Baku is the first F1 sprint event to be held on a street circuit, and the chances of accidents occurring have been ramped up by the decision to make the sprint a standalone event.That is being done largely to encourage drivers to take more risks and produce a better show Read more
Last week, the magazine Die Aktuelle featured a story claiming to be Schumacher’s first interview since his 2013 skiing accident.The magazine’s front cover featured a picture of a smiling Schumacher promising a “first interview”. Inside it went on to present a story with mock quotes generated by AI technology, with Read more
A race on the famous Strip in Nevada will mark the first time that F1 and its owner Liberty Media have taken the act of race promotion in-house, rather than relying on a local third party to organise the event before the championship claims back a substantial fee.F1 CEO Stefano Read more
2021 Formula 2 champion Piastri was drafted in to replace fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who failed to live up to expectations in his two seasons in the team as he struggled to come to grips with McLaren’s cars.The expectation was that highly-rated Piastri would be able to get closer to Read more
One-lap form will be especially important in Baku as the sprint event will have its own qualifying session on Saturday, so drivers and teams will have to get it right twice.Ferrari had the second-fastest car over one lap in both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia behind Red Bull, but it stumbled Read more
The Faenza-based team admitted it had missed some of its development targets to start the 2023 season and has been stuck near the back of the grid across the first three races.After failing to score in the first two rounds, Tsunoda took a solitary point in a chaotic Australian Grand Prix, leaving Read more
On Friday morning, Autosport revealed that Allison is going back to the previous position he held at the team, with his successor Mike Elliott swapping roles in the other direction and becoming the team’s chief technical officer.In several ways, this is starkly new ground for the modern Mercedes squad, in Read more
After finishing seventh in 2022, Aston Martin has made a major leap forward, holding second in the constructors’ standings after three races by virtue of Fernando Alonso’s three consecutive podiums.It is the most significant year-on-year improvement for an F1 team in many seasons, but Stroll’s ambitions reach much further.The Canadian Read more
The switch, which forms part of a raft of changes the team is making to help it return to the front of the F1 grid, will see Allison return to the role of technical director, while Elliott is to take up the position of Chief Technical Officer.The bold change, which Read more
For two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner and long-time Formula 1 tester Alex Wurz, the question of choosing a favourite racing car isn’t dictated by whether he raced or tested it. Instead, it’s something rather more simple that is behind the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association president’s pick of the McLaren Read more