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Exciting news has emerged with Lewis Hamilton getting the chance to test the SF-23 Ferrari F1 at their development track at Fiorano later this week. So, what’s the word on the street? The 40-year-old is set to take his first few days at work in red this coming week. There will be a tour of…
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has been candid about the challenges and benefits of Formula 1’s budget cap while weighing the potential impact of Cadillac’s proposed entry into the sport. His insights reveal the delicate balancing act teams must navigate under financial constraints and the implications of welcoming a new manufacturer to the grid. The…
The 2025 season is just around the corner and it’s time for big changes in Maranello. Next week seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton will arrive in Emilia Romagna for his first test drive as a Ferrari driver, in Fiorano. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna, at the end of the press conference to introduce the new…
From principal engineer to Team Principal of Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team: Andy Cowell, a journey in the sport: “This is the best job I’ve ever had”. Andy Cowell, renowned for his leadership at Mercedes-AMG High-Performance Powertrains, has taken a new direction with Aston Martin F1. He is now the CEO and Team Principal of…
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…
Ex-Haas race engineer Gary Gannon has joined Aston Martin ahead of the 2025 F1 season. First reported by Motorsport Network, the seasoned engineer has joined the Silverstone-based squad in an as-yet-unspecified engineering role. Before parting ways with Haas at the end of the 2024 F1 campaign, Gannon served as Nico Hülkenberg’s race engineer from the…
After a painful 2024 season for Williams F1 Racing team principal James Vowles reflected on what went wrong for the Grove-based team. The British engineer has admitted many times that a lot needs to change within the structure of the Grove organisation, in terms of infrastructure and technology. Nonetheless, 2024 was pretty brutal. A series…
It’s no surprise that the new contract between F1 and the Belgian Grand Prix starting in 2026 will make the event a rotational one. Spa-Francorchamps will be vacating its traditional spot in 2028 and 2030, in which we will not see the legendary circuit on the calendar. The message is clear. No matter the history,…
Colton Herta has explicitly stated that he is “tired” of the renewed F1 speculations linking him to the Cadillac project. Instead, he wants to focus his efforts on winning the IndyCar championship in 2025. Herta’s name has been linked to an F1 drive a couple of times in recent years. 2022 saw him take part…
Sauber confirms the departure of Alessandro Alunni Bravi, their Team Representative and Managing Director from the end of January 2025. Alunni Bravi’s journey with Sauber The Italian joined Sauber in 2017 as their General Counsel and Board Member and became their Managing Director in 2022. Under the latter role, he was responsible for managing marketing,…
