After nearly two decades, seven Drivers’ Championship and six Constructor’s Championship titles, more than hundred wins and exactly hundred pole positions, Adrian Newey is set to leave Red Bull Racing. The renowned designer, known as one of the most brilliant minds in Formula 1, has been with the team for eighteen years, since they convinced him to join their ambitious plan in 2006. Previously, Newey used his talents at McLaren and Williams, designing championship-winning cars for both teams. Now, his position in Red Bull has been widely discussed over the past few weeks. Before the 2024 seas ..read more

He is one of the most popular, widely known and noted figures from the vivacious world of Formula 1. He is also a figure familiar with the vastly changing vagaries of the sport, someone who has seen different eras of the top tier of motor-sport racing. Moreover, he was once with Ferrari; today, he commands the sport with the alacrity and observation of a discerning top boss. Few things miss the observant and keen eyes of a gentleman called Stefano Domenicali. Having said that, one of the telling reminders of the changing dynamics of Formula 1 today is the sheer number of Grand Prix contests t ..read more

The recent Formula 1 Grand Prix of China, truly speaking, was a mixed bag sort of result for the team running blazing Scarlet Red cars. While on the one hand both Ferrari drivers finished inside the top five of the twenty on the grid, with Leclerc fetching a fourth and Sainz gathering a fifth, it wasn’t the most productive result in the end.    That’s specifically speaking from the point of view of, at least, one Ferrari car frequenting the podium in all the races held up to that point; prior to the Shanghai-bound contest, Sainz had finished on the podium in every single race he too ..read more

With his multi-year Ferrari contract starting next season, Lewis Hamilton made it clear he doesn’t plan on retiring from Formula 1 in the near future. Even with that debate cleared out for now, the Brit spoke out about the topic in his recent interview with GQ Magazine. What are Hamilton’s prospects after he stops professionally racing, and does he think about those possibilities already? Well, firstly, we have to set one thing clear — Hamilton is a seven-time world champion, holder of many records, including the one for most wins by a single driver. He is a figure that will go down in the hi ..read more

“Sparks” between Ferrari’s current drivers could soon become “a fire”, according to a well-known Italian F1 insider. Over at struggling Mercedes, an awkward situation is also playing out in the cockpit, with Lewis Hamilton arguably underperforming in his final season before ousting Carlos Sainz at Ferrari. “Lewis is in a surprisingly good mood,” Mercedes boss Toto Wolff told Servus TV last weekend in China, where Hamilton badly botched his car setup. “I don’t know if it’s because he knows that next year he’ll go somewhere else,” Wolff added. “But it’s not like him at all.” Meanwhile, at Ferra ..read more

Have you ever watched a Formula 1 race and wondered ‘can you buy an F1 car?’ Well, you might be quite surprised to learn that you actually can buy a retired F1 car. It’s not as simple as walking into a dealership, but acquiring one of these pieces of F1 history can indeed become a reality for those with deep pockets and a passion for motorsports. Purchasing a retired F1 car is typically done through auctions, specialist websites, or private sellers. The vehicles available are often older models that may not have claimed any championship titles or race wins, but they still come with a signific ..read more

Besides incredible Spanish talent Carlos Sainz Jr. winning a Formula 1 That is a huge part of the results in your business,” Vasseur told select Formula 1 media. “And I think we are building up the confidence in the last month, but it was already the case in the last part of the season last year. And this weekend, I think it’s good evidence that when we are putting everything together, and I’m not sure that we’ll be able to do to do it every single weekend, but when we’re putting everything together, we can put them a little bit under pressure. And it’s when they are under pressure that ..read more

Opinions are already divided, as Formula 1 stakeholders gear up for talks about expanding the current points system. The F1 Commission will discuss a proposal, forwarded by the smaller teams but also reportedly supported by Red Bull, to expand the points-scoring places from P10 to P12. Six teams must vote in favour of an eventual concrete proposal for it to debut in 2025. “The competition is tough,” Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told Bild newspaper. “Two groups have formed – the top 5 and then the teams from sixth to tenth places. “Every single point is hard fought for. Of course, in th ..read more

After Lando Norris chased his friend Max Verstappen to the chequered flag in China, McLaren is now setting its sights on Red Bull. It’s been a low-profile start to 2024 for the Woking-based team, despite quietly and comfortably sitting between Ferrari and Mercedes in the pecking order. Indeed, Norris made a friendly bet with his engineer on Sunday that he would be 35 seconds behind the nearest Ferrari in the Chinese GP. Ultimately, he beat both red cars. “I was very wrong,” he smiled. Norris is under contract to McLaren through 2026, but Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko has mentioned his interest i ..read more

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finished fourth and fifth respectively in the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix, making it the first weekend of the season where neither of the Ferrari drivers managed to get onto the podium. The cars suffered from a relative lack of pace on the hard compound tyre, which came as a “big surprise”. From the start of the race, Leclerc and Sainz faced challenges and quickly fell behind, to the tail of the top ten, as George Russell’s Mercedes and even Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas slipped ahead on the opening lap. Luckily, when it came to Lap 9, Leclerc already gained his position ..read more