Schumacher has joined Alpine to race its A424 Hypercar this year, in a bid to get back to top-line comPetition after a season on the sidelines as Mercedes F1 reserve. While he is continuing those reserve duties when available in 2024,...
The Hinwil-based squad has moved away from its previous push-rod arrangement at the front to follow a trend that had been started by Red Bull and McLaren. Sauber technical director James Key had anticipated that, with those two teams...
As F1 heads to a new rules era from 2026, one idea that some outfits want is to clamp down on the kind of partnerships that exist between Red Bull/RB and Ferrari/Haas. McLaren CEO Zak Brown in particular has been extremely vocal on...
DHL is one of several sponsors that were first signed up in the days of former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, and which have continued through the Liberty Media era. Ecclestone always had a soft spot for the company, even allowing it to...
The new Red Bull has caught the attention because its sidepods and what Wolff has called "The Great Wall" engine cover have much in common with the concept used by Mercedes on its 2022 and 2023 cars, but which has now been abandoned. However,...
"It's not going to be an easy first race, we're not going to start from where we would have liked," Pierre Gasly told Sky at the close of Formula 1's annual pre-season test-athon, not long after stepping out from his evening shift...
The subject came to the fore over the Bahrain test, with McLaren CEO Zak Brown leading the questioning of how closely the two teams work together and the personnel movement between them. Asked if he thought such comments were an attempt...
American F1 viewers can watch every race live on ESPN channels commercial-free from lights-out to checkered flag in 2024. The races are broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC channels, with all practice sessions and qualifying – also shown...
Lewis Hamilton shocked the F1 world by announcing a switch from Mercedes to Ferrari for the 2025 season before the 2024 campaign had even begun. It means the seven-time world champion will add to the long list of F1 legends to have...
News emerged on the morning of 1 February, a day after Hamilton informed Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff over breakfast, that the seven-time champion would join Ferrari for the start of 2025. Given the story leaked first, Mercedes and...
The French manufacturer has been bracing itself for some early struggles, with the performance of its new A524 in Bahrain testing last week suggesting it will be battling at the back of the field – and could even be last. But while...
The Red Bull-owned squad is undergoing a revamp of its F1 programme, which has included a change of identity away from AlphaTauri and the arrival of new team management in Laurent Mekies and Peter Bayer. But amid some scrutiny from...
Where once the F1 field was full of vibrant liveries that really stood out, F1’s latest ground effect era has witnessed teams strip back to as much bare carbon fibre as possible in a bid to save critical weight from their heavy cars. It...
Audi’s acquisition of Sauber was officially announced in August 2022, and since then the Swiss team has been ramping up its infrastructure and headcount under CEO Andreas Seidl. Meanwhile Audi has been developing its power unit at...
Formula 1 testing in 2024 ended differently. There was to be little of the final-hour action that had become something worth watching in previous years – teams finally switching to performance running through those typical caveats...
It revolves around the phrase "the greatest spectacle in racing," which was originally trademarked by former track owner Hulman and Company in 1986, and which has been used extensively in promotion ever since. Early last year, the...
Despite his success in sprints in recent seasons, Verstappen has made it clear that he is not a fan of having an extra shorter event tacked on to the weekend. This year's timetable has been changed, with the shootout on Friday followed...
The 2023 and 2016 Formula 1 seasons share a notable aspect: in win-percentage terms a single team in each – Red Bull and Mercedes at 95.5% and 90.5% respectively – achieved dominance comparable with McLaren’s 93.8% strangling...
Indeed, it is a move that has been viewed by some as the ultimate way to wind up its rival - in showing that it believes it can make work designs that its comPetitor could not. And based on the form showed by the RB20 in last week’s...
Max Verstappen broke several records in 2023 including most wins in a season (19), most points in a year (575) and biggest title winning margin to second (290 points) in the standings. There are more records that look likely to...
As silence continues on the progress of Red Bull's weeks-long probe into allegations made against Horner by a female employee, Ford has upped the ante in urging the energy drinks company to get on with matters. According to a report...
