Following a lengthy investigation into the event of last year’s season finale, when F1 race director Michael Masi selectively implemented the rules to ensure a one-lap restart, motor racing’s governing body has decided to take action. Its response included removing Masi from his role, appointing a new rotating race director position and setting up a […]
After seeing the COVID-19 pandemic severely impact its 2020 calendar, F1 delivered a record-breaking 22-race schedule in 2021 as Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton’s title battle went down to the very last lap of the season. F1 revealed its 2021 audience figures on Thursday, with the cumulative TV audience of 1.55 billion was 4% up […]
Recapping the dramatic 2021 season and the title fight between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, season four of Formula 1: Drive to Survive will hit screens on 11 March. The 10-episode series will drop just nine days before the 2022 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. “Offering unprecedented access, Season 4 will once again take fans behind […]
Since the new rules were first announced there has been speculation about the possibility of a savvy competitor matching what Brawn’s own eponymous outfit did in 2009. That year Brawn GP introduced the controversial double diffuser and enjoyed a huge advantage in the early part of the season. Brawn said he couldn’t guarantee that loopholes […]
Speaking ahead of the FIA revealing its decision over a likely restructure of how race control is run on grand prix weekends, Sullivan defended Masi and the situation he was placed in during the final moments of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. “It’s a lot of pressure, because you’re trying to make the right decision […]
The pair completed a shakedown of their Williams FW44 at a wet Silverstone on Tuesday, as the squad unveiled an all-new livery for the season ahead. And although the rules restricted their running to 100km in total, and the day was hit by rain, both drivers admit concerns that visibility with the new 18-inch wheels […]
In August 2020 the Williams family sold its majority stake to the US investment firm Dorilton Capital following years of decline, finishing at the bottom of the constructors’ championship in three consecutive seasons from 2018 to 2020. The new owners brought in former Volkswagen Motorsport chief Jost Capito in February 2021 to head a reorganised […]
Although the headline figure has not been officially confirmed the arrangement is understood to be the largest per annum cryptocurrency sponsorship signed in any international sport. Red Bull recently announced a lucrative title sponsor deal with tech giant Oracle as it seeks to plug the hole left by the loss of works Honda backing and […]
Since 1995, the first season after Senna’s death at Imola driving a Williams FW16, the team had been displayed the Senna S logo on the nose of its car to honour the Brazilian. It continued that tradition last season, but when the Grove team revealed the striking blue livery of its new-for 2022 FW44 car, […]
The nine-times F1 constructors’ champions presented its new livery for the 2022 season on Tuesday, but the new colour scheme was initially displayed on a show car as the team wanted to “perfect” the livery. Team boss Jost Capito explained that it elected not to show its new colours on its actual 2022 car because: […]