Category: Formula 1

To win the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa a driver must have a powerful engine and a car that gets down the straights at high speed. –by Mark Cipolloni– Teams … Read More

Nico Rosberg has warned Max Verstappen “not to get complacent” as he schools the rest of the Formula 1 drivers week-in and week-out. Verstappen is closing in on Sebastian Vettel’s record … Read More

Ferrari reported this morning that Laurent Mekies’ will leave the team this week and is being replaced with Diego Ioverno. Mekies will not be in Belgium, and he leaves the … Read More

(GMM) Mario Isola has hit back at Lewis Hamilton’s claim that Pirelli is wasting excessive amounts of wet-weather Formula 1 tires after every race. Hamilton was among the critics of … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 has hit its rev-limiter with the scheduled 24 races for 2024. That is the claim of the sport’s CEO Stefano Domenicali. Responding to concerns from the teams … Read More

(GMM) F1’s CEO is still hinting that he may not be supportive of a push to add up to two new teams to the grid from 2025. In contrast, FIA … Read More

(GMM) Mick Schumacher still has a future in Formula 1, according to Alpha Tauri team boss Franz Tost, just not with Red Bull. Tost, who is retiring at the end … Read More

(GMM) The struggling Scuderia Ferrari F1 team is making plans to bring a whopping 40 new team members to Maranello. The news comes hot on the heels of Corriere della … Read More

(GMM) McLaren CEO Zak Brown says he isn’t too worried about potentially losing Lando Norris after 2025 to another team. Last year, 23-year-old Norris signed a reported $100 million contract … Read More

(GMM) Dr Helmut Marko is not worried that forecast rain could put a halt to Red Bull and Max Verstappen’s dominance this weekend at Spa-Francorchamps. Verstappen equalled the record for … Read More

(GMM) Two former world champions are divided over Daniel Ricciardo’s handling of his return to the Formula 1 grid. For his part, 1997 title winner Jacques Villeneuve thinks the 33-year-old … Read More

Mercedes are bringing upgrades to the W14 for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix to placate Lewis Hamilton, who can’t stand losing. The German manufacturer introduced a major revision to their … Read More

Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei joined CNBC’s ‘Squawk on the Street’ and said, “We are very bullish on the long-term prospects for F1.” He was on the show to discuss … Read More

Formula 1 and F1 Academy have announced that, as of the 2024 season, all 10 F1 teams will have one Academy driver and their livery her car competing in the … Read More

The final event before the F1 summer recess will take the F1 Teams to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, for the Belgian Grand Prix. Spa-Francorchamps is a name that evokes emotions, memories, … Read More

Ex-F1 driver Johnny Herbert believes Max Verstappen will go down as a “better” driver than Lewis Hamilton. Speaking to King Casino Bonus, Herbert – who won three races during his … Read More

Max Verstappen has appeared in a new advertisement for the drinks brand Heineken starring as ‘the designated driver’. The advertisement is part of the brand’s new campaign which encourages responsible drinking … Read More

Mercedes Tram Principal Toto Wolff and G42’s CEO Peng Xiao hope to develop performance benefits on track through AI (Artificial Intelligence) and big data analytics. Peng Xiao, CEO of Abu … Read More

Max Verstappen won the Hungarian GP by 33.731 seconds, the largest lead in almost two years.. Dr. Helmut Marko said afterward: “Max actually could have driven even faster, he wasn’t … Read More

(GMM) Lewis Hamilton appears to be on track to sign a two-year contract extension with the struggling Mercedes F1 team. In Hungary, team boss Toto Wolff revealed that while a … Read More

(GMM) After horror outings at Silverstone and in Hungary, Alpine Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer could be the next one to get the axe. The team should make a two-tenth of … Read More

(GMM) Aston Martin does not deny taking another “good look” at detailed photos of the underside of Red Bull’s dominant 2023 car. After a strong start to 2023, the Silverstone-based … Read More

(GMM) Ferrari’s struggles in 2023 are now becoming the subject of ridicule, as even the partisan Italian media calls it a ‘shrimp in retreat’. The latest festival of poor car … Read More

Pole Position and a Brilliant Fightback.  Mercedes Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin answers Hungarian GP questions for this week’s Mercedes race debrief.