After the two squads that fought for the 2021 world titles ended up racing in very different parts of the F1 pecking order at the start of the new ground-effect era, there was much expectation that Mercedes – along with Ferrari – might be able to close the gap toContinue Reading
Stella took over as McLaren’s F1 team principal after Andres Seidl left late last year to join Sauber and manage its transition to becoming the Audi works team in 2026.In 2023, Stella oversaw McLaren’s considerable gains up the F1 pecking order, while also substantially changing the structure of its carContinue Reading
While 2023 was dominated by Max Verstappen and Red Bull, McCullough suggests that in the third season of the current regulations, the top teams will be closer together.He cited qualifying for the final race of this year in Abu Dhabi, where eight teams featured in the top 10, as aContinue Reading
Last week the FIA announced its compliance department was looking into a potential conflict of interest between a team principal and FOM employee, amid dubious allegations that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and F1 Academy head Susie Wolff had exchanged confidential information.Less than 48 hours later the matter was dropped asContinue Reading
At a media event in Maranello team principal Frederic Vasseur said Ferrari would unveil the 2024 car, codenamed 676, one day before this year’s Valentine’s Day launch of the SF-23.“The launch will take place on the 13th of February, the day before the Valentine’s Day,” Vasseur revealed. “You will seeContinue Reading
Tyler Epp, who was promoted to the role after the first Miami GP in 2022 and previously worked in American motorsports with Chip Ganassi Racing, says the requirement to evolve the event as it prepares for its third race of a 10-year deal with F1 was also key to makingContinue Reading
Ferrari finished third in the standings with fewer than half the points of champion Red Bull. But Sainz thinks Ferrari can use the off-season to erase that gap for 2024 based on the example set by McLaren, which overcame a torrid start to 2023 to become the second-fastest team.Asked aboutContinue Reading
The 38-year-old made his announcement in a video posted to Instagram after concluding his P2 campaign in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with TDS Racing.”Today I say goodbye to racing,” said van der Garde, who took a P2 class win in the World Endurance Championship’s Portimao round earlier this year forContinue Reading
Alonso walked away from F1 for two years at the end of 2018 after growing tired of media and commercial commitments while his McLaren team fell into the bottom half of the standings.In his time away, he twice won the Le Mans 24 Hours, chalked the 2018-19 World Endurance titleContinue Reading
The Milton Keynes-based squad was in a class of its own throughout the 2023 season, winning 21 out of 22 races on its way to capturing both the constructors’ championship crown and the drivers’ title with Max Verstappen.While its rivals focused their efforts on trying to work out why RedContinue Reading