Sato, who has been linked with Honda throughout his career, will compete in this year’s Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the quest for a third victory in the event. His appointment mirrors a similar move at Toyota where former F1 racers Kazuki Nakajima and Kamui Kobayashi have both been given management roles. Sato […]
Well, we say that, but like always the teams are playing their cards close to their chest, hoping to hide any details from their rivals. From photoshopped floors, to completely new front wings and carbon fibre liveries, there are plenty of questions and intrigue. Bryn Lucas is joined by Alex Kalinauckas, Matt Kew and Jake-Boxall […]
It is why we saw different floors on McLaren images, and Red Bull tried to hide the sidepod inlets on its new RB20 to keep the prying eyes of rivals away from what it is really doing for a little while longer. Sometimes though, teams go the extra mile beyond disguising what they are doing, […]
Horner is the subject of a probe launched by Red Bull’s energy drinks parent company into unspecified allegations made against him by a female employee. He has denied any wrongdoing and recently faced lengthy questioning by the independent barrister who has been appointed by Red Bull to look into the matter. While Red Bull is […]
Ferrari dropped a bombshell on the motorsport world earlier this month when it announced that it had signed seven-time F1 champion Hamilton for 2025. It will bring to an end a fruitful 11-year partnership with the Mercedes F1 team, whom Hamilton joined from McLaren at the end of 2012 and won six of his seven […]
Theo Pourchaire has become the third driver in succession miss out on a graduation to Formula 1 in the year after winning the Formula 2 title. As with Oscar Piastri (2021) and Felipe Drugovich (2022) before him, the Sauber junior will watch from the sidelines this year, though he will keep himself race sharp in […]
Although he finished the 2023 season as runner-up in the F1 championship, Perez had a campaign to forget in many regards, 290 points off team-mate Max Verstappen and bereft of any victories in the last 18 rounds after missing out on Q3 no fewer than nine times. Matters were not helped by him feeling less […]
As the covers came off the squad’s new challenger at Silverstone on Wednesday, the scale of its design revamp was clear with an all-new chassis and a raft of aerodynamic changes on display. But beyond the obvious visual differences, Allison said the key area of attention had been addressing the unpredictable rear end characteristics of […]
The Monegasque driver announced a new long-term deal with the Scuderia just a week before the bombshell news earlier this month that Hamilton would be joining him next year. The timing of the Hamilton move prompted some to suggest that Leclerc may have been caught blindsided by the fact that he would now find himself going […]
As first reported in the Dutch media, unspecified claims have been made against Horner. These are understood to have come from a female employee. Horner denies the accusations and faced a lengthy hearing last Friday as part of an independent investigation launched by the F1 team’s parent company Red Bull GmbH. Despite speculation surrounding his […]