McLaren’s development direction over the past 18 months has been impressive, and the latest small-but-significant item was the introduction of a new front wing in Austria that Lando Norris almost took to the team’s second Formula 1 victory of the season. Developing any racing car is tough, but F1’s ground-effect cars are doubly difficult because
Team boss Fred Vasseur hopes Ferrari can perform a “sanity check” when Formula 1 returns to its traditional weekend format at the British Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz picked up his first podium since Monaco at the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend, with team-mate Charles Leclerc hamstrung by early damage to his front wing that resulted
Damon Hill says Lando Norris has silenced critics following his first Formula 1 victory in Miami. Speaking ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix, 1996 world champion Hill stated that Norris breaking through at the 110th attempt will have proven a vocal minority who doubted the McLaren driver’s credentials wrong. In the races since, Norris
Carlos Sainz insists he won’t be rushed into deciding his Formula 1 future despite pressure from the teams willing to sign him. The Spaniard is understood to have tabled offers from Sauber, Williams, and now Alpine, as he embarks on the next step of his career after four years at Ferrari. Initial preferred options at
Former Mercedes Formula 1 engine chief Andy Cowell will replace ex-McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh as Aston Martin’s group CEO from 1 October, the team announced on Tuesday. Cowell is best known for overseeing Mercedes’ High Performance Powertrains division between 2013 and 2020, during which it built the engines that led the Silver Arrows squad
Andy Cowell – who led Mercedes’ engine programme through its domination of Formula 1 from 2014 to 2020 – is joining Aston Martin to replace Martin Whitmarsh as its group chief executive officer. Cowell was managing director of Mercedes’ High Performance Powertrains division in the period when its engine advantage over the rest of the
Aston Martin is bringing Andy Cowell – a crucial part of Mercedes’ domination from 2014 to 2020 – back into Formula 1 as its new group chief executive officer. Cowell’s famous as an engine guru. But as Mark Hughes explained in this column he wrote to mark Cowell’s Mercedes exit in 2020, he’s far more
A unique, radio-controlled, 1:3 scale model of Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F2002 Formula 1 car is up for sale. The fully working replica of the car that dominated the 2002 F1 season was created by Stéphane Andrist at Atelier Medicatech in Switzerland, and was signed by Schumacher himself when the seven-time world champion witnessed the car
The crash between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in the Austrian Grand Prix reignited the debate about the limits of defensive driving and the consequences the drivers should face when they go too far. So is it time for the FIA to clamp down on defensive tactics like Verstappen’s, or should we accept this is
George Russell’s second grand prix victory was a landmark both personally and for the Mercedes Formula 1 team. But there was something far more significant about his Austrian Grand Prix weekend that could prove a crucial moment in exorcising doubts about his ability to establish himself as the team’s leader. That’s all because of a
