In June it was announced that Otro Capital had acquired a 24% share in Alpine Racing Limited for €200 million, a deal that valued the Enstone company at around $900 million. That transaction has now been completed, and as part of the arrangement Otro co-founder Alex Scheiner recently became a director of the team. Otro’s […]
Following a difficult start with the MCL60 the Woking outfit introduced a successful series of updates from mid-season onwards that moved the car up the pecking order. Rookie Piastri logged two podium finishes in grands prix plus a sprint race victory, while his team-mate Lando Norris made the top three on seven occasions. Piastri hopes […]
Alpine logged two third places this season, but slipped from fourth to sixth in the world championship. The team has accepted there’s little to be gained from developing the current car, and has focused instead on wholesale changes for next year’s model. Like other teams it also faces the challenge of creating a 2024 car […]
As F1’s regulations have got ever more complicated, there are now a number of restrictions that teams face in terms of the way they can operate things at their own bases. There are limits on wind tunnel and CFD testing, how much information can be shared between collaborating squads, plus elements of the cost cap […]
After the two squads that fought for the 2021 world titles ended up racing in very different parts of the F1 pecking order at the start of the new ground-effect era, there was much expectation that Mercedes – along with Ferrari – might be able to close the gap to Red Bull’s new position as […]
Massa has begun a legal process to see if there are grounds to get the outcome of the 2008 Formula 1 world championship overturned because of the events that took place at the Singapore race. The Brazilian feels that the FIA became aware of Nelson Piquet’s deliberate crash in enough time for action to have […]
The domination by Max Verstappen and Red Bull means 2023 is unlikely to make anyone’s list of greatest F1 years, but there was plenty of incredible record-breaking, unpredictable battles and off-track intrigue that is worth looking back on before we head into Christmas. In this bumper special, we talk to many of the key players […]
At a media event in Maranello team principal Frederic Vasseur said Ferrari would unveil the 2024 car, codenamed 676, one day before this year’s Valentine’s Day launch of the SF-23. “The launch will take place on the 13th of February, the day before the Valentine’s Day,” Vasseur revealed. “You will see the rest [of the […]
Stella took over as McLaren’s F1 team principal after Andres Seidl left late last year to join Sauber and manage its transition to becoming the Audi works team in 2026. In 2023, Stella oversaw McLaren’s considerable gains up the F1 pecking order, while also substantially changing the structure of its car design technical department. In […]
While 2023 was dominated by Max Verstappen and Red Bull, McCullough suggests that in the third season of the current regulations, the top teams will be closer together. He cited qualifying for the final race of this year in Abu Dhabi, where eight teams featured in the top 10, as a guide to the direction […]