Confirmation arrived from Audi on Friday morning ahead of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix after the next cycle of power unit regulations was finalised by the FIA last week. Audi’s entry marks the first major step into F1 from 2026 for the Volkswagen Group. It is set to be joined on the grid from 2026 […]
Albon will remain at Williams beyond the 2023 season on a multi-year deal, which was revealed two days after news broke of Fernando Alonso signing with Aston Martin, and a day after Oscar Piastri denied having a contract with Alpine for next season. The Thai-Brit has confirmed his deal was more hastily made public to […]
The reigning constructors’ champions has endured its first winless start to a Formula 1 campaign since 2011 as the team has struggled to get on top of the new ground-effect car regulations. But Mercedes made tangible progress in the final races before the summer break, with the team achieving double podiums in France and Hungary, […]
Piastri is at the centre of a contractual dispute with his current Alpine squad, as the Australian and the McLaren team he has signed for believing they instead have a valid deal in place. Alpine announced Piastri as replacement for the departing Fernando Alonso at the start of this month, but doubts were immediately cast […]
The team announced on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with the Australian that will see him leave at the end of this season, a year earlier than planned. Since he joined the Woking-based outfit at the start of 2021, Ricciardo has struggled to adapt to the car and to match his team-mate Lando Norris, […]
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen sits 80 points clear at the top of the drivers’ standings ahead of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix after winning eight of the 13 races before the summer break. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has lost ground on Verstappen due to reliability issues that caused him to retire while leading in both […]
Talks took place behind the scenes between McLaren and Ricciardo over the summer to agree the terms of his departure at the end of the season, with one year remaining on his contract. It is a low-key ending to one of the most high-profile F1 moves in recent memory, bringing to an end a largely […]
The Woking-based team announced on Wednesday that it was parting ways at the end of the season with Ricciardo, after a disappointing time since they joined forces at the start of 2021. While Ricciardo had another year to run on his original contract, McLaren felt it needed to make a change after a lack of […]
Although the current deal with the venue ends this year, and it doesn’t have a place on the yet-to-be-published 24-race schedule for next season, Spa is in effect first reserve – pending news on other events. The Chinese GP is supposed to be returning in 2023 after an absence of three seasons, but COVID measures […]
After returning to the MotoGP paddock during the Austrian GP as a spectator, the six-time MotoGP world champion has been given the green light to intensify his training for his comeback. Marquez will be allowed to add more weight and more varied exercise to his training, while also ride a motorcycle to assess the condition […]