Autosport exclusively revealed on Monday that the Frenchman had left his non-executive director and advisory role with the French car manufacturer as part of a management overhaul being undertaken this winter. After taking to social media to express his disappointment at the way news of his departure had been made public, Prost opened up to […]
The German manufacturer, which won last year’s constructors’ world championship, posted on social media that its W13 will be revealed on 18 February. This is the day after rival Ferrari plans to launch its car, and comes shortly before the first pre-season F1 test in Barcelona kicks off on 23 February. The Mercedes event will […]
O’Ward, who scored his first two IndyCar victories in 2021 and finished third in the championship with Arrow McLaren SP, was awarded his first F1 test with McLaren in last month’s Abu Dhabi rookie test. The Mexican raved about his experience and has long expressed his enthusiasm for F1, having had a brief spell as […]
The Maranello outfit is set to launch its new F1 challenger with an online event on 17 February, the week before the first pre-season test begins at Barcelona in Spain. Its new car, which has yet to be given an official designation, is set to feature some radical concepts as well as an upgraded power […]
Alpine finished fifth in last year’s constructors’ championship courtesy of Esteban Ocon’s shock win in Hungary and an Alonso podium in Qatar, two standouts results which pulled it over the line in the fight against AlphaTauri. The former Renault team has resumed its ongoing management reshuffle, with executive director Marcin Budkowski and advisor Alain Prost […]
Since the start of 2016, in a bid to add variability to each grand prix, teams were able to choose how aggressive they wanted to be with their tyre selection for grand prix events. While they were limited as to the total number of tyre sets they had available, teams were able to vary the […]
The Woking-based team has been linked as a contender to join up with Audi if the Volkswagen Group-owned company enters grand prix racing when new engine rules come in from 2026. It has held exploratory talks with the German manufacturer but it suggests that the ball is now in VW’s court about what happens next. […]
Norman was one of the first key executive hires after Liberty Media officially acquired F1 in January 2017. Her appointment in the top marketing role was announced in June that year and started in August, reporting Sean Bratches, the then managing director of commercial operations. Prior to joining F1 Norman had worked at Honda Motor […]
Grand Prix racing’s chiefs are hoping to push on with plans to hold six sprint races this year, following the success of the experiments at Silverstone, Monza and Interlagos in 2021. However, the green light has not yet been given because teams have yet to agree with F1’s commercial rights holder on a funding package […]
Aston Martin announced last year that it had signed Fallows from his role as Red Bull’s head of aerodynamics to be its new technical director. However, the matter went legal with Red Bull insisting that it would hold Fallows to the terms of his contract which ran until 2023. Speaking at the time, Red Bull […]