The 35-year-old will partner Kevin Magnussen and replace fellow German Mick Schumacher, whose departure was also announced by Haas earlier today. Hulkenberg will have an opportunity to sample this year’s car in the Pirelli test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, with reserve driver and rookie Pietro Fittipaldi handling the team’s other chassis. Hulkenberg’s name first […]
Alpine bounced back from a disastrous sprint event at Interlagos that saw the two drivers collided twice on the opening lap, ruining both of their races. From their lowly grid positions for the grand prix itself, Alonso charged through the field to secure fifth place, while Ocon finished three places behind in eighth. The double […]
McLaren launched Driven by Change with one of its key sponsors, Vuse, at last year’s race in Abu Dhabi, giving a platform to underrepresented creatives for the race weekend. For this season’s final round at the Yas Marina Circuit, McLaren has worked with Lebanese artist Anna Tangles to bring a fresh look to the MCL36 […]
The Portuguese rider made his MotoGP debut with Tech3 KTM in 2019 having finished runner-up in the Moto2 class with the Austrian marque the year before. Oliveira won five races in his time with KTM with the factory squad and Tech3 from 2020 to 2022, achieving a best championship finish of ninth in 2020. Having […]
The incident happened on the first flying lap after a safety car period triggered by a clash between Kevin Magnussen and Daniel Ricciardo just after the original start. Norris had passed Leclerc, who was on medium tyres, off the line. At the safety car restart, Leclerc was trying to re-pass Norris on the outside of […]
Hamilton heads into this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with one final chance to maintain his record of winning a race in every season he has competed, stretching back to 2007. Hamilton’s record of 15 consecutive seasons with a win currently ties with Michael Schumacher’s effort, set between 1992 and 2006, although Schumacher failed to […]
The Maranello squad raised some eyebrows at the start of Q3 at Interlagos on Friday when Charles Leclerc was the only driver to head out on wet-weather rubber as rain threatened. The decision to not take slicks proved to be the incorrect one, as the track was still plenty dry enough. Being out on the wrong tyre […]
Russell claimed his maiden grand prix victory on Sunday at Interlagos, controlling proceedings from the front of the pack after also winning Saturday’s sprint race. He led home a 1-2 finish for Mercedes ahead of Lewis Hamilton and gave the team its first victory of the season, snapping a win drought that dated back to […]
The Sauber Academy member is set to finish second in the F2 standings behind champion Felipe Drugovich, with the season finale taking place this weekend in Abu Dhabi. There had been rumours that Pourchaire could be in line for an F1 seat with Alfa Romeo had he won the title, though those hopes were dashed […]
On Tuesday, the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport and Autosport’s Italian-language sister website Motorsport.it reported that Ferrari team boss Binotto is on his way out, according to several sources within the team. Binotto, who rose through the ranks in Maranello, was appointed team principal in January 2019 after helping the team return to form as […]