Former FIA aero chief officially joins Alpine in senior F1 role
Former FIA head of aerodynamics Jason Somerville has officially joined the Alpine Formula 1 team after completing six months of gardening leave. As first reported by Autosport in November, Somerville agreed a deal to join Alpine and then served a six-month notice period before joining his new employer. With that gardening leave period having now concluded, during […]
Why time is running out to make bigger F1 power unit changes for 2027
McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andrea Stella thinks further changes to the power unit regulations are still required, but the timelines involved are pushing any tweaks to 2028 rather than next year. F1 recently agreed on a first set of refinements to improve the qualifying spectacle and reduce the extreme closing speeds seen over the […]
Why Lawson wasn’t penalised for flipping Gasly in Miami GP
Liam Lawson has avoided a penalty for clashing with Pierre Gasly during the Miami Grand Prix because his Racing Bulls suffered a gearbox failure moments before the crash. On lap five Gasly went to overtake Lawson into the Turn 17 hairpin and was hit by the Racing Bulls driver, sending the Alpine into a flip and […]
Bearman blames Colapinto for «unacceptable» crash at Suzuka
Oliver Bearman has spoken for the first time about the accident he suffered at the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix — placing full responsibility on Franco Colapinto. The incident occurred on lap 22 of the 53-lap race, where Bearman started around one second behind the Alpine through Suzuka’s sector two. But he suddenly closed as Colapinto suffered from […]
How every F1 2026 team has performed so far
Having raced on three very different circuits in Melbourne, Shanghai and Suzuka, the early stages of 2026 have provided a first look at which teams hit the ground running in Formula 1’s bold new era and who has missed the mark. Mercedes came out swinging with a clean sweep of the first three races, while questions […]
Is Pierre Gasly underrated?
Autosport’s driver ratings have been going on for, well, decades, and the responsibility of giving the drivers a score out of 10 has passed through the hands of many esteemed writers and journalists through the years. Framed by that previous sentence, you might be thinking «well, why do you do them now, then?». And that’s […]
Alpine F1 team denies Colapinto sabotage claims in open letter
The Alpine Formula 1 team has denied claims that it has been sabotaging its second driver Franco Colapinto’s car. Autosport understands the claims were made on social media by primarily Argentinian fans and gained traction due to a difference in car specification at the Chinese Grand Prix. After finishing 10th in the main Shanghai race, […]
FIA responds to dramatic Bearman crash in F1 Japanese GP
The safety implications of Formula 1’s new technical regulations have rocketed to the top of the agenda after Oliver Bearman’s massive accident in the Japanese Grand Prix. The Haas driver had been a second behind Franco Colapinto on their 21st lap when the gap narrowed suddenly and unexpectedly because of a huge difference in electrical […]
Eight shock Formula 1 team principal changes
2007 — Ferrari hero Ross Brawn moves to Honda Having played a key role in every world title won by Michael Schumacher as technical director at Benetton and at Ferrari, Ross Brawn left the Scuderia at the same time as the German, in late 2006. One year later, he was appointed as Honda team principal, […]