Author: Andrew Maitland

(GMM) Three top Formula 1 stars have hit out at the ever-lengthening annual race calendar, which has swollen to a record of 24 races for 2024. Fernando Alonso, already 42 … Read More

(GMM) Daniel Ricciardo thinks the controversy surrounding RB’s relationship with the senior team Red Bull Racing will “calm down” early in 2024. Outspoken critics including McLaren CEO Zak Brown have … Read More

(GMM) Valtteri Bottas admits he hopes the rumbling 2025 driver market ‘silly season’ will not overlook him. The Finn, having lost his seat as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate after 2021, … Read More

(GMM) Esteban Ocon has joined his Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly in admitting they may be racing “the worst car” early in 2024. It is believed the works Renault team may … Read More

(GMM) Toto Wolff laments the fact that Red Bull took concepts that Mercedes could not make work and made them work on the RB20. “There are a few things they … Read More

(GMM) Ralf Schumacher thinks his countryman Nico Hulkenberg should try to escape the dead-last-in-2023 Haas team as soon as possible. While Hulkenberg impressed on his return to Formula 1 last … Read More

(GMM) Laurent Mekies, the new boss of Red Bull’s rebranded second Formula 1 team, has hit back hard at suggestions the two outfits are now far too closely aligned. Dropping … Read More

Toto Wolff has earned the nickname ‘loose lips’ because many times he’s the first to leak info to the media, in this case, Hamilton to Ferrari. He just can’t help … Read More

(GMM) Ralf Schumacher says he’s “worried” that the flow of young talent onto the Formula 1 grid has ground to a halt in 2024. This season is the first time … Read More

(GMM) The FIA who regulates the Formula 1 Cost Cap is moving to close loopholes in the budget cap rules – but only in time for 2026. It was expected … Read More

(GMM) American Logan Sargeant has been put on notice at Williams by team boss James Vowles  – up your game or be ousted. The American rookie struggled notably alongside teammate … Read More

(GMM) The 2024 season has not even begun, and yet one of the biggest talking points in Formula 1 at present is 2025. In part, it’s because Max Verstappen is … Read More

(GMM) The Christian Horner scandal is finally coming to its end, with Red Bull executives tipped to resolve his future in Formula 1 as he jets back to Bahrain on … Read More

(GMM) George Russell has leapt to the defense of the official Formula 1 Netflix series Drive To Survive, as the season 6 continues to divide opinions. For years now, despite … Read More

(GMM) The jury was out whether Lewis Hamilton had ever visited Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters or not, but now it has come to light that he did. Still a hot topic … Read More

(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