19 January 2025 14:35
Alpine’s executive technical director David Sanchez has admitted the team will have no excuses going into Formula 1’s new era in 2026.
Since the Renault Group bought the Enstone-based outfit back in late 2015, it has consistently set long-term goals of regular podiums and wins, but the past nine seasons yielded just nine top-three finishes, including Esteban Ocon’s memorable victory in ...
19 January 2025 13:12
“If you have two Red Bull cars, you have kind of a magnet in between them and they always come together at a regular rate!”
Motopark boss Timo Rumpfkeil is chuckling about his year running both Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda in the 2019 Euroformula Open series, where they locked horns five years before they would be at war again, this time for the seat alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull in ...
19 January 2025 10:32
“We are somewhere in the past for these drivers – from their start points to the final target. And we are super happy to see that they have success.”
No Formula 1 driver has immaculately appeared at the top level. Now a decade ago, even Max Verstappen made the briefest stop in the junior categories before his graduation to grand prix racing.
Back then, he’d just scrapped closely with ...
18 January 2025 16:23
Of all the scrutiny over the so-called ‘big teams’ in Formula 1, Red Bull's new line-up is probably the one that has slipped under the radar for most.
Lewis Hamilton’s switch to Ferrari and Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s promotion at Mercedes have understandably taken the spotlight, with attention drawn to how they will compare against their new team-mates.
But it is perhaps the Max ...
18 January 2025 10:17
Our writers debate the merits of Max Verstappen moving out of Red Bull after the upcoming Formula 1 season, amid rumours of a monster bid prepared by Aston Martin.
Verstappen could find it fulfilling to build new project - Ben Vinel
Verstappen has always been very vocal about the fact that, unlike Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, he won't keep racing in Formula 1 until he's in his ...
17 January 2025 18:21
On Thursday, The Daily Mail published the rumour that Aston Martin is reportedly approaching sponsors with the intention of signing Max Verstappen on an astronomical £1 billion salary, spread over several years.
Although that amount was mentioned in capital letters, the interest itself should come as no surprise. It is no secret that both Aston Martin and Mercedes are still hoping for the ...
17 January 2025 15:50
Formula 1's driver market for 2026 is expected to be a lot less lively than the seat-swapping antics that spanned the entirety of last season, as many of the championship's key players are locked in for the advent of F1's new regulatory overhaul.
That said, there's one key destination that many of those left out in the cold for 2025 may choose to pursue, as Cadillac's welcome to the grid opens ...
17 January 2025 11:45
Mercedes has decided not to organise its traditional launch event for its latest Formula 1 car this season, Motorsport.com understands.
The new W16, which will be driven by George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli, will first emerge when Mercedes runs a filming day at Bahrain International Circuit on 25 February, with pre-season testing set to take place on the same track from 26-28 ...
17 January 2025 10:27
Ex-Haas engineering stalwart Gary Gannon has been signed by Aston Martin ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season, Motorsport.com can reveal.
Gannon left his previous post with Haas at the end of the 2024 F1 campaign – signing off alongside Nico Hulkenberg, for whom he had worked as a race engineer at the American squad since the start of 2023.
Before that, Gannon held the same role for Mick ...
16 January 2025 16:47
New Red Bull driver Liam Lawson has insisted he was not "trying to set an example" with his hard racing during his six-round campaign in Formula 1 last year.
The Kiwi replaced Daniel Ricciardo at RB [now known as Racing Bulls] ahead of the last two triple-headers of the 2024 season, as Red Bull was keen to evaluate him with a view to promoting him to the main team – and eventually did ...
16 January 2025 13:30
Williams team principal James Vowles has admitted that his approach to restructuring the Grove-based outfit always risked being detrimental in the short term.
The former strategy director of Mercedes joined Williams two years ago, with some of the infrastructure famously described as dating back to the "Ming Dynasty" and an Excel spreadsheet used to track all car parts, partly due to a lack of ...
16 January 2025 09:52
There's one significant detail about Franco Colapinto's move to Alpine – and that's his current job description at Enstone probably not being what he and his managers are really aiming for.
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15 January 2025 16:44
Another link between Formula 1’s past and present has been severed – for now. Alessandro Alunni Bravi might not be a household name for fans but the announcement that he is to leave Sauber puts even more distance between F1’s corporate present and its past as Bernie Ecclestone’s personal fiefdom.
