With F1 now fully committed to incorporating a selection of sprint races throughout the F1 calendar, talks are set to begin about ways to further fine-tune the spectacle in 2024. While grand prix bosses are happy to keep the number of sprint races at six for next year, a gathering of the F1 Commission scheduled […]
The American-owned outfit has long pursued the same sidepod design as Ferrari, which provides it with its power unit and a raft of customer parts. But while it made complete sense to follow the same route as its partner up until now, the sidepod concept has come under the spotlight again after Ferrari made a […]
Alfa started the 2023 season on the front foot with four points for Bottas’ eighth place in Bahrain and team-mate Zhou Guanyu has also shown marked improvement compared to his 2022 rookie campaign. But amid F1’s extremely tight midfield battle, the Sauber-run team has missed out more often than not, having only scavenged points in […]
Szafnauer also wants the team to continue its push to bring new parts to the track over the remaining races as it tries to recover ground in the constructors’ championship. After a promising run that include a third place in Monaco, Alpine has slipped down the pecking order in the last two races, despite a […]
A decision on whether extra entries will be accepted is expected to be announced in the coming weeks, with Andretti and Hitech the highest-profile candidates. The process is run by the FIA, but the F1 organisation also has to agree to allow a new team to join the field. Existing teams have made clear that […]
The 2023 calendar was originally announced with 24 races before the Chinese GP was dropped due to the lingering effects of COVID-19. The Emilia Romagna GP was cancelled at the last minute due to flooding but many team members were already in Italy or on their way, so in effect, they worked 23 weekends even […]
Alonso lost out to both cars of Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes, but Krack sees the positives as the team still outscored rivals Ferrari by six points to three, although Mercedes made a net gain of 18 points. The battle for second in the constructors’ championship is currently led by Mercedes on 203 points, with […]
The French GP returned to Circuit Paul Ricard in 2018 after a long absence, but its contract was not renewed after the 2022 event, and it fell off this year’s schedule. Even before Ricard’s demise was confirmed a street event in Nice had emerged as a possible replacement, although some observers thought that F1’s interest […]
Horner implied that he is more up to speed with what is happening at the new Red Bull Powertrains division, which he officially oversees and which is on the same site as the RBR race team in Milton Keynes. He made the comments in the context of his warning that the 2026 regulations need to […]
The claim was made on Thursday by José Vicente de los Mozos, the president of the executive committee of the IFEMA fairgrounds and convention centre located to the northeast of the Spanish capital. Opened in 1991 IFEMA has become a major centre for conferences and conventions, and there is enough land in and around it […]