Category: Formula 1

DRIVERS 1 – Sergio PÉREZ (Red Bull Racing)  2 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari) 3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)   PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Naomi Schiff)  Q: Max, … Read More

–by Mark Cipolloni– Red Bull’s Sergio Perez used DRS to pass polesitter Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari on lap 8 and held on to win the first F1 Sprint race in Azerbaijan. … Read More

–by Mark Cipolloni– The FIA has agreed to modify the red flag restart procedure for today’s Sprint in Baku and likely any race henceforth. Drivers complained about cold tires at … Read More

–by Mark Cipolloni– A crash in Sprint Qualifying by American rookie Logan Sargeant has resulted in him missing today’s Sprint race because the car could not be repaired in time. … Read More

–by Mark Cipolloni– Despite hitting the wall on his in-lap, it was another pole for the Ferrari man Charles Leclerc  for today’s 17-lap Baku GP Sprint race. A tiny wobble … Read More

(GMM) Ferrari has “the most powerful engine” in Formula 1. That was the word from Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko following Charles Leclerc’s surprise pole position on the high-speed Baku … Read More

(GMM) Valtteri Bottas could have become a five-time Formula 1 world champion, according to Fernando Alonso. Last year after a clash at Spa, two-time title winner Alonso called Lewis Hamilton … Read More

(GMM) George Russell has slammed Formula 1’s governing body for not listening to the drivers. When Romain Grosjean lost his Haas seat, 25-year-old Mercedes driver Russell replaced him as a … Read More

(GMM) James Allison is “in his element” back in the Formula 1 paddock. That is the view not only of 55-year-old Allison himself, who has returned to the top technical … Read More

(GMM) Toto Wolff has backed Charles Leclerc’s claim that not even a “single conversation” about the Ferrari driver switching to Mercedes has taken place. “As he said, we didn’t have … Read More

(GMM) Valtteri Bottas has played down rumors that 2023 could be his final season in Formula 1. Many are sensing that the 33-year-old Finn’s interest in other projects is rising … Read More

Oracle Red Bull Racing Max Verstappen (2nd, 1:40.391): “We kept it quite clean today and we progressed nicely, overall, we can be pleased. It’s not the easiest to go to the … Read More

DRIVERS 1 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari) 2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)  3 – Sergio PÉREZ (Red Bull Racing)  PARC FERME INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Mark Webber)  Q: Well Sergio … Read More

–by Mark Cipolloni– Charles Leclerc has won the pole for the Azerbaijan GP for the third year in a row, with a lap of 1m40.203s to beat the Red Bull … Read More

  PART ONE – TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Tom MCCULLOUGH (Aston Martin), Marco PERRONE (AlhaTauri), James ALLISON (Mercedes) Q: Tom, that is practice for the weekend done. How prepared are you feeling? Tom McCULLOUGH: Fully prepared … Read More

–by Mark Cipolloni– 17 out of 20 Formula 1 drivers have taken new power unit parts for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix after the rule limiting how many components they … Read More

–by Mark Cipolloni– Friday morning was the first and only practice session drivers will get for this weekend’s F1 Azerbaijan GP – the first Sprint Race weekend of 2023 using … Read More

(GMM) Red Bull-owned Alpha Tauri was “aggressive” in announcing Laurent Mekies’ departure from Ferrari, according to team boss Frederic Vasseur. As an exodus of top personnel continues at the Maranello-based … Read More

(GMM) Bernie Ecclestone thinks ousted Haas driver Mick Schumacher should “forget this dream” of returning to the Formula 1 grid. Heavily criticized by Haas boss Gunther Steiner last year, 24-year-old … Read More

(GMM) The new female-only ‘F1 Academy’ support series kicks off this weekend in Austria, but series chief Susie Wolff admits it could be a decade before a woman is on … Read More

(GMM) Charles Leclerc says he is not in talks with Mercedes “at the moment” about a move to the Brackley based team. The rumors have been bolstered by Ferrari’s poor … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen insists he is still no fan of Formula 1’s sprint race format, even though he admits a second qualifying session debuting this weekend at Baku will make … Read More

(GMM) Valtteri Bottas could be about to become the co-owner of a Formula 1-ready race circuit. Since leaving Mercedes at the end of 2021, the 33-year-old Finn has expanded his … Read More

–Press Release– State-of-the-art Miami International Autodrome prepares to welcome fans for its second Formula 1® race New features for 2023 include investment into a permanent Paddock Club building and the … Read More

With a new qualifying format set to be introduced for the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix’s Sprint weekend, how does the FIA work with F1, the sport’s teams and stakeholders to … Read More