21 November 2024 12:17
Formula 1 has modified the Las Vegas Strip circuit's manhole and valve covers to prevent a repeat of Carlos Sainz's heavy crash last year.During the very first practice session for Formula 1's first race around the Las Vegas Strip, Sainz suffered a huge accident when his Ferrari dislodged a water valve cover on the main straight.The incident, which was caused by a failure of the cover's concrete ...
21 November 2024 11:36
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu reckons that "everybody" is against 2026's planned cost cap offset for Audi to account for Swiss wages, stating that it risks opening a can of worms.The higher average wage in Switzerland means that the current Sauber team operates at a theoretical disadvantage when it comes to funds available for development, assuming an equivalent-sized workforce to the teams ...
21 November 2024 10:33
The FIA has issued a technical directive to clamp down on Formula 1 teams exploiting a loophole in the rules over preventing plank wear.Motorsport.com understands the technical directive removes some freedoms provided by an earlier directive to help preserve the plank by installing supporting skid blocks on the floor.Under the current ground-effect regulations teams have been trying to run their ...
21 November 2024 10:17
Oscar Piastri says that McLaren has rolled back its ‘Papaya Rules’ team orders – which means he is no longer automatically playing a support role to Lando Norris.As part of McLaren’s efforts to try to help Norris beat Max Verstappen to the drivers’ championship, the Woking-based squad got Piastri to help out when appropriate to maximise his team-mate’s points-scoring opportunities.This ...
21 November 2024 09:22
Lando Norris believes he now has what it takes to win the Formula 1 world drivers' championship despite admitting he "definitely wasn't at the level I needed to be at" earlier in the season.Having emerged as the closest challenger to reigning champion Max Verstappen, Norris' chances faded after a poor Brazilian Grand Prix saw him drop from pole to finish sixth.Verstappen, on the other hand ...
21 November 2024 09:12
Yuki Tsunoda has revealed that he feared being sent back home after being stopped by immigration for questioning on his arrival in the United States ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Japanese flew into America for a promotional event in Las Vegas earlier this week but faced dramas at the airport – being pulled aside and interviewed amid some doubts about whether or not he should be let ...
21 November 2024 08:59
Dan Fallows' removal as technical director at Aston Martin came as the team hadn't matched its expectations for 2024, according to performance director Tom McCullough.McCullough noted the ex-Red Bull aerodynamicist's contributions after joining Aston Martin in 2022, which carried into 2023 as the team made a concerted leap from F1's midfield to podium contention.However, results tailed off toward ...
21 November 2024 07:20
George Russell has spoken about his frustration with the FIA for not responding to the Grand Prix Drivers' Association and said many drivers are "fed up with the whole situation".The GPDA released a statement targeting the FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem following the Brazilian Grand Prix in which it urged the FIA to treat its members "like adults" and for Ben Sulayem to "consider his own tone ...
21 November 2024 06:36
Max Verstappen says he has a desire to venture into endurance racing in the future, but admits his focus is squarely on Formula 1 as he sits on the brink of a fourth consecutive title.The 27-year-old Dutchman took part in a celebration of Honda's 'Hybrid Heroes' on Tuesday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where he received his first taste of GTP machinery behind the wheel of an Acura ARX-06.Coached up ...
21 November 2024 05:05
After a successful inaugural race last year, F1 returns to the famous Las Vegas Strip as part of a triple header that also includes stops in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.The race provides Red Bull driver Max Verstappen with his first opportunity to wrap up the 2024 title, having extended his advantage to 62 points with victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix.As was the case in 2023, the race will take place on ...
20 November 2024 20:32
When I ask Emma Gwyther if she’s ever arranged a last-minute helicopter transfer into a Formula 1 track for one of her ultra-high-net-worth clients, she describes the task the way one might describe running a quick errand at the store. “Oh yes, we’ve done that before,” Gwyther, founder and CEO of Interluxe Group tells me. “We all know what the traffic is like getting in and out of COTA ...
20 November 2024 19:19
The Visa Cash App RB cars certainly won’t be difficult to spot on the streets of Las Vegas this weekend. On Wednesday, the team unveiled a sparkling livery that will be run on Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda’s cars during the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, inspired by the Cash App Visa Glitter Card. The announcement was made with the help of "Entourage" actors Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara, who ...
20 November 2024 18:01
Formula 1’s return to the American desert, a first in more than four decades, offered up-close racing and myriad of overtakes, proving that the F1 circus and the accompanying spectacle of Las Vegas were made for each other. As the circus sets up in Sin City once again this week, teams up and down the grid won’t be leaving things up to Lady Luck for the race. They’re armed with intel and ...
