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The Racing Bulls F1 squad will contest this weekend’s United States Grand Prix with a one-off tortoise livery.At the Anglo-Italian team, Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson will run a VCARB 02 car dressed in a pearlescent black and brown tortoise shell pattern with gold detailing, complementing its usual white livery.The liveryContinue Reading

This week we have the latest in our series of Formula 1 team principal interviews as we sit down with Sauber boss Jonathan Wheatley.He has been in F1 since 1991 and contributed to eight world constructors’ championships and 153 grands prix victories in various roles with Benetton, Renault and RedContinue Reading

Zak Brown has rubbished IndyCar champion Alex Palou’s claim that he did not have a say in Oscar Piastri joining McLaren for the 2023 Formula 1 season.During proceedings in the UK High Court, Palou alleged that Brown told him that then-McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl singlehandedly signed 2021 F2 champion PiastriContinue Reading

When Lewis Hamilton announced his bombshell news to move to Ferrari for 2025, Mercedes eventually turned to its own ranks by effectively handing George Russell the role of leading the team forward, while the squad accelerated its programme around junior phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli to prepare the Italian teenager forContinue Reading

Mercedes will retain George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli as its drivers for the 2026 Formula 1 season, the team has announced.A product of the brand’s young driver programme, Russell will compete in his eighth F1 season – his fifth as a Mercedes racer.The 27-year-old Briton currently lies fourth inContinue Reading

Formula 1 is often regarded as the pinnacle of motorsport, with high-tech equipment like wind tunnels used to refine designs, complex processes such as computational fluid dynamics used to create intricate wings, and sensors across the cars capturing terabytes of data over a race weekend. Why, then, do teams stillContinue Reading

George Russell won from pole last time out at the Singapore Grand Prix, but it was McLaren who stole the headlines as it clinched the 2025 Formula 1 constructors’ championship.Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished third and fourth respectively to seal a consecutive title for McLaren, but it was alwaysContinue Reading

Aston Martin team principal Andy Cowell says he’s heard nothing from Fernando Alonso regarding a potential plan to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2026 season.Alonso is a two-time F1 world champion and the most experienced F1 driver in history with 419 grand prix starts, but hasContinue Reading

The 2026 Formula 1 grid is starting to take shape with only four teams left to officially confirm their driver line-up for next season.Mercedes is one, but the Silver Arrows is expected to keep its pairing of George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, while Alpine, Red Bull and Racing BullsContinue Reading