Hands off our underpants: F1 drivers slam meddling motorsport chief November 7, 2024 Formula 1 drivers have accused Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motorsport governing body the FIA, of failing to provide financial transparency. In a wide-ranging open letter, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association hit out at the FIA’s policy of fining drivers for minor indiscretions, such as swearing, wearing jewellery and choosing non-fireproof underwear. The GPDA also [...]
Sauber swap Hamilton’s former teammate for Alonso protege November 6, 2024 Bortoleto won the Formula 3 title last year, currently leads Formula 2 and has been nurtured by McLaren as part of the team’s driver development programme.
Six Nations investors CVC Capital Partners have offices raided November 5, 2024 CVC Capital Partners, whose sport investments include the Six Nations and Premiership Rugby, has reportedly had its offices raided alongside the French football league in Paris. Police searched the office of the private equity firm and the football body on Tuesday as part of a potential corruption investigation, according to reports. Prosecutors are said to [...]
Verstappen has hand on fourth title after Sao Paulo win November 3, 2024 Max Verstappen won his first race since June to put one hand on a fourth consecutive Formula 1 world championship. The Dutchman started 17th at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil to storm to victory ahead of a gutsy Alpine duo of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly. Verstappen picked up the full 26 points [...]
‘Dick Dastardly stuff’: British F1 great slams Verstappen tactics October 30, 2024 British Formula 1 great Damon Hill has accused reigning world champion Max Verstappen of using his car as a weapon, likening him to the Wacky Races cartoon character Dick Dastardly. Red Bull’s Verstappen received two 10-second penalties for running McLaren’s Lando Norris off the track in Mexico last weekend, the latest examples of the Dutchman’s [...]
Is it written in the F1 stars for Hamilton at Ferrari? October 28, 2024 As Lewis Hamilton prepares for life at Ferrari, the Prancing Horses are beginning to find some Formula 1 form. “I feel incredibly fortunate, after achieving things with Mercedes that I could only have dreamed of as a kid, that I now have the chance to fulfil another childhood dream. Driving in Ferrari red.” Those were [...]
Red Bull chief warns that F1 is ‘flipping overtaking laws upside down’ October 28, 2024 Verstappen’s bid for a fourth successive drivers’ championship suffered another blow on Sunday.
Monger eyes Paralympics and racing return after Ironman heroics October 28, 2024 British former racing driver Billy Monger is considering competing at the LA 2028 Paralympics after winning Prince William’s approval for his record-breaking Ironman triathlon. The 25-year-old smashed the Ironman record for a double amputee on the 140.6-mile World Championship course in Kona, Hawaii on Saturday. Monger’s remarkable effort, which followed a year of gruelling training [...]
If McLaren end Red Bull and Mercedes duopoly, it’s great for F1 October 26, 2024 In just one corner at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Lando Norris looked to have blown his shot at winning a first ever Formula 1 world championship, despite there being another five races between now and the coronation in Abu Dhabi. Max Verstappen is by no means driving with the confidence he has [...]
US Grand Prix fined $500,000 over ‘unsafe’ end to Formula 1 race October 21, 2024 United States Grand Prix organisers have been hit with a $500,000 (£384,000) fine after an early track invasion by hundred of spectators led to an “unsafe” end to Sunday’s race. An estimated 200 fans made their way into the start-finish straight at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, as cars were still completing [...]