As the German manufacturer comes to terms with Hamilton’s shock decision to join Ferrari from 2025, it is well aware that the new two-year deal it agreed with the seven-time champion last year had flexibility on both sides to be terminated as early as the end of this season.It isContinue Reading
Compared to the colour scheme the American team ran on its VF-23 2023 car, the new livery is not a substantial change, with the main area of alteration being the upper nose section.This is now predominantly black compared to being white last year, which makes the VF-24 appear dark fromContinue Reading
Speaking the day after Hamilton’s shock move to Ferrari for 2025 was announced, Wolff said he has no concerns about potentially having to block the flow of information on future development to Hamilton, suggesting that it’s too early to make a call on how that process might work.Logic suggests thatContinue Reading
The shock news emerged on Thursday that Hamilton will join Ferrari for 2025. This comes only a week after Ferrari re-signed Leclerc, and McLaren retained Norris on “multi-year” extensions.While Hamilton’s move underlines that F1 driver contracts may contain exit clauses, Mercedes team boss Wolff appears to have poured cold waterContinue Reading
Komatsu took over from Guenther Steiner at the start of this year, after team owner Gene Haas felt it was time for the squad to embark on a change of direction to move itself off the bottom of the constructors’ championship.It is understood that one of the key disagreement pointsContinue Reading
The Amsterdam District Court has decreed that De Vries will have to repay the €250,000 loan and, in addition, pay half of both his salary and any sponsorship income he earned during his partial F1 season with AlphaTauri up to July 2023. The Dutchman is now considering an appeal againstContinue Reading
It has been a chance for the pair to digest the events of the previous campaign, run through developments over the winter and talk through aims and ambitions for the battle ahead.They were the perfect opportunity for the pair to spend a good deal of time together, better grasp eachContinue Reading
It’s now confirmed – Hamilton will drive for Ferrari in 2025. Following rumours of the move, it’s now official that after 12 consecutive seasons, Hamilton will join Leclerc and team boss Fred Vasseur to try and end Ferrari’s F1 world championship drought.But how will Hamilton’s leaving affect Mercedes going forward?Continue Reading
Following a similar disputed use of the safety car in an International GT Open event at Spielberg in September, the FIA’s International Court of Appeal declared that it would be wrong to nullify the final result because of a mistake by the race director.The case demonstrates the sort of thinkingContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton heading to Ferrari for 2025 is the biggest Formula 1 driver market move since Hamilton opted to leave McLaren and move to Mercedes.That decision came back in late 2012, ahead of his Formula 1 debut with the Silver Arrows for the next year. This one has a longerContinue Reading