20 November 2024 15:31
Based on previous results on similar circuits, Ferrari and McLaren are the pre-race favourites as Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas, but two key factors could yet trip them up.This is also notwithstanding a rather resurgent Red Bull after Max Verstappen’s thumping victory last time out in Brazil, his win in F1’s return to Sin City last year and how his team’s car packages have been superb on ...
20 November 2024 14:15
Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes has opened up on the team's decision to switch to Mercedes powertrains for Formula 1's new rules for 2026, stating the team simply wanted "the best engine in the back of the car".The team's parent company Renault had invested in F1's switch to a near-50:50 split between its internal combustion engine and electric motor, but elected to shutter down its powertrain ...
20 November 2024 12:30
As Formula 1 enters a final triple-header that will decide the outcome of both championships, there is an inevitability that at its denouement will be a ton of regret from the losers.That is perhaps more so when it comes to the constructors’ championship fight, because it is a battle where the three contenders can all lay claim that they had in their hands the chance to win.McLaren, Ferrari and ...
20 November 2024 09:50
By fielding a "hurt" Carlos Sainz alongside Alex Albon, Williams will be bolstered by a driver looking to prove the top teams that turned him down wrong.While there is naturally a lot of interest in Lewis Hamilton's long-awaited move to Ferrari to partner Charles Leclerc, the driver Hamilton replaces has just as compelling a story, even if Sainz's move to Williams is unlikely to lead to short-term ...
19 November 2024 19:00
The Las Vegas Grand Prix's current version is substantially different than the original early-'80s race, which was held, glamorously, in the parking lot of Caesar’s Palace. For one, it features a 3.8-mile city course with DRS zones and one legendary blast down Sin City's (in)famous Strip. With a pair of sizable straights, drivers will crest more than 215 mph at various points. Max Verstappen ...
19 November 2024 18:50
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff has claimed suggestions he is "happy" that Lewis Hamilton is leaving the team have taken his comments "out of context".Hamilton is entering his last three races in Mercedes colours before his switch to Ferrari for next year, having won six F1 drivers' titles in his time with the Brackley-based outfit that he joined in 2013.It left Mercedes with a seat ...
19 November 2024 13:29
It was about to be a busy few weeks for James Hinchcliffe. When we met in Austin, he was just starting off a triple-header, having joined the F1 TV team for the series’ North American swing. In between filming spots, he roamed the paddock picking up information he could put to good use, then picked up a microphone the moment any on-track action — practice, qualifying, the race — wrapped up ...
19 November 2024 13:07
Formula 1 has been accused of "stifling competition" after insisting all tickets resold through third parties for the F175 event at London's O2 next year will be invalid.Tickets for the 18 February event, where all 10 teams will unveil their liveries for 2025 with all 20 drivers set to be present, sold out in just 45 minutes when the general sale window opened last Friday.Soon after, tickets were ...
19 November 2024 10:24
The FIA’s prototype method for its new Formula 1 cooling device involves cooled water being pumped around driver overalls, with different design approaches permitted in future rules, Motorsport.com can reveal.Last week, the results of the latest meeting of the F1 Commission declared that a new driver cooling provision will be added to F1’s rules from 2025, following the extreme heat ...
18 November 2024 14:46
Formula 1 has formally announced that from 2026 the Canadian Grand Prix will move to earlier in the calendar to “rationalise” the schedule with an expected link with Miami.In a statement issued on Monday, F1 said that the Montreal race was “planned to be scheduled on the third or fourth weekend of May each year”, rather than mid-June as it has typically been held in recent seasons.The move ...
18 November 2024 11:23
The two drivers have been seen in many different special styles from the sportswear manufacturer in recent seasons and will now sport clothing with ‘natural fading and distressed elements’ from the latest collection, which is also available to fans. Ferrari finished second and sixth on their last visit to Las Vegas, where Puma marked the event by with a range of radical red gear emblazoned ...
18 November 2024 10:12
Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas for the second edition of its street race on the Strip. Here's what's at stake in Sin City.A fourth world title for Verstappen?In the drivers' championship, Max Verstappen could claim his fourth straight world title. With 86 points up for grabs across the remaining three race weekends, the Red Bull man is guaranteed another crown by winning the race outright, or indeed ...
