Author: Andrew Maitland

(GMM) Liam Lawson’s smile may have given the game away as the hopeful New Zealander concluded his Formula 1 season in Abu Dhabi. He is the big favorite to replace … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso thinks Franco Colapinto will be back on the Formula 1 grid “sooner or later”. Alonso’s own driver management company, A14 Management, has successfully brought its top protégé, … Read More

(GMM) Ferrari is not closing the door on a potential future return for Carlos Sainz Jr. To make way for the arrival of Lewis Hamilton, team boss Frederic Vasseur told Sainz … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen may have added to his troubles with the FIA during the 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi. It has now been confirmed that, for his community service … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso waited until after the checkered flag waved at the end of the final race of the season to reveal that he has been racing with an injury. … Read More

(GMM) Valtteri Bottas admits it is “very likely” he will replace Mick Schumacher as Mercedes’ main Formula 1 reserve driver in 2025. The Finn’s final race for Audi-owned Sauber fittingly … Read More

(GMM) Sergio Perez has admitted for the first time that he is not sure he will still be racing in Formula 1 next year. For weeks, amid ever-intensifying speculation that … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso says 2024 was his “best season” in the discipline of Formula 1 qualifying, although the results don’t show it. The two-time champion has contested an incredible 21 … Read More

(GMM) Carlos Sainz Jr “has earned” a better seat than Williams in Formula 1, his father Carlos Sainz Sr. insists. And he is right. Sunday will be 30-year-old Sainz junior’s … Read More

(GMM) Red Bull’s top brass are staying quiet amid rampant and intensifying speculation about Sergio Perez. Almost every respected specialist outlet and journalist in the Formula 1 paddock now agrees … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen’s father does not believe becoming a father will slow the quadruple world champion down. “No, that’s bullsh*t,” Jos Verstappen told the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, after Max’s … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen and George Russell look to be healing their broken relationship – Russell was photographed posing right next to his Red Bull-driving rival. Their very public argument spilled … Read More

(GMM) Alpine only has a few more days to snap up the services of Franco Colapinto for 2025. If Doohan fails in Abu Dhabi, Franco Colapinto would get the seat. … Read More

(GMM) The spotlight is shining ever more brightly on George Russell in the wake of his public spat with Max Verstappen. The saga, in which the Mercedes driver furiously accused … Read More

(GMM) With every hour that passes in Abu Dhabi, the situation with Sergio Perez seems to become clearer and clearer. A growing number of authoritative sources, now including the Dutch … Read More

(GMM) F1 should help circuits like Zandvoort “find a way” to remain in the sport, according to Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr. Hot on the heels of the news that … Read More

(GMM) Esteban Ocon claims it was “the team’s decision” to prematurely part ways ahead of the 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi. Alpine had framed the move, in which Jack … Read More

(GMM) Oliver Bearman has hit out at the rules forbidding him from taking part in FP1 and next week’s post-season test in Abu Dhabi. Originally, Ferrari’s plan was to run … Read More

(GMM) Tempers are flaring as Formula 1’s longest-ever season winds down in Abu Dhabi. A week after their spat in Qatar, Max Verstappen and George Russell are still at each other’s … Read More

(GMM) The boss of the Haas team says he has no idea why Esteban Ocon was ousted from his Alpine seat ahead of the 2024 season finale. Alpine explained that … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso has rubbished F1’s official ‘Power Rankings‘. After each race, a five-judge panel working for Formula 1 give drivers a score out of 10, “taking machinery out of the … Read More

(GMM) Zandvoort will survive even without Formula 1, according to the circuit designer who was in charge of preparing the circuit for its run of Dutch grands prix. After 2026, … Read More

(GMM) Good news could be on the horizon for Russian drivers, who are currently locked out of FIA-sanctioned international motor racing. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Russian drivers … Read More