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In a true bombshell move, Max Verstappen’s long-time race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase is set to switch from Red Bull Racing to McLaren from 2028. Lambiase has worked at Red Bull since 2015, where he initially served as race engineer to Daniil Kvyat. Following Kvyat’s high-profile seat swap with Max Verstappen in early 2016, he then…
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Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team has today announced a bombshell upper management reshuffle. The move sees former team principal Andy Cowell become the team’s chief strategy officer, with managing technical partner Adrian Newey directly replacing him. In his new role, Cowell will focus on power unit integration, and liaising with the team’s new 2026 engine…
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It’s been announced that 17-year-old Italian F2 driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli will be heading to Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team for 2025. The 17-year-old has been a member of the Mercedes Junior Driver Program since 2019. More commonly referred to as Kimi Antonelli, the Italian has won: Italian F4, ADAC F4, FIA Motorsport Games Formula…
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Esteban Ocon has announced he will be leaving the Enstone team at the end of 2024. After 5 years with the team future plans are coming ‘soon’.
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Mercedes are set to lose another senior member of staff as their chief aerodynamicist departs the team after more than six years with them.
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Lewis Hamilton Autosport Image: Steve Etherington
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Today Formula 1 announced Susie Wolff as the managing director of the F1 Academy series, which will launch next month. The F1 academy aims to develop and prepare young female drivers for a career in motorsport whilst also acting as a stepping stone, towards a more diverse Formula 1 grid. The new series was announced…
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For a while now speculation has been rife around the paddock that Oracle Red Bull Racing had breached the 2021 budget cap. Christian Horner was adamant that his team were in the clear however the FIA released earlier this month that there was what was considered a minor overspend by the energy drink owned team.…
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Thats another seat filled for the 2023 season as Williams Racing sign the American Logan Sergeant to their team to replace the outgoing Nicholas Latifi. All this depends on him acquiring the relevant super license points over the last few races of this season by appearing in Free Practice 1 sessions. Something Williams is sure…
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The silly season in F1 is something that fans always look forward to, and 2023 is no exception to this. In fact there are still quite a few seats up for grabs, with some very interesting rumours circulating the Formula 1 paddock. First up is the CONFIRMED team lineups for 2023. ORACLE RED BULL RACING…
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Charles LeClerc has taken back to back poles in Baku. The Monegasque put in an absolutely scintillating lap in the dying seconds of Q3 to storm to pole position on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Just behind him is the rejuvenated Sergio Perez. The Mexican Defence minister put in some brilliant laps to take…
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Nico Hulkenberg will once again don the green suit of Aston Martin for this weekends Suadi Arabian Grand Prix due to Sebastian Vettel still suffering the effects of the COVID 19 virus. In what is a blow to the start of his season Sebastian will now have missed two races. We wish him a speedy…
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Formula 1 has announced the cancellation of the contract with the promoters of the Russian GP. As the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, Formula 1 has confirmed that the contract with Russian GP promoters has been cancelled, meaning the end of the Russian GP for the foreseeable future, including the proposed move…
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As the conflict in the Ukraine continues with Russia sending in a 40 mile convoy of military vehicles to the capital city of Kyiv. Vladimir Putin moves forward with his assault on Ukraine. In response to these atrocities, the world’s government have been imposing more and more sanctions on Russia in order to put an…
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𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝟭 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗶𝗷𝗮𝗻, 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗚𝗣’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱. A statement from F1 released on Friday morning said: “As a result of the ongoing challenges presented by COVID-19, we and our promoters in Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japan have taken the decision to cancel their races for the…
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Formula 1 has just announced the first 8 races in the revised 2020 calendar. These races will form the European leg of the calendar and will all be held behind closed doors. The races are as follows Round 1 Austria Redbull Ring 3 – 5th July Round 2 Austria Redbull Ring 10 – 12th July…