Reigning F1 Constructors’ Champions McLaren have taken to the track at Silverstone with the MCL39 for a filming day ahead of the 2025 season. They are the first team to show off their new car, a day before Williams. In a special one-off livery before revealing their 2025 F1 livery at the event in London…
Otmar Szafnauer is ready to step back into the F1 world after his gardening leave. The former team principal of Alpine, Aston Martin, and Force India has made it clear that he’s not done with the sport just yet. However, he’s looking for the right opportunity, one that meets a few key conditions before he…
Williams Racing F1 team has confirmed a historic agreement with Atlassian. They are an American-domiciled Australian software company that specializes in collaboration tools designed primarily for software development and project management. Since the departure of ROKiT at the end of 2019, the Grove-based team has not had a title sponsor as they really struggled to…
McLaren F1 has confirmed their technical director of aerodynamics Peter Prodromou has agreed a new multi-year contract with the Woking-based squad. The team continues to have strong stability in the process. He replaced James Key in that position when changes were made by McLaren following a terrible start to the 2023 campaign. Prodromou has been…
The FIA has confirmed that Rui Marques will continue to serve as race director for the 2025 F1 season. Marques, who served as race director of F2 and F3 in 2024, was promoted to the role ahead of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix following Niels Wittich’s sudden departure from the role. In 2025, he…
Following the FIA’s announcement that Johnny Herbert will no longer be a steward at Grand Prix races ahead of the F1 2025 season, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem addressed the “conflict of interest” that led to the former driver’s departure. Speaking to Spanish media MARCA, Sulayem noted that Herbert’s dual roles as a steward and…
In the first part of an exclusive interview with Pit Debrief, former F1 engineer Steve Hallam discussed his time with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren, and his hopes the Ferrari driver will make it eight Drivers’ Championships at the Scuderia. At the 2021 F1 Abu Dhabi GP, the now 105-time race winner looked set to win…
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem hits out at FIA criticism as he states racing must be able to continue without a race director. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem discusses bringing in new stewards to Formula 1. Speaking during the Stewards Summit in Madrid, Sulayem suggested Formula 1 is over reliant on the race director. As…
Mercedes F1 and its Team Principal Toto Wolff are ready to move on following the departure of seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton from the team. A dream come true The experienced British driver had announced a prestigious move to Ferrari last year, and has now had his on-track debut. In fact, Hamilton had his first…
Ferrari F1 has confirmed that Zhou Guanyu and Antonio Giovinazzi will share reserve driver duties once the season commences at Albert Park in Melbourne next month. He admitted towards the end of last season that a Ferrari reserve role was a possibility as Sauber completely changed their line-up. The history for Zhou Guanyu at Ferrari…
