Alex Albon says the 2024 Formula 1 season feels like a “missed opportunity” for Williams as it dropped to ninth in the standings.Williams started the season on the back foot with an overweight FW46 and while a lot of effort went into taking the weight out again, that also impacted its update schedule. The Grove-based team only added one significant two-part update to the car right after the …Keep reading
It was one of the more bewildering sights of the 2014 Formula 1 season, as Finbarr O’Connell took his place in the FIA team principals’ press conference at the Abu Dhabi GP. O’Connell was working for insolvency firm Smith & Williamson, who in turn had taken on the administration of Caterham Sports Limited.O’Connell arrived, dressed in white and green Caterham kit, after the team raised …Keep reading
Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says his team will have to improve “every single pillar of performance” to catch McLaren in 2025.Ferrari just fell short of beating McLaren after an up-and-down campaign in which the Scuderia returned to the championship fight and its drivers, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, registered a combined five wins and 22 podiums.For the Maranello squad, 2024 was a …Keep reading
Who will win the 2025 F1 Drivers’ Championship? Will Lewis Hamilton score more points than Charles Leclerc? What impact will the struggles of car manufacturers, especially Europeans, have on F1 next year? How might geopolitics impact on F1, for example in the Middle East and Asia?For our final podcast of the year, we thought that rather than looking backwards with yet another Season Review – …Keep reading
McLaren believes that the reduction in wind tunnel time that it faces as a result of winning the Formula 1 constructors’ championship will not be as big a handicap as some think.The Woking-based outfit’s triumph in last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix helped to secure its first teams’ title since 1998, handing the team a good boost in commercial rights income.But one of the …Keep reading
Changes to the FIA statutes have been granted at the General Assembly in Rwanda, affecting the roles of the ethics and audit committees at motorsport’s governing body.Under new plans, the responsibilities of the compliance officer would mean that power would be handed over to the FIA president and the president of its senate.It would also remove the power of the audit committee to …Keep reading
Rwanda has formally announced its bid to hold a Formula 1 race at a new track close to the planned Bugesera airport near Kigali.The spectacular circuit, which will make full use of the hilly terrain where it is to be constructed, is being designed by former F1 driver Alexander Wurz.Autosport understands Wurz’s company has been working on the project with the government and local …Keep reading
RB introduced a new nose and front wing assembly at the last Formula 1 race of the season in Abu Dhabi last weekend.But while the team did briefly use the latest design during practice on Friday, the team quickly reverted to its regular specification for the rest of the weekend.The car ran with a large Kiel probe rake attached behind the front wheels, with both front wing and nose designs …Keep reading
The FIA has unveiled a series of tweaks to the 2025 Formula 1 regulations governing driver cooling and the application of DRS, and has also revealed revised regulations for 2026.Following the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council in Rwanda, the expected inclusion of driver cooling – denoted by new “heat hazard” regulations when temperatures at races exceed a certain level – has been ratified along …Keep reading
Fernando Alonso knows Aston Martin may not be a frontrunner in Formula 1 next season, but expects his team to jump forward with the new regulations in 2026.After a promising start to the 2023 season, when Alonso achieved six podium finishes in the first eight rounds, Aston’s performance relative to its rivals stalled as McLaren surged ahead.It only got two further top-three results that …Keep reading