Formula 1 McLaren names replacement for new Sauber F1 CEO Seidl McLaren has promoted Andrea Stella to team principal with Andreas Seidl leaving the team to lead Audi’s new Formula 1 project with Sauber
Formula 1 Don’t underestimate Ferrari’s new boss – but his task is huge New Ferrari Formula 1 boss Fred Vasseur might come across as an easy-going guy but he’s a serious and effective leader in the paddock – and he’ll need to be considering the huge task that’s facing him at Ferrari
Formula 1 Ferrari recruits Vasseur as F1 team boss, Seidl set to lead Audi Fred Vasseur is leaving Sauber to replace Mattia Binotto as Ferrari’s Formula 1 team principal, with McLaren boss Andreas Seidl tipped to succeed Vasseur at Sauber and head what will become the Audi works team
Formula 1 Williams shake-up will wreck or save its ‘open heart surgery’ Williams’s outgoing chief Jost Capito recently said the rebuild the Formula 1 team needed was like “performing open heart surgery on a patient while they ran a marathon”. Changing surgeons mid-operation is a dramatic gamble
Formula 1 Team boss and technical director both leave Williams F1 team Williams Formula 1 CEO and team principal Jost Capito, and technical director FX Demaison, are leaving the team after two years in their roles
Formula 1 What Honda’s solo F1 2026 engine registration means Honda has independently registered its interest in Formula 1’s 2026 power unit regulations with the FIA. Beyond buying Honda more time to decide what to do, what could it lead to?
Formula 1 The big misconception of Norris/Ricciardo’s relationship Now that Daniel Ricciardo has left McLaren, Lando Norris can breathe a sigh of relief that their relationship as Formula 1 team-mates should no longer be under the microscope after key misconceptions about their time together
Formula 1 How to rebuild an F1 career – Alex Albon interview Alex Albon found himself in unfamiliar territory by the summer of 2022 with his Formula 1 future secure for the first time in his short F1 career. The Race sat down with the ex-Red Bull driver to understand how he rebuilt his F1 career after he was dropped by Red Bull and spent a year on the sidelin
Formula 1 The ‘broken porcelain’ that makes Binotto a no-go for Mercedes The Mercedes/Red Bull Toto Wolff/Christian Horner antagonism of 2021 in particular made it easy to forget how bitter things got between Mercedes and Ferrari and Wolff and Mattia Binotto before that. Wolff’s comments about Binotto’s Ferrari exit are a reminder
Formula 1 Zandvoort’s short new F1 deal shows European venues’ challenge The Dutch GP has a slot on the F1 calendar at least in the short-term after agreeing a contract extension, though its new deal runs out three years before Max Verstappen’s with Red Bull does
Formula 1 Wolff: Binotto’s ‘unavoidable’ axe came later than I thought Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says Mattia Binotto stayed in charge of Ferrari “longer than I thought”, as the pressure on that position makes being forced out “unavoidable”
Formula 1 F1 names six sprint race GPs for 2023, including four debuts Formula 1 has chosen the six grands prix that will host sprint races in 2023, with four venues running the format for the first time
Formula 1 Ex-Renault F1 chief Abiteboul poised for major role at Hyundai Ex-Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul is expected return to a major motorsport role next year as Hyundai’s WRC team boss
Formula 1 Russell interview: Mental dip, beating Hamilton and title outlook George Russell talks about his rollecoaster season of learning the ropes at his new team Mercedes, fighting, beating and losing to Lewis Hamilton and grabbing his first F1 win in this in-depth interview
Formula 1 What Alpine gained – and risked – with its F1 engine gamble The 2022 Renault Formula 1 engine did not have a “full validation process” as Alpine pushed development as late as possible to make a major repackaging project work – a risky but ultimately successful gamble for Alpine’s future prospects
Formula 1 What’s already changed in Sargeant’s steep F1 learning curve The learning curve facing Logan Sargeant is a steep one. That’s why there’s been no time to celebrate at the end of a stressful period ensuring he had a 2023 Williams Formula 1 seat
Formula 1 Verstappen’s hints that current Red Bull deal may be his last Max Verstappen has hinted the Red Bull contract extension he completed in early 2022 could be his last deal in Formula 1. That raises the prospect, however slight, of him walking away when he’s 31
Formula 1 F1’s Chinese GP cancelled again – what could replace it for 2023? Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix has been called off again for the 2023 season, although a replacement is being sought to keep the calendar at 24 races
Formula 1 Ocon’s view of his season may help explain angst towards Alonso Esteban Ocon has apparently claimed to have done 98% of the work behind the scenes at Alpine and Ocon’s view of his season partly explains the jibe towards his now former team-mate Fernando Alonso, as Scott Mitchell-Malm explains
Formula 1 Palou becomes a McLaren F1 reserve for 2023 McLaren has named 2021 IndyCar champion Alex Palou – who it still hopes to sign for 2024 – as one of its F1 reserve drivers for the 2023 season
Formula 1 Ricciardo’s theory for why he got ‘too lost’ at McLaren Daniel Ricciardo believes part of his struggles at McLaren was down to getting “too deep and too lost” in analysing how he was driving its Formula 1 cars, and he maybe should’ve learned something from outqualifying Lando Norris on his team debut
Formula 1 The way Ferrari is run just doesn’t work in modern F1 Mattia Binotto may or may not have deserved to stay on as Ferrari F1 team boss, but the fact he’s off points to a cultural issue in the squad’s running
Formula 1 Ferrari doesn’t have Binotto replacement lined up Ferrari will not decide on a replacement for Mattia Binotto until the start of 2023, following his departure from the Formula 1 team
Formula 1 What caused Binotto’s Ferrari exit and why it’s so worrying Mattia Binotto was frustrated by outside criticism faced by Ferrari in 2022, but his tenure seems to have been ended by doubts from within
Formula 1 Ferrari announces F1 team boss Binotto’s resignation Ferrari has announced Mattia Binotto’s resignation from the post of Formula 1 team principal after four seasons
Formula 1 Alonso wants Aston Martin move to turn into off-track F1 role Fernando Alonso wants his switch to the Aston Martin Formula 1 team to turn into a non-racing role once he finally stops driving
Formula 1 McLaren having to tackle an F1 cost cap-induced key weakness The McLaren Formula 1 is undergoing a “major initiative” to increase its engineering capacity after the way it slimmed down for the budget cap created a key weakness
Formula 1 This F1 reserve would leave for IndyCar in a heartbeat Pietro Fittipaldi has been getting plenty of mileage as Haas’s test and reserve driver in F1, but IndyCar’s where he really wants to be
Formula 1 ‘It was our doing’ – Why heavier defeat hurt Mercedes much less The Mercedes F1 team has found coming up well short in an “absolute meritocracy” to be much less painful than what happened in 2021
Formula 1 The one area Ricciardo proved he is ‘world class’ at McLaren Ricciardo did not perform to expectations – or pay grade – at McLaren. The team won’t argue otherwise. But amid that there were things that it still “appreciated immensely”
Formula 1 Ferrari tipped to announce Binotto departure from F1 team Ferrari is expected to make F1 team boss Mattia Binotto’s departure official shortly, according to reports in Italy
Formula 1 What Ricciardo return really means for Red Bull driver line-up Red Bull has played it down – but Daniel