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15 January 2025 15:54
Red Bull has agreed an earlier exit for future Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley, while letting McLaren wait on sporting director Will Courtenay.
Wheatley was announced as Sauber's future team boss last August, but continued in his long-time role as Red Bull's sporting director through the 2024 season.
Motorsport.com understands Wheatley, who has worked for Red Bull since 2006, has now ...
15 January 2025 11:48
Sauber managing director and team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi will part ways with the team at the end of January, after eight years working with the Formula 1 team.
The bespectacled Italian was added to the board of the Sauber team following its takeover by Longbow Finance in 2017, the investment company headed by Tetra Pak billionaire Finn Rausing.
Previously, Alunni Bravi had ...
15 January 2025 09:43
The FIA has countered criticism from Formula 1 drivers on how it spends the money generated by fines.
The situation around driver fines was one of the several topics that caused unease among F1 drivers last season as they grew increasingly frustrated at how FIA president Mohamed Ben Sulayem had been running things.
Over the 2024 season a total of around 270,000 euros - not counting suspended ...
14 January 2025 20:39
Ed Hemsworth strides through the Red Bull Racing hospitality unit on a chilly Las Vegas night, blending seamlessly into the polo-clad army of mechanics, engineers and executives who make up one of the most successful teams in the history of Formula 1. But Hemsworth’s role — Race Parts and Lifing Controller — is a linchpin, an invisible yet indispensable thread that ties the factory to the ...
14 January 2025 18:03
Charles Leclerc’s former race engineer at the Ferrari Formula 1 team has been recruited by Cadillac as technical director of its LMDh sportscar project.
Xavier Marcos is taking up the new position within the Cadillac V-Series.R programme, which straddles the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship, after seven years at the Scuderia.
The Spaniard was a ...
14 January 2025 15:57
Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, and now Oliver Bearman – the most recent Formula 1 drivers to have opened the Autosport International Show.
In cutting the red ribbon to allow the public access to the 2025 show last Saturday, Haas rookie Bearman closed a remarkably fast circle of single-seater career progression. For as his now F1 rivals Leclerc and Norris were opening ASI 2020 (and in the ...
14 January 2025 14:04
Many believe that Gigi Dall'Igna is not very aware of what's coming his way. Despite his eminently technical vocation, his position as general manager of Ducati means that his sphere of influence is not limited exclusively to the design of the Desmosedici, the most dominant prototype in MotoGP history.
His voice was also decisive in the decision to let Jorge Martin go and incorporate Marc ...
14 January 2025 12:30
Red Bull did not make any changes to its car ahead of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, according to technical director Pierre Wache, who asserts that it was the other teams' progress through the year that produced a swing in form.
After Max Verstappen took largely dominant victories in Japan and China, he was beaten by Lando Norris - who was helped by the timing of the safety car - at the Miami round ...
14 January 2025 09:44
Racing Bulls says there is "no magic" from the team taking as many parts as allowed by the Formula 1 regulations from parent squad Red Bull, amid unease over itself and Haas.
For 2025 Racing Bulls is sharing Red Bull's Honda engines as well as taking the Milton Keynes outfit's gearbox and both front and rear suspension, increasing its synergy with its parent team compared to previous ...
13 January 2025 17:58
Williams endured a problematic 2024 Formula 1 campaign, beginning the year with an overweight car, and then being forced to revert back to older, heavier parts late on due to a significant number of heavy crashes for both Alex Albon and mid-season substitute Franco Colapinto.
Speaking ahead of the Imola weekend in May, team principal James Vowles conceded that the FW46 was giving away roughly ...
13 January 2025 16:55
The Dakar Rally has claimed its first high-profile victims, and the chequered flag has fallen on the Dubai 24 Hours with victory claimed by the Al Manar Racing by WRT BMW. After a brief lull while gravy-soaked turkey and pigs-in-blankets were consumed, motorsport is well and truly back.
The year ahead promises numerous talking points across the spectrum of categories. From Formula 1's most ...
13 January 2025 15:48
Sergio Perez's first comments since leaving the Formula 1 grid after losing his Red Bull seat indicated a sabbatical from driving.
The Mexican's struggles behind the wheel of the RB20 resulted in Liam Lawson replacing him alongside Max Verstappen for the new campaign, with Perez's 14-year stay in the championship brought to an end.
Speaking at an event in Mexico, he said he would wait six ...
