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New Alpine team boss after hectic time: 'Our ambitions remain'
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 18:20
If one team could use the summer break to recharhe, it was Alpine. After a turbulent first half of the season - in which some management personel was eliminated - the French are hoping for more calm and, above all, more ...
Technical: Power unit usage ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 14:40
We are halfway through the 2023 F1 season, but many drivers find themselves on the cusp of potential power unit related penalties. F1Technical's senior writer Balázs Szabó dwells on which drivers need to watch out for ...
Vowles advises Alpine: 'That approach is remarkably meaningless'
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 14:10
At Alpine, there were all multi-year plans in recent years, but what has mostly come of it is vacancies in the team's management. Williams team boss James Vowles explains that such multi-year plans don't work and, with t...
McLaren ‘urgently' needs low downforce solution
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 21:10
McLaren is working to develop a low downforce rear wing. Picture: XPB Images McLaren is working to develop a new low downforce package in time for the Italian Grand Prix to address an ‘urgent' issue with the MCL60. Str...
Lewis Hamilton hit with fresh blow as he'll extend unwanted streak
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 19:30
In a blow to Lewis Hamilton's aspirations of challenging Max Verstappen for supremacy this season, Mercedes' Technical Chief, James Allison, has candidly acknowledged the substantial hindrance posed by the cost cap on th...
Wolff insists recharged Mercedes 'won't be letting up'
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 17:30
Toto Wolff says Mercedes heads to this week's Dutch Grand Prix recharged after its summer break and ready to tackle the second half of the 2023 F1 season. Mercedes concluded at Spa the first twelve races of its campaign ...
Bottas: Alfa Romeo 2023 F1 car was "born" missing winter targets
Auto Sport - 22 Aug 2023 16:36
The Swiss outfit has managed just nine points over the opening 12 races of the season, having managed 51 points at the same interval last season. Bottas's eighth place at the season opener in Bahrain remains the high wat...
Perez: "It's very difficult to have Verstappen as a teammate"
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 11:50
A place at the dominant Red Bull Racing in Formula 1 must be the dream for many drivers. The downside is that as long as Max Verstappen is also driving there, joining the team can be quite a mental challenge. Sergio Pere...
F1: Imola targets 'extra' race
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 09:20
With the 2022 event cancelled due to devastating flooding in the region, organisers at Imola are seeking an extension to their current contract. Currently, the Italian track, which was brought back on to the schedule dur...
Fernando Alonso: 'Winning Dakar one day, it is a high priority for me'
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 00:00
Speaking with the High Performance podcast, Fernando Alonso is more than open to racing the Dakar Rally again, considering it such a major goal that he'll race it for a decade if it means he can win. More»
Team Penske, A.J. Foyt Racing form technical alliance
Racer - 22 Aug 2023 23:08
Team Penske and A.J. Foyt Racing have forged a new technical alliance that should benefit both NTT IndyCar Series teams in the short- and (...)
F1 team-mates appear together in CRAZY Indian music video
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 23:00
Alfa Romeo's Formula 1 pairing of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu took part and featured in a Punjabi music video called "Try Me" by Indian artist Karan Aujla. More»
Mazda MX-5 Cup completes successful two-day test at Martinsville
Racer - 22 Aug 2023 22:58
The Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires took part in two days of testing with four cars and eight total drivers, including (...)
Piastri prepared for Zandvoort challenge
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 22:00
Article To news overview © XPBimages Oscar Piastri says he has been preparing for his first Formula 1 outing at the Zandvoort circuit in the McLaren simulator. The Dutch Grand Prix circuit is one of the tracks on the ca...
Horner confirms Ricciardo interest to REPLACE Perez at Red Bull
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 22:00
Christian Horner has confirmed that ex-Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo's ultimate goal is to make a return to his former team. More»
Byron and the No.24 team are saving the speed for where it matters
Racer - 22 Aug 2023 21:56
William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team haven't had the strongest summer stretch in the NASCAR Cup Series, but that (...)
Alonso makes STUNNING claim in threat to Verstappen and Hamilton
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 21:30
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso has said that he is still prioritising winning a third world championship, among other ambitious targets. More»
NEOM McLaren signs up Bird, completes Formula E line-up
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 21:30
NEOM McLaren has completed its 2024 line-up for Season 10 of the FIA Formula E Championship, with Sam Bird joining fellow Brit Jake Hughes at the Woking-based outfit. Bird, who lost his seat with Jaguar TCS Racing at the...
Old-performance engineer on working with Verstappen: 'One of the easiest'
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 21:20
As Max Verstappen 's performance engineer, Blake Hinsey experienced the now 25-year-old Dutchman up close. Hinsey was employed by Red Bull Racing until the end of 2017 and talks about working with Verstappen in Sky Sport...
Red Bull guru Newey in hat for stunning team SWAP with McLaren
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 21:00
In an unusual moment, Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey swapped his usual colours in exchange for a McLaren hat while dining with the McLaren CEO Zak Brown. More»
Wolff ignored advice Lauda: 'Thought I was dead'
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 20:30
Toto Wolff experienced a heavy crash on the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 2009. The Mercedes team boss wanted to break the lap record, but it cost him dearly. Fourteen years later, the now 51-year-old Austrian looks back o...
Verstappen's impressive RECORD that has CRUSHED Vettel and Hamilton
Total F1 - 22 Aug 2023 20:30
Max Verstappen has broken the record for the highest points average before the summer break, and 2023 is on track to become the most dominant season in history. More»