Ben Sulayem has found himself at the centre of a storm in recent weeks amid a public falling out with Formula 1’s commercial rights holders.Comments he made about what he felt was an ‘inflated’ $20 billion price tag for F1, suggested in a report that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund was looking at buying it, […]
Year: 2023
Why F1 considered reintroducing 'fan car' aerodynamics for 2026
Firstly, it showed that F1’s Liberty Media era is not afraid to think outside the box, and has ruled nothing out, when it comes to ensuring that grand prix cars are as raceable as they possibly can be.For the 1978 Brabham fan car, which Niki Lauda took to victory in that year’s Swedish Grand Prix, […]
Alonso "wouldn't accept" continuing in F1 at less than 100%
Alonso returned to F1 with Alpine in 2021 after taking a two-year break to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship, the Indy 500 and the Dakar Rally.Alonso’s third stint at the Enstone outfit got off to a slow start but once he got back up to speed the Spaniard re-found his old form, frequently […]
McLaren to share F1 reserve driver Schumacher with Mercedes
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Podcast: Ranking the 10 best F1 wet weather drives
In the latest in a new series of top 10s, this week’s show brings you the discussion around the 10 best wet weather drives in F1 history.A fan of Ayrton Senna’s breakout Toleman drive at Monaco in 1984, or an ardent Jenson Button fan who gladly dies on the hill of Canada 2011 being the […]
How Driver’s Eye camera became a Formula 1 TV gamechanger
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Is AI ready to take over Formula 1 strategy?
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Gasly: Mindset for Alpine is "completely different" to Red Bull F1 move
Gasly joined Alpine for 2023 after spending the bulk of his career with Red Bull’s sister team, AlphaTauri, and its predecessor, Toro Rosso, making his debut for the latter in 2017.Gasly was promoted to Red Bull’s senior team in 2019 as Daniel Ricciardo’s replacement, only to return to Toro Rosso 12 races later in a […]
Haas reveals F1 car livery for 2023 season
Haas is the first team to show its 2023 colour scheme, with Red Bull Racing set to be next to do so in an event in New York on 3 February.The white, red and black look echoes the logos of new Haas title sponsor MoneyGram, whose involvement was announced at last year’s US GP.The revised […]
Haas: No plans to change F1 team model despite nearing budget cap
Haas announced in October that international payment company MoneyGram would be joining as its new title sponsor, providing a big financial boost to one of the smallest operations on the F1 grid.Haas F1 chief Steiner confirmed at the time of the announcement that the injection of cash would allow the team to reach the budget […]