Is Renault meddling too much with Alpine’s F1 team? Oakes refutes that theory
Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes has responded to comments from Otmar Szafnauer hitting out at the Renault leadership, asserting his Formula 1 team is “very lucky to have that support”. Szafnauer was Alpine’s team principal from February 2022 to July 2023. They subsequently parted ways due to the American and Renault CEO Luca de Meo […]
Hamilton back in action as Ferrari and McLaren complete Pirelli F1 test
Lewis Hamilton was back on track with Ferrari for the Pirelli Formula 1 tyre test that took place this week at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with Charles Leclerc fastest overall. As the new technical regulations for 2026 make F1 cars smaller and lighter, the tyres will also be narrower – by 25mm at the front and […]
Aston Martin reveals launch plan for 2025 F1 challenger
Aston Martin will unveil its AMR25 car on 23 February in an online launch, a day before it gets its first on-track run at Bahrain. This will follow the team’s livery reveal at F1’s 75th anniversary launch event at London’s O2 Arena on 18 February, and imagery will be released across Aston Martin’s media profiles. […]
Sauber launches UK engineering hub ahead of Audi F1 takeover in 2026
Sauber is set to establish a United Kingdom base as it prepares to morph into the Audi Formula 1 factory team in 2026. The team’s headquarters will remain in the Swiss municipality of Hinwil, while running its power unit operation in Neuburg, Germany. But it will now open a third location in the UK’s ‘motorsport […]
How Brown turned McLaren into a title-winning outfit
When Zak Brown joined McLaren as its CEO in 2018, it was a completely different operation to it is now having won the 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship. It was McLaren’s first teams’ crown since 1998 and came after several management and structural changes from the moment Brown first walked through the door. The American […]
How Sauber’s UK engineering hub might solve a big problem for Audi’s F1 growth troubles
Sauber opening a technical centre for Audi’s coming Formula 1 entry appears to solve one big headache for the nascent project, while also drawing new parallels with rival squad, Haas. The news that Sauber is now searching for premises on which to open its ‘Sauber Motorsport Technology Centre UK’ means it is primarily hoping to […]
The Russell vs Verstappen spat isn’t over and that’s good for F1 2025
It was rather unexpected. George Russell, atop the sun-soaked Mercedes hospitality/engineering building in the Abu Dhabi paddock ahead of the 2024 season finale, about to unleash 15 minutes just savaging Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Russell’s agitation even shone through his dark-tinted sunglasses. This clearly wasn’t a path he found comfortable, and there were awkward missteps […]
Las Vegas GP brought forward by two hours as F1 2025 race times revealed
The start time of the Las Vegas Grand Prix has been brought forwards by two hours to an 8pm slot for the 2025 edition — meaning the Formula 1 race will now start at 4am in the United Kingdom. This is different from the first two races held on the city’s Strip Circuit street track, […]
Lawson gets new race engineer for 2025 F1 season
Red Bull has named Sergio Perez’s former performance engineer Richard Wood as the new race engineer for incoming Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson in 2025. Wood garnered experience on the Red Bull pit wall several times during 2024 when Perez’s regular race engineer Hugh Bird was on paternity leave. A long-term Red Bull employee, Wood […]