Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen won’t be happy to hear that FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem supports the suggested changes to sprint weekends, with a vote set to take place on Tuesday. Verstappen has been incredibly vocal in his support of the traditional Formula 1 format, with the Dutchman having been against sprint races since
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With every side having submitted their financial records for 2022 to the FIA on March 31, F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali has admitted that he’s “more than nervous” to release each team’s financial records, due to the controversy it caused last season. Last season, of course, saw Red Bull slapped with a penalty by
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Formula 1 was embroiled in controversy in 2021 when Red Bull and Aston Martin breached the budget cap of $145 million allocated by the FIA. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner admitted earlier this year that he can’t rule out another incident for the sport this year, as the FIA wades through the often complex
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Lewis Hamilton has teamed up with Oscar winner Brad Pitt for a new venture, producing a movie about Formula 1. While the movie doesn’t have a name yet, it is set to follow a Formula 1 driver, played by Pitt, who comes out of retirement to mentor a young driver to success. It is being
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Formula 1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali isn’t concerned about Red Bull’s current dominance, with the Italian believing that not only will they be caught come the end of the year, but that actually their strong performances aren’t pushing away new fans. The pinnacle of motorsport is certainly booming right now, with more viewers tuning
MoreFormula 1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali has revealed that “historic” Grands Prix can’t just rely on their history to gain a slot on the calendar, with the likes of Monza, Spa and Silverstone needing to “look ahead with a different future”. The F1 calendar is currently a huge talking point, with the 2023 season
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Formula 1 is famously an expensive sport for teams but it is set to get costlier in the future, as the FIA increases the price of entry. Having launched an entry process back in February, scheduled to end in June, the FIA currently charges a $200 million “anti-dilution fee” for any team that wishes to
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A debate has broken out in Formula 1 over whether practice sessions should remain, be reformed or be removed entirely. Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has been clear that he is a “supporter of the cancellation of free practice sessions,” saying they are “of great use to the engineers but that the public doesn’t like
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Last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix was just the second since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, with the memories of Formula 1 shutting down still living very much in the memory of F1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali. It was at the Albert Park Circuit in 2020 where Formula 1 came to a halt,
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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen has hinted once again that he could retire from Formula 1 at the end of 2028, with the Dutchman being concerned that the sport is making too many changes to its format. Despite being just 25 years old, Verstappen is very much one of the more traditional F1 drivers, with
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