Sargeant will make his F1 debut next month with Williams, graduating off the back of an impressive rookie campaign in Formula 2 where he finished fourth in the championship. It completes a swift career turnaround for Sargeant, who, after narrowly missing out on the title to fellow F1 2023 rookie Oscar Piastri in the 2020 […]
Year: 2023
The mutual benefits of Hamilton’s NFL ownership foray
The Mercedes driver is a minority owner as part of the Walton-Penner group that bought the three-time Super Bowl-winning Broncos in 2022 – led by Walmart heir Rob Walton and Greg Penner, the retail giant’s chairman, and his daughter Carrie – in a massive $4.65billion deal. There are two other minority owners that complete the […]
Yamaha’s 2023 MotoGP bike “a nightmare” in qualifying trim – Quartararo
The 2021 world champion has been buoyed by Yamaha’s increase in engine power for 2023 having long requested a step in top speed, and was pleased at the Sepang test that the Japanese marque had brought so many new items to try. But, on the final day in Malaysia, Quartararo was left scratching his head […]
Tsunoda must do better job this year in F1
The Japanese driver is entering his third year with AlphaTauri, but is coming off the back of a fairly disappointing 2022 campaign where he finished in the top ten just four times. His tally of 12 points left him down in 17th in the overall standings, and it is clear that Tost feels the youngster […]
Marquez ends Sepang MotoGP test ‘without the bike I need to win the title’
The eight-time world champion has not been enthused about the progress Honda has made with its troubled bike since last November’s Valencia test. After the first day of this weekend’s Sepang test, Marquez felt he was “still far from the top” with the 2023 Honda. The Spaniard started the test with four RC213Vs to try, […]
The new face running the Alfa F1 team
Newcomers Andrea Stella on behalf of McLaren and James Vowles for Williams will be joined by Alessandro Alunni Bravi, who has taken on the team principal role for Alfa Romeo, although officially he’s known as team representative. Alunni Bravi will be working in tandem with Andreas Seidl, who has come in as Sauber Group CEO with an […]
Marini tops final day from Bagnaia
The third and final day of the Sepang test in Malaysia was once again affected by rain, but only late on in the final hour when most had completed their run plans. A late time attack just before the end of the penultimate hour put Marini to the top of the times with the best […]
A launch red herring or a design dead end?
When Valtteri Bottas took the new car out of the garage in Barcelona for the first time, it was running a completely different floor to the original renders from when it was revealed. On the real car, it was a much more traditional edge compared to the radical serrated side that had been present on […]
AlphaTauri reveals tweaked F1 2023 livery
The Faenza-based squad showed off its new colours at an event hosted in the Lincoln Centre, during New York Fashion Week. The tweaked livery features slightly more red than last year, which has been prompted by a new sponsorship deal with PKN Orlen. Team principal Franz Tost said that the squad’s decision to hold its […]
AlphaTauri goes for “strong evolution” with AT04 F1 car as first images released
The Italian squad held a livery launch in New York on Saturday night and also took the opportunity to release some basic renders of its 2023 challenger. The actual AT04 will have a shakedown at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli on Tuesday ahead of the start of pre-season testing in Bahrain on February 23. While […]