The iconic Blue Oval brand is understood to be in advanced talks with Red Bull about badging the team’s power units from the start of the 2026 season.There are even suggestions that the deal could be firmed up before the start of the forthcoming campaign.For now, Ford is remaining silent on the state of play with Red Bull.However, it has admitted that the ramping up of …Keep reading
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both won races for Ferrari last year, but it was Leclerc who finished second in the championship, 62 points clear of Sainz, who admitted he struggled to adapt to the Ferrari F1-75 car as quickly as his team-mate.Talk of team orders between Leclerc and Sainz emerged as early as round four at Imola last season after Leclerc forged an early lead at the top of the …Keep reading
Aitken has spent the past three years as reserve driver for Williams, and made his first grand prix start in the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix deputising for George Russell, who in turn replaced a COVID-19-struck Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes.He maintained his relationship with the Grove-based squad even after ending his full-time single-seater career in 2021 in favour of a switch to endurance racing …Keep reading
Red Bull will run the 2011-spec car in a special demonstration around the famous Mount Panorama circuit during the 12 Hour weekend.While the initial announcement didn’t name who would drive the car, prompting speculation that Daniel Ricciardo could make an appearance on home soil, it has now been confirmed that Super Formula-bound Lawson will be behind the wheel.It will mark the Kiwi’s …Keep reading
Paul Scriven, a Liberal Democrat life peer, has written to Ben Sulayem to express his concerns about both the FIA’s clampdown on drivers making political statements, as well as the president’s failure to respond to correspondence sent last year.In the letter, a copy of which has been seen by Autosport, Lord Scriven explains that he was one of 90 lawmakers who wrote to the FIA last March to …Keep reading
The German returns to the grid with Haas this season after three years as a reserve for the Racing Point/Aston Martin team.During that time he made five appearances as a substitute for drivers who were sidelined by COVID-19.Daniel Ricciardo has made it clear that he sees his new job as a Red Bull reserve as a chance to get his head together after a tough 2022 season, and Hulkenberg agrees …Keep reading
Although it didn’t appear in the first Formula 1 world championship in 1950, as Ferrari did, the legend of the Silver Arrows had already been forged before the Second World War.For this list, Autosport chief editor Kevin Turner assesses the amount of success the drivers scored with Mercedes, the impact they had on the team and the circumstances of their time there.Want to know more about …Keep reading
FIA president Ben Sulayem tweeted at the start of the month that he wanted to explore the possibility of expanding the F1 grid by calling for expressions of interest from potential new teams. This was soon followed by Andretti announcing a new partnership with General Motors to form Andretti Cadillac Racing and join the F1 grid in the future. Andretti’s plans have so far been …Keep reading
Following the departure of Sauber CEO and Alfa Romeo F1 boss Frederic Vasseur to Ferrari in December, Sauber signed ex-McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl to take over as CEO.It was also confirmed at the time that Sauber – which operates the Alfa Romeo F1 team – would be splitting the roles, and was still looking for an F1 team chief.Sauber announced on Thursday that Alunni Bravi, who is …Keep reading
This week’s podcast looks at the 26 drivers who took a single world championship F1 win. Some of those drivers should have won many more races, while others got on the list through good fortune or an outstanding performance.Here is our pick of F1’s top 10 one-hit wonders, based on their drives to victory, the circumstances of that success and their overall careers.We’re excluding those …Keep reading