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On Wednesday morning, Lewis Hamilton made his long-awaited debut at Ferrari with TPC running at the Fiorano track. The Briton completed 30 laps before his teammate Charles Leclerc took over in the afternoon. First F1 outing of 2025 The 27-year-old, who will enter his seventh season with the team, feels motivated by the buzz surrounding…
Aston Martin won the “championship for most updates” during the 2024 season. However, despite their “win”, many would agree they did not have a championship winning car. The Silverstone based team’s new team principal, Andy Cowell says the team must work on its internal processes to ensure the updates they bring deliver. Lackluster season After…
Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes defended his team’s expanded roster of drivers, which now includes not only veteran Pierre Gasly and rookie Jack Doohan, but three reserve drivers in Formula 2 contender Paul Aron, highly touted 2024 Williams fill-in Franco Colapinto and 2022 and 2023 WEC co-champion Ryo Hirakawa. The addition of Colapinto has drawn…
Helmut Marko says Max Verstappen leaving Red Bull F1 would be understandable if they do not deliver him a competitive car. The Milton Keynes-based squad started the season with a pace advantage. Verstappen maximised it with four wins from the first five F1 Grands Prix of 2024. He was leading at Albert Park before the…
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…
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu has explained that the team won’t go its usual path by not taking the new Ferrari F1 front suspension in 2025. It’s the final year of the current generation of Formula 1 cars. Huge changes are coming in 2026 and teams are already in full development mode. With the 2025…
Haas has quite literally turned its fortunes around in 2024 and is set to achieve a financial goal in 2025 under the ownership of Gene, and led by Ayao Komatsu. The Moneygram Haas F1 team joined the sport in 2016 and has spent the past decade steadily climbing the ranks, often under the radar. For…
It’s an historic day in the long history of F1 as seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has taken to the Fiorano circuit in the SF-23. The 105-time race winner has gotten behind the wheel of a Ferrari for the first time. At the age of 40, Hamilton is looking to win an eighth Drivers’ Championship…
The beginning of the Doohan rumours It’s no secret that the rumours and drama at Alpine F1 team has been heating up during the off season. Rumours have spiralled for months, surrounding Jack Doohan and his future at Alpine, before it has even really started. Doohan was signed mid last year to debut in Formula…
