When Zak Brown joined McLaren as its CEO in 2018, it was a completely different operation to it is now having won the 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship.It was McLaren’s first teams’ crown since 1998 and came after several management and structural changes from the moment Brown first walked through Read more…
Sauber opening a technical centre for Audi’s coming Formula 1 entry appears to solve one big headache for the nascent project, while also drawing new parallels with rival squad, Haas.The news that Sauber is now searching for premises on which to open its ‘Sauber Motorsport Technology Centre UK’ means it Read more…
Sauber is set to establish a United Kingdom base as it prepares to morph into the Audi Formula 1 factory team in 2026.The team’s headquarters will remain in the Swiss municipality of Hinwil, while running its power unit operation in Neuburg, Germany.But it will now open a third location in Read more…
Haas will continue to work in Ferrari’s Formula 1 wind tunnel despite signing a high-profile technical partnership with Toyota last year.Although Toyota’s F1 team came and went expensively during the 2000s without securing a single victory, its wind tunnel in Cologne was once considered so cutting edge that other F1 outfits Read more…
The FIA has changed its stance by imposing stricter tests on F1’s controversial flexing wings to avoid the topic causing more drama over the 2025 Formula 1 season, but by delaying their introduction it is guaranteed to remain a talking point.Until late last season the FIA’s single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis Read more…
The start time of the Las Vegas Grand Prix has been brought forwards by two hours to an 8pm slot for the 2025 edition – meaning the Formula 1 race will now start at 4am in the United Kingdom.This is different from the first two races held on the city’s Read more…
Red Bull has named Sergio Perez’s former performance engineer Richard Wood as the new race engineer for incoming Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson in 2025.Wood garnered experience on the Red Bull pit wall several times during 2024 when Perez’s regular race engineer Hugh Bird was on paternity leave.A long-term Red Read more…
It was rather unexpected.George Russell, atop the sun-soaked Mercedes hospitality/engineering building in the Abu Dhabi paddock ahead of the 2024 season finale, about to unleash 15 minutes just savaging Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.Russell’s agitation even shone through his dark-tinted sunglasses. This clearly wasn’t a path he found comfortable, and there Read more…
Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase has explained how using a “subservient” approach with the Red Bull driver aided his Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix victory charge last season.The pair’s relationship has often grabbed attention since Verstappen’s arrival at Red Bull in 2016, with Lambiase not shy in being firm Read more…
Pierre Gasly has set a bold target of a top-five finish for Alpine in the 2025 Formula 1 constructors’ championship.Alpine endured a difficult campaign last year, partly down to its A524 car being overweight at the start of the season. The team languished in ninth place until its position in Read more…