Miami Grand Prix,Continue Reading
Tost has spent 18 years at the helm of the Faenza outfit formerly known as Toro Rosso. In its role as a Red Bull junior team, Tost has notably presided over Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo, Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon.He was also a big backer of Tsunoda, who inContinue Reading
F1’s move to the current ground-effect rules set in 2022 was prompted by a desire to allow cars to follow much closer to each other. One of the core features of the regulations was to minimise teams pushing airflow away from the car and tyres – known as outwash – because thisContinue Reading
When Jean Alesi entered Formula 1 in the middle of 1989 with Tyrrell, he sought three-time world champion Nelson Piquet’s counsel over what he needed to do to look more professional, so he’d fit in with the F1 paddock. “Get a briefcase,” was Piquet’s sage advice, to which Jean replied:Continue Reading
The Italian manufacturer’s title sponsorship deal with the Sauber team came to an end at last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, following a successful six years together. And while Alfa Romeo was linked with a possible tie-up with Haas instead, and did speak to the American-owned outfit, negotiations never got very far. Now, Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Philippe ImparatoContinue Reading
He stressed that the Italian team didn’t push the Red Bull driver hard enough this year.Verstappen won 19 of the 22 races over the course of this season, missing out twice to his team-mate Sergio Perez in early races, and then to Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz when Red Bull had anContinue Reading
A 22-0 whitewash in qualifying, and 27-1 points split are the bare numbers behind Sargeant’s first season relative to team-mate Alex Albon. Sargeant was comprehensively overshadowed after being promoted earlier than expected when other options to replace Nicholas Latifi fell through.Looking purely at results, which is what F1 is allContinue Reading