However it stopped short of saying what the project’s next step will be, other than indicating its “work continues at pace”. With support from General Motors, Andretti was ready to enter the F1 world championship as early as 2025, initially using a Renault customer engine before switching to a Cadillac unit in 2028. The team’s […]
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali long stood by his stance that any 11th team would have to prove it was accretive to the series as a whole to secure a spot – with the clear inference being that the American squad faced a tough ask to prove it. That F1 has finally ended three months of […]
Carlos Sainz Sr made history at the 2024 Dakar Rally by becoming the oldest driver ever to win the prestigious event at a remarkable age of 61. It was Sainz Sr’s fourth victory in the Dakar, 14 years after his first, adding to an already illustrious career for the double world rally champion. So, it […]
Grand Prix teams have operated under budget cap regulations since the start of the 2021 season, with F1 chiefs having introduced the rules in a bid to stop the kind of spending war that risked the grid’s long-term sustainability. While it has been a challenge for the top spenders to stay under the limit, with […]
Andretti’s bid was given the green light by the FIA on 2 October, but it has still not gone through the second stage of being approved by the F1 organisation and its CEO Stefano Domenicali. The team has been active in the Toyota wind tunnel in Cologne since October, and has now released the first […]
The days of rookie drivers and few backers from outside the Red Bull family have long gone. The team has been relaunched with a new name, new management, an influx of top technical brains and with Netflix star Daniel Ricciardo in the cockpit, inevitably helping to attract attention. It’s a sign of the changing face […]
The American-owned outfit spent much of 2023 trying to get to the bottom of why its VF-23 car was fast in qualifying but would struggle so much to look after its tyres in the race. An upgrade introduced at the United States Grand Prix to help improve the aerodynamic characteristics did not deliver a clear […]
Sainz has been pretty open that he did not want to go into the 2024 season without his F1 future beyond the end of the year sorted. Speaking exclusively to Autosport last June about the situation, Sainz said: “I’m not going to lie, I don’t like going into my last year of a contract without […]
But it’s much harder staying true to the path when pain repeats itself weekend after weekend, and the fightback at times struggles to gain momentum. As the German manufacturer nears the launch of its all-new 2024 car, after two years where it has faced its fair share of disappointment (although it did enjoy that one […]
Norris announced last week that he had committed his long-term future to McLaren, with a new contract that takes him beyond the 2026 season. Speaking about the reasons for sticking to his current squad, the British driver explained that he felt there was no better place for him to achieve his target of the world […]