partnership with Sauber will continue for another few seasons, with the Italian car manufacturer continuing to invest into the Swiss team. The Alfa Romeo/Sauber contract was up for renewal at the end of the 2021 season, but both parties have agreed terms to continue the partnership that grants Alfa Romeo naming rights over the Sauber…
Alpine will field a brand-new chassis for Esteban Ocon at Silverstone in a bid to help the Frenchman improve his performances after a series of difficult races. Ocon failed to exit Q1 in both of F1’s rounds held at the Red Bull Ring where he was comprehensively outpaced by teammate Fernando Alonso in qualifying and…
Reb Bull team principal Christian Horner has insisted that his relationship with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is “absolutely fine”.The pair have been engaged in something of a war of words so far this season with their teams involved in a tense battle for much of the early part of the campaign. However, Red Bull appear…
There’s always an air of excitement around a new chapter in F1 and 2022 has a lot of anticipation as it’s hoped it’s going to generate closer racing and shake up the running order after the turbo-hybrid era and Mercedes’ dominance of it. Certainly, everyone wants to see more teams up near the front –…
Cape Town is to host a round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, says Jaguar and e-Movement. e-Movement is the promoter of the Cape Town race, set to follow events in Saudi Arabia and Mexico. As the founding partner to e-Movement, Jaguar South Africa supported the bid to host the first Formula E…
The worlds of mainstream rap and stock cars have finally collided in possibly the strangest imaginable way: NASCAR serves as the backdrop for Post Malone’s new music video, “Motley Crew.” The song officially dropped on Friday from the six-time Grammy nominated artist who has also racked up 10 Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards,…
F1 fans will get their first taste of the look of 2022, when a full-scale model is revealed at Silverstone this weekend. Though the 2021 championship is still underway, teams, even the big guns are turning their attention to next season, as the sport undergoes one of the biggest changes in its history. In a…
Sergio Perez will remain at Red Bull for 2022, with the possibility of this going into 2023, according to reports. Whilst there has been no official confirmation as of yet, Spanish newspaper Marca claims that talks to renew Perez’s contract are well under way, and that the only thing that is uncertain is whether the…
There has been plenty of rumours that George Russell will be confirmed as a Mercedes Formula 1 driver this weekend at the British Grand Prix, but according to Russell himself, it’s nothing more than speculation. Russell is in the running to partner Lewis Hamilton at the reigning championship-winning team after the seven-time champion signed a…
Lewis Hamilton has announced the findings of his commission investigating how to improve diversity in motorsport.The seven-time Formula One champion Hamilton established the Hamilton Commission last year, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering, to investigate why there are few black people entering motorsports.The report released by the commission on Tuesday titled “Accelerating change:…
Formula One driver Lando Norris was mugged outside Wembley Stadium in London after attending the Euro 2020 final on Sunday. The McLaren driver, who is fourth in the Drivers Championship and preparing for the Silverstone Grand Prix this weekend, also had his £40,000 ($55,000) Richard Mil watch stolen. The timepiece was created specifically for Norris…
Nyck de Vries will rejoin the Racing Team Nederland LMP2 squad for this weekend’s Monza FIA World Endurance Championship round. The Dutchman, who also acts as Toyota reserve driver, will be reunited with his teammates from the 2019/20 season, Frits van Eerd and Giedo van der Garde, in RTN’s #29 Oreca 07-Gibson. It follows team…
WEC promoter the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and IMSA have issued simultaneous statements announcing that they have agreed the final strand in the process of convergence between the two series that began with the announcement of the LMP2-based LMDh class in January 2020. LMDh was announced on the eve of last year’s Rolex 24 at…
Daniel Ricciardo admits he’s open to the possibility of doing sim racing like his teammate Lando Norris. During the lockdown ahead of the delayed 2020 F1 season, several drivers including Norris, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and more took part in virtual races using their simulators at home. Ricciardo was not one of those to get…
A capacity crowd of 140,000 could attend this year British Grand Prix. But is a second race at the track on the cards for later in the year? The crowd across the 3-day weekend coming up will be the largest sporting crowd in the UK since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Despite this positive news, there…
George Russell has heaped praise on Lewis Hamilton for remaining at the very top of his game despite having the best machinery in F1. Hamilton’s success has been called into question over recent years because no other manufacturer has been able to build as quick a car as Mercedes. The Silver Arrows gave Hamilton the…
