A former British Touring Car Championship racer and the 1999 British Formula 3 champion, Hynes struck up a friendship with Hamilton when the youngster drove for John Booth’s Manor team in Formula Renault and F3 as he worked his way through the ranks. Hynes served as a driver coach for Manor and remained close to Hamilton […]
The Anglo-Italian team announced three key hires on Monday afternoon as it goes through a significant revamp under incoming team principal Laurent Mekies. In addition to Goss and Permane coming in, it has also hired Red Bull aerodynamicist Guillaume Cattelani as its deputy technical director. Goss has been brought in to report to Mekies in […]
Liberty has previously topped the Forbes Top 25 list, which consists mainly of individuals and entities that own several major US sports franchises, although some also own top European football teams. The value of Liberty’s sports properties has shrunk since it spun off its baseball subsidiary, MLB team the Atlanta Braves, in July last year. […]
A host of big-name racing drivers passed through Team Witney/Team Enstone between its eras known as Toleman and Renault. While some were on the way up, others were heading in the other direction. But what can’t be mistaken is the team’s impact on F1 and the legacy it left behind. Autosport has already produced a […]
No, we are not talking about former Toro Rosso and AlphaTauri team boss Franz Tost, who rightly received a warm send-off in the Abu Dhabi paddock, but about Josef Leberer, a pioneer physiotherapist and every bit the paddock legend that his compatriot is. As the 64-year-old has always shunned publicity, he isn’t as well-known as […]
But while some of the design elements spotted in that period will be smoke and mirrors, and sometimes even just flat-out something not being run in 2024, we should get a pretty good idea of the main concepts that will be raced. Some of the trends that have emerged over the last two seasons could […]
This season will mark the third year of the current ground-effect design rulebook. The status quo is allowing teams to coalesce around the Red Bull-style downwash sidepod car architecture. The notable exceptions to that philosophy were Mercedes and Ferrari, but both have committed to a new car concept for 2024 that will almost certainly fall […]
Madrid’s new deal means that the event leaves the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which has been its home since 1991, with an uncertain future. F1’s initial announcement on Tuesday morning made no mention of the current venue. However, it’s understood that the Barcelona authorities are still in discussions about the future, and that a second event […]
Since 2022, BBS has been the standard supplier of wheel rims for all teams as the FIA sought to help bring down costs for competitors. One area of key focus for BBS since the start of the current rules era, which included a switch to 18-inch wheels, has been the extreme forces the larger dimension […]
“Not another street circuit,” was the dominant line of response on social media in the wake of F1’s announcement that the Spanish GP would move away from its long-time home in Barcelona. With Barcelona’s future in limbo, from 2026 onwards the event will head to a new semi-street circuit in Madrid, located at the IFEMA […]