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V-CARB make major signings including ex-FIA staff

The side formerly known as AlphaTauri, Visa Cash App RB (V-CARB), have made three major signings ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 season. 2024 has already been extremely busy for Red Bull’s sister team, as they’ve successfully completed their rebrand. V-CARB might be a name which hasn’t gone down well with fans, but this hasn’t

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Who will replace Lewis Hamilton?

Lewis Hamilton is comfortably the most popular British driver on the Formula 1 grid and by far the most successful in the sport, but who will lead the charge for the United Kingdom when he eventually calls it quits? Whilst Hamilton is only just at the start of a new two-year contract, the 39-year-old is

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Bernie Ecclestone just misses top spot on UK’s top taxpayers list

Ex-Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone picked up the number two spot on the UK’s top taxpayers list, following a lengthy legal battle with the UK tax authorities. Ecclestone had to pay HMRC a staggering £652.6 million consisting of tax and penalties, after being forced to settle a debt. His giant payment has boosted him into

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Ferrari sign premium sponsor previously tied to Aston Martin

Ferrari has announced that premium Italian beer Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% are a new sponsor of the Maranello-based team, after a multi-year agreement was reached. Peroni’s deal with the Italians starts this year following their exit from Aston Martin at the end of 2023. When partnered with Aston Martin, Peroni’s logo featured on the Silverstone-based

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Ferrari and Red Bull both ‘interested parties’ in Alex Albon

Formula 1 journalist Lawrence Barretto understands that both Ferrari and Red Bull are “interested parties” in Alex Albon, who is currently hot property in the driver market. Since returning to F1 with Williams in 2022, Albon has rapidly risen in value, something many never saw coming following his exit in 2020. Albon’s F1 career looked

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Lewis Hamilton’s ‘long-term friend’ to return

Marc Hynes, a “long-term friend” of Lewis Hamilton’s is returning to the Mercedes driver’s entourage for 2024, after initially departing his side ahead of 2021. Hynes has supported Hamilton for four of his Drivers’ Championships, with him having previously been the seven-time World Champion’s chief executive of Hamilton’s Project Forty Four management company. Hamilton is

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Fernando Alonso reveals huge Aston Martin worry

Ahead of his second season with Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso is busy at work already in the simulator, as he looks to get the AMR24 into good condition for the upcoming championship. Alonso performed brilliantly in 2023 and was largely responsible for the British side finishing fifth in the Constructors’ Championship, whilst he was entirely

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Lewis Hamilton advises Max Verstappen on what to do

Lewis Hamilton has advised Max Verstappen to “keep doing what you’re doing”, as the Dutchman is currently unstoppable. Verstappen is rapidly closing in on Hamilton’s records courtesy of his dominance, with the Red Bull driver having won 34 times since the start of 2022 alone. He sits third on the all-time winners list on 54

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Eye-watering salary revealed: Charles Leclerc receives bumper pay rise

Charles Leclerc’s new contract reportedly comes with a bumper pay rise, with him set to be on $30 million per season. The report comes from Corriere della Sera, who have also revealed the duration of the deal. Leclerc’s new contract was announced last week by Ferrari as being a ‘long-term’ deal, which reportedly covers five

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Lando Norris: ‘Tell me I suck’

Ahead of the upcoming 2024 Formula 1 season, Lando Norris has revealed what he learnt last season and in what areas he made progress. 2023 was a strange yet exceptional year for Norris, as he ended the campaign as one of the fastest drivers on the grid. The same couldn’t be said at the beginning

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