Ex-Haas engineering stalwart Gary Gannon has been signed by Aston Martin ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season, Autosport can reveal.Gannon left his previous post with Haas at the end of the 2024 F1 campaign – signing off alongside Nico Hulkenberg, for whom he had worked as a race engineer at the American squad since the start of 2023.Before that, Gannon held the same role for Mick …Keep reading
New Red Bull driver Liam Lawson has insisted he was not “trying to set an example” with his hard racing during his six-round campaign in Formula 1 last year.The Kiwi replaced Daniel Ricciardo at RB [now known as Racing Bulls] ahead of the last two triple-headers of the 2024 season, as Red Bull was keen to evaluate Lawson with a view to promoting him to the main team – and eventually did …Keep reading
Williams team principal James Vowles has admitted his approach to restructuring the Grove-based outfit always risked being detrimental in the short-term.The former strategy director of Mercedes joined Williams two years ago, with some of the infrastructure famously described as dating back to the “Ming Dynasty” and an Excel spreadsheet used to track all car parts, partly due to a lack of …Keep reading
For Miami Grand Prix president Tyler Epp, 2024 was the year which saw the event blossom into what race organisers had always hoped it would be.A harsh spotlight had shone on the previous races at the Miami International Autodrome following its high-profile inclusion on the 2022 Formula 1 calendar but, as Lando Norris claimed his maiden victory in the sport, Epp could also afford to …Keep reading
There’s one significant detail about Franco Colapinto’s move to Alpine – and that’s his current job description at Enstone probably not being what he and his managers are really aiming for.“If Franco is not in a racing seat next year, we’ll have a historic car, two-year-old car,” Colapinto’s now former boss James Vowles, from Williams, said at a press conference in Qatar. “He’ll be …Keep reading
Another link between Formula 1’s past and present has been severed – for now. Alessandro Alunni Bravi might not be a household name for fans but the announcement that he is to leave Sauber puts even more distance between F1’s corporate present and its past as Bernie Ecclestone’s personal fiefdom.Read Also: Formula 1Sauber F1 chief Alunni Bravi to leave team at end of …Keep reading
Red Bull has agreed an earlier exit for future Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley, while letting McLaren wait on sporting director Will Courtenay.Wheatley was announced as Sauber’s future team boss last August, but continued in his long-time role as Red Bull’s sporting director through the 2024 season.Autosport understands Wheatley, who has worked for Red Bull since 2006, is now on …Keep reading
Sauber managing director and team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi will part ways with the Formula 1 squad at the end of January after an eight-year stint.The bespectacled Italian was added to the board of the Sauber team following its takeover by Longbow Finance in 2017, the investment company headed by TetraPak billionaire Finn Rausing.Previously, Alunni Bravi had enjoyed a lengthy …Keep reading
Fittingly for a city known as the Marriage Capital of the World, the arrival of Formula 1 in Las Vegas marked the beginning of a memorable union, with race organisers already planning for year three.The Las Vegas Grand Prix burst onto the 2023 F1 calendar with the glitz and glamour that is always associated with Sin City and, after initial teething problems involving a loose drain cover …Keep reading
The FIA has countered criticism from Formula 1 drivers on how it spends the money generated by fines.The situation around driver fines was one of several topics that caused unease among F1 drivers last season as they grew increasingly frustrated at how FIA president Mohamed Ben Sulayem has been running things.Over the 2024 season a total of around 270,000 euros – not counting suspended …Keep reading