Category: Rumors

WEC race director Eduardo Freitas and former DTM race director Niels Wittich have been named as potential support for F1 Race Director Michael Masi in 2022. Masi is likely not … Read More

The new deal $0.5 billion Red Bull Oracle deal, which was announced as Red Bull revealed their all-new RB18, means the outfit will race as Oracle Red Bull Racing for … Read More

(GMM) With Red Bull revealing a reportedly $500 million new title sponsorship deal, McLaren driver Lando Norris is also counting his millions this week. The 22-year-old has reportedly leapt up … Read More

This rumor from last April is upgraded to ‘fact’ today. Marco Mattiacci (shown above) has been appointed head of the Aston Martin Global Brand, also with responsibility for commercial tasks. … Read More

This rumor is downgraded to ‘false’ today. (GMM) An epic troll carried out by Red Bull boss Christian Horner appears to have hit a snag. Many observers giggled when it … Read More

(GMM) There are signs of early trouble with Ferrari’s all-new car for the radical 2022 regulations. According to well-known Italian F1 insider Leo Turrini, there are no such concerns about … Read More

Rumor has it that Alfa Romeo has developed their own gearbox and suspension for the 2022 F1 season, further reducing their dependence on Ferrari. According to a report by Motorsport Italia, … Read More

(GMM) Lewis Hamilton has the personal “power” to force change in Formula 1. That is the view of Dutch racing driver Jeroen Bleekemolen, amid rumors Hamilton’s current radio silence and … Read More

Former Formula One driver David Coulthard has been spotted with a model 23 years his junior after separating from wife Karen Minier after nine years. The 50-year old former British … Read More

This rumor is downgraded to ‘false’ today. (GMM) Red Bull has also pushed back at claims it failed one of the FIA’s stricter new mandatory crash-test rules ahead of the … Read More

This rumor was already ‘fact’, but more detail. Formula 1 has confirmed reports that all drivers, travelling team staff and other personnel in the F1 paddock must be vaccinated against … Read More

Rumors have emerged regarding Red Bull’s 2022 Formula 1 car, with a report in Italian media suggesting that the RB18 has failed the FIA’s frontal crash tests for the new … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 is drawing up a plan to give under-fire race director Michael Masi more support in 2022. Even those not calling for the Australian to be ousted agree … Read More

This rumor is upgraded to ‘fact’ today. Masashi Yamamoto, who was effectively Honda’s F1 chief, is leaving the Japanese company this month to set up a consultancy that will work … Read More

(GMM) Colombia, the country that produced Juan Pablo Montoya, could be making a bid to host a Formula 1 race. El Tiempo newspaper reports that Ivan Duque Marquez (shown above), the … Read More

(GMM) Along with Otmar Szafnauer and sponsor BWT, Aston Martin is reportedly preparing to lose yet another major player to the Renault-owned Alpine team for 2022. The Spanish sports daily … Read More

Did Mercedes just reveal their 2022 F1 car?  The launch is not supposed to be until February 18th. Will it be close to the Formula 1 released renderings? F1 Testing … Read More

Looks like Lewis Hamilton will have no problem winning his 8th title in 2022 if this rumor is true. Mercedes have reportedly found power unit gains in their turbocharger, by … Read More

We are downgrading this rumor to ‘false’ today. (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has slammed reports that former Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul could be about to join Red Bull’s Formula 1 … Read More

(GMM) Jean Todt will not return to Ferrari as a consultant to the fabled Formula 1 team. That is the word from the authoritative Italian daily Corriere della Sera, following … Read More

(GMM) Alain Prost’s parting shot at the Renault-owned Alpine team that he is leaving is to reveal a “reliability problem” with the new engine for 2022. Alpine, based in Enstone … Read More

(GMM) Alain Prost has all but confirmed that Otmar Szafnauer will be Alpine’s new team principal. Szafnauer has departed from the same position at Aston Martin, and it is now … Read More