Fernando Alonso, who finished P9 last time out in Miami, currently sits eighth in the standings on 33 points after six races so far this season. This is three times less than what he had achieved at the same point last season as he had already picked up five podiums and 93 points. Despite this,…
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has voiced his preference for 17-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli to fill his seat at Mercedes when he joins Ferrari in 2025. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has explored options like Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, but Hamilton believes Antonelli, a Mercedes protégé, is the ideal choice. Speaking in a media session…
After being beaten on merit in Miami for the first time since last year’s Singapore Grand Prix, it is a big question mark whether Max Verstappen and Red Bull can really be challenged, or that business proceeds as usual. The Formula 1 circus has landed in Imola, a circuit that – on paper – looks…
Williams has unveiled weight-saving plans, starting a this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, revealing that its 2024 Formula 1 car, which has been quite substantially overweight, has been losing the team almost half a second a lap at each event so far. The Grove-based team hopes to bring Alex Albon’s car closer to…
Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas sat down during Imola Media Day to talk about his future in Formula 1 and his year so far. This season, Sauber’s pit stops haven’t started off well at all. The team has experienced repeated 45-second pit stops due to wheel replacements where the wheel nuts became cross-threaded. Due to this,…
Currently last in the Drivers’ Championship, Logan Sargeant is at the center of many rumours and uncertainties regarding his future in Formula 1. All that while his teammate, Alex Albon, just announced a new multi-year contract extension with Williams, tying him to the team into the new era of regulations. Asked about how the situation…
In the week leading up to the 2024 F1 Imola GP race weekend, Scuderia Ferrari announced an organisational change in the operations of Charles Leclerc’s garage. Xavi Marcos, Leclerc’s race engineer, will no longer continue in the role. He has been replaced by Bryan Bozzi, who prior to this, was Leclerc’s performance engineer ever since…
Yesterday it was announced that Alex Albon had signed a multi-year contract extension with Williams which would keep him at the team into the era of new Formula 1’s regulations, which is set to begin in 2026. The British-born Thai driver first joined Williams in 2022 after spending the 2021 season in the role of…
Yuki Tsunoda is one of several drivers on the 2024 F1 grid without a contract in place for next year as of yet, but the Japanese driver is confident that his recent strong performances on-track have made him an attractive proposition not only for RB but also for other teams. Tsunoda, who recently turned 24,…
The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and Formula One Management (FOM) has reached a peace agreement in order to soften the internal turmoil between Formula 1 and its governing body and further work to strengthen their partnership. In a joint statement on Wednesday, the FIA and FOM have announced they are working on a strategic…
