The team, which will revert to its Sauber name from next year ahead of it becoming Audi in 2026, has had a challenging campaign with its C43 car not having delivered the step forward hoped for. Drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu have scored just 16 points between them and the squad is currently ninth […]
Block, whose late father Ken built up a huge following for his viral Gymkhana videos, will make her single-seater debut with the ART Grand Prix team as the all-female series forges closer ties with F1. All 10 F1 teams will have a nominated driver in F1 Academy running in its colours in 2024, with Block […]
“I think they need to do their own engine,” Red Bull boss Christian Horner mused on the subject of Andretti’s pending Formula 1 entry when considering what the American outfit needed to do to get its foot in the FOM door. Wish granted, it seems. GM had already partnered with Andretti in name for its […]
As is well documented by now, Liberty Media has driven large worldwide growth of F1, with Netflix series Drive to Survive seen as the catalyst to its international expansion. The American owners have particularly focused on exploiting their huge, untapped home market, adding races in Miami and this weekend’s returning Las Vegas Grand Prix to […]
Via its Cadillac sub-brand, automotive conglomerate GM is already eyeing an F1 presence in the shorter term by partnering with the Andretti bid to form an 11th team. Andretti has gained FIA approval to enter but is now awaiting a decision from FOM, which faces extreme resistance from the 10 incumbent teams who fear losing […]
The Milton Keynes-based outfit has been in a class of its own throughout the season, having won all but one grand prix so far as it captured both drivers’ and constructors’ championships. But while its current RB19 still has a performance edge on everyone else, the fact that rivals like McLaren are giving Red Bull […]
Two-time F1 world champion Alonso crossed the line just 0.053 seconds ahead of the Red Bull driver to secure the final podium spot at Interlagos, as Aston Martin returned to the rostrum for the first time since the Dutch GP in late August. The battling duo injected late drama into a largely tepid affair won […]
Max Verstappen returned to sprint winning ways at the final such shorter event of 2023, following up his Austin sprint vicory, after his surprise defeat to Oscar Piastri in the Qatar weekend’s first race. In Brazil, Verstappen quickly overcame the other McLaren of Lando Norris to earn his fourth sprint win of the year. That […]
In recent months, Aston Martin has worked to effectively reverse engineer components developed for next year and then fitted them to the current AMR23, with the floor an area of focus. But amid a decline in results for a team that scored a podium in six of the opening eight races, during the recent United […]
Thanks to a mid-November calendar slot, and the decision to hold the charge along the famous Strip at night, the air temperature will most likely drop well below 10 degrees Celsius for all track sessions. The earliest, and therefore most likely the warmest, run out is first practice. That kicks off at 2000 local. However, […]