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The president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile became embroiled in several accusations in early March when an anonymous source reported to the FIA ethics committee that Ben Sulayem tried to intervene in the outcome of the race by influencing the sanction imposed on Fernando Alonso at the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP. A few days…
Since joining Formula 1 back in 2021 Yuki Tsunoda has gained quite the reputation for being rather unfiltered in team radios. Over the years his race engineer Mattia Spini has heard quite a few complaints from the Japanese driver, the last being just at the beginning of this new season. It was towards the end…
Emanuele Pirro has left his role managing the McLaren Driver Development Programme. The Italian spent just a year in the position, at the helm of an academy with plenty of talent. Pirro said in an Instagram post: “After a year of hard and satisfaction, I will be leaving the McLaren DDP. “Together with the Formula…
McLaren Racing and Principal Partner BAT’s brand Vuse, in collaboration with the Driven by Change campaign, have announced a special livery for the 2024 Formula One Japanese Grand Prix. The special livery will feature accents of MILTZ’s artwork on the regular 2024 McLaren livery. MILTZ was took inspiration from Edomoji, a Japanese typeface invented during…
Lance Stroll is currently P9 in the F1 Drivers’ Championship with the same number of points as his position. He spoke to media during the Australian Grand Prix weekend about how he feels in the AMR24 and also looked ahead to Andrew Vizard becoming his race engineer from Suzuka onwards. Stroll has had a far…
It has been a tough beginning of the season for Gasly, with him and his team both not able to score even a point in the first three rounds of the season after an even harder off season marked by personnel changes and troubles with the new car project. The French driver looked back at…
When it comes to chaos, the Australian Grand Prix did not disappoint. One team that was severely damaged was Williams, only having one car in the race due to Alex Albon’s shunt that saw his car end up heavily in the wall in Practice 1. Usually, the hefty damage to Albon’s car wouldn’t have been…
Even though McLaren placed third and fourth in Australia, they still have a long way to go before they catch up to Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen. Team Principal Andrea Stella has predicted that the team will need “another 12 months” to develop and address its weak spots. He addressed some of the main…
McLaren has unveiled a series of organisational changes within its racing team. Among these updates is the departure of David Sanchez, who joined McLaren from Ferrari in January but found his role misaligned with expectations. McLaren’s technical restructuring includes key appointments and adjustments aimed at optimizing the team’s performance on the F1 grid. Rob Marshall…
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella praised the current form of Oscar Piastri and highlighted the Australian racer’s tyre management as one of the factors which have seen him develop his race management compared to his rookie season. This year’s Australian Grand Prix concluded with McLaren celebrating their first podium of the season after P3 for…
