Mauro Forghieri’s stint with Ferrari as technical director and both chassis and engine designer lasted from 1959 to 1987, and he is credited by the team with an involvement in 54 grand prix wins and nine world championships. The fact that he survived for nearly three decades in an organisation noted Read more
Hamilton has worked with Bonnington, known as Bono, since joining Mercedes in 2013, with one of the hallmarks of their time together being Bonnington’s call of “it’s hammer time” to Hamilton over the radio.It serves as a reference to the catchphrase in MC Hammer’s 1990 song “U Can’t Touch This” Read more
The Frenchman is leaving the Faenza-based squad at the end of the season to join Alpine for 2023, and is being replaced by rookie Nyck de Vries.PLUS: Why Red Bull freedom and an Alpine switch can define Gasly’s F1 careerBut having built up a good friendship with Tsunoda during their two Read more
For the third time this season, F1 will run its sprint race format and schedule, which puts qualifying on Friday afternoon to make room for the sprint race on Saturday afternoon in the usual qualifying slot.The Interlagos circuit becomes the first venue to host two sprint weekends, having done the Read more
Following months of speculation, it was announced shortly before the recent Mexican Grand Prix that Audi had chosen Sauber as its partner for when the German car manufacturer enters F1’s new engine rules era.Sauber has had works partnerships in the past – most famously with BMW from 2006 to 2009 Read more
As well as securing his second F1 drivers’ crown in 2022, Verstappen has, with 14 grand prix wins, taken the world record for the most victories in a campaign.And while domination by a single team is quite common in grand prix racing, Horner reckons that the nature of Verstappen’s charge Read more
Latifi has two races remaining with Williams before ending his three-year stint at the team after announcing their split back in September.The Canadian driver has always maintained that he is open to a number of possible racing options next year, but has been strongly linked with a potential switch to Read more
Recently one of the FIA female stewards, Silvia Bellot, was the subject of death threats. It is utterly deplorable that a volunteer such as Silvia or any of our marshals and officials, who volunteer their time to allow us to go racing, is the subject of such hatred.Indeed a number Read more
Vettel is set to retire from F1 at the end of the current campaign, which concludes after this month’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.There, should he take part in this weekend’s main race at Interlagos after its sprint event, Vettel will make his 299th and last F1 grand prix start.After his Read more
The German manufacturer has endured a tricky season with the W13, which suffered a lot early on from excessive bouncing.It took several months for Mercedes to understand the factors that were at play and implement car tweaks that have helped Lewis Hamilton and George Russell make progress over the second Read more