Author: Andrew Maitland

(GMM) Mick Schumacher may be more likely to test a McLaren F1 car this year rather than an Alpine or Mercedes. The former Haas racer is an official Mercedes F1 … Read More

(GMM) Dr Helmut Marko openly admits that at least three drivers, and potentially four or more, are eyeing Sergio Perez’s Red Bull seat for 2025. However, the energy drink company’s … Read More

(GMM) Gunther Steiner says he was fired by Haas team owner Gene Haas because he was asking for equity in the struggling back-of-the-grid Haas team. The F1 world was stunned … Read More

(GMM) The collective F1 paddock is expecting the outcome of the Christian Horner scandal to be known before track action resumes in Bahrain this week. Even Max Verstappen, who has … Read More

(GMM) It is still possible that Sergio Perez will be offered a new contract to keep racing at Red Bull beyond 2024, but don’t hold your breath. That is the … Read More

(GMM) New team CEO Peter Bayer has defended the decision to give the former Alpha Tauri team an awkward and controversial new name for 2024 and beyond. Officially, Red Bull’s … Read More

(GMM) The Bahrain circuit and Formula 1 played down an incident that occurred at the tail-end of pre-season testing last week. Bild newspaper reported that team and other F1-associated personnel … Read More

(GMM) James Vowles has admitted Williams opted against running the full 2024 specification of partner team Mercedes’ rear suspension layout this year. Auto Motor und Sport believes a main reason … Read More

(GMM) Bruno Famin has played down suggestions Mick Schumacher would be the obvious choice if Alpine loses one or both of its drivers at the end of 2024. The Renault-powered … Read More

(GMM) Sebastian Vettel really might be contemplating a sensational return to Formula 1, according to fellow German Ralf Schumacher. Although quadruple world champion Vettel’s younger brother Fabian played down the … Read More

(GMM) As Formula 1 gets to the end of the sole pre-season test, the feeling up and down the Bahrain pitlane is unanimous – Red Bull still has the fastest … Read More

(GMM) World champion Max Verstappen thinks Red Bull’s off-track controversies are being “used” by F1 rivals to throw the dominant team off its game. “It’s always a tactic,” the Dutchman … Read More

Niki Lauda was instrumental in getting Lewis Hamilton to drive for Mercedes, and some think Hamilton would not have left if Lauda were still alive. (GMM) Although Formula 1 is … Read More

(GMM) Two more F1 drivers have backed Fernando Alonso’s claim that a mere 3 days of pre-season testing with a single car per two-driver team is “ridiculous”. “We’re talking about … Read More

(GMM) Yuki Tsunoda has played down suggestions that the Visa Cash App RB VCARB01 is a clone of the Red Bull RB19 or RB20. Some staff of the newly-branded RB … Read More

(GMM) Sebastian Vettel’s brother has played down suggestions the retired quadruple world champion might be eyeing a return to Formula 1. Having ended his F1 career over a year ago … Read More

(GMM) Lewis Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes might be traced back to technical disagreements over the car design last year. This week, former Ferrari driver Mika Salo said the seven … Read More

(GMM) Even embattled team boss Christian Horner was all smiles in Bahrain on Wednesday as Red Bull’s new and radical car for 2024 stunned every other Formula 1 rival on … Read More

(GMM) Toto Wolff had to put a brave face on the fact that Red Bull appears to have pulled off making the scrapped Mercedes-like car concept of 2022-2023 work. Red … Read More

(GMM) Red Bull was putting on an image of happy team unity as Christian Horner took up his usual place on the Red Bull pit wall in Bahrain. While the … Read More

(GMM) While Nico Hulkenberg sounded regretful about Haas boss Gunther Steiner’s pre-season sacking, teammate Kevin Magnussen is more upbeat about the new era. The American outfit finished dead last in … Read More

(GMM) James Vowles has played down early worries about Williams’ 2024 season, finishing last in 2023 and being late for 2024. The team was the last to be ready with … Read More

(GMM) Carlos Sainz Jr. insists he has “no idea” what team he will be racing for beyond the looming Formula 1 season. The Spaniard had headed into the winter break … Read More

(GMM) Daniel Ricciardo is still not denying that he is openly eyeing a return to Red Bull’s Formula 1 ‘A’ team for 2025. Some insiders think the move could even … Read More