Новости за 13.12.2023

It has been a tumultuous couple of seasons for fans of Formula 1, and there have been countless controversies, issues with the rules (and the interpretation of them) and then new tweaks that have been made in an effort to create more exciting races and greater fairness. Naturally, as various race teams butt heads, argue for sanctions.....check out full post »

Dec.13 - Another one bites the dust at Alpine, as the Renault-owned team confirmed the departure of Davide Brivio. Having switched from a successful management career in MotoGP, Brivio struggled in his new F1 role as racing director in 2021, resulting in a demotion to 'director of racing expansion projects' away from the F1 tracks......check out full post »

Dec.13 - F1's governing body admits it is too late to make tweaks to the new-in-2022 'ground effect' regulations in order to improve overtaking. Much of the motivation of the new rules was to inspire closer wheel-to-wheel racing with regular passing manoeuvres, but FIA technical boss Nikolas Tombazis admits the cars didn't quite live up.....check out full post »

Dec.13 - AlphaTauri is racing away from its image as Red Bull's 'junior team' in Formula 1. The Faenza based team is undergoing a total re-branding for 2024, with the name believed to be changing to 'Racing Bulls'. Long-time team boss Franz Tost has now stepped down, with his replacement Laurent Mekies - the former.....check out full post »

Dec.13 - Mick Schumacher's ongoing reserve driver duties for 2024 got off to a premature start this week. After driving the 2023 Mercedes last week at Magny-Cours for a wet-tyre Pirelli test, Schumacher then replaced George Russell for pre-Christmas visits to the staff at the team's Brackley and Brixworth factories this week. Lewis Hamilton and.....check out full post »

Dec.13 - Ralf Schumacher has a clear message for Formula 1's dominant Red Bull team - don't oust Dr Helmut Marko. This year, rumours of a power struggle between team boss Christian Horner and Red Bull consultant Marko, 80, have been swirling - apparently triggered by the death of Marko's fellow Austrian Dietrich Mateschitz. Marko.....check out full post »

Dec.13 - Andrea Stella, the team boss at McLaren, has left a conspicuous name off his very short list of the very best drivers in Formula 1 today. Unsurprisingly, the Italian insists he is very happy with his current driver lineup, comprised of the highly-rated Lando Norris and this year's clear rookie-of-the-year, Oscar Piastri. "Oscar.....check out full post »

The F1 World Championship first made an American appearance in 1950, with races initially held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, when the US' premier motor racing event, the Indianapolis 500, was included in the F1 World Championship calendar. The first official running of a United States F1 Grand Prix would only happen nine years later,.....check out full post »