When Toto Wolff held his annual media session with a select group of Dutch journalists at Zandvoort, one of the topics that came up was how a Formula 1 team can get the maximum out of a driver and, related to that, how much freedom a team principal should give Read more
Haas has completed its latest Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) run with Ryo Hirakawa, Leonardo Fornaroli and Rafael Camara in action, as focus on its 2027 Formula 1 driver line-up increases.With the 2027 F1 silly season picking up speed since the end of the summer break, Haas is one of Read more
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin rated the team’s pace through Zandvoort’s high-speed corners as “rubbish” and is looking for answers on its inconsistency between both stints and drivers in the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix.After a strong start to the Zandvoort weekend, with George Russell taking pole and victory in the Read more
Lando Norris and McLaren have agreed to a long-term contract extension, keeping the world champion at the Formula 1 team until at least 2030.On Saturday morning McLaren announced it had tied Norris to the team until 2030, with multi-year options to further extend the 26-year-old’s stay. Norris personally announced the news Read more
With what is undoubtedly coming with a salary befitting a world champion, Lando Norris has put pen to paper to a deal tying him to the Woking-based team until 2030, with options for multiple additional years after that, taking Norris into his 30s.Imagining Norris wearing a different-coloured race suit has Read more
Ukraine has lodged a formal complaint to the FIA ethics committee following the lift to the ban on Russian competitors in international motorsport.The Ukrainian Automobile Federation (FAU) requested an urgent investigation into the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF) on Thursday, stating it is in breach of FIA rules over national sporting authorities.The Read more
Ferrari will use its ADUO-permitted upgrade on its engine for the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, while also bringing aerodynamic updates and track-specific parts for its home round.Following reliability checks and the announcement of Ferrari being over 4% behind on the Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) benchmark – and therefore Read more
Just over a month ago, it seemed pretty clear that McLaren was going to be unable to successfully defend the Formula 1 drivers’ title in 2026.Coming into the Hungarian Grand Prix, Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli led the standings with 204 points to his name, while the papaya drivers combined couldn’t even Read more
Marc Marquez has explained why he advised Isack Hadjar against competing in Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix while recovering from a wrist injury.The Red Bull driver was keen to race at Zandvoort last weekend despite having injured his wrist the week before while working out in a gym.But the 21-year-old Read more
The FIA’s ADUO announcement – the Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities for Formula 1 power units – had been a long time coming. In fact, after the results of the first period were shared with all teams and manufacturers at the Monaco Grand Prix, the press release was ready to go Read more