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Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles admits that the team’s recent run of major crashes has hampered preparations for 2025 by taking away resources. Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto have had three major incidents apiece over the last three races weekends, seriously...

Alpine Formula 1 executive technical director David Sanchez admits that the team’s recent jump up the grid after a series of upgrades has been “a nice surprise.” Sanchez says the team knew that it was improving the car but didn’t know how successfully the changes...

Alpine has confirmed that FIA F2 frontrunner Paul Aron will be its reserve driver in 2025, replacing the promoted Jack Doohan. The 20-year-old Estonian currently races for the Hitech team founded by Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes. Aron, who was a Mercedes junior...

Aston Martin boss Mike Krack says that the current teams have to “trust F1” to come up with the right financial package to reflect the arrival of the Cadillac entry in 2026. Under the current Concorde Agreement a new team was obliged to pay a dilution fee of $200m to...

Audi has formally confirmed that the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar has acquired a “significant minority stake” in its Formula 1 team, which is currently still running under the Sauber name. The Qatar Investment Authority has a wide range interests around the globe,...

Carlos Sainz insists that he and Charles Leclerc and the rest of the Ferrari team have “turned the page” on a frustrating Las Vegas GP. The team had a messy race as the two drivers swapped positions several times and Leclerc was left furious by the end of the race...

Lewis Hamilton says he didn’t want to make his first appearance for Ferrari in the post-season Abu Dhabi Formula 1 test – but admits that missing out will hamper his preparations for 2025. While Carlos Sainz, Nico Hulkenberg and Esteban Ocon will all be driving for...

The recent run of major crashes has led the Williams Formula 1 team to split the specification of its cars for the last two races, with Franco Colapinto obliged to run an earlier version. The team introduced a front suspension upgrade at the Singapore GP, along with...

VCARB boss Laurent Mekies says that the Faenza outfit has to nail the car sweet spot in the last two races in order to beat rivals Alpine and Haas to sixth place in the World Championship. After Yuki Tsunoda’s ninth place in Las Vegas the team has 46 points to the 50...

A discussion of Formula 1 driving guidelines in Qatar on Thursday evening focussed on overtaking on the inside. The consensus was that the driver on the inside should be allowed to run a rival wide, as long as he stays within the confines of the track. GPDA director...

Franco Colapinto admits that James Vowles “wasn’t very happy” after his huge crash in Q2 in Las Vegas – but says that the support of the Williams boss helped him to bounce back on race day. Colapinto had his third crash in two race weekends when he went off in Q2...

F1 has officially confirmed that it has opened the door for a GM/Cadillac team to enter the sport in 2026 as the 11th team. Significantly there is no mention of the Andretti name in the F1 statement, with the entire focus on the involvement of GM. The project was...

Ferrari Formula 1 boss Fred Vasseur admits that the team was in “a bit of chaos” as it tried to juggle the interests of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc in Las Vegas. Both drivers suffered badly with tyre graining and swapped places several times over the course of...

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says that the cold conditions in Las Vegas put the W15 in a “sweet spot” that allowed George Russell and Lewis Hamilton to secure a surprise one-two finish. In addition the team managed to avoid the tyre graining that hampered the...

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner says that Max Verstappen has been “outstanding” in 2024 on his way to a fourth World Championship – and has also been inspiration to the whole team. Verstappen dominated the early races but as RBR stumbled and rivals McLaren,...