The 1999 CART champion and 2000 Indy 500 winner, Montoya was a sensation when he moved to Formula 1 in 2001 with Williams With a competitive FW23 and powerful BMW engine Montoya was one of the few drivers who could challenge the great Michael Schumacher in his dominant Ferrari years, first making the German aware of his arrival […]
The 22-year-old Russian was current Haas driver Mick Schumacher’s team-mate at Prema Racing in F2 last season, finishing fourth in the championship with four wins, and is currently third in this year’s standings. The 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion will take the wheel of the current Haas VF-21 at the rookie test, which will take […]
Horner was summoned to see the stewards after the race in Losail for having hit out at a ‘rogue marshal’ who he blamed for putting out the yellow flags in qualifying that earned Max Verstappen a grid penalty. The FIA was clear that it could not accept its officials being criticised in such a manner, […]
An exclusive interview with Verstappen was the cover feature of November’s edition of GP Racing and the tensions in the world championship battle have grown even more feverish since it hit the news stands. GP Racing editor Ben Anderson and columnist Mark Gallagher join host Stuart Codling to debate the latest developments in what is […]
Current Williams team principal and CEO Capito served as Volkswagen’s motorsport director between 2012 and 2016, overseeing its four consecutive World Rally Championship titles with Sebastien Ogier from 2013 to 2016. The VW Group is known to be considering a potential entry to F1 under the next cycle of power unit regulations due in 2026… […]
Alpine announced last week that F2 championship leader Piastri would become its full-time reserve driver for next season after seeing fellow academy member Guanyu Zhou get the final seat on the grid. Piastri – who leads Zhou by 36 points at the top of the F2 standings – had been linked with the Alfa Romeo seat, but explained […]
The battle on track between F1’s top two teams this year has been accompanied by a fight off it amid recent questions being posed by Red Bull about the Mercedes rear wing. Red Bull suspects that Mercedes has been running a flexible rear wing to boost its top speed, and has based its suspicion on […]
The Catalunya circuit has one of the longest unbroken runs of any current Grand Prix venue, having been on the calendar continuously since its first race in 1991. The long term future of the race had been unclear in recent seasons due to the close involvement of the local authorities, and the need for the […]
Alpine enjoyed a competitive race at the Losail International Circuit, Fernando Alonso scoring his first podium on his return to the revamped Enstone team while Ocon took fifth, as both drivers managed to execute a marginal one-stop strategy. But Alpine’s result was not down to just strategy alone, as shown by Alonso’s fifth place in… […]
Earlier this year, the Russian complained that he was running a chassis that was heavier than the one used by teammate Mick Schumacher. Finally, at the Belgian Grand Prix, Mazepin got the lighter chassis, which at the time he said had “massively improved” his one-lap pace. But the Russian driver was forced to revert to […]