Mark Webber could be forgiven for wanting to pinch himself just to make sure that the past year hasn’t been a dream. This is not surprising really, for a driver who, in his quest to become the first Australian in over a decade to hold down a regular place in Read more
Bottas, who joined F1 in 2013 with Williams, too struggled to get his personality across during his early years, but after leaving the pressure cooker of Mercedes he has now opened up at Alfa Romeo.The Finn has taken a more active approach to social media, has thrown himself at side Read more
For the fourth consecutive year F1’s Chinese Grand Prix has been cancelled as China continues to wrestle with COVID-19 lockdowns.Following the 2023 round’s cancellation last December, F1 decided not to replace the Shanghai round, opening up a four-week gap between Australia and Azerbaijan on an already packed 23-round calendar.A regular fixture on Read more
The double F1 champion has chalked a hat-trick of podiums to kick off the new F1 season. This follows his switch from Alpine to in-form Aston Martin, who Max Verstappen reckons will win grands prix this year. Verstappen has also noted that Alonso should have more than his current tally of 32 F1 Read more
The Italian also says that it’s too early to make a judgement on how the year will unfold, and he expects to see stronger competition and “great surprises” before it ends.Some observers have suggested that fans attracted in the ‘Drive to Survive era’ during recent competitive seasons may not enjoy seeing Read more
Ferrari made the request after Sainz was docked five seconds following his collision with Fernando Alonso after the final grid restart in Melbourne.The contact between the two Spaniards was one of several incidents that occurred at the restart and which led to the third red flag of the race.Sainz received Read more
Piastri’s F1 debut was much anticipated after McLaren snatched the 2021 Formula 2 champion away from Alpine in last summer’s standout silly season saga.And the 21-year-old Australian hasn’t disappointed so far. Following a disjointed Bahrain weekend for McLaren, Piastri proved a match for Norris in Saudi Arabia and he also Read more
At this point last year, Charles Leclerc had two wins under his belt to lead Ferrari’s blossoming title challenge, its most credible since 2018. Twelve months on, he has only finished one race of three to call it the “worst-ever start of the season”. Meanwhile, a distant sixth in Saudi Read more
The FIA launched an entry process in February that is still open and is scheduled to produce an outcome in June after all bids have been examined.At the moment, if accepted, a new entrant has to pay a $200m ‘anti-dilution fee’ that is shared between the 10 existing teams.Officially that Read more
The as yet unnamed film is being made by the team behind Top Gun: Maverick, with Lewis Hamilton serving as a producer and consultant.It is set to start production in the coming weeks from a base at Silverstone, with some of the action to be shot around real race events Read more