Sauber F1 driver Valtteri Bottas spoke in the press conference on Wednesday after the news broke that he and fellow driver Zhou Guanyu would be leaving at the end of the season. 50-50 chance of staying The Finn stated that he got ‘a bit unlucky’ and that his future with the team ‘wasn’t meant to…
The FIA has issued a technical directive outlawing the use of protective skids placed above skid blocks on F1 cars, a practice adopted by around half the grid. This directive, which comes into effect immediately, follows concerns raised by Red Bull, who identified the innovative concept as a breach of existing regulations, first reported by…
From the start of the new regulations in 2026, there will be no Renault-powered car on the grid for the first time since the 70s, this is the result of the powertrain department in Viry-Chatillon having their 26’ power unit project shut down. Alpine Team Principal Oliver Oakes believes the option to turn to Mercedes…
A double podium by Alpine in Brazil was the biggest surprise of the 2024 F1 season to date. This led to a change in the championship standings, where Haas, who has had a phenomenal season, fell behind the Enstone-based squad in the standings. It had garnered enough points to earn them sixth position compared to…
Mercedes has experienced ups and downs ever since the introduction of the ground-effect era, and Toto Wolff faces a new era in 2025 as Lewis Hamilton heads to Ferrari F1. In 2022, they scored a single victory with George Russell in Brazil. The 2023 season passed by without a victory for the Brackley-based outfit. This…
Max Verstappen is on the brink of his fourth World Drivers’ Championship, besting the great Ayrton Senna, who “only” managed three before his life was tragically cut short in 1994. Following Verstappen’s dominant performance in São Paulo, Senna’s hometown, once again comparisons with the legendary Brazilian were made. Verstappen’s former Red Bull F1 team mate…
The shock announcement of Niels Wittich leaving his role as F1 race director — that seems to have been a firing — comes following a weekend at the Brazil GP where questions around safety came to the fore once again. Rui Marques is replacing Wittich as race director for the rest of the 2024 F1…
Following in the recent footsteps of the iconic Monaco Grand Prix, the F1 Canadian GP is set to undergo a change in schedule from the 2026 season. The organisers of the event have agreed to support Formula 1 in its efforts to optimise the race calendar and make it more sustainable by hosting the future…
During the F1 Brazil Grand Prix weekend – and in the days before Sauber publicly announced that they would not be retaining the services of Zhou Guanyu next season – the Chinese driver reflected on how difficult the year had been so far. Whether Zhou Guanyu already knew that he would not have a seat…
Ferrari has had a good run of recent form in the 2024 F1 season, with two wins in the last three races, is a stark contrast to its mid-season struggles after an update package introduced at the Spanish GP brought an unusual “bouncing” behaviour back, which Carlos Sainz is now relieved, as he labelled it…
