Nov.4 (GMM) Lance Stroll says the “plan” is that he will still be at his father’s Aston Martin team in 2024. The struggling Canadian driver is back in the Formula 1 headlines – but this time for the right reasons after a solid but in many ways lucky top-3 qualifying performance in Brazil. It came […]
Travel problems for Magnussen before Brazil GP
Nov.3 (GMM) Kevin Magnussen will not miss this weekend’s Brazilian GP, despite his conspicuous absence at Interlagos on Thursday. The Dane, who insisted during the week that his hands are “fine” despite his hefty crash just a few days ago in Mexico, was absent from the FIA press conference – which is compulsory for summoned […]
Hamas war will not cancel Abu Dhabi GP – official
Nov.3 (GMM) Formula 1 has hit back at suggestions the sport’s 2023 season finale in Abu Dhabi will have to be called off. As the Brazilian GP weekend kicked off on Thursday, whispers circulated the Interlagos paddock that the FIA may be forced to axe Abu Dhabi for now because of the situation in Israel-Palestine. […]
Massa sits out Brazil GP amid F1 lawsuits
Nov.3 (GMM) Sao Paulo native Felipe Massa will not be at the Brazilian GP this weekend, despite officially serving as a Formula 1 ambassador. The former Ferrari driver is in the midst of legal action against F1 and the FIA, citing recent comments by the sport’s ex-supremo Bernie Ecclestone suggesting key officials knew about the […]
Audi chief says F1 entry ‘schedule’ still on track
Nov.3 (GMM) “No other decision” apart from entering Formula 1 in collaboration with Sauber has been taken by the Audi board. That is the “clear” denial that has come from the mouth of Jurgen Rittersberger, the VW-owned German carmaker’s chief financial officer and board member said at a meeting with business-related specialist media. His comments […]
Alonso probably started Red Bull rumours – Marko
Nov.3 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko thinks it might have been Fernando Alonso’s camp that triggered the latest firestorm of rumours about his Formula 1 future. The 42-year-old Aston Martin driver actually reacted with fury to the swirling speculation – involving potential retirement but also a sensational Red Bull seat-swap with Sergio Perez – when asked […]
Wrong to blame Elliott for ‘bad’ Mercedes cars
Nov.3 (GMM) Mercedes’ race drivers say it’s wrong to scapegoat newly-departing Mike Elliot for the team’s ‘no sidepods’ concept failure of 2022 and 2023. Having now headed in a different direction with the latest upgrades, and with a “completely” new car coming for 2024, long-serving engineer Elliott – having been relegated from his technical director […]
Aston Martin colleague slams wild Alonso rumours
Nov.2 (GMM) One of Fernando Alonso’s team colleagues and long-time friends has slammed wild rumours linking the Spaniard with a sensational departure from Aston Martin. Alonso, 42, is already under contract for 2024, but it has been loudly whispered this week that he might be contemplating retirement – or a startling seat-swap with underperforming Red […]
New F1 rumour links Toyota with Sauber
Nov.2 (GMM) It’s been a week of wild rumours in Formula 1 – and the latest involves the name of a familiar Japanese carmaker. However, it’s not Honda – whose plan to stay on the grid after the end of its Red Bull collaboration in 2026 by switching to Aston Martin remains on track. Rather, […]
Mercedes admits top speed weakness
Nov.2 (GMM) While a new floor has paid off, and Mercedes has admitted that it must speed up its pitstops, the formerly dominant F1 team has revealed another major weakness. “Honestly, we’ve been very, very slow on the straight,” said Lewis Hamilton, who has finished second behind his former F1 title nemesis Max Verstappen for […]
Perez ‘not fast enough’ for Red Bull – Albers
Nov.2 (GMM) Sergio Perez is simply “not fast enough” to keep his seat at Red Bull, according to a former Formula 1 racer. At home in Mexico, amid swirling rumours about his future despite a signed 2024 contract, Perez crashed out at turn 1 by taking a lunge for the lead from P5 on the […]
Dead-last Haas ‘paying the price’ – Hulkenberg
Nov.2 (GMM) Nico Hulkenberg has issued a harsh assessment of Haas’ situation in Formula 1, as the small American team slumps to dead last in the championship. That is despite the fact that, recently in Austin, the team finally revealed a major car upgrade – but it hasn’t delivered the hoped-for promise. Indeed, when Hulkenberg […]
World must ‘accept’ Michael Schumacher’s fate – brother
Nov.2 (GMM) Michael Schumacher’s well-known younger brother admits it has been hard to “accept” the fate of the Formula 1 legend. Little is known about the extent of the seven time world champion’s brain injuries since his skiing accident almost a full decade ago – and his media lawyer is now declaring that the family […]
FIA president defends enormous EUR 1m driver fines
Nov.1 (GMM) Mohammed Ben Sulayem has defended the FIA’s decision to crank up the maximum financial penalties for Formula 1 drivers to an incredible EUR 1 million. The news broke ahead of the recent US GP, where drivers reacted with astonishment to learn that the maximum penalty had been multiplied by a factor of four. […]
F1 pundits doubt Alonso-Perez seat swap rumours
Nov.1 (GMM) Amid a wave of wild rumours predicting a Fernando Alonso-Max Verstappen pairing at Red Bull in 2024, two expert pundits have played down the likelihood. Following Aston Martin’s stellar start to 2023, the Formula 1 world couldn’t help notice that two-time Alonso, 42, was also in a stellar mood for the first half […]
Aston Martin ‘not lost’, Alonso not retiring
Nov.1 (GMM) Amid a wild round of rumours this week, Fernando Alonso insists he is not yet ready to retire. “For now, no,” Fox Sports Mexico quotes the 42-year-old Spaniard as saying when asked if his long Formula 1 career might now be nearing its end. “I know I’m in the closing part of my […]
Stroll should consider quitting F1 – Danner
Nov.1 (GMM) Lance Stroll should think about whether he really wants to remain a Formula 1 driver. That is the frank claim of former F1 driver Christian Danner, towards the end of the 25-year-old Canadian’s stark failure to impress alongside Fernando Alonso at Aston Martin in 2023. Stroll debuted for Williams all the way back […]
Hamilton wants to ‘get closer’ to Verstappen in Brazil
Nov.1 (GMM) After finishing second at the chequered flag to Max Verstappen at the last two grands prix, Lewis Hamilton thinks he might “get closer” to the Red Bull this weekend in Brazil. It was at Interlagos a year ago that George Russell had his breakthrough Formula 1 win – with Hamilton second. And now, […]
Prost vows to catch up with Verstappen in Abu Dhabi
Oct.31 (GMM) F1 legend Alain Prost says he will catch up with Max Verstappen and welcome him to a “very exclusive club”. In Mexico, Dutchman Verstappen won his sixteenth grand prix of the 2023 season – breaking his own record. When asked what’s next, the 26-year-old smiled: “Seventeen? Nineteen? I don’t know.” Red Bull’s Dr […]
Mexico safety concerns were overblown – Marko
Oct.31 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko admits he was overly cautious about triple world champion Max Verstappen’s personal safety and security situation ahead of the Mexican GP. Following the tsunami of boos Verstappen was subjected to after the US GP a week earlier, Red Bull decided to hire two sizeable bodyguards to protect the 26-year-old Dutchman […]