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Adrian Newey is God!!! In Formula One terms he most certainly is. His car designs have crossed the finishing line first on 193 occasions. He knows his stuff from his early days at Leyton House, through his time with Williams and then McLaren. A mainstay of Red Bull since 2006. There for the halcyon period…
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Italian motorsport team Prema have announced they will run a team in the brand new all-women driver series, the F1 Academy. The series aims to develop and boost young drivers and aid in their development in the steps towards a Formula 1 career. The F1 Academy will use the Tatuus T421 chassis, fitted with a…
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The saga surrounding who could provide the power units for Red Bull Racing continue to swirl as Ford are now rumored to be set to collaborate with Red Bull on their powertrains. While Christian Horner has said he wants Red Bull to make their own power units for 2026 and beyond, other suppliers are welcome…
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Josef Newgarden will receive a new race engineer for 2023, his third in as many seasons he chases a third IndyCar crown. After Gavin Ward’s departure at the end of 2021, Penske hired Eric Leitchle, who Newgarden was able to win five races with in 2022 which was more than any other driver on the…
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The FIA has confirmed that Nyck De Vries will drive under number 21 when he makes his full-season debut next year. The Dutchman will race alongside Yuki Tsunoda at Alpha Tauri next year, replacing Pierre Gasly who will move to Alpine. De Vries, an ex-Formula 2 and Formula E champion, found himself in Alex Albon’s…
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Ferrari have decided not to extend the collaboration with Mick Schumacher, meaning the German driver will leave Ferrari’s Driver Academy. Ferrari and Mick Schumacher have collaborated since 2019, with Ferrari supporting Mick through his junior campaign before signing for HAAS in Formula 1. Mick would lose his F1 seat to Nico Hulkenberg for 2023, paving…
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Amongst this unpredictable silly season, Jost Capito resigned after two years at the helm of the Williams F1 operation. Jost joined the British team in December 2020, after it was bought by investment group Dorilton Capital, as CEO; He later took on the role of Team Principal in mid-2021, replacing Simon Roberts. Prior to the…
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From the start of 2023, Arrow McLaren SP will change its name to Arrow McLaren. While that may seem like a simple rebranding, it marks the end of what has been a truly immense era for Sam Schmidt who set up Sam Schmidt Motorsport just over a year after an Indy Racing League crash that…
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Despite being a semi spec- series, where teams all run the same Dallara DW12 Chassis, with either a Honda or Chevrolet engine, teams are allowed to freely develop their dampers for different tracks, or even specific drivers, depending on their setup preference. In simple terms, the role of the damper is to turn the energy…
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In a morning of changes, that saw Fred Vassuer head to Ferrari, Andreas Seidl head to Sauber as CEO, McLaren has confirmed that Andrea Stella will become Team Principal with immediate effect. Andreas Stella will move from Executive Director at McLaren to become Team Principal. I’m delighted that Andrea Stella will step into the Team…
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Andreas Seidl joins Sauber as CEO. Andrew Benson, BBC Chief F1 writer, tweeted this morning with the news that Andreas Seidl looks to be heading out of McLaren and over to Sauber. Seidl will replace the departing Vassuer who will head to Marinello to take on the Team Principal role for Ferrari. Sauber has confirmed…
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Ferrari and Sauber have confirmed the departure and hiring of Fred Vassuer. After weeks of speculation, Fred Vassuer finally makes the move to Marinello to replace Mattia Binotto as Ferrari Team Principal. Frederic Vasseur leaves a team bolstered by new partners, a growing workforce and with a bright future as the works team for a…
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Red Bull junior Liam Lawson has signed with Mugen for the 2023 Super Formula season, joining two-time champion of the series Tomoki Nojiri at the Honda-powered outfit. Mugen is the reigning champion of the series with Nojiri and will be looking to defend this with the addition of the New Zealander for 2023. Lawson is…
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Japanese racer Ayumu Iwasa will continue with DAMS for the 2023 F2 season, it has been announced this morning. The multiple-race winner from 2022 will partner Arthur Leclerc at the French outfit next year and will look to be at the sharp end of the championship after his strong fifth-place finish this year. Iwasa managed…
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Williams Racing have announced that Team Principle, Jost Capito will leave the team In a short statement Williams confirmed the departure of both Jost Capito and Technical Director FX Demaison. “It has been a huge privilege to lead Williams Racing for the last two seasons and to lay the foundations for the turnaround of this…
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Honda has register it’s interest in becoming a Power Unit supplier from 2026. The Japanese manufacturer officially pulled out of Formula 1 at the end of last season, however remains closely linked to Redbull, providing support to Redbull Power Trains. The Honda Power Unit IP has been loaned to Redbull untill the end of the…
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Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1 driver, has faith in Ferrari as they prepare for the former Formula 1 Ferrari Team Principle Matteo Binotto’s successor to step into this role. Ferrari faced a challenging year with major strategy mistakes to broken records and it’s safe to say that none of us could have predicted Ferrari’s season. For…
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Mercedes trackside engineering director, Andrew Shovlin admits that there were issues with the W-13 as early as February 2022. Andrew Shovlin on the pre season issues with the W-13: “The signs were there from the very, very early running, even on the filming day that we did at Silverstone, we then went for three days…
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The 2019 British Formula 4 Champion joins the Redbull Young Driver Programme and will complete Formula 1 testing duties for Redbull Zane Maloney will follow a full time schedule in F2, however Redbull has not confirmed what team he will be racing for in 2023.
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Formula 1 has agreed an extension with the promotors of the Dutch GP, meaning that Zandvoort will remain on the contract until the end of the 2025 season The new deal adds a further two more years to the current deal. With Nyck De Vries joining Alpha Tauri for 2023, the Dutch fans have another…