Red Bull have signed engineer Phil Prew from Mercedes to help inform their work on power units from the 2026 season. Prew has previously worked at McLaren, where he was an understudy to Adrian Newey, before going on to become a race engineer in 2001, working with the likes of Sir Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez
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Daniel Ricciardo has affirmed that his penalty at the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend was “fair” as he finished a disappointing P15. The Australian started ninth on the grid, while team-mate Lando Norris qualified fourth, but he lost ground to Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez off the start as they looked to recover from a
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With the summer break officially underway, so is ‘silly season’, with Fernando Alonso’s recent announcement having started the race to fill the remaining seats. Following on from Sebastian Vettel’s announcement last week that he’d be retiring from Formula 1, Alonso announced on Monday that he’d be replacing the German on a multi-year deal at the
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso is loving the drama he has kickstarted in Formula 1, evidenced by the great time he is having in Spain at the moment. In bombshell news on Monday morning, Aston Martin announced that they had signed the Spaniard from Alpine to replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel, but the 41-year-old had told Alpine
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has indicated that he would not be against Daniel Ricciardo returning to the team from McLaren. The Australian signed with the French side under its Renault identity in 2019, but they suffered a disappointing season as they ended fifth in the Constructors’ Standings having ended fourth in 2019. This would
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Fernando Alonso is reported to have signed a three-year deal with Aston Martin, keeping him at the team until the end of 2025 when he joins in 2023. The Spaniard was thought to be entering the summer break ready to start negotiations with the Alpine team regarding a new contract, since his current deal with
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The lights have most certainly gone out on silly season, with the Alpine F1 Team being left in the mud after a dramatic 48 hours. On Monday, following the Hungarian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso announced that he’d be joining the Aston Martin F1 Team in 2023, replacing the retiring Sebastian Vettel. Whilst this move caught everyone by surprise,
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McLaren’s Lando Norris was happy enough with seventh place at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, but he might have expected a little more given where he started. The Briton capitalised on a poor performance by Sergio Perez in qualifying, as well as issues for Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton to start P4 in
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The Aston Martin F1 Team are set to be copied by every team on the grid, after introducing an innovative new rear-wing at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll had rear-wings that resembled the 2021 cars, which had considerably higher downforce than the current generation. Both drivers had additions to their endplates,
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Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher does not believe Oscar Piastri will sign with Alpine to replace Fernando Alonso next season. Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the current season last week, leaving his seat at Aston Martin available for next year. After just a few days of speculation,
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