F1’s team boss merry-go-round started with Mattia Binotto leaving Ferrari at the end of November to be replaced by Alfa Romeo’s Fred Vasseur.Andreas Seidl left McLaren to become Alfa’s CEO, with Andrea Stella replacing him at the Woking squad while Alessandro Alunni Bravi was appointed Alfa’s team representative on F1 Read more
Seidl’s move to Sauber was announced late last year, and Stella was immediately named as his successor as team principal.Stella joined McLaren from Ferrari in 2015 and has had various job titles, latterly serving as racing director.Brown says that Stella’s knowledge of the team made the transition much easier than Read more
At one stage last year Wolff suggested the 2022 car, which eventually won the Brazilian Grand Prix in the hands of George Russell, should be consigned to the “caves” under the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart.But instead Wolff later thought about placing the car in the F1 team’s lobby as a Read more
Vowles left Mercedes, where he was highly regarded as its strategy director, to head up Williams after the departure of former team principal Jost Capito.The move was endorsed by Mercedes chief Toto Wolff, who said he had “no doubts whatsoever” that Vowles “has all the necessary skills to become a Read more
The Miami Grand Prix is back! Formula 1 returns to the Sunshine State for only the second year in its history as F1 Miami tickets go on sale in the most sought-after grandstand spots!May 2023 will see the world flock to Florida for this high-octane, all-American show of motorsport magnificence. Read more
With an F1 power unit freeze in place since the start of last year, manufacturers are not allowed to deliver any specific performance upgrades.However, car makers can still introduce reliability fixes, some of which may also deliver consequential power gains.There has even been talk over the winter that some manufacturers Read more
The team issued a brief statement on Monday afternoon announcing that the Canadian had been sidelined for the 23-25 February test as a result of a “minor accident” but that he likely faces a quick recovery.Aston Martin says it will release a further update on Stroll’s condition ahead of the Read more
De Vries has been snapped up by AlphaTauri for 2023 in the wake of an impressive F1 debut at last year’s Italian Grand Prix, where he scored points after standing in for the unwell Alex Albon at Williams.And Shovlin, speaking in a new book about the careers of Dutch drivers Max Verstappen and Read more
This is why every season there is some toing and froing between the competitors and the FIA in this endless battle for performance.The 2023 season has already shown two clear examples of ways teams have aggressively pursued ideas that some of their rivals may have presumed were banned.Mercedes and Ferrari both Read more
Launched officially on Thursday, the car is very different to the A522, with new rear suspension among the changes, many of which are intended to help with a weight-saving programme that has put the car under the minimum limit.The power unit department in Viry also focused on reliability over the Read more