After a successful 2023 Super Formula season which saw him claim victory over incoming Red Bull Racing F1 driver, Liam Lawson, Ritomo Miyata made his Formula 2 debut with Rodin Motorsport, partnering with Barbados’ Zane Maloney. However, despite a relatively strong start to the 2024 F2 season, Miyata would ultimately end the season 19th in…
Despite participating in only two rounds of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship, Dino Beganovic proved himself a mighty competitor behind the wheel of the Dallara F2 2024. Beganovic, who replaced Juan Manuel Correa at DAMS Lucas Oil earned himself three finishes in the points from four races. He subsequently finished 20th in the drivers’…
Despite participating in only three rounds of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 championship, Christian Mansell ended the season with 10 points after three points-place finishes. The Australian driver, who placed fifth in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 championship after a successful season with ART Grand Prix, made his F2 debut during the Azerbaijan GP weekend,…
MP Motorsport’s Richard Verschoor finished the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP F2 Feature Race in P3, just over 3.5 seconds behind 2024 F2 championship winner Gabriel Bortoleto. Despite starting P12 on the grid after a disappointing qualifying session, the Dutchman enjoyed a strong performance which, combined with an excellent tyre strategy, earned him the final place…
After a disappointing sprint race which saw him out in Lap 18 after a collision with Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Amaury Cordeel, Joshua Dürksen claimed his maiden F2 feature race win at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP. The Paraguayan driver started the race P8 but took the net lead after a strong performance against the likes of…
McLaren Racing has appointed Alessandro Alunni Bravi as Chief Business Affairs Officer, effective 1 February 2025. The announcement comes just one week after Sauber confirmed Alunni Bravi’s departure. In this new role, he will report directly to CEO Zak Brown and sit as part of the McLaren Racing Executive Team. As Chief Business Affairs Officer,…
Motorsport’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), has released the 2025 International Sporting Code (ISC) and guidelines. These set the rules and regulations that motorsport teams and athletes must follow throughout the upcoming season. The Steward Penalty Guidelines, outlined in Appendix B, stand out in the new code. According to the FIA, these…
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has launched an investigation into alleged contraventions of UK gambling rules by Stake, title sponsor of Sauber F1. They have received complaints about social media posts which allegedly feature the gambling company’s logo superimposed on viral images. The involvement of Stake with Sauber in F1 In 2017, Bijan Tehrani and…
Dr Helmut Marko has explained to RTL the decision to promote Liam Lawson to Red Bull F1 for the 2025 season, despite the driver’s comparatively limited Formula One experience, was due to Lawson’s mental strength. “Liam Lawson is mentally the strongest of our juniors, considering he only has comparatively little Grand Prix experience.” Marko views…
In 2024, Formula One said goodbye, or at least a see-you-later, to several drivers – Logan Sargeant whose disastrous stint with Williams Racing came to a fiery end in Zandvoort, Daniel Ricciardo whose disappointing return to F1 ended in Singapore, and of course the likes of Kevin Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu, Sargeant’s replacement Franco Colapinto and…
