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Haas reveals their 2024 F1 car and announces new technical structure under Komatsu; pessimistic about its chances at the start of the season: “Back of the grid, if not last”

Nicolas Lopes1 year ago1 year ago013 mins

Haas becomes the first team to show their new car ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 season, as they revealed their new car design philosophy and a revised livery that the VF-24 will carry throughout this year. The American squad also announced a new technical structure under the leadership of Ayao Komatsu, with the appointment…

Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari F1 contract length and salary revealed: 2+1 and 100 million dollars a year

Alessio Ciancola1 year ago1 year ago06 mins

Lewis Hamilton will be a Ferrari driver starting in 2025. The seven-time world champion has decided to leave Mercedes to wear red and join Charles Leclerc. Adventure whose details were explained by the well-known Italian journalist, Leo Turrini. Yesterday evening, what could be considered the coup of the century in F1 was made official: Lewis…

Zak Brown on benefits of ‘outstanding’ F1 cost cap: “I think the budget cap has had the intended consequences of making the field much more competitive”

David Coath1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

When Formula One introduced the cost cap at the start of the 2021 F1 season, one of its aims was to see it bring the field closer together. According to McLaren CEO Zak Brown, this is exactly what is happening – in qualifying at least. So much so that according to Brown, when he is…

Oliver Bearman secures reserve role at MoneyGram Haas F1 Team for 2024

Rachel Stephens1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

Amidst the pre-season drama and speculation that has been occurring within the Formula 1 sphere, 18-year-old Oliver Bearman has secured a spot as an Official Reserve Driver for MoneyGram Haas F1 Team in the much-awaited 2024 season. A rising star from the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy, Bearman is set to rev things up and showcase…

Lewis Hamilton poised to make sensational F1 switch to Scuderia Ferrari in 2025

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

In a truly remarkable twist to F1’s silly season, the seven-time World Champion is poised to join the Italian giants next year. Things kicked off on Wednesday evening with cryptic posts from Will Buxton and Italian journalists on Twitter, suggesting something was in the air in regards to Ferrari. It seemed like the initial news…

Szafnauer opens up about Alpine split as he eyes a return to the F1 paddock

Magdalena Put1 year ago1 year ago06 mins

Former Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer is looking to return to Formula 1 in the near future

Andretti’s F1 bid rejected by the sport, citing that they would not be a “competitive participant”

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago010 mins

Andretti hopes of joining the Formula 1 grid in the short-term are over. On Wednesday it was confirmed by Formula 1 that they will be granting the American team a slot on the grid in 2025 or 2026.

Vowles declares Lewis Hamilton “the most naturally talented driver I’ve worked with” in F1, including Schumacher, Rosberg and Button

Melis Öktür1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

The Williams team principal, who previously worked at Brackley from the BAR days right through to the Mercedes days, thinks Lewis Hamilton is more naturally gifted than Michael Schumacher and other World Champions he worked with at BAR Honda, Brawn and Mercedes. During Mercedes’s dominant reign at the start of the hybrid era in 2014…

Krack predicts “more emphasis on operations” as stable F1 rules will lead to “evolutionary” 2024 F1 cars

David Coath1 year ago1 year ago06 mins

Aston Martin may have experienced their most successful F1 season to date in 2023 but team principal Mike Krack has been keen to manage expectation. His recent comments saw him claim that the tight gaps in qualifying ‘will only get smaller’ over the coming years but at this moment he does not anticipate any ‘big…

Krack: “Alonso was full of energy, not only driving us on but also driving himself on”

David Coath1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

The 2023 F1 season saw Aston Martin have their most successful season in the pinnacle of motorsport. This was helped in large part thanks to Fernando Alonso’s 8 podiums for the team in his first season with the Silverstone-based racing outfit. Team Principal Mike Krack has revealed to the media how Alonso was ‘not only…