Aston Martin’s incoming managing technical partner Adrian Newey has delved into the reasons why he left Red Bull and took up a new challenge in Formula 1.After an 18-year stint in Milton Keynes, which yielded eight drivers’ titles and six constructors’ crowns, Newey decided last April to call time on his successful partnership with the team, just one year on from signing a new contract.The …Keep reading
The new Formula 1 season will see the largest rookie intake in years, with five youngsters slotting in up and down the grid from Mercedes to Sauber. Here’s what to expect from the class of ’25.Andrea Kimi Antonelli – Mercedes’ long-term protege handed an early startLeading the 2025 rookie intake in terms of fan and media attention is Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who after an intense preparation …Keep reading
The Formula 1 fanbase has boomed in recent years but alongside the many new supporters of the series, there has also been a huge increase in the ways of consuming content.With an ever-younger demographic, F1 can no longer solely rely on providing two hours of entertainment on a Sunday, once a fortnight, to satisfy the thirst its audience has for engagement.As F1’s director of marketing …Keep reading
Susie Wolff believes it is wrong to suggest she is on “a feminist crusade” with F1 Academy saying the championship is helping motorsport appeal to female fans of Formula 1.The managing director of the single-seater, all-female series revealed the goal of F1 Academy is to have women competing equally against their male counterparts.F1 Academy began in 2023 following the demise of W …Keep reading
Formula 1 has announced luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton will become the Australian Grand Prix’s title sponsor from this year.Louis Vuitton is part of the LVMH group with which F1 signed a 10-year global partnership deal last year that could be worth up to $1 billion.The deal with Louis Vuitton means the company will have prominent trackside signage at the Albert Park circuit in …Keep reading
As it enters the 2025 Formula 1 season, the Haas team has achieved a milestone moment regarding its budget and overall funding sources.Team principal Ayao Komatsu said in a recent roundtable interview attended by Autosport that squad owner Gene Haas for the “first time…doesn’t have to put his money in – it’s great.”While a noteworthy statement alone, a certain amount of …Keep reading
Ferrari’s second Formula 1 test day in Barcelona has been cut short, with Lewis Hamilton’s early shunt bringing the running to a premature end.The Scuderia has been running in Catalunya to make the most of the new, more restrictive regulations surrounding ‘Testing of Previous Cars’ for current Formula 1 racers. Each team is entitled to a yearly allowance of 1000km over four days …Keep reading
With the usual chill in the characteristically breezy Silverstone air, Joseph Loake arrives at the home of the British Grand Prix ready to fulfil a childhood dream: finally, he is going to get behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car, with Aston Martin.Following in the footsteps of drivers who began with David Coulthard in 1989, and include such names as Jenson Button, Paul di Resta, George Russell …Keep reading
Zak Brown says he would welcome full-time FIA race stewards and would accept McLaren paying a percentage towards their wages.Currently, F1 stewards are unpaid volunteers and are only offered travel expenses to preside over races.It has led to calls for F1’s governing body to employ ‘professional’ stewards to help improve consistency in their decision-making.FIA president Mohammed …Keep reading
Won’t somebody think of the poor volunteers?Nobody has chafed so publicly about the absurdity and iniquity of relying on unpaid officials to do the FIA’s heavy lifting than its president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Indeed, last year he announced the formation of a new ‘officials department’ to instill professionalism in the next generation of sports officials.In this sentiment, he was …Keep reading