Williams F1 ‘competing with top 50 teams in sport’, says Kenyon March 4, 2026 Atlassian Williams F1 Team advisor Peter Kenyon on selling commercial deals in football and Formula 1, and why the historic outfit’s revival will be tech-driven. Peter Kenyon is a man who knows a thing or two about commercialising sports teams. One of the architects of Manchester United’s development into a sponsorship powerhouse, he then helped turn [...]
Cadillac to leverage US identity to grow F1 sponsorship portfolio March 3, 2026 Formula 1 newcomers Cadillac are harnessing their status as the only “truly” American team to power their sponsorship strategy ahead of the season opener this weekend. Cadillac will be the 11th team on the grid after General Motors and Chelsea co-owner Mark Walter’s TWG paid a reported $450m anti-prize money dilution fee to expand the [...]
Formula 1: Middle East conflict hits teams’ Australian Grand Prix plans March 2, 2026 The start of the new Formula 1 season has been disrupted by the conflict in the Middle East, with hundreds of team personnel facing a rush to reach this week’s Australian Grand Prix. Strikes and retaliatory attacks involving the US, Israel and Iran have grounded commercial flights across the region, forcing F1 teams to make [...]
Formula 1 revenues soar to $4bn as sport cashes in on popularity February 26, 2026 Formula 1 is closing on annual revenues of $4bn after their recent accounts recorded a 14 per cent increase to $3.9bn. The healthy spike comes as Formula 1 parent company Liberty Media reported a rise in team payouts – by 11 per cent – to $1.4bn ahead of the 2026 season, which will see Cadillac [...]
Aston Martin F1 buys team naming rights in £50m cash deal February 20, 2026 British car manufacturer Aston Martin has announced a £50m cash sale of its Formula 1 naming rights to AMR GP. The deal will enable the eponymous Formula 1 team, owned by Canadian Lawrence Stroll, to have the “exclusive right to use the iconic automotive company’s name, logo and branding in perpetuity”. Formerly Racing Point UK, [...]
Senior Red Bull Racing figure leaves F1 team weeks before new season February 17, 2026 The period of personnel upheaval continued at the Red Bull Formula 1 team on Tuesday with the departure of chief designer Craig Skinner. Skinner had been with the outfit for 20 years and his departure follows in the footsteps of the likes of design guru Adrian Newey and former Team Principal Christian Horner in leaving the [...]
Horner in talks with MSP Sports Capital over £450m Alpine F1 stake February 9, 2026 Former Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner could return to the Formula 1 grid as a team owner at Alpine. A 24 per cent stake in the French team owned by Otro Capital has been at the heart of a number of sale discussions over recent months, with Horner involved in those. But the [...]