Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda represent the most experienced driver line-up that the team has employed since its first season as Toro Rosso in 2006. Owner Red Bull has reaffirmed its commitment to moving the Faenza organisation up the grid under the new management team of CEO Peter Bayer and team principal Laurent Mekies. A new […]
The four-time grand prix winner signed a two-year deal to join KTM’s factory squad for 2023, after he was moved aside from the works Ducati team for Enea Bastianini at the end of last year. The Australian only managed one grand prix podium and 11th in the standings, but stresses there have been “a lot […]
The Milton Keynes-based squad is coming off the back of a truly dominant 2023 campaign where it won all but one race en route to capturing both the constructors’ and drivers’ crowns with Max Verstappen. But despite the scale of its record-breaking feats, the team is not getting complacent that its current advantage will be […]
On Tuesday, the F1 Academy managing director and spouse of Toto Wolff, the Mercedes motorsport boss, were set to be the subject of an investigation by the FIA Compliance Department. This followed highly dubious media reports that Toto Wolff had raised comments in a meeting between Formula 1 team principals that could have only come […]
F1 cars are incredibly complex machines which take several years plus millions of dollars to design and build before heading to a track. A key component of that is the steering wheel. Of course, it is essential for every car, but the F1 steering wheel is unlike any that is seen on the road. Over […]
The FIA issued a statement earlier this week indicating that its compliance department was “looking into the matter” of an allegation that confidential information had been passed from an FOM employee to a team principal, while not naming the Wolffs. However, it was a clear reference to the couple in the wake of a magazine […]
Stella took over last winter to replace Andreas Seidl, who departed to head up Audi’s 2026 entry with Sauber. One of his biggest early decisions was to restructure the technical departments, creating three clear pillars with their own responsibilities. While two of the three technical directors are still on gardening leave after signing from rival […]
The French rider made his debut with Yamaha at the Petronas SRT satellite squad in 2019 and won the title with the factory team in 2021, ending a seven-year drought for the brand. He re-signed with Yamaha for two more years part way through the 2022 season, but endured a tough 2023 and ended the […]
The Italian company has been evaluating making changes to its tyres in a bid to eradicate the increased presence of thermal degradation, which has notched up a level this year. The trait of tyres overheating has been labelled by senior sources in the F1 paddock as the ‘enemy of racing’ – as it prevents drivers […]
On Tuesday, the FIA announced its Compliance Department was looking into allegations made in a dubious media report suggesting Mercedes team boss Wolff and his wife Susie, who heads FOM’s F1 Academy, were exchanging confidential information. The probe took all parties involved by surprise and invoked a furious response by the Wolffs, Mercedes and F1’s […]