Feb.19 (GMM) The only new Formula 1 car for 2024 that is yet to see the public light of day or a racetrack so far is the Williams. The car that was ‘launched’ earlier this month was in fact last year’s model in a new livery for 2024, while team boss James Vowles admits to […]
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Three F1 drivers hail sprint format tweaks for 2024
Feb.19 (GMM) Three Formula 1 drivers have applauded the tweaks made to the controversial ‘sprint’ weekend format for 2024. At the most recent meeting in London of the F1 Commission, it was agreed that improvements will be made to the schedule relevant to the six sprint weekends this year – in China, Miami, Austria, Austin, […]
Similar Red Bull, RB cars ‘raises questions’
Feb.19 (GMM) As some of their rivals feared, it appears that the sister team formerly known as Alpha Tauri has indeed taken big technical steps closer to Red Bull Racing. Insiders were stunned last week when, after most rival teams unveiled 2024 cars much more in line with the dominant 2022-2023 Red Bull car concept, […]
F1 insiders predict trouble ahead for Leclerc
Feb.19 (GMM) Charles Leclerc has many reasons to worry about the impending arrival of Lewis Hamilton as his teammate at Ferrari for 2025 and beyond. That is the view not only of Red Bull’s top Austrian consultant Dr Helmut Marko but also F1 legend and fellow Austrian Gerhard Berger. Seven time world champion Hamilton’s obvious […]
Sainz, Vasseur deny Ferrari disunity in 2024
Feb.19 (GMM) Carlos Sainz and Frederic Vasseur have played down claims that team dynamics at Ferrari this year will be shattered due to the Spaniard’s looming exit. When news broke of Lewis Hamilton’s bombshell move to Maranello next year, 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve predicted troubled waters ahead in the red camp. “Sainz will have […]
Outcome now imminent as Horner F1 scandal deepens
Feb.19 (GMM) Christian Horner’s struggle to rescue his embattled Formula 1 career appears only to have worsened. Red Bull’s 2026 engine partner Ford, and the Formula 1 organisation itself, have now broken their silence on the scandal that is being investigated internally behind the scenes at the energy drink company. It emerges that De Telegraaf, […]
McLaren hid innovative ‘mini wing’ at 2024 car launch
Feb.16 (GMM) An eye-catching technical innovation was missing or hidden from the earliest images of the newly-launched 2024 McLaren. The Woking based team is tipped to perhaps beat Mercedes and Ferrari to the chase as Red Bull’s closest pursuer this year, with CEO Zak Brown not ruling out wins. It’s probably no surprise that McLaren […]
Rosberg defends Hamilton’s ‘childhood dream’ claim
Feb.16 (GMM) Nico Rosberg has defended his former teammate and title nemesis Lewis Hamilton after deciding to scrap his Mercedes contract after this year to switch to Ferrari. Hamilton, 39, justified the move on the basis that it had always been a “childhood dream” to race in red – a claim scoffed at by another […]
Perez eyes ‘a few more years’ at Red Bull
Feb.16 (GMM) As the early 2025 ‘silly season’ ignites all around him, Sergio Perez says he wants to stay at Red Bull for “a few more years”. The Mexican has often struggled to keep up with teammate Max Verstappen since joining the energy drink-owned Formula 1 team in 2021. His latest contract expires at the […]
Verstappen’s ban on ‘dangerous’ skiing is over
Feb.16 (GMM) Red Bull’s ban on Max Verstappen taking part in “dangerous sports” appears to be over. It was just before Christmas when the triple world champion admitted that the contractual ban on him skiing and doing other dangerous extracurricular activities was “sad”. “You can also slip in the shower and break your neck. There […]
Bold Mercedes should sign teenager for ’25 – Fisichella
Feb.16 (GMM) A 17-year-old is the early favourite to replace the Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2025. It has been rumoured that Fernando Alonso or another highly experienced driver might be a better option, but the Toto Wolff-managed Kimi Antonelli – who is named after Kimi Raikkonen – is being tipped as a Max […]
Osaka chief says two Japanese hosts could co-exist in F1
Feb.16 (GMM) Suzuka’s new long-term contract with Formula 1 does not mean a new project in Osaka will fail. That is the insistence of Hiroshi Mizohata, president of the Osaka tourism board, despite F1 having agreed to keep the Japanese GP at Suzuka through 2029. Just weeks earlier, the Osaka tourism board had announced its […]
Verstappen surprised at Red Bull’s radical 2024 car
Feb.16 (GMM) Just when the F1 world expected a gentle evolution of the ultra-dominant 2023 car, Red Bull unveiled a new single seater on Thursday that left jaws agape. “We had such a dominant car last year that you wouldn’t imagine us changing the concept so much,” Sergio Perez said at Milton-Keynes. “I think it […]
Horner, Verstappen swerve around Red Bull scandal
Feb.16 (GMM) As the wraps came off a surprisingly-radical 2024 Red Bull on Thursday, Christian Horner and Max Verstappen tried to swerve around the pre-season scandal. “Everything I’m going to say about that can of course be interpreted in a certain way,” triple world champion Verstappen said when asked about the management scandal and accusations […]
Wolff ‘will do everything’ to sign Verstappen – Marko
Feb.15 (GMM) Bombshell moves in the uncharacteristically tumultuous ‘silly season’ driver market early in 2024 might be far from over, according to former F1 driver Christian Danner. With Lewis Hamilton stunning the Formula 1 world with his decision to terminate his Mercedes contract after this year to switch to Ferrari, the candidates to replace the […]
Marko wants Horner saga ‘turbulence’ to end soon
Feb.15 (GMM) Red Bull has now confirmed officially that its embattled team boss Christian Horner will indeed be present at the launch of the 2024 car on Thursday. A media advisory put out by the dominant Formula 1 team said the live-streamed event from Milton-Keynes will feature “team principal Christian Horner” alongside the drivers. Also […]
Marko worried about F1 rival discovering ‘special trick’
Feb.15 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko admits it’s possible one of Red Bull’s closest rivals could beat the dominant Formula 1 team this year with a “special trick”. Mercedes on Wednesday revealed and debuted at Silverstone the last Brackley-made car that Lewis Hamilton will race before his 2025 switch to Ferrari. It is a major visible […]
Red Bull ‘needs answers’ but Horner ‘innocent’ – Ecclestone
Feb.14 (GMM) Christian Horner is still at work as usual in charge of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team, with his friend Bernie Ecclestone insisting the long-time boss is technically “innocent”. Horner’s entire career is in doubt as the team’s parent company, Red Bull GmbH, looks into the accusations of a female staff member who alleges […]
Vasseur denies 2025 Sainz ousting ‘unfair’
Feb.14 (GMM) Ferrari’s team boss denies he is being “unfair” by dumping Carlos Sainz at the end of the 2024 season. As the Maranello team unveiled on Tuesday what Auto Motor und Sport described as a “Red Bull painted in red”, boss Frederic Vasseur admitted that having to tell Sainz that he is being replaced […]
Hamilton exit ‘a mystery’ admits former Mercedes boss
Feb.13 (GMM) Norbert Haug, a former Mercedes F1 boss, says it’s a “mystery” why Lewis Hamilton decided to jump ship to Ferrari for 2025. On Monday at the Aston Martin launch, former Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso poked fun at Hamilton’s reasoning – that it had always been the 39-year-old’s “childhood dream” to race in red. […]