The shock departure of Guenther Steiner as Haas F1 team boss ahead of the 2024 campaign saw Japan’s Ayao Komatsu take the reigns. The 48-year-old has worked his way up the ladder in motorsport. Starting out as a performance engineer at Lotus, he worked his way up to the role of chief engineer, then went…
Carlos Sainz is on the brink of leaving Ferrari to join Williams for the 2025 F1 season on a multi-year deal, after being ousted to make room for Lewis Hamilton to join the famous squad from next year – but the Spaniard doesn’t rule out a return to the Scuderia in the future. With just…
After the first few rounds of the season, Ferrari F1 had emerged as the second force behind title-defenders Red Bull, with the Scuderia bagging a 1-2 in Australia as Carlos Sainz won at Albert Park in the SF-24 from Charles Leclerc. The power balance quickly shifted after the first round of updates to the 2024…
The Singapore Grand Prix was the final Formula 1 race, Daniel Ricciardo participated in, and RB CEO Peter Bayer revealed that the team agreed with the Australian to not communicate his departure. Ricciardo raced in 257 grands prix in his career and won eight of them. His early departure from RB left the F1 world…
A former Red Bull driver himself, Alex Albon believes there is “clearly” some pressure on RB drivers Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson to perform in order to get the nod to be Max Verstappen’s team-mate at the senior team next season, and that is noticeable even “in the moves” they try during the races. Speaking…
Confimation has come through from Williams on Friday afternoon that Carlos Sainz will drive for the team in the Abu Dhabi F1 test following the Grand Prix next month. The 30-year-old signed for Williams after many months of negotiations with different teams, ultimately deciding to join the Grove-based squad on a multi-year deal. In February,…
Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes admits he was taken aback when he realised the financial benefits of Alpine’s leap up the constructors’ championship standings following their double podium in the F1 Brazil GP. A sensational P2 and P3 for the struggling Enstone-based Alpine was a major talking point following the race at Interlagos. The team’s…
The FIA has parted ways with another senior figure, compliance officer Paolo Basarri. As reported by BBC Sport, multiple sources claim the Italian was dismissed due to the FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, “losing confidence in him.” Basarri reportedly resisted or attempted to work around several directives from Ben Sulayem. When approached by the BBC,…
Franco Colapinto’s rapid rise to an F1 seat with Williams, replacing Logan Sargeant mid-season to partner Alex Albon, has thrown fresh fuel on a longstanding debate in motorsport: are junior series results in F2 a reliable gauge of F1 potential? Colapinto, whose junior career lacked the dominant performances typically expected, has held his ground impressively…
With the famed streets of Monte Carlo witnessing one of their own lift the biggest trophy after ninety-three long years earlier in the season, it has been announced that Formula 1 cars will continue to race around the iconic Circuit de Monaco until at least 2031. This deal is accompanied by a six-year extension to…