13 January 2025 10:05
Oscar Piastri has fine-tuned the way he’s working with the McLaren team, having completed his second campaign in Formula 1.
Piastri played a key role in McLaren’s world constructors’ title in his sophomore season, scoring two grand prix wins and eight podiums, with a streak of 12 top-five finishes in 13 rounds in the middle of the year.
The 23-year-old has also been growing off the ...
12 January 2025 16:41
Former Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has insisted owner Lawrence Stroll is understanding and supportive of the journey faced to reach the top of F1 despite his "impatience" for success.
Canadian businessman Stroll bailed out the floundering Force India team last decade, renaming the team Racing Point before transitioning to the luxury British car manufacturer's moniker.
Since ...
12 January 2025 14:43
Finland may have just 5.6 million inhabitants – just 0.07% of the world’s population – yet it has immensely contributed to Formula 1’s history.
The Nordic country admittedly has never hosted grand prix racing, and neither has it had any teams in the world championship. Still, among its nine drivers competing in F1, there were seven podium finishers (including Mika Salo and Jyrki ...
12 January 2025 10:22
Alpine’s executive technical director David Sanchez has described the team as being "in a bit of a corner" with its development in the early phases of the 2024 Formula 1 season.
Sanchez was hired by Alpine last May, having worked at the Enstone-based outfit from 2005 to 2007 as a junior aerodynamicist before moving to McLaren and Ferrari, with a brief second stint in Woking early last ...
11 January 2025 16:35
Axed Red Bull driver Sergio Perez will take at least six months off racing in 2025 before deciding whether he will even attempt to make a Formula 1 comeback.
Perez’s F1 career was brought to a sudden halt at the end of the 2024 season when Red Bull decided to pay him not race in the upcoming campaign after his lengthy string of poor performances last season.
These culminated in Red Bull ...
11 January 2025 11:39
Ryo Hirakawa’s move to Alpine as a test and reserve driver was overshadowed by the news that ex-Williams racer Franco Colapinto has been appointed for the same role on Thursday. Beyond obvious questions as to why Alpine chose to have three drivers for a position usually held by a single up-and-coming junior, its decision to hire 30-year-old Hirakawa was also curious.
In Colapinto it has a ...
11 January 2025 09:57
Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache has delved into the reasons that led the squad to lose the Formula 1 constructors’ title in 2024, although Max Verstappen retained his crown to become a four-time world champion.
Red Bull’s season got off to a flying start with Verstappen winning four of the first five grands prix and leading three 1-2s thanks to Sergio Perez’s ...
10 January 2025 21:21
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has delivered an attack on the media along with a confusing statement about the Formula 1 British Grand Prix.
Speaking to the media at the Dakar Rally, Ben Sulayem has reopened his criticism of the press in a strange rant, with it uncertain what caused his latest outburst, as it raised more questions about his running of motorsport’s governing body.
Ben ...
10 January 2025 18:56
Racing Bulls racing director Alan Permane believes Daniel Ricciardo using his Formula 1 experience to 'overthink things' played a part in his downfall last season.
Ricciardo returned to the team [then known as AlphaTauri] midway through the 2023 campaign as a replacement for Nyck de Vries, though a broken metacarpal sustained in practice for the Dutch Grand Prix kept him out for five ...
10 January 2025 13:39
There was a slight discrepancy between the look and the words. "I am very, very happy," Ayao Komatsu assured the media on the evening after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Though he seemed rather tired and somewhat disappointed instead, as he leaned back in his chair with his arms crossed over his chest.
Led by Komatsu, the team overachieved in 2024. After finishing 10th the year before, even the ...
10 January 2025 12:40
The Formula 1 team principal role has consistently evolved over time, where the differences between now and back in the championship's early years are staggering.
A team boss was once the person who founded the constructor, think Bruce McLaren or Frank Williams, and held the role for decades.
But now, the approach to the role is more like that of football which has managers constantly coming ...
10 January 2025 11:46
Former Mercedes High Performance Powertrains boss Andy Cowell will replace Mike Krack as Aston Martin's Formula 1 team principal, the squad has announced.
As part of a wider restructure announced on Friday, and instigated by Cowell, Aston Martin is establishing a clearer division of labour between trackside and factory-based operations.
Former team principal Krack will now act as chief ...
10 January 2025 09:43
Williams team principal James Vowles has said “a lot of the really positive bits” that happened to his Formula 1 squad in 2024 were invisible to the public eye.
