Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has questioned if a country “culturally different” to where the bulk of the races take place would be the right move for the future ownership of Formula 1, following the recent offer by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It was reported on Bloomberg last week that current F1 owners
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The FIA has come under fire from various important figures after they announced the change a change in the regulations that will ban political gestures from the sport unless they have been approved by the FIA. Liberal Democrat life peer Paul Scriven has been very vocal about his concern surrounding this new rule, suggesting that
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has admitted that their budget cap penalty is already “limiting significantly” the team’s number of runs in the wind tunnel, with the Austrians already three months into their penalty. After breaching the 2021 budget cap by $2.2 million, the FIA announced towards the end of the 2022 season that
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Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas has become the first Formula 1 driver to question the FIA’s controversial update to the International Sporting Code (ISC), with the Finn believing that the governing body are trying to “control” the drivers. It was announced following the 2022 season that a fleet of changes would be made to the
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has questioned how suitable it would be for prospective Formula 1 owners to be based in a nation “culturally different” to the vast majority of the calendar, following a reported bid by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It was reported by Bloomberg last week that current F1 owners Liberty
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has questioned “how on Earth” could Formula 1 say no to Andretti and General Motors’ bid to join the grid in 2026, with the American duo having seemingly completed the governing body’s checklist. Ben Sulayem has been a vocal and public supporter of Michael Andretti’s bid to enter a new
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem remained firmly in the spotlight over the weekend, after sexist comments made by the president resurfaced online, to the disgrace of many in the motorsport community. It’s been a difficult week or so for Ben Sulayem, with tensions between the FIA and F1 being at an all-time low, after he publicly backed Andretti-Cadillac’s
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For years now Formula 1 drivers have been using their massive exposure all around the world for good, with a number of political gestures sending much needed shockwaves through the sport. Lewis Hamilton wore a t-shirt at the Tuscan Grand Prix calling for the arrest of the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor and Sebastian
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The value of Formula 1 continues to increase year after year, as the sport continues to grow and spread all over the world. Since Liberty Media purchased Formula 1 in 2017 for £6.4bn, Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’ has seen the audience for the sport grow in regions such as the USA, who previously preferred IndyCar
MoreFIA steward Emmanuele Pirro has questioned FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s intent on sticking with two race directors for 2023, after admitting that the system simply “cannot work”. Several drivers hit out at the FIA last season for the inconsistency seen by race direction, with Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas having shared the role. Whilst
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