Category: Formula 1

(GMM) Lando Norris has hit back at claims that extending his McLaren contract for so long may have been a grave mistake. 2009 world champion Jenson Button raised the alarm … Read More

(GMM) Former ‘number 2’ Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine thinks the Maranello team needs to revive a clear policy of team orders in 2022. That is because Ferrari has emerged for … Read More

(GMM) Freight chaos could become commonplace in Formula 1 this year, according to Gunther Steiner. The Steiner-led Haas team missed the start of the final pre-season test in Bahrain due … Read More

(GMM) Volkswagen has officially “confirmed” its intention to see the Audi and Porsche brands on the Formula 1 grid in 2026. We have reported for weeks and months that McLaren … Read More

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in FP2 ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Scuderia teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. on Friday at the Australian Grand Prix. Alpine’s Fernando … Read More

Carlos Sainz Jr. turned a lap of 1m19.806s to lead opening practice of the Australian GP F1 race in Melbourne in his #55 Ferrari. Sainz was followed by his #16 … Read More

Ride around the revised Melbourne Circuit with Carlos Sainz Jr. on the simulator. The apex of Turn One is visibly wider and easier to navigate as it has been widened … Read More

The F1 circus is all set up in Melbourne with the first practice less than 12 hours from now.  The Ferrari team gives us their preview.  

Jim Clark, the former world motor racing champion was killed when on this day in 1968 when his Lotus-Cosworth skidded off the track and somersaulted into a wood at about … Read More

The Haas Formula 1 team will not have a spare chassis for the Australian Grand Prix after Mick Schumacher wadded his car up in Saudi Arabia qualifying trying to beat … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 has improved the terms of its broadcasting deal with French television channel Canal Plus. Canal Plus’ CEO Maxime Saada told L’Equipe sports newspaper that the broadcaster has … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 team’s crucial sea freight almost didn’t arrive on time for the Australian GP this weekend. Austria’s Osterreich reports that although the teams put the Melbourne-bound equipment to … Read More

(GMM) Red Bull’s already-competitive 2022 car has been on a serious weight-loss diet, according to Dutch insider and racing driver Tom Coronel. Coronel, who is close to the Verstappen family, … Read More

(GMM) Nikita Mazepin says he is a victim of “cancel culture”. The son of Russian oligarch Dmitry, whose fertilizer company Uralkali was Haas’ main sponsor, was recently ousted by the … Read More

F1 is smoking hot in the USA. Miami is sold out. COTA is sold out.  And next year Las Vegas will be sold out.  They all sold out within hours, … Read More

There have been some questions whether Season 4 of Drive To Survive 2021 would be the last season of the F1 sensational docuseries. The answer is no.  It has been … Read More

(GMM) Nikolas Tombazis admits that Formula 1 is not ready to dump the controversial ‘DRS’ system despite the apparent success of the new aerodynamic rules. The FIA’s technical boss says … Read More

(GMM) The days are over when Formula 1 drivers could stay out of political matters. That is the view of Alex Wurz, a former F1 driver who is now president … Read More

(GMM) Sauber-run Alfa Romeo appears to have benefitted in more ways than one by taking more control of its Swiss-based Formula 1 team. With the budget cap, the big technology … Read More

(GMM) There will be no fewer than 4 separate DRS zones on the Albert Park layout this weekend as Formula 1 finally returns to Australia. With the ‘ground effect’ 2022 … Read More