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Zak Brown calls FIA’s Red Bull penalty a ‘win’

The Singapore Grand Prix earlier this year came with a lot of controversy, as it was rumoured that Aston Martin and Red Bull had spent over the permitted $145m budget cap in 2021. While Aston Martin were only found guilty of a procedural breach, Red Bull were found to be in ‘minor’ breach of the

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Lewis Hamilton reacts to Pelé’s death

The footballing world was shocked on Thursday as it was announced the possibly the greatest football player to ever live, Pelé, had passed away. The 82-year-old had been in intensive care in a Sao Paulo hospital for some time, suffering with colon cancer which had put the Brazilian in critical condition on multiple occasions. Pelé

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Mercedes ‘knew’ 2022 fuel regulations would ‘hit’ power unit’s performance

Mercedes endured a horrific start to 2022, and it wasn’t just thanks to the new aerodynamic regulations which were introduced into the sport. The Silver Arrows were the worst hit team by the shocking porpoising phenomena, something which saw the Germans have to prioritise eradicating the issue, rather than car development. Whilst their porpoising issues were well documented,

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Audi admit they can ‘feel the pressure from outside’ as they enter F1

Audi are certainly expecting a lot from their “strategic” partnership with Sauber in Formula 1, with Audi managing director Tom Baker having revealed that the German manufacturer are targeting victories “after three years”. Apart from Red Bull Powertrains, Audi are the only new power unit supplier to have been confirmed for 2026, when the new

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AlphaTauri boss explains why he ‘cannot be happy’

AlphaTauri looked to be a team on the up in 2021, scoring 142 points and finishing an impressive sixth in the final year of F1’s previous era. Despite naming an unchanged driver lineup of Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda in 2022, Red Bull’s sister team struggled to adapt to the major regulation changes that came

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Red Bull shed light on differing appearance of 2023 cars

The 2022 season presented engineers of teams up and down the paddock with the daunting yet exciting task of designing a car under drastically different regulations, as Formula 1 begins a new era. Different teams took different approaches as every team attempted to outwit the rest at the start of the season, with some teams

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Daniel Ricciardo denies ‘lazy’ claim as he opens up on McLaren failure

Daniel Ricciardo’s two-year stint as a McLaren driver is up, with the Australian returning to the side he knows best for 2023. Returning to Red Bull is arguably the best option for the 33-year-old, who just didn’t seem to click with the Woking-based outfit. It wasn’t through a lack of trying, though, with McLaren and

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George Russell defeating Lewis Hamilton is more impressive than Nico Rosberg

Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes George Russell performed better in 2022 than Nico Rosberg did during his triumphant 2016 campaign, with Lewis Hamilton having been warned that a rivalry is on the cards. Following his switch from Williams to Mercedes for 2022, most expected Russell to occupy some sort of a number two role

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McLaren boss reveals 2023 Ferrari rumour

New McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has tipped Ferrari to have a “competitive start” to 2023, with the Italian having heard that the Maranello-based team are “very happy” with their new challenger. 2022 was a mixed season for Ferrari, with the side having been hailed as the early title favourites, after Charles Leclerc won two of the

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