The news that Formula 1 has rubber-stamped Cadillac’s entry into the championship for 2026 is a small but important milestone for the Andretti-backed project, but what comes next is much more significant.The General Motors squad – which will start out as a Ferrari customer engine team while it works to build its own engine to use from the 2028 F1 campaign – now has to clear a series of …Keep reading
Formula 1 has formally approved the entry of General Motors and its Cadillac brand into the championship for the 2026 season and beyond.The move supersedes a deal in principle that was reached between F1 and General Motors last November and now ratifies Cadillac’s slot on the grid as an 11th team.It will mean that the Silverstone-based operation has the full support of GM, initially …Keep reading
While Racing Bulls – and its previous monikers – has shared common technology with its ‘parent’ Red Bull squad throughout its 19-year tenure in Formula 1, the team is a bona fide constructor in its own right.The Italian-registered squad leans on Red Bull for gearboxes, suspension, and other tradeable components to ensure its own operations do not swell unnecessarily, but it has also been …Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton has made notable adjustments to his Ferrari Formula 1 steering wheel layout – incorporating button shifts and clutch and gearbox paddle changes that retain familiarity from his long stint at Mercedes.The changes are all part of Hamilton’s adjustment to life at the Scuderia ahead of the 2025 F1 campaign, with the Italian team working hard to get him comfortable with its …Keep reading
In 2018, I was working as Formula 2’s press officer, working as tangentially to the F1 paddock as conceivably possible. Our occasional interloping among the F1 great and good usually went unnoticed, but we were still privy to the odd bit of goss about the driver market so long as it corresponded with our little world in the support paddock. Did you know that Lando Norris was being tapped up for a …Keep reading
There’s an underlying feeling that grows stronger as you make your way through the episodes of Netflix’s seventh Formula 1 quasi-documentary: they know each other a lot better now. There’s a lot less stating the obvious or over-explaining the basics. Even the main characters introduce themselves to the camera far less often – and when they do, there’s usually a good reason, like Andrea Kimi …Keep reading
If Yuki Tsunoda and his new management were hoping to receive a helping hand from Honda as Tsunoda builds a case to remain in Formula 1, the mood music coming from HQ isn’t promising.As a member of Honda’s driver programme, Tsunoda was fast-tracked through the European junior single-seater ladder, making his F1 debut in 2021 with the team then known as AlphaTauri. At the time it was …Keep reading
It turns out that Formula One Management is not alone in planning on producing a new movie. If Flavio Briatore gets his way, then Alpine is also working on a blockbuster hit that would tell the story of it winning the 2027 Formula 1 world championship.Briatore is back with big ambitions for the Alpine team, and dreaming big of fighting for titles again.The 74-year-old may look like a …Keep reading
The latest season of Drive to Survive is set to land on Friday (7 March) and the teasers and trailers promise more of the same from the super successful series.But what has the impact been on Formula 1, its fandom and the wider media landscape? Our writers offer their views.The dramatisation reeled in a new audience but caused consternation with its core – Jake Boxall-LeggeI don’t …Keep reading
Motorsport UK chairman David Richards has threatened to take legal action against the FIA unless it addresses what he called an “erosion of accountability” under president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s governance.Writing an address to Motorsport UK members, Richards – who was recently prevented from attending a World Motor Sport Council meeting after refusing to sign a non-disclosure agreement – …Keep reading