Haas had been evaluating a number of candidates for the 2022 season, after deciding that it could not continue with Mazepin and Russian title sponsor Uralkali in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. While experienced racers like Antonio Giovinazzi and Nico Hulkenberg were strongly linked with the seat, Haas has elected to go back […]
Mazepin insists that he’d had no contact from team boss Gunther Steiner after the previous week’s Barcelona test, where the Russian colours were removed from the car, and he only found out about his sacking at the same time as the rest of the world. He says that he was ready to sign the document […]
During the Barcelona F1 pre-season test Haas suspended its sponsorship with Russian company Uralkali in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine and after a review announced it had cut ties completely with the brand and driver Nikita Mazepin, son of company boss Dmitry Mazepin. Uralkali has released a statement in reaction to the termination […]
F1’s new era began with a behind-closed-doors three-day shakedown test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which provided plenty of talking points both on and off the track. The championship now heads to Bahrain for the final pre-season test on the 10-12 March. Mercedes topped the Barcelona test with a 1-2 on the final day of running, […]
Both Norris’ McLaren team and Ferrari stole the early headlines two weeks ago across three days of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Norris topped the first day of running and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc headed the second, before Lewis Hamilton and George Russell put Mercedes on top on the third and final day of testing. […]
The Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series will serve as the official safety car for half of this season’s races, as Mercedes continues to share duties with Aston Martin. The Black Series replaces the Mercedes-AMG GT R that was supplied by Mercedes as the safety car last year, while the previous C 63 S Estate that had […]
Lawyer Alunni Bravi has been involved with the team as its general counsel and as a board member since 2017. The Italian is also well known in the F1 paddock as the manager of former McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who is currently racing for Mercedes in Formula E, while he has also worked with current […]
And while much of the attention of the public’s first look at the team’s true 2022 car revolved around the very aggressive sidepods, there are actually some other equally significant areas of innovation that stand out. Some of the solutions may not be as obvious to the naked eye as the sidepods in how much […]
F1 teams found their first pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain last month over shadowed by their cars suffering from excessive bouncing on the straights. The issue, which is a legacy of the switch to more ground effect aerodynamics for 2022, affected all teams to some extent but a few were able to get a […]
The Netflix series has been a resounding success for F1, helping it reach an enormous new audience and broaden the spectrum of its fanbase, from fair-weather followers to diehard ‘stans’. Season 3 marked a new peak for Drive to Survive, hitting #1 worldwide on Netflix and outperforming the first season, which is unheard of in […]