Author: Andrew Maitland

(GMM) The partial sale of the Formula 1 team to high-profile investors does not indicate that Renault-owned Alpine is losing interest in the sport. That is the insistence of interim … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso occasionally picks up the phone to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to vent his frustration about something! But Ben Sulayem, boss of the Paris based federation that … Read More

(GMM) Toto Wolff is back in the Formula 1 paddock from knee surgery to restore order to his Mercedes team. “All good,” he said ahead of the US GP in … Read More

(GMM) Michael Andretti says it’s a “mystery” why the existing ten teams are so opposed to his General Motors-linked bid to enter Formula 1. Andretti-Cadillac has been green-lit by the … Read More

(GMM) Sir Jackie Stewart has vowed to follow the career of French driver Pierre Gasly more closely. The F1 legend and triple world champion, 84, sat down with Gasly on … Read More

(GMM) There is no problem with a supposed power struggle at the otherwise dominant Red Bull team, world champion Max Verstappen insists. In Austin, the Dutchman had already dismissed the … Read More

(GMM) Lewis Hamilton has called on the FIA to help stop Max Verstappen from schooling him weekly for years to come. With Max Verstappen having wrapped up his third consecutive … Read More

(GMM) George Russell has slammed a trio of former F1 drivers who are opposed to moves to make racing in the heat much easier for today’s racers. The FIA is … Read More

(GMM) Azerbaijan’s F1 race is safe – despite the large-scale military offensive against the Armenian breakaway state of Artsakh in the last few days. In early 2022, Nikita Mazepin and … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 rights holder Liberty Media will make the final call about whether Andretti-Cadillac will be permitted onto the grid. That is the insistence of the sport’s CEO Stefano … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 drivers have reacted with astonishment to the news that they stand to be fined as much as EUR 1,000,000 by the governing FIA. Previously, the upper limit … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso has hit back at suggestions that Aston Martin’s efforts to aggressively develop its 2023 car have proved a failure. The Spaniard started the year with a string … Read More

(GMM) Sergio Perez is hopeful that better preparation for this weekend’s US GP should help him recover from a slump in form. The performance slump has revved-up speculation about the … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen has slammed rumors of a political power struggle at the otherwise dominant Red Bull team as “BS”. Team boss Christian Horner and Dr Helmut Marko have also … Read More

(GMM) A German political party wants to revive the German GP but with no hero German driver to cheer for, will German fans buy tickets? Public interest in F1 in … Read More

(GMM) Nikita Mazepin insists he is still trying to revive his Formula 1 career, but it will not be easy given the war in Ukraine continues. The Russian was not … Read More

(GMM) Former F1 Champion Kimi Raikkonen appears to be getting very serious about the karting career of his eight-year-old son. Earlier this year, the retired 2007 world champion set up … Read More

(GMM) Aston Martin team owner Lawrence Stroll has leapt to the defense of his struggling and embattled son. Team driver Lance Stroll was warned by the FIA after being instructed … Read More

(GMM) Christian Horner has denied that he is trying to oust the controversial Dr Helmut Marko from Red Bull’s Formula 1 activities. Amid the premier team’s utter dominance at present, … Read More

(GMM) Frederic Vasseur sounds determined to keep Ferrari’s “excellent” driver lineup of Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc. The Maranello-based marque’s former president Luca di Montezemolo declared this week that … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen has singled out Formula 1’s elder statesman Fernando Alonso as the active driver he admires the most. The new triple world champion, who is some 16 years … Read More

(GMM) Sergio Perez has again dismissed rumors that he might announce his retirement from Formula 1 at his home grand prix in Mexico next week. “Rumors are rumors,” former F1 … Read More