Shaila-Ann Rao has returned to the FIA after the world governing body for motorsport confirmed her appointment as a presidential advisor.It marks another post for Rao, who previously worked for the FIA as legal director between 2016-2018 and as interim secretary general for motorsport for a five-month spell in 2022.Her Read more…
Formula 1 has signed a fresh three-year contract extension with promoters of the Mexico Grand Prix to keep the race on the calendar until 2028.The 2025 edition of the race at Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is the last one of its current contract, with promotor CIE having to negotiate Read more…
The trailer for an upcoming documentary on Formula 1 hotshot Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been released ahead of its premiere next week.Netflix will publish ‘The Seat’ on Monday 5 May, and it will be a 45-minute documentary charting the previous year of the Italian’s life as he geared up for Read more…
Sixty-eight thousandths of a second after one lap of the 3.6-mile Suzuka circuit. That was all that separated Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber in qualifying for last week’s Japanese Grand Prix… and it was effectively the margin by which the German won the race.In the final reckoning, 0.068s may even Read more…
Racing Bulls boss Laurent Mekies says losing Yuki Tsunoda to Red Bull was a success for his Formula 1 outfit, despite his fluctuating driver line-ups conflicting with the team’s performance targets.Mekies’ squad has received “super ambitious targets” to fight in F1’s tighter upper midfield, which the team slowly but surely is Read more…
PwC has become Formula 1’s official consulting partner meaning it will offer its services to the series in exchange for branding opportunities from the Miami Grand Prix onwards.One of the United Kingdom’s “big four” accounting firms, PwC – also known as PricewaterhouseCoopers – has signed a multi-year deal with F1 Read more…
It’s 2023, and five grands prix in, Aston Martin has already secured four podium finishes and 102 points in the standings, establishing itself as the second-best team on the grid behind Red Bull. Two years later, and again, five weekends in — that tally has more than halved, with the Read more…
“Over the past five years, we have implemented a very targeted strategy to bring Formula 1 ever closer to the American fans,” F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali told Autosport when discussing the growth in the USA.Has the strategy been successful? Well, if Shakira had been a mathematician, there is Read more…
“Sometimes I have excuses for things, I’m never proud of using any of them – and 95% of the time I think that I can do a better job, no matter what it was.”These words from Lando Norris – published this week on the official Formula 1 website from an Read more…
Ferrari may have achieved just one podium finish in the 2025 Formula 1 season so far, courtesy of Charles Leclerc in Jeddah, but it expects much more to come in the next few months.The Maranello-based outfit is counting on the FIA’s stricter front wing tests, which will be introduced at Read more…