Hot Wheels unveils car models as part of wider F1 collection
It is almost car launch season for the 2025 Formula 1 campaign and Mattel has got there first by launching its Hot Wheels collection — with eight teams given the 1:64 scale treatment. A deal with Mattel — the owners of Hot Wheels — was announced last October alongside a limited edition die-cast F1-branded car, […]
Haas boss Komatsu convinced Bearman is a future Ferrari F1 driver
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu is in no doubt that Oliver Bearman will be a future Formula 1 driver for Ferrari. The Italian team has started working with Lewis Hamilton this week, but fellow Briton Bearman, who is part of the team’s driver programme, is also entering this season as a full-time F1 driver. Bearman […]
Alunni Bravi lands wide-ranging McLaren role after Sauber exit
Ex-Sauber managing director and team representative, Alessandro Alunni Bravi, has joined McLaren in the team’s newly created role of chief business affairs officer. Alunni Bravi will report directly to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown and as part of his new remit will head up McLaren’s driver development programme. He will start his new job on […]
Gordon Ramsay to cater F1’s pit garage hospitality offering at 10 races
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has signed a partnership with Formula 1 to supply food for the championship’s pit garage hospitality suites at 10 2025 races. F1 has regularly used a pitbox at races since the 2022 season as an additional hospitality area for people willing to pay to watch sessions from near the pitlane entrances […]
Fines, points deductions possible for F1 driver swearing with new FIA stewards’ guidelines
The FIA has issued a series of stewards’ penalty guidelines that could result in Formula 1 drivers collecting fines or championship points penalties for swearing or other sporting code violations. An updated version of the FIA’s sporting code was released on Wednesday with a guidelines for infractions committed under Article 12, particularly with regards to […]
Analysing Hamilton’s Ferrari testing debut
Lewis Hamilton logged his first laps aboard a Ferrari Formula 1 car at Fiorano today, as the seven-time world champion continued his familiarisation process with his new team. Having not been released by Mercedes for the Abu Dhabi tyre test, which marked the end of the 2024 season, the 30 laps Hamilton completed on Wednesday […]
First images emerge as Hamilton makes Ferrari F1 debut at Fiorano
Lewis Hamilton has embarked on his first on-track outing with his new Ferrari team, turning the wheel of a 2023 Formula 1 car at the squad’s Fiorano test track. Shortly after 9am Italian time, the seven-time world champion was aboard the SF-23 on a foggy Wednesday morning as hordes of Italian tifosi flocked to Maranello […]
Hamilton reunited with long-time F1 trainer Cullen
Lewis Hamilton will be reunited with his former trainer Angela Cullen as he embarks on a new chapter in his F1 career at Ferrari. Hamilton, who enjoyed a formidable partnership with Cullen during his time at Mercedes, has turned to the New Zealander, who will form part of his backroom team. Cullen worked with Hamilton for six […]
Tsunoda at Red Bull should still be our target
Racing Bulls racing director Alan Permane says getting Yuki Tsunoda to Red Bull should remain a target of the squad’s satellite team after his snub for 2025. Red Bull decided to turn to Tsunoda’s less experienced 2024 team-mate Liam Lawson to replace Sergio Perez at its main team for the upcoming season, ensuring Tsunoda stays […]