Author: Ian Dobson

18 Jan 2024

Singapore F1 GP not under threat despite corruption probe, says government

Singapore’s transport minister S. Iswaran has just announced his resignation in the aftermath of facing 27 charges in relation to interaction with Beng Seng, who owns the rights to the Singapore GP and is chairman of the promoting company. The matter relates to alleged kickbacks that Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) believes Iswaran may […]

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18 Jan 2024

Haas reveals double shakedown plans for 2024 F1 car

The American-owned outfit is coming off the back of the recent bombshell news that long-serving team principal Guenther Steiner will not be staying on board after his contract was not extended. Former director of engineering Ayao Komatsu has been promoted to the team boss job and is currently conducting a review of operations to work […]

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18 Jan 2024

McLaren urges F1 action over ‘serious’ Red Bull/AlphaTauri concerns

As part of a push to improve the fortunes of the soon-to-be-renamed AlphaTauri squad, owner Red Bull has revamped its leadership and is making infrastructure changes. Part of that will involve AlphaTauri taking more customer parts from Red Bull, and a ramping up of its presence on its parent team’s Milton Keynes campus. Brown has […]

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17 Jan 2024

Whisper retains Channel 4 F1 deal until 2026

It was originally announced in July that Channel 4’s free-to-air contract, which ran to the end of the season, had been extended for another three years. Channel 4’s works in parallel with that of Sky, as it does in other sports such as cricket, but it has its own production team and talent. Despite being […]

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17 Jan 2024

What MotoGP’s 2023 crash stats say about the sprint format

Like them or lump them, sprint races are here to stay in MotoGP. Their introduction may have been sudden and overwhelming, but the primary aim of them was to get more people interested in the series. And a look at the trackside figures for 2023 reveals that was definitely the case. Of the 20 rounds […]

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17 Jan 2024

Changed Albon will get even better in F1, says Williams boss Vowles

In a ringing endorsement of the Thai driver who almost single-handedly helped Williams secure seventh in the constructors’ championship last season, Vowles has opened up on the differences he saw in Albon throughout 2023.  And he thinks the way Albon approached the job, with a car that wasn’t consistent in its performance at all tracks, […]

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17 Jan 2024

Why Aston Martin’s new investor is good news for F1

It came hot on the heels of a similar but higher profile investment in Alpine by a group that included Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds and a string of sporting legends, and it follows a pattern that has also seen the likes of Williams and McLaren receive funding from the US. The bottom line is that […]

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17 Jan 2024

Repsol to have reduced presence in 2024 Honda MotoGP livery

2024 will mark the 30th year of Repsol’s sponsorship of Honda, a partnership that has made its orange livery one of the most recognisable in the history of motorcycle racing. However, in what is supposed to be a landmark year for their long-standing association, the Spanish oil giant will end up with limited exposure for […]

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