The 2020 teams’ and riders’ champions have been without a team manager since Davide Brivio left ahead of the 2021 season to become Alpine’s racing director in Formula 1. Suzuki employed a management committee consisting of seven high-profile names within the team, helmed by Sahara. However, Sahara admitted at the end of last year that […]
Mattiacci served as the president and CEO of Ferrari North America before becoming team principal of its F1 team early in the 2014 season, only to be replaced at the end of the year after just eight months in the role. He has since worked in the electric mobility sector with Faraday Future and Envision, […]
The younger of the Marquez brothers, Alex Marquez will embark on his third season in the premier class in 2022 having made his debut in 2020 at the factory Honda squad. Moved to LCR on a two-year factory contract for 2021, Marquez endured a tough campaign on the under-par RC213V last year – finishing 16th […]
During the awards on Sunday at Grosvenor House in London, a silent auction took place in support of the Grand Prix Trust, a charity which offers support to the F1 community including ex-drivers and employees. During the night, it was revealed that the leading bid for a four-person factory tour of Mercedes’ factory in Brackley […]
The Dutchman pulled off a last-lap overtake on Lewis Hamilton to snatch victory in the F1 season finale, which helped secure him his maiden world title. In the immediate aftermath of the race, the Red Bull driver revealed he had battled the pain barrier with leg cramp during the intense final moments of the fight. […]
Since the start of the 2020 campaign, F1 has set aside a specific time during the pre-race build-up for drivers to take a knee or any other gesture they wish. However, while F1 will continue broadcasting a #WRAO video before the race, and branding will remain at circuits, the regular ceremony at a set time […]
Three-time championship runner-up Dovizioso embarks on his first full campaign as a Yamaha rider since 2012, after signing with RNF Racing late last year to contest the final five rounds in place of Franco Morbidelli at the formerly known Petronas SRT. Having ridden a Ducati for eight years between 2013 and 2020, Dovizioso found transitioning […]
McLaren says the model, which features the team’s 2021 papaya orange and blue livery but also shows off some 2022 styling cues, was “designed by LEGO Group design experts with support from the McLaren F1 race team.” The 65cm long model includes a modelled V6 cylinder engine with moving pistons, steering activated from the cockpit, […]
Marquez spent much of his return to MotoGP last year struggling for power in his right shoulder after badly breaking his right arm in the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix, which ruled him out of the rest of that campaign. PLUS: The Marquez risk Honda has taken with its 2022 MotoGP bike Despite his issues, Marquez still […]
In the last few days, Ferrari declared in an earnings call that it is keeping an eye on the opportunities that could be open to it in the NFT marketplace. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna said: “For sure, the digital technologies, the Web 3.0 technologies that are using the blockchain and the NFT is an area […]