17 November 2024 12:53
While he fights for the Formula 2 crown, Isack Hadjar is keeping a watchful eye on developments as Red Bull evaluates its Formula 1 driver line-ups.Officially, Sergio Perez was confirmed alongside Max Verstappen at the Milton Keynes-based squad, while Yuki Tsunoda was announced as staying at RB and Liam Lawson is widely expected to be given a seat as he has been impressing lately as Daniel ...
16 November 2024 17:46
Ahead of grand prix qualifying at every Formula 1 race, the mechanics across the grid must complete a task they just cannot get wrong.This is to strip two cars down after each FP3 session or sprint race and build them back up again, while incorporating the final set-up adjustments and repairs required by their drivers and engineers ahead of qualifying.On a typical non-sprint weekend, the whole ...
16 November 2024 11:19
Argentina has taken its first tentative steps towards a return of its Formula 1 grand prix in Buenos Aires but will have several hurdles to overcome to get there.Argentina's former vice president Daniel Scioli, who currently serves as the country's tourism minister, led a delegation that also included the Argentinian automobile federation president Cesar Carman as they held exploratory talks with ...
15 November 2024 17:59
Fans who were unable to purchase tickets for F1's livery launch event at London's O2 Arena next year have been urged not to buy from resale websites.Formula 1's 75th anniversary season will begin in unfamiliar surroundings as all 10 teams launch their 2025 liveries alongside one another on 18 February.The event will bring together all 20 drivers and their team principals, giving fans a first look ...
15 November 2024 16:31
Williams has announced that Carlos Sainz has received Ferrari’s permission to appear in Formula 1’s season-concluding Abu Dhabi tyre test to get an early sample of his new team’s car.Sainz will join Williams alongside Alex Albon in 2025, with his current deal to race for Ferrari expiring at the end of the year and his seat being taken by current Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.Both Sainz and ...
15 November 2024 15:19
After almost two decades working at one of the most successful junior single-seater teams in motorsport, Stephanie Carlin joined McLaren at the beginning of the year, supporting young drivers who are part of the team's Driver Development Programme.Carlin's route to the job is in stark contrast to the previous academy chief at the Formula 1 constructors' championship-leading outfit, with Emanuele ...
15 November 2024 13:44
Ask Jan Lammers to name his favourite racing car, and he doesn’t plump for any of the Formula 1 machines he raced or tested - and the latter category includes the world championship-winning Lotus 79.Nor does he go for the Toyota TS010 3.5-litre Group C contender he describes as the “fastest thing I ever drove”. Top of the list for the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours winner is the BMW M1 Procar in ...
15 November 2024 12:48
Damon Hill has announced his exit from the Sky Sports Formula 1 presenting roster ahead of the 2024 season-ending triple-header.The 1996 Formula 1 world champion had been a permanent fixture on the Sky Sports team since the broadcaster gained the rights to F1 from the BBC ahead of the 2012 season.Writing on social media, the 64-year-old said: "It's been a fantastic 13 years with Sky Sports F1 but ...
15 November 2024 09:27
New-for-2025 Sauber Formula 1 driver Gabriel Bortoleto has revealed he has "always admired" Max Verstappen and his driving style, placing the Dutchman alongside Ayrton Senna as his inspiration in racing.Bortoleto, who leads the F2 championship standings heading into the final two rounds of the season, was announced last week as Sauber's second new recruit alongside Nico Hulkenberg in the team's ...
14 November 2024 21:15
Despite some teething issues — Formula 1's first Las Vegas Grand Prix on and around the gambling haven's iconic Strip was both an on-track and commercial success.After several hiccups during practice, the race turned out to be entertaining, and the marketing and hospitality-driven hype around the race ensured the event generated more tax revenue than any other event in Las Vegas history, with ...
14 November 2024 19:21
Worlds collided when Trackhouse Racing teammates Shane van Gisbergen and Connor Zilisch met up with RB's Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson in Texas earlier this year. All four Red Bull athletes got together to see what would happen when you put an F1 driver in a stock car on a dirt oval no less.Van Gisbergen is a three-time Supercars champion who became a full-time NASCAR driver after his stunning Cup ...
14 November 2024 17:59
Red Bull was concerned about being portrayed as the "villain" in the new Formula 1 film, co-producer Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed.The upcoming F1 movie has seen heavy involvement from the real-world paddock, with filming continuing to take place on grand prix weekends, including at the recent Mexico City Grand Prix where star Brad Pitt was pictured waving to fans.The cars used for the fictional ...
14 November 2024 17:39
Mercedes is set to use the final Formula 1 races of the season to gain further understanding of its weaknesses, having accepted it will finish fourth in the constructors' standings.The Silver Arrows displayed a turn in fortunes mid-season and after a winless 2023 picked up three race victories during the summer.George Russell capitalised on contact between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris to win in ...
