Verstappen and Lambiase raised eyebrows with a vocal disagreement over their run plan during Friday qualifying for last week’s Belgian Grand Prix. That was followed up by more fiery exchanges in the race, particularly when Lambiase asked his driver to “use your head more” in the final stint when Verstappen took too much life out of […]
To help reduce the dirty air produced and allow cars to follow one another more closely, the design rulebook was reset for 2022 to move to ground-effects and away from complex top surfaces. Aerodynamic development for this year has reduced the effectiveness of the shake-up, with reports it is again harder to chase through corners, […]
It emerged early last month that the Faenza squad is to undergo a rebrand for next year. Selling the naming rights will enable the outfit to become more financially sustainable. This comes after new Red Bull management – led by Oliver Mintzlaff after the death of company co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz – opted against a total […]
Despite setting a pre-season target to retain fourth place in the 2023 constructors’ championship while closing the gap to Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes, the Enstone team has fallen to sixth behind midfield rivals McLaren and Aston Martin come the summer break. Given the drop off, Alpine owner Renault Group has sought to replace company […]
Just as Red Bull’s rivals appeared to be closing in on F1’s benchmark squad, Max Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez were gifted a step forward in pace with an overhaul of their RB19 for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The winning margins since the update landed have been above 30 seconds over the nearest non-Red Bull […]
A few weeks ago Ricciardo was first touted as a possible post-shutdown replacement for Nyck de Vries at the Faenza team, with the Dutchman expected to have a last chance to prove himself with the run of European races up to Spa. But de Vries was dropped after the British Grand Prix, and Ricciardo was […]
Through Verstappen.com Racing, the Dutchman and his family are planning to put together a two-car GT3 team that could compete in series like the GT World Challenge (GTWC) from 2025 onwards. “It all started with Team Redline in sim racing,” Verstappen said in an interview the Dutch magazine Formule 1. “With Verstappen.com Racing we are sponsoring and supporting various […]
Vowles has been at the helm since February and after a three-month back and forth, managed to tempt Alpine chief technical officer Pat Fry to join the Grove squad from 1 November. While the team hopes this coup will enable it to tempt other senior figures, the technical director who will report to Fry is […]
As motor racing’s governing body continues its evaluation of potential new entries from 2025, Ben Sulayem says he thinks the arrival of manufacturers from the world’s two largest economies would be great for F1. Speaking to Autosport sister site Motorsport-total.com, Ben Sulayem believed that car makers from the USA and China would deliver a huge […]
Last week Fry was announced as Williams’ new CTO, having departed an Alpine team in turmoil after its upper management sacked team boss Otmar Szafnauer and long-time sporting director Alan Permane. The deal to sign Fry, who is set to take up his position before the end of the year, predates Alpine’s flurry of management […]