Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner has talked in the past of the duty he has to publicly back his drivers – be it for controversies or lacklustre performances.So, it was interesting to note in Austria last weekend some hints of frustration about Sergio Perez’s showing, as theContinue Reading
Newly signed Haas driver Oliver Bearman has explained his Formula 1 race number choice, after also revealing the story of a video message Lewis Hamilton sent him as a kid.Bearman’s 2025 contract with Haas was announced on Thursday, ahead of his home British Grand Prix, and will see him makeContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton’s charity, Mission 44, which was set up in 2021 with the goal of improving greater representation, diversity, and inclusion in motorsport, has joined forces with F1.At this weekend’s British Grand Prix, students will be brought together from the Formula 1 Engineering and the Mission 44 MSc Motorsport Engineering scholarshipContinue Reading
Mercedes is always cautious about reading too much into one-off Formula 1 results, especially when wins like Austria owe a lot to other cars hitting trouble.Having faced the grim reality of several false dawns in the current ground-effect era, it is always fearful that a leap forward in performance provesContinue Reading
This has been a season of two halves. The Formula 1 side of things has been going really well with the free practice sessions and, of course, Jeddah with Ferrari. Every time I’ve been in an F1 car, even in private testing, I felt like my performances have been reallyContinue Reading
Haas has announced that its reserve driver Oliver Bearman will race for the squad in Formula 1 next year.The Ferrari Academy youngster had long been tipped for the seat in the wake of his impressive F1 debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, where he finished seventh for the PrancingContinue Reading
Nico Rosberg has partnered with Oxford University and the British Grand Prix to assess the impact the race has on the environment.Since retiring from Formula 1 as the world champion in 2016, Rosberg has turned his attention to electric mobility and becoming an eco-entrepreneur.His latest project as part of RosbergContinue Reading
Ollie Bearman really grabbed people’s attention when he won both the German and Italian Formula 4 championships in 2021. The teenager from Chelmsford had already enjoyed a successful karting career and won races in his first car-racing season during the COVID-19 pandemic, but winning the two toughest championships on theContinue Reading
Looking back at a successful Austrian Grand Prix weekend with Technical Director James Allison in this week’s Akkodis race debrief. We recap stint lengths and what the victory means for the whole team at Brackley and Brixworth. SourceContinue Reading
Not every F1 driver is lucky enough to have a home grand prix, as many world champions spent an entire career without racing in their native country.That is especially true for Finnish trio Mika Hakkinen, Kimi Raikkonen and Keke Rosberg, as the Scandinavian country has never hosted an F1 race.So,Continue Reading