14 November 2024 13:51
The Monaco Grand Prix's position on the Formula 1 calendar remains intact, bar a minor date tweak, as a new deal has been signed to run until 2031.But given the iconic race's place in F1 has come under question in recent years, is this the right move for the series? Our writers give their input.There's enough room in the calendar for one weekend where the thrill isn't the race – but it has its ...
14 November 2024 11:05
The Monaco Grand Prix will remain on the Formula 1 calendar until 2031, the series has announced.One of the crown jewels of F1's calendar, Monaco's contract was up for renewal after the 2025 edition.There had been doubts about Monaco's long-term future of the race given its notorious struggles to provide an entertaining race on the narrow streets of the principality, but F1 and the Automobile Club ...
14 November 2024 10:56
As Franco Colapinto has impressed the Formula 1 paddock at Williams as a mid-season replacement for Logan Sargeant, there has been plenty of calls to keep him on the grid for 2025.But with no room at the Grove-based squad, as Carlos Sainz comes in alongside Alex Albon, the team has been aiming to help the Argentinian find a spot elsewhere.Over recent weeks speculation linking him to Red Bull has ...
14 November 2024 09:33
Ferrari has admitted it was late to the party in exploiting the benefits of Formula 1’s flexi wing tricks because it was convinced the FIA would clamp down on the practice.F1 teams have found that exploiting aero elasticity on front wings with the current generation of cars can be a powerful tool in getting rid of an inherent trait for low-speed understeer and high-speed oversteer that the ...
13 November 2024 19:51
The FIA's Formula 1 Commission has approved the introduction of driver cooling kits for the 2025 season, to be used in extreme heat conditions.Driver cooling has become a topic since the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, with several drivers suffering from symptoms of heat exhaustion after the chequered flag.As first reported by Motorsport.com in July, the FIA and all F1 teams initiated research to improve ...
13 November 2024 17:41
Welcome to the 2008 Formula 1 grid: Lewis Hamilton clinched his maiden world championship, Red Bull was on the brink of dominance, and everyone was embracing their emo phase. A resurfaced video from the final race of the season shows key members of the paddock, including most of that season's drivers, lip syncing My Chemical Romance’s punk rock hit, "Welcome to the Black Parade." If that’s a ...
13 November 2024 17:06
If Max Verstappen hits the jackpot and retains his Formula 1 world title in Las Vegas next week, the series could be in for the most memorable championship celebration in its long and storied history.The Las Vegas Strip Circuit hosted its first grand prix last year and was a roaring success both financially and from a sporting perspective, with Verstappen claiming victory after a thrilling race ...
13 November 2024 15:02
There is unlikely to be a trilogy of Formula 1 sprint races in the United States in the near future as Las Vegas organisers have distanced themselves from introducing the format.Two of the six sprint races of the 2024 F1 season have taken place in America, with reigning champion Max Verstappen winning in both Miami and Austin to help build a lead at the top of the drivers’ standings.F1 returned ...
13 November 2024 14:57
Formula 1 owner Liberty Media has announced its president and CEO Greg Maffei will leave his role by the end of 2024.Maffei, who joined the American investment firm in 2005 and became its CEO in February 2006, will depart Liberty Media after opting not to renew his expiring contract.Maffei will be replaced on an interim basis by Liberty Media’s chairman, John Malone, and according to the company ...
13 November 2024 14:11
The sudden departure of Formula 1's race director Niels Wittich has caught the entire paddock by surprise and is leaving the beleaguered governing body with more questions than answers, some more uncomfortable than others.Was Wittich pushed or did he jump?The FIA announced on Tuesday Wittich was "stepping down" after less than three seasons as F1's race director, two of which by himself after ...
13 November 2024 11:27
Been there, done that. Ray Mallock had won the Formula Atlantic championship in Britain in 1979 when the category was reintroduced to the country after a two-year hiatus. He’d then competed in the Aurora British Formula 1 Championship in 1980 at the wheel of Surtees – before a huge shunt at Thruxton caused by a car failure – and Wolf machinery. But for 1981, there was good reason to return ...
13 November 2024 09:28
Lewis Hamilton’s first Formula 1 appearance for Ferrari looks set to be in a previous car at the start of next year, with an appearance in the post-season Abu Dhabi test now ruled out.The seven-time champion is joining the Maranello squad for 2025, after making a decision at the start of this year to leave Mercedes after what will have been 12 seasons with the German manufacturer.There had been ...
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