Oct.3 (GMM) Fernando Alonso has blasted the poor reliability of his Alpine car this season as “unacceptable”. The Spaniard, who turned down the Renault-owned team’s one-year contract extension offer for 2023 in favour of a longer deal at Aston Martin, says technical problems have cost him 60 points this season so far. Alonso, whose teammate […]
‘Terrible’ Singapore GP ‘doesn’t matter’ – Verstappen
Oct.3 (GMM) After what he described as a “very messy” weekend in Singapore, Max Verstappen will try again to wrap up his 2022 drivers’ title this weekend in Japan. Under the Singapore lights, the Dutchman’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez raced to victory on the damp street circuit and said Verstappen will have to work […]
Wolff insider may have leaked Red Bull breach
Oct.3 (GMM) A former Toto Wolff insider who now works for the FIA may be the source of the leaked information about Red Bull’s alleged budget cap breach. That is the suspicion of former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, after top Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko said he suspected the FIA has a “mole”. Earlier […]
Junior F1 ladder in Europe not ‘reasonable’ – Alesi
Oct.2 (GMM) F1 legend Jean Alesi says his son Giuliano abandoned his European racing career because the environment in Japan is more “reasonable”. 23-year-old Giuliano Alesi was a Formula 2 driver until he was dropped by Ferrari’s development academy. Now, he races for the top TOM’s team in Japanese open-wheeler ‘Super Formula’ and Super GT. […]
Steiner denies Hulkenberg a done deal for 2023
Oct.2 (GMM) Gunther Steiner has denied already signing on the dotted line of a 2023 race deal with experienced German driver Nico Hulkenberg. With French media reporting that Pierre Gasly is signed up for Alpine next year, facilitated by Nyck de Vries’ reported Alpha Tauri deal, sources in Germany claim that a 2023 Haas deal […]
Verstappen tells F1 rivals to ‘shutup’ amid scandal
Oct.2 (GMM) Max Verstappen has dismissed Red Bull’s budget cap scandal as the usual noise from intense rivals Mercedes and Ferrari. The reigning world champion, who in Singapore is on the cusp of now wrapping up his second consecutive drivers’ title, says he is not worried about being stripped of his crowns. “What I hear […]
Furious Red Bull could sue F1 rivals for defamation
Oct.2 (GMM) Red Bull says it is looking into its legal options after being openly accused of cheating by its two key Formula 1 rivals. To the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung, Dr Helmut Marko even suspects that a “mole” may have fed confidential data about the team’s alleged budget cap breaches to Mercedes and Ferrari. […]
F1’s return to Africa may not be at Kyalami – Domenicali
Oct.1 (GMM) Africa’s return to the Formula 1 calendar is not dead in the water, according to F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali. A deal for Kyalami, having last hosted a grand prix in 1993, was considered by insiders to be almost a dead certainty for 2023. Ultimately, the deal fell through reportedly for financial reasons. “The […]
Red Bull signs de Vries for Alpha Tauri seat – report
Oct.1 (GMM) Nyck de Vries has signed up to make his full Formula 1 debut next year with Red Bull’s second team Alpha Tauri. That is the claim from the verge of the Singapore GP of the French broadcaster Canal Plus, reporting that the move will see team incumbent Pierre Gasly move over to Alpine. […]
‘Ground effect’ cars did not improve racing – Vettel
Oct.1 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel has rubbished claims that Formula 1’s new ground-effect aerodynamic regulations this year have dramatically improved the ‘show’. Although Red Bull ended up dominating the world championship despite a strong early showing from Ferrari, many insist that the drivers can at least follow and overtake one another more easily than in the […]
F1 continues push for less free-to-air TV
Oct.1 (GMM) Sky and Formula 1 will remain together on an international scale for the foreseeable future. Ahead of the Singapore GP, it was announced that the well known pay-TV broadcaster has retained the F1 rights not just in Britain, but also German and Italy. The British deal is through 2029, while contracts with the […]
Honda ‘interested’ in F1 return – Marko
Oct.1 (GMM) Honda is “interested” in returning to Formula 1 in an official capacity, according to Dr Helmut Marko. Recently, Red Bull and Porsche admitted that their talks about a works engine collaboration and 50 percent team buyout slated for 2026 had collapsed. Top team official Marko then announced that he would shortly be travelling […]
Grave concerns about Red Bull owner’s health
Oct.1 (GMM) There are grave fears about the health of Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz. Rumours have been swirling for some time that the fiercely private 78-year-old, who is the wealthiest Austrian on earth, is suffering from a grave illness. “He’s not doing well,” said Roger Benoit, the veteran F1 correspondent for the Swiss newspaper […]
New F1 scandal ‘damaging our reputation’ – Marko
Oct.1 (GMM) Christian Horner insists he is “calm” in the face of rumours Red Bull could be at the centre of one of the greatest Formula 1 scandals in recent history. Following widespread media reports from the Singapore paddock, the sport’s governing body has now admitted that “alleged breaches” of the budget cap provisions from […]
All-female F1 support series close to collapse
Sep.30 (GMM) The mission of powering a woman onto the Formula 1 grid has suffered a major setback, as it emerges that the so-called ‘W Series’ is on the brink of collapse. The Telegraph reports that the series, in which only female drivers race at the wheel of Formula 3 cars during eight Formula 1 […]
F1 bracing for budget cap scandal involving Red Bull
Sep.30 (GMM) The world of Formula 1 could be bracing for a scandal involving the dominant Red Bull team. La Gazzetta dello Sport reports from Singapore that the governing FIA may be on the verge of kicking off an investigation into whether the energy drink owned team breached the new budget cap provisions last year. […]
Marko admits Red Bull could ‘release Gasly’
Sep.30 (GMM) The tail-end of Formula 1’s intense driver ‘silly season’ should be reaching the chequered flag within a couple of weeks. Currently, after Alfa Romeo locked up its second seat for 2023 by extending Guanyu Zhou’s contract, there are only three official vacancies on next year’s grid – at Williams, Haas and Alpine. However, […]
F1 calendar risks ‘burnout’ – Ralf Schumacher
Sep.29 (GMM) Formula 1’s ever-expanding race calendars may not be sustainable into the future. That is the view of former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, who contested a 17-race calendar when he made his debut all the way back in 1997. Ten years later, when the now 47-year-old retired, the schedule was still at just 17 […]
Leclerc hails ‘mature’ Verstappen rivalry
Sep.29 (GMM) Charles Leclerc has hailed the civility of his world championship battle with Max Verstappen this year. Last year, Dutchman Verstappen was locked in one of the most intense title battles in F1 history. And given their personal history as boys in karting, many expected that a Verstappen-Leclerc head-to-head could get just as ugly. […]
Schumacher’s F1 career could be over – Stuck
Sep.29 (GMM) German racing legend Hans-Joachim Stuck says it’s “completely incomprehensible” that Mick Schumacher may be pushed out of Formula 1. It appears one of 23-year-old Schumacher’s last options to keep his career alive in 2023 – Williams – actually favours replacing Nicholas Latifi with its own American development driver Logan Sargeant. One of the […]