Mercedes is enacting a plan to manage the media frenzy surrounding its Formula 1 junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli, which will advance whether or not he’s promoted from F2 for 2025.Antonelli’s career has famously progressed at considerable pace, while the 17-year-old Italian’s close relationship with Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff after joining the manufacturer’s junior scheme in 2019 has long …Keep reading
Just one month after Sergio Perez secured a two-year contract extension with Red Bull, his Formula 1 future seems to be unravelling.Performance clauses are putting Perez at risk of losing his seat in a near future, as the grid becomes more and more competitive.The Mexican has scored just 11 points in the four grands prix since his new deal was announced – fewer than Haas’s Nico Hulkenberg or …Keep reading
Oliver Bearman says his Ferrari cameo at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was a “major contributor” to his 2025 Formula 1 seat at Haas, amid his tough Formula 2 season.Bearman was announced last week as one of the American squad’s race drivers for the upcoming F1 campaign, when he will make his full-time debut in the championship.The announcement had been in the pipeline for a while, and seemingly …Keep reading
McLaren CEO Zak Brown says McLaren is “prepared to go toe-to-toe” with Red Bull as it mounts a Formula 1 title challenge, but pledges the team won’t be “nasty” about it.Following a string of car upgrades McLaren has closed the performance gap to Red Bull in recent weeks, having been the highest-scoring team over the past six races.McLaren’s surge to the front has raised simmering tensions between …Keep reading
This weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed will have a unique crossing of worlds as Juncos Hollinger Racing co-owner Brad Hollinger is sporting an IndyCar presence in West Sussex while also featuring two legendary Williams cars from Formula 1.A former shareholder and board member at Williams, Hollinger is now in his third full year as a team owner alongside Ricardo Juncos in North America’s …Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton’s run without a race win came to an end at Silverstone in July after waiting 945 days since his last at the Saudi Arabian GP in 2021. The Brit took his final home grand prix for Mercedes after announcing earlier in the year that he would join Ferrari for the 2025 season.The emotional win was his 104th Formula 1 victory, breaking a number of records with the win, including the most …Keep reading
Tickets for the 2025 British Grand Prix on 6 July are expected to go on sale in a few months following the sell-out 2024 race. Sunday’s grand prix sold out over the weekend after struggling to sell tickets on the run-up to the event.Silverstone’s managing director Stuart Pringle cited Red Bull’s dominance as a reason for poor ticket sales, however, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton warned that …Keep reading
RB looked set to be the best of the rest in Formula 1’s 2024 midfield, even overtaking Aston Martin as the fifth-fastest team. But in recent races the Anglo-Italian squad has struggled to sustain that trajectory, with its wide-ranging Barcelona upgrades sending it up the wrong path.From grabbing solid points in Monaco and Canada, RB was nowhere in Spain as both Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo …Keep reading
The 2024 Dutch GP is set to take place on the 23-25 August, where the crowd will no doubt provide a loud and vibrant atmosphere once again. It may be even louder this year because of how competitive the leading battle is, where there have been six different winners in the opening 12 grands prix of 2024. So it may not be a foregone conclusion that home crowd favourite Max Verstappen will claim …Keep reading
Brad Hollinger is among the few that have seen the world of Formula 1 and the IndyCar Series from an ownership perspective.In 2014, the Pennsylvania native dove into the pinnacle of motorsport and became the second-largest shareholder and a board member at Williams. He spent six years with the team before selling off his 15% share and then in 2021 invested in a vision presented by Ricardo Juncos …Keep reading