Ferrari beating Red Bull in Monaco ‘changes nothing’
Over the Monaco weekend, Ferrari and McLaren headlined the order as championship leader Red Bull struggled to contend with the street circuit’s bumps and could only manage sixth through Max Verstappen — sandwiched by the two Mercedes drivers. Vasseur acknowledged that the field had compressed in 2024 and that the three teams who had won […]
Ricciardo’s focus on improving F1 performance, not securing new RB contract
The Australian has endured a difficult opening third of the 2024 season, in which his only points came through finishing fourth in the Miami Grand Prix sprint. This leaves him 14 points short of RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, who has impressed thus far in his fourth season with the team, and this has led to […]
F1 not interested in divide and conquer tactics for next Concorde
Grand Prix racing’s key stakeholders have begun discussions to frame the next Concorde Agreement, the document by which F1 is run, that is set to cover the period 2026 to 2030. History has shown that the Concorde discussions are often extremely fraught, as teams vie for greater commercial rights income from the promoter as well […]
Briatore tipped for Alpine F1 role amid Renault frustration
Italian outlet Corriere della Serra and French newspaper L’Equipe have reported that the 74-year-old has been tapped up by Renault CEO Luca De Meo to become a special advisor to help the squad turn around its fortunes. Reportedly, his role would entail helping the team’s recruitment drive to bolster its Enstone headquarters and its engine […]
F1 24: EA Sports reveals driver ratings
The Champions Edition of F1 24 has been released and, alongside the launch, EA Sports has announced the new driver ratings for this season’s F1 drivers. Unsurprisingly, Max Verstappen is leading the ratings after securing 19 out of 22 wins in 2023 and a further five so far this year. The Dutchman scored his highest-ever […]
F1 24 review: Slick but lacking polish
F1 24 is the latest entry in Codemasters and EA SPORTS’ long-running Formula 1 game series and features all the teams, circuits drivers and cars from the 2024 season, alongside a full suite of 2023 Formula 2 content (the 2024 F2 grid will arrive in a post-launch update). The developers have stuck with Codemasters’ proprietary […]
FIA President Ben Sulayem advises Andretti to «buy another F1 team»
Andretti was refused a 2026 entry by F1 after the FIA had admitted its application on a technical basis. Ben Sulayem was a proponent of expanding F1’s grid of 10 teams, opening up a tender process that only Andretti passed. “We have a contract, and our contract says we have up to 12 teams,» he […]
The road to Leclerc’s Monaco F1 triumph
How as a young child growing up in the principality, he would take the bus to school up the winding climb to Casino Square, dreaming how he would one day tear up the same roads in a scarlet Ferrari F1 car. How his late father Herve made every possible sacrifice to get him there but would […]
Alpine not ruling out F1 driver line-up change after latest Ocon Gasly clash
The French manufacturer nearly had both its cars out of the Monaco Grand Prix early on after Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly collided on the exit of Portier on the opening lap of the original start. Ocon had made an optimistic lunge down the inside of Gasly on the entry to the corner and, as […]