Vowles believes Williams attempted too much change in 2024
Williams team principal James Vowles has admitted 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, […]
‘I wasn’t trying to prove a point’ with Alonso, Perez fights
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 […]
Hitting their stride – Miami Grand Prix going from strength to strength after hat-trick year
For Miami Grand Prix president Tyler Epp, 2024 was the year which saw the event blossom into what race organisers had always hoped it would be. A harsh spotlight had shone on the previous races at the Miami International Autodrome following its high-profile inclusion on the 2022 Formula 1 calendar but, as Lando Norris claimed […]
Red Bull agrees Wheatley’s Sauber F1 start date, but hangs on to Courtenay
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. Autosport understands Wheatley, who has worked for […]
Another F1 figure connected with the Ecclestone era has gone
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. Read Also: Alunni Bravi qualified […]
Why Bearman’s Ferrari debut — and the phone data disaster that preceded
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 […]
Leclerc’s ex-engineer becomes Cadillac technical director in WEC and IMSA
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 […]
Who are the 2025 F1 rookies? Antonelli, Bearman and more
The start of the 2024 Formula 1 season saw the grid entirely unchanged from the end of one season to the start of the next. But after a rookie drought, the most recent silly season produced five drivers who take their debut full-time F1 seats in 2025. Andrea Kimi Antonelli replaces the Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton […]
How Williams’ 2024 campaign was dictated by its early heavy car and late crashes
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. Talking ahead of the Imola weekend in May, team principal […]