Nine-time grand prix winner Webber is part of his younger countryman’s management team, along with his wife Ann Neal. Together the couple helped to steer Piastri through the difficult period last year after he left the Alpine team in controversial circumstances, when the French squad and McLaren battled for his services in 2023. The Contract […]
The Enstone outfit has opted not to reveal proper images of the car until then, although some spy shots circulated on social media not long after it took to the track. Esteban Ocon was the first to drive the new car, completing nine laps, before new signing Pierre Gasly took over and ran a further […]
After a challenging start to the 2022 campaign, where the Silverstone-based squad had to change concept early on, it believes it has made a good step over the winter. Technical director Dan Fallows said the new AMR23 was 95% different from its predecessor, with the outfit having adopted some key changes heading in to 2023. […]
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has joined Aston Martin for 2023 in one of the biggest off-season driver moves, leaving Alpine after two years. On Monday, Aston Martin launched its updated car, the AMR23, that Alonso hopes can help put him back into contention at the front of the field alongside new team-mate Lance Stroll. […]
Almost three months since the entire MotoGP grid was last on track together, the first collective test of 2023 at Sepang invites observers to take certain things for granted. Ducati’s superiority appears unquestionable, after its riders topped the times on all three days. But the test has also thrown up some unexpected elements, such as […]
The governing body has controversially updated its International Sporting Code ahead of the 2023 season to require drivers to seek FIA permission to make personal statements. A new clause says a breach of the rules now extends to “the general making and display of political, religious and personal statements or comments notably in violation of […]
Mir, the 2020 world champion, joins Honda on a two-year deal from this season after being left without a ride when Suzuki elected to quit MotoGP at the end of 2022. Having made his Honda debut in November in the post-race Valencia test, Mir spent three full days on the RC213V at Sepang this weekend, […]
Andretti, who runs several outfits in world motorsports including one of IndyCar’s leading teams, has been working on an F1 bid for years and felt he finally had the missing ingredient to sway the sport by partnering with a top-level OEM in General Motors. But most of F1’s existing 10 teams – who have a […]
The change in naming pattern is a nice touch from a team that has always been very engaged with its history. While recent years haven’t offered anything like the kind of heyday that has left the corridor next to the MTC’s canteen filled with trophies – designed on purpose for the employees to walk past […]
The American-owned outfit was the first to reveal its livery for the year ahead, but was always clear that the original shots were of its 2022 car. However, as it builds up for a filming day at Silverstone, Haas showed off the new VF-23 in shots from its factory. Pictured with staff and drivers Kevin […]