As widely expected, Franco Colapinto will return to his blue and pink #43 car next year at Alpine, with confirmation coming over the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend that Alpine big cheese Flavio Briatore is keeping the faith in the Argentinian to partner team stalwart Pierre Gasly for a pivotal 2026Continue Reading
Franco Colapinto is set to take part in his first full Formula 1 campaign in 2026, with Alpine giving him a new contract for the upcoming season.Colapinto graduated to F1 from the Williams Racing Driver Academy last year after an underperforming Logan Sargeant was dropped by the Grove-based outfit, butContinue Reading
Mercedes driver George Russell is bullish about Formula 1’s new technical era from 2026, predicting that racing will be improved.F1 is having one of its most comprehensive regulatory overhauls next year, with new power units featuring a near 50:50 split between combustion and electric power. Chassis will feature active aerodynamics,Continue Reading
Visionary British engineer and technical journalist Peter Wright has died at the age of 79.Wright exercised a quiet but profound influence on the world of motor racing, far beyond the innovation with which he is chiefly associated, ground-effect aerodynamics. After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1967 with a degreeContinue Reading
Visionary British engineer and technical journalist Peter Wright has died at the age of 79.Wright exercised a quiet but profound influence on the world of motor racing, far beyond the innovation with which he is chiefly associated, ground-effect aerodynamics. After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1967 with a degreeContinue Reading
Pierre Gasly has explained he’s been trying to be “the main factor in motivation” amid Alpine’s current struggles, as his Formula 1 team has ‘drastically’ focused its efforts on 2026.Alpine has been enduring the worst form in its history, including its Toleman, Benetton, Renault and Lotus eras; its best resultContinue Reading
Lando Norris is leading the 2025 Formula 1 world championship for the first time in six months, but that’s not the reason why he arrived in Brazil with a spring in his step.After a Dutch Grand Prix retirement that looked potentially fatal to his title hopes, Norris found another gearContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri feels “comfortable” standing up for himself within McLaren, in response to Jos Verstappen’s comments to Dutch media suggesting that the Australian should be more demanding in pursuit of a first Formula 1 title.Ex-F1 driver Verstappen told De Telegraaf that Piastri, or his manager Mark Webber, should “bang [their]Continue Reading
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton says there “isn’t any clarity” on Formula 1 stewarding decisions after still feeling aggrieved by his Mexico Grand Prix penalty.As part as a protracted battle with Max Verstappen on lap 6, Hamilton was given a 10-second penalty for going off the road at Mexico’s Turn 4Continue Reading
After another bruising year on the race track, Aston Martin’s Formula 1 team is to undergo another restructure of its engineering department.Up to seven senior figures are believed to be leaving the team entirely or being redeployed to the company’s advanced technologies division, among them Eric Blandin, who was recruitedContinue Reading