Oct.2 (GMM) Furious employees have called on French authorities to step in, after the Renault Group decided to scrap Alpine’s works Formula 1 engine program. The group of staff at the Viry-Chatillon site, strongly backed by the union, reacted to the seismic news by insisting they “regret and deplore” the decision. Alpine’s F1 team, also […]
Month: October 2024
Ecclestone predicts outcome of 2024 F1 title battles
Oct.2 (GMM) Max Verstappen will win the 2024 drivers’ title, but it will be McLaren victorious in the parallel constructors’ world championship. That’s the confident prediction of former Formula 1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, who told sport.de that Lando Norris will come up short in his head-to-head with the reigning triple world champion. “He (Verstappen) […]
Aston Martin must improve before Newey arrival – boss
Oct.1 (GMM) Team boss Mike Krack insists he will not condone Aston Martin F1 employees who are prepared to wait for the impact of Adrian Newey’s 2025 arrival. The green-clad team appeared to be on a fast track to success early last year, with Fernando Alonso’s string of podiums. But since then, progress has stalled […]
Ex-manager doubts he will see Schumacher ever again
Oct.1 (GMM) Michael Schumacher’s famous former manager doubts he will see the seven time world champion ever again. Willi Weber, now 82, was Schumacher’s manager when the great German entered Formula 1 in 1991. They were then inseparable throughout Schumacher’s initial grand prix career and only fell out in 2010 ahead of the comeback with […]
Colapinto hype could revive defunct Argentine GP
Oct.1 (GMM) Improving economic conditions and the meteoric debut of Franco Colapinto have breathed new life into Argentina’s Formula 1 aspirations. Backed by a bevy of Argentine sponsors paying about $500,000 per race to Williams, 21-year-old Colapinto recently replaced Logan Sargeant and made an immediate impact on the sport. And while reports suggest Sauber has […]
Ex-Renault boss says Alpine ‘wants to make F1 cheap’
Oct.1 (GMM) “The axe has fallen” on French-made engines in Formula 1. That’s the reaction of the country’s biggest and most influential sports publication, L’Equipe, as the Renault Group confirms that operations at Viry-Chatillon will no longer focus on F1 power unit manufacturing. “Formula 1 activities at Viry, excluding the development of a new engine, […]