Month: February 2023

04 Feb 2023

De Vries cleared of wrongdoing in dispute over €250K loan

The matter relates to a loan that the current AlphaTauri Formula 1 driver took in 2018 from Schothorst’s investment fund Investrand to help fund an F2 campaign with Prema Racing.The Dutchman had needed to raise half a million Euros for that season and with help from sponsors like Jumbo, he managed to get half of […]

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03 Feb 2023

Horner admits Red Bull’s real RB19 will be ‘somewhat different’

During a season launch in New York on Friday, where Red Bull announced a new major partnership with Ford from 2026, the team revealed what it claimed was its 2023 challenger – the RB19.However, the car on display appeared to have no visible differences from last year’s championship-winning RB18 – and even featured the 2022 […]

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03 Feb 2023

FIA reveals six F1 engine suppliers signed up for 2026

F1 is set to debut its next generation of power units in 2026, placing a heavy emphasis on the use of sustainable fuels and greater electric power in a bid for improved sustainability whilst not impacting the on-track spectacle.Talks with both existing and potential new manufacturers have been ongoing for some time regarding the regulations, […]

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03 Feb 2023

The design changes teams face as F1 launch season begins

Although the event is being hailed as the 2023 car launch, Red Bull has history from last year of bringing out a rebranded old car and pretending it is a shiny new model.The likelihood is that, with the first F1 test still several weeks away, what appears in New York will at best be a […]

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03 Feb 2023

Bottas: New CEO Seidl has a clear direction for Sauber in F1

Former McLaren team principal Seidl has replaced Fred Vasseur, who has left to replace Mattia Binotto at Ferrari.Seidl has come in solely as CEO in order to focus on the bigger picture of all the companies in the Sauber Group as the organisation continues to grow ahead of the planned transition to the full Audi […]

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03 Feb 2023

How will the FIA decide on F1's potential new teams?

Nowadays, the process is a lot more rigorous and pretty regimented in its details when it comes to allowing exclusive access to the F1 club.It is a necessary formality, though, because F1 needs to know that all its entrants have the necessary backing and skill to do a good job.The last thing the FIA and […]

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02 Feb 2023

Double F1 race winner Jean Pierre Jabouille has died

The Parisian, who took the European Formula 2 title in 1976, made 49 F1 starts between 1975 and 1981, getting his full debut at the 1975 French Grand Prix for Tyrrell.But Jabouille will always be synonymous with Renault, the marque with which he contested most of his grands prix.In 1979 Jabouille took Renault’s first ever […]

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02 Feb 2023

Lack of job security could hold Vasseur back at Ferrari, says Montoya

Vasseur has been drafted into Maranello for 2023 after his predecessor Mattia Binotto resigned last year amid a belief he did not have the confidence of Ferrari’s senior road car management.And while Vasseur is confident that Ferrari has everything in its hands to be able to fight for the F1 championship this year, Montoya believes […]

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02 Feb 2023

Mercedes tech boss not convinced new rules have made F1 racing better

Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker. From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to […]

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