With his Maranello squad having unlocked some key understandings of its car since the Dutch GP, its form was also lifted recently by a new floor that arrived in Japan. It was able to edge ahead of main rival Mercedes at Suzuka, as the two teams lock horns in the fight for second in the […]
Alpine targeted retaining fourth in the 2023 constructors’ standings while closing the gap to Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes. However, it has fallen to sixth behind Aston Martin and McLaren. Team boss Otmar Szafnauer and long-time sporting director Alan Permane have departed this season, reportedly having disagreed with Renault’s top brass over how soon success […]
The FIA announced this week that the Andretti project had passed the first two phases of the entry process, having been approved by the governing body. The matter now passes to F1 for a commercial discussion, which will revolve in large part around the potential impact on the finances of the 10 existing teams. MORE: How […]
The Marquez/Honda tie-up has been one of immense success. Bringing the Moto2 champion up to MotoGP in 2013, Honda reaped the rewards instantly as the Spaniard scored his first grand prix victory in just his second race. Marquez would go on to win that year’s world championship as a rookie before dominating in 2014 for […]
Hawkins tested the Silverstone team’s two-year-old AMR21 in Hungary a fortnight ago, becoming the first woman to drive a near current car since 2018. Team principal Mike Krack has praised Hawkins for the job she did on the day, while noting that “Jess is 28, so she’s realistic about her career direction.” Hawkins accepts that […]
With Wednesday’s announcement confirming the Spaniard’s departure at the end of this season, Honda now faces the very complicated scenario of having to find a replacement for the most successful rider in its history. If we take into account that pretending to win with the change is an impossible mission, the reality is that it […]
The inaugural event in 2021 came towards the end of the thrilling campaign as the title battle intensity between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen ramped up. Since then F1’s cars have changed dramatically, with the new generation of ground effect machinery having little in common with the older era of machines. But if teams had […]
The folk who create the F1 world feed are always looking for new camera angles with which to entertain the fans, and the latest owes a debt to MotoGP. First tried in F1 on the nose of Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari at Zandvoort last year, and seen again on Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes over the Japanese GP […]
The India/Japan double-header provided a welcome boost for Marquez and Honda amidst an otherwise dire campaign. Marquez scored his first podium since the season-opener in the India sprint when he was third, and was fighting in the rostrum battle in the grand prix at Buddh before crashing out. In Japan, Marquez was able to fight […]
The company has already made an impact during its first year in the sport as F1’s official airline partner, and that will only become more apparent if Max Verstappen clinches the World Championship at Lusail this weekend, drawing further attention to the race title sponsor. For decades airlines studiously avoided F1, and it was always […]