Ex-Mercedes strategy chief Vowles was handed the top job at Williams for 2023 but accepted that on-track results last year and for 2024 were insignificant so long as it allowed the squad to bring about more sustained improvement starting in 2025 before a major push the following season. That drawn out time frame will allow
Firstly, let’s wind it back to 2009, a turbulent period which had seen Honda quit F1 amid the global financial crisis at the end of the previous season. Its works outfit was subject to a management buyout that resulted in Ross Brawn’s name being emblazoned across the car and the team. Honda had spent a
Formula 1’s 2024 launch season is well underway and so too is the scramble from rival teams and journalists to pick out these all-important changes and innovations. Haas’s VF-24 reveal didn’t feature much in the way of innovation – partly because Haas wouldn’t have wanted to give much away with virtual renders – but you
Carlos Sainz Sr made history at the 2024 Dakar Rally by becoming the oldest driver ever to win the prestigious event at a remarkable age of 61. It was Sainz Sr’s fourth victory in the Dakar, 14 years after his first, adding to an already illustrious career for the double world rally champion. So, it
Liberty Media and Formula 1 have done some great things for the championship since 2017, but last week they scored what some may see as an own goal. Exactly seven years and seven days after the official handover from former boss Bernie Ecclestone to new CEO Chase Carey, F1 issued a statement explaining why a
The trailblazer for Brazilians who dreamed of racing in Formula 1, Emerson Fittipaldi dared not only to reach the top of the sport but conquered the world on two occasions with Lotus and McLaren. He paved the way for Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna to emulate his success as multiple title-winning countrymen amid a wave
Pre-season testing is the first time Formula 1 teams can all run their cars together and get the first clues of who is – and isn’t – going to be competitive in the upcoming season. This year it will take place over just three days, all of which will take place in Bahrain, the same
It makes little sense for the American outfit to abandon its project just in case it gets a reprieve ahead of 2028, and the scale of progress it has made so far on its F1 ambitions was made public recently. This was after it revealed images of its wind tunnel model, and they offered up
Formula 1’s 2024 launch season was kicked off in earnest by the team that the least is expected of. Haas’s 2023 was generally a downward-trending season, and the exits of both its face-of-the-franchise team boss Guenther Steiner and tech director Simone Resta relatively close to the start of the 2024 season mean there’s a lot
