The Dutchman was announced on Wednesday as having returned to the all-electric championship with Mahindra on a multi-year deal after been sacked by the AlphaTauri F1 team earlier this year.De Vries contested just 10 races for the Red Bull junior team but was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo ahead of theContinue Reading
The company, which is owned by former racing star Michael Andretti and Dan Towriss, the CEO and president of financial services company Group 1001, is making the move as it bids to join the Formula 1 grid in future in partnership with General Motors.Andretti’s team currently operates in eight motorsportsContinue Reading
Roger Williamson was going to be a world champion. The way he handled a Formula 3 GRD 372 in 1972 and an F2 March-BMW 732 in ’73 left no doubt, and a test for BRM at Silverstone in February in the latter year merely confirmed it. He was… fast. ButContinue Reading
Back then, the constructors’ championship was known as the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, and it’s adopted a number of names in the years since.The rules have evolved a great deal too: until 1980 only the best-placed car would contribute points to the constructors’ standings, with various rules about countingContinue Reading
The wait is finally over. There are some laudable targets behind the changes to the Formula 1 aero regulations, described by many as the most significant since the banning of ground-effects ahead of the 1983 season.Primary among those are closing-up the field and improving the racing. The reduction in theContinue Reading
The Ferrari F1-75 will be revealed via a live launch at 1pm GMT on Thursday with drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr on hand for the presentation. You can watch the full launch of the Ferrari F1-75 via Autosport using the player above.Ferrari will enter the 2022 season looking toContinue Reading
Williams remains one of the great Formula 1 names and, despite its recent troubles, is still the fourth most successful team in terms of world championship race wins. Only towards the end of 2020 did the Mercedes steamroller surpass Williams’s total of 114 victories.Williams is still third (two ahead ofContinue Reading
Many of these records are within touching distance of Lewis Hamilton, who surpassed Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 grand prix wins in 2020 en route to equalling the German driver’s tally of seven world championships.Now that Hamilton lays claim to various records outright, he’ll have the chance to push theseContinue Reading
Kimi Raikkonen is the most experienced Formula 1 driver of all time. Starting the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix moved him past Rubens Barrichello’s previous mark of 322 world championship starts, and his decision to call time on his F1 career – announced on the eve of the Dutch Grand PrixContinue Reading
Even before the Belgian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher was on a high. He’s had one of those careers where everything falls into place, thanks to a great natural talent, unshakable self confidence, and the support of some very influential people.Johnny Herbert had that same momentum a couple of years ago,Continue Reading