The FIA announced on Tuesday night that its Compliance Department had opened an investigation into potential breaches of the governing body’s regulations.While not naming Susie and Toto Wolff directly, a statement declared that an F1 team principal and member of FOM personnel were to be investigated following a media report. “TheContinue Reading
The dramatic development comes after the FIA felt it needed to act on complaints from F1 team principals regarding the activities of the couple.Toto Wolff is the team principal of Mercedes, while Susie is the managing director of the F1 Academy, which is run by F1’s commercial rights holders.It isContinue Reading
Current proposals are to race in the Spanish capital from 2026 until 2035 on a course laid out around the IFEMA convention centre in the northeast of the city, close to its Madrid-Barajas international airport.The five-kilometre parkland circuit would use the IFEMA pavilion complex and fairgrounds, which is often usedContinue Reading
The SF-23 proved most competitive in qualifying, with Sainz and team-mate Charles Leclerc combining to land seven grand prix pole positions.That one-lap success was partly enabled by Red Bull paying close attention to race pace to then pull clear over a longer stint, although Ferrari eased the pressure by struggling to manageContinue Reading
While discussions between teams and series bosses about an overhaul of the sprint format for next year are ongoing, FOM has finalised the location of the six events that will take place next season.While Austria, Circuit of the Americas, Brazil and Qatar already featured on this season’s sprint schedule, twoContinue Reading
Albon logged all but one of the team’s 28 points, making the top 10 seven times in grands prix, and also scoring in a sprint race.He started in the top six at Zandvoort, Monza and Las Vegas, and his only real mistake came when he spun off in Australia, althoughContinue Reading
Alonso took fourth in the 2023 drivers’ championship, finishing ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc on countback and one point ahead of McLaren man Lando Norris, as Aston Martin’s AMR23 enabled him to take regular podiums in the early part of the year.The 2005 and 2006 world champion claimed a podiumContinue Reading
Two-time F1 world champion Alonso competed in endurance racing during his sabbatical from F1, winning Le Mans twice in 2018 and 2019 with Toyota’s LMP1 team as well as taking a World Endurance Championship crown.He hasn’t ruled out going back to the French endurance classic in the future even whileContinue Reading
In its various guises, Sauber has launched its cars in Austria, Germany and, most often, Switzerland, with the 2023 C43 unveiled in a joint ceremony in Zurich and the team’s headquarters in Hinwil.But the outfit has never lifted the covers in the UK, something that will change ahead of theContinue Reading
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