Zhou joins Ferrari as reserve driver after losing Sauber seat

Zhou Guanyu will join Ferrari as one of its reserve drivers for the 2025 Formula 1 season, taking the role alongside current incumbent Antonio Giovinazzi.Zhou recently ended a three-year stint as a race driver in F1 with Sauber (previously Alfa Romeo), having become the first Chinese race driver in the F1 history. He scored his first championship point on his debut in Bahrain in 2022, and …Keep reading

On the bubble – Moet & Chandon returns as F1 champagne provider

Moet & Chandon has become the latest LVMH brand to partner with Formula 1 as the luxury champagne makes its return to the podium this season – while also becoming title partner of the Belgian Grand Prix.F1 and LVMH signed a 10-year global partnership last year, worth around $1billion, which has seen a number of ‘maisons’ enter the series as part of the agreement.Last week, it was …Keep reading

JA on F1 Podcast: How Brown turned McLaren into a title-winning outfit

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 the door.The American has developed into a strong leader and on the podcast, he …Keep reading

Analysis: How Sauber’s UK engineering hub might solve a big problem for Audi’s F1 growth troubles

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 is primarily hoping to attract F1 staff based in the United Kingdom, while also …Keep reading

Sauber launches UK engineering hub ahead of Audi F1 takeover in 2026

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 the UK’s ‘motorsport valley’, which covers England’s South East and Midlands regions where …Keep reading

Why Haas F1 won’t use Toyota’s wind tunnel despite technical partnership

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 used it in preference to their own. However, Haas has decided …Keep reading

Why the FIA’s F1 flexi wing U-turn might backfire

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 said the FIA was satisfied with the current – if admittedly imperfect – static …Keep reading

Las Vegas GP brought forward by two hours as F1 2025 race times revealed

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 Strip Circuit street track, with Vegas returning to the F1 calendar following a 41-year absence in 2023 and that grand prix plus the 2024 …Keep Read more…

Lawson gets new race engineer for 2025 F1 season

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 Bull employee, Wood joined the team as a strategist before moving into race …Keep reading

The Russell vs Verstappen spat isn’t over and that’s good for F1 2025

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 were awkward missteps in his …Keep reading