Month: December 2023

06 Dec 2023

Mercedes F1 rivals all deny filing FIA complaint over Wolff allegations

On Tuesday, the governing body announced it was looking into an alleged conflict of interest regarding the transfer of confidential information between a team principal and FOM employee. Although the FIA did not mention names, it was widely understood this was Toto and Susie Wolff, who is managing director of the F1 Academy series. In […]

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06 Dec 2023

Alex Marquez was blocked by Yamaha from joining SRT in MotoGP

The 2019 Moto2 champion made his MotoGP debut in 2020 with the factory Honda squad, replacing three-time premier class champion Jorge Lorenzo when he retired at the end of 2019. Marquez spent three years with Honda, scoring two podiums in 2020, before joining the Gresini Ducati squad in 2023, winning two sprints and two grand […]

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06 Dec 2023

F1 2023 team-mate head-to-head battles

Although Max Verstappen stole the headlines for winning the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, it was also the weekend Alex Albon out-qualified Williams team-mate Logan Sargeant yet again. It meant the 27-year-old finished the F1 season as the only driver to have out-qualified their team-mate for every race in 2023. Sargeant struggled in his rookie […]

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06 Dec 2023

Mercedes rejects “unsubstantiated allegations” against Wolff

The FIA announced on Tuesday that its compliance department was investigating a potential conflict of interest over the passing of information between a member of FOM personnel and a team principal.  “The FIA is aware of media speculation centred on the allegation of information of a confidential nature being passed to an F1 team principal […]

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05 Dec 2023

F1 says allegations of Wolff wrongdoing are “wrong”

The FIA announced on Tuesday night that its Compliance Department had opened an investigation into potential breaches of the governing body’s regulations. While not naming Susie and Toto Wolff directly, a statement declared that an F1 team principal and member of FOM personnel were to be investigated following a media report.  “The FIA is aware […]

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05 Dec 2023

Trackhouse Racing joins 2024 MotoGP grid as RNF replacement

Following the conclusion of the 2023 MotoGP season, Dorna Sports announced it would not be allowing RNF to continue participating in the series as of 2024. In a statement it highlighted “repeated infractions and breaches of the Participation Agreement affecting the public image of MotoGP” as the reason. This is related to RNF majority shareholder […]

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05 Dec 2023

Madrid closing in on F1 grand prix deal from 2026

Current proposals are to race in the Spanish capital from 2026 until 2035 on a course laid out around the IFEMA convention centre in the northeast of the city, close to its Madrid-Barajas international airport. The five-kilometre parkland circuit would use the IFEMA pavilion complex and fairgrounds, which is often used for exhibitions and conferences, […]

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