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, Read more…
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 Read more…
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, Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, and now Oliver Bearman – the most recent Formula 1 drivers to have opened the Autosport International Show.In cutting the red ribbon to allow the public access to the 2025 show last Saturday, Haas rookie Bearman closed a remarkably fast circle of single-seater career progression. For Read more…
Charles Leclerc’s former race engineer at the Ferrari Formula 1 team has been recruited by Cadillac as technical director of its LMDh sportscar project. Xavier Marcos Padros is taking up the new position within the Cadillac V-Series.R programme, which straddles the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship, after seven Read more…