The Grove-based team endured a tougher season last year, finishing ninth in the constructors’ championship with several substantial crashes for Alex Albon, Logan Sargeant and Franco Colapinto alike damaging the outfit’s results ...
09 January 2025 18:02
Franco Colapinto has been signed by Alpine as one of its reserve drivers for 2025 with a multi-year deal, as the long-term future of new signing Jack Doohan hangs in the balance after just one Formula 1 race.
The Argentine has been prised away from the Williams academy after a successful opening stint to his F1 career, as he scored five points in the nine grands prix he competed in after ...
09 January 2025 16:49
Williams has revealed its 2025 car launch date, selecting 14 February for the launch of its FW47 Formula 1 car.
The Grove-based squad will unveil its new car with a "bespoke one-off livery" for its Valentine's Day event at Silverstone, before revealing its real 2025 colour scheme at F1's united launch event at the O2 Arena on 18 February.
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09 January 2025 16:13
TWG Motorsports and General Motors have formed a new company to build the future Cadillac Formula 1 team’s engines beyond its initial arrangement for a supply of Ferrari power units.
TWG is the majority owner of the team originally started by the Andretti organisation and it will make its F1 entry under GM’s Cadillac brand in 2026.
The venture between the team’s key backers is ...
09 January 2025 12:23
“What I wanted above all else after 52 years of talking about grand prix racing, was to go out on a high note and be euphoric about the fact that we have just seen a great race… So that’s the last from me. All I can say is, it always has been a pleasure and I hope that you will enjoy grand prix racing from now on. Goodbye.”
With these words to camera, in a commentary box high above the ...
09 January 2025 11:05
Franco Colapinto has been linked with a role at the Alpine Formula 1 team for 2025, the Argentine rumored to be seen as a backup plan in case Jack Doohan doesn't deliver early on.
Colapinto made a good impression last year when he replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams from the Italian Grand Prix.
The nine races the 21-year-old driver competed in with Williams at the end of last season made him ...
09 January 2025 09:51
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has downplayed the impact of losing two key members of staff ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season.
Technical guru Adrian Newey announced his high-profile departure from the Milton Keynes-based outfit at the Miami Grand Prix, working on the brand's RB17 hypercar project in the time ahead of what was later announced as a switch to Aston Martin.
Another ...
09 January 2025 09:31
Le Mans 24 Hours winner Ryo Hirakawa has joined Alpine’s Formula 1 team as its test and reserve driver.
Having previously been a part of McLaren’s driver development programme, Hirakawa will switch to Alpine in 2025 and take on an expanded role with the Renault Group brand.
He will participate in Alpine’s TCP (testing of previous cars) programme and support the development of the car ...
08 January 2025 17:20
The Belgian Grand Prix has committed to Formula 1’s planned event rotational system after signing a new four-race contract over the next six seasons.
F1 will head to Spa-Francorchamps in 2026, 2027, 2029 and 2031 but will miss out in 2028 and 2030 as part of its new deal that starts after this year’s edition.
It has triggered the focus on F1’s race rotation plan and what it means for ...
08 January 2025 13:32
With the confirmation of the Belgian Grand Prix organising four races over six years, the Spa-Francorchamps event is the first race confirmed to enter F1's planned rotation system for some of its European rounds.
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08 January 2025 12:02
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has received plenty of criticism for his running of Manchester United, but it is unlikely to have an impact on his other major investment in sport including his co-ownership of the Mercedes Formula 1 team.
Ratcliffe’s involvement in Mercedes first started in early 2020 when his company, Ineos, signed a sponsorship deal with the team. That quickly evolved to Ineos acquiring a ...
08 January 2025 10:01
Spa's Belgian Grand Prix has signed a fresh four-race contract extension as it joins Formula 1's planned rotational system.
The event at Spa-Francorchamps will host four F1 races over the next six seasons - 2026, 2027, 2029, and 2031 - and will drop off the calendar in 2028 and 2030.
The Belgian race's contract was set to expire after this year's edition, with the organisers pushing for a ...
07 January 2025 18:26
Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has hailed the immediate impact of Andy Cowell as the recently appointed group CEO is “very clear” on what he likes.
Signed from Mercedes AMG High-Performance Powertrains where he had served as the managing director since 2013, Cowell was announced as part of the team’s “ongoing journey to become Formula 1 World Championship contenders”.
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