Racing Bulls racing director Alan Permane says getting Yuki Tsunoda to Red Bull should remain a target of the squad’s satellite team after his snub for 2025.Red Bull decided to turn to Tsunoda’s less experienced 2024 team-mate Liam Lawson to replace Sergio Perez at its main team for the upcoming season, ensuring Tsunoda stays at the junior team for a fifth consecutive season, much to the …Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton will be reunited with his former trainer Angela Cullen as he embarks on a new chapter in his F1 career at Ferrari.Hamilton, who enjoyed a formidable partnership with Cullen during his time at Mercedes, has turned to the New Zealander, who will form part of his backroom team.Cullen worked with Hamilton for six of his seven world championship wins but they parted company …Keep reading
It was the first name that stood out on the presentation slide displayed on the wall in one of the meeting rooms in Haas’ UK factory in Banbury.Alongside the appointments of Ronan O’Hare as Oliver Bearman’s race engineer, plus the return of Mark Lowe as sporting director, Laura Muller’s name was confirmed as Esteban Ocon’s race engineer.Read Also: Formula 1Haas makes …Keep reading
Haas has significantly altered its Formula 1 race team staff ahead of the 2025 season, with changes in driver engineers, strategy and sporting operations personnel alongside its two new drivers.Team principal Ayao Komatsu said the alterations represented a “huge change” for Haas, as he briefed the F1 press corps ahead of the new season.Topping the bill of the changes to the American …Keep reading
New Aston Martin team principal Andy Cowell reckons that although the Silverstone outfit “won the world championship for most updates” in 2024, it must work on its internal processes to ensure that new parts deliver the expected performance.Aston Martin started the season in reasonable shape and scored points in the opening seven grands prix, but a comprehensive series of updates at the Imola …Keep reading
The Sauber and Racing Bulls Formula 1 teams will kick off their 2025 campaigns with a multi-day test in Imola this week.As previously reported, Racing Bulls will head to the venue of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix for a three-day test of a previous car [TPC], with its 2025 racing drivers Yuki Tsunoda and debutant Isack Hadjar driving the 2023 AT04 from the team’s AlphaTauri days. Ayumu Iwasa …Keep reading
The South African government has opened up a bid process for prospective organisers of a future Formula 1 race in the country.The government of the African nation has appointed a so-called Formula 1 Bid Steering Committee which has been tasked with finding potential organisers for South Africa’s return to the F1 calendar.South Africa last hosted an F1 grand prix at the Kyalami circuit in …Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton is set to make his Ferrari track debut on 22 January at Fiorano circuit, driving the F1-75 car from the 2022 Formula 1 season, Autosport understands.Joining Charles Leclerc at the Scuderia for the upcoming campaign after spending the last 12 years at Mercedes, Hamilton went to Maranello on Monday morning to prepare for his maiden run in red.Hamilton has been able to get …Keep reading
Williams team principal James Vowles says he is expecting his 2025 line-up of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon to bring his Formula 1 team the leadership it needs to help steer it out of its current plight.The British squad landed a major coup by signing race winner Sainz on a multi-year deal after the Spaniard lost his Ferrari seat to Lewis Hamilton.In Sainz and Albon, Williams is arguably …Keep reading
Alpine’s executive technical director David Sanchez has admitted the team will have no excuses going into Formula 1’s new era in 2026.Since the Renault Group bought the Enstone-based outfit back in late 2015, it has consistently set long-term goals of regular podiums and wins, but the past nine seasons yielded just nine top-three finishes, including Esteban Ocon’s memorable victory in …Keep reading