Six members of the environmental activist group broke onto the circuit during the opening lap of last year’s F1 race but a red flag owing to the crash for Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu meant the cars had slowed significantly when they passed the demonstrators on-track on the Wellington Straight.Three Read more
McLaren has a long history of giving drivers a break into F1 – in recent years this includes Lewis Hamilton, Kevin Magnussen, Stoffel Vandoorne and Lando Norris, who this year was joined at the orange team by rookie Oscar Piastri.Its programme has been updated to now, per a McLaren team Read more
The revised rules have been agreed with the teams and are set to be formally approved next week and then used in Azerbaijan, the venue for the first of this season’s six sprint events.Fridays will run to a familiar sprint pattern with FP1 followed by qualifying, but with the grid Read more
F1 has long been looking at format tweaks to enhance the entertainment, particularly with regards to reducing the standard grand prix format’s three practice sessions and instead introduce some form of jeopardy from Friday onwards.It is that idea that led to the introduction of sprints and FOM is now evaluating further tweaks Read more
Several years ago, McLaren operated a three-person technical structure with Tim Goss, Matt Morris and Peter Prodromou working alongside each other.Goss and Morris later left the team, and in 2019 James Key joined as technical director with overall responsibility for the car.The latest structure has derived from a review commissioned Read more
“We look like a bunch of wankers.”It’s fair to say that a star was born when Guenther Steiner uttered words to that effect on an early season of Drive to Survive. Just as much as the Netflix documentary has propelled Formula 1 into the limelight and helped it amass a Read more
The FWA, which has been established by Frank’s daughter and former deputy team principal Claire, is aiming to raise £1.5 million to kickstart its work over three initial years.This will be aimed at improving the lives of people who have suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury and the organisation is Read more
New Williams boss Vowles has readily acknowledged the team must overcome years of underinvestment, which has previously led it to recruit the well-funded Nicholas Latifi, Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin.Given F1’s popularity surge in the United States, some have labelled the signing of Sargeant – the first full-time American race Read more
That possibility is one of the more intriguing stories to have emerged during the April break, and while it may sound a little far-fetched, history has shown that anything can happen in F1, especially when it comes to juggling team identities and power unit suppliers.The 2026 season will see a Read more
Alpine overtook McLaren to finish fourth in 2022 and for this year its target was to be closer to third place than to fifth.That goal took an unexpected hit due to Aston Martin’s giant leap forward, with the Silverstone team second behind Red Bull after three grands prix as it Read more