McLaren parted ways with eight-time grand prix winner Daniel Ricciardo a year before his contract was due to expire to secure the services of Piastri, who won the Formula Renault Eurocup (2019), FIA F3 (2020) and F2 (2021) titles on his climb up the junior single-seater ladder. While this season’s McLaren MCL60 has been hamstrung […]
Formula 1’s inaugural visit to the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in 1980 began an unbroken 27-year run on the calendar for Italy’s ‘other’ circuit, before it dropped off the schedule in 2006. But the onset of the COVID pandemic and an increased demand for European venues to meet F1’s required quota of events for 2020 […]
A key talking point is the seeming shift in F1 from a young driver’s series to a battlefield for experienced veterans. We explore Fernando Alonso’s continued success as he approaches 42, highlighting that, in this adrenaline-fueled sport, age is truly just a number. Rumours are circulating of 33-year-old Daniel Ricciardo’s potential move to AlphaTauri, which […]
The unease felt exactly the same. For the second time in just over three years, it was time to fly to a race that had disaster looming large around it. But with this weekend’s 2023 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix cancelled, the outcome for Formula 1 is very different to that dark March week down under […]
Following concerns about the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari being flooded by the swollen Santerno river, authorities had barred anyone from F1 entering the circuit from Tuesday afternoon. Rising water levels and widespread flooding triggered by extreme weather in the region subsequently prompted the cancellation of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix just days before […]
Unprecedented rainfall in Emilia-Romagna caused severe flooding in the region, including the area around the Imola circuit. After crisis talks on Wednesday between F1, FIA and the local organisers and authorities, the decision was made to call off this weekend’s event, so all focus could go to emergency relief for the local population. Questions were […]
His stint in charge has been beaten among current bosses only by Christian Horner, who started at Red Bull a year earlier, and while the Italian outfit hasn’t matched the sister team in terms of results, that was never the intention. Its focus has always been to train young drivers, and as such it helped […]
Autosport revealed ahead of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix that Mercedes had hired former Red Bull COO and HR director Poole as a new special advisor. Her role was to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the current infrastructure at Mercedes and offer advice on where improvements could be made. As the German manufacturer continues […]
The track project was originally conceived in 2007 and by 2019 was ready to host a small MotoGP test ahead of a full motorcycle grand prix the following season as part of a five-year contract with promoter Dorna Sports. But the first two attempts at running the event were lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and […]
Rather than chasing an out-and-out performance deficit between itself and Red Bull in all conditions, it has had to get on top of why it appears to be close to its rival in qualifying but is far adrift in the race. There is no straightforward answer to it, as it is not a simple case, […]