And while there remain some big challenges ahead, because Andretti still needs to agree a commercial deal with FOM to be allowed to race, it is the closest F1 has had to a new team entrant for a while. As Autosport’s sister site Motorsport-Total.com revealed over the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, Andretti was the last […]
Sargeant has six races left with which to secure his place on the F1 grid, and despite the public show of faith from team principal James Vowles, it’s obvious that he’ll have to improve his performance relative to team-mate Alex Albon while staying clear of trouble. Inevitably the knowledge that the clock is ticking will […]
This may yet be the most difficult challenge yet for Andretti; although it has proven to the FIA that it has merit on sporting, technical, and financial grounds, thrashing out a deal with FOM will be tough given that the existing 10 teams will put the championship under pressure. After all, the existing teams have […]
The Woking-based team has impressed greatly this season, having transformed its MCL60 from a midfield contender at the start of the campaign to fighting regularly for podium finishes. PLUS: How McLaren has revamped its F1 team to become a contender again McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said recently that it has not yet achieved half of what […]
Ever since the Italian Grand Prix last month, the FIA has been refining its approach to the inherent difficulties of slow cars in qualifying causing problems for cars on quick laps. In the past, the only demand placed on drivers was for them to maintain a minimum speed on their lap back to the pits […]
Ricciardo, paid by McLaren to leave the team for this season, was called to replace sacked AlphaTauri driver Nyck de Vries from Hungary. But two rounds later, the Australian crashed in practice at Zandvoort, sustaining a broken metacarpal in his left hand and flew to Spain for immediate surgery. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner […]
Boosted by the arrival of new title sponsor BWT and the prize money associated with fourth place in the World Championship the team increased its income from £201,485,000 in 2021 to £249,038,000 last year, representing a gain of 23.6%. Cost of sales, the measure of what the team spent on its overall operation, rose at […]
With its two drivers on slightly offset strategies at Suzuka, McLaren had to ask Piastri to let Norris through at one point to ensure that they did not waste time fighting each other and risk squandering the team’s prospects for a double podium finish. The latest call to get the drivers to help each other […]
F1’s official tyre supplier has been evaluating some minor tweaks to next year’s tyre compound selection in a bid to tidy up some minor issues. One of the areas it thought about changing was making the C2 – the third hardest compound in its selection that runs from C0 to C5 – slightly softer. This […]
Following months of analysis by the FIA over the expressions of interest to join F1 from 2025 at the earliest, the governing body has finally announced the outcome of its efforts. In a statement issued on Monday, it said that Andretti was the only applicant that was being put forward to the third and final […]