F1 Academy commenced this season but drew criticism for its lack of exposure, with the races being condensed into highlight clips rather than gaining live broadcasts. While the series did visit topflight venues such as the Red Bull Ring in Austria, Barcelona, Zandvoort and Monza, it has not supported an F1 round. That is until […]
In June, the Renault Group parent company announced that it had sold a 24% stake in its grand prix team to an investor group in exchange for €200million. It valued the whole outfit at €900m. The consortium is made up of Otro Capital, RedBird Capital Partners and Maximum Efforts Investments – the latter led by […]
With both F1 world titles wrapped up at the last two rounds, as Max Verstappen collected the drivers’ crown in Qatar while Red Bull wrapped up the constructors’ in Japan, it is a five-race blast to the finish of the 2023 season. Sergio Perez will look to defend second place in the standings from Lewis […]
The LCR Honda rider made a strong start to life with the Japanese manufacturer, winning its only race so far in 2023 at the Americas GP in April. Since then, however, his season flew off the rails as back-to-back crashes in Spain and France gave way to a serious leg break in the Italian GP […]
Renowned auction house RM Sotheby’s reckons this is the first time a prize of this type has been offered for public sale and estimates the FIA award will fetch between £25,000 and £35,000. Hill’s trophy, rewarding his season-long triumph over Jim Clark while driving for the Bourne-based BRM team, marks the first time a British […]
The first-time poleman enjoyed a podium showing in the sprint race at Mandalika last Saturday but was unable to fight for another rostrum in the grand prix. A collision triggered by KTM’s Binder took Marini down on the second lap, with the Italian retiring a few tours later having remounted to serve a long lap penalty he […]
The Red Bull driver clinched the title in the sprint at the Losail circuit, joining an exclusive club of F1 champions who clinched the title on a Saturday, as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri scored a first F1 win. But most of the headlines after the weekend were dominated by Pirelli’s tyre struggles and their ramifications. With […]
With five rounds in six weeks concluding the 2023 MotoGP season, the battle for the world championship is fast boiling down to a two-horse race between Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin after VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi – albeit still not mathematically out of contention – slid 63 points adrift of the points lead last weekend […]
The American Andretti outfit is hoping to agree a commercial deal with FOM to enter F1 from 2025 at the earliest, after being given approval to join the series by the FIA. But there is no guarantee FOM will approve Andretti’s bid, as it questions whether or not there is a tangible benefit to grand […]
After several seasons where Norris has been the de facto team leader at McLaren, the Briton has faced an increasingly tough challenge this season from rookie Piastri. And the Australian’s potential was made clear in Qatar when he took pole and the victory in the sprint race before finishing runner-up in the grand prix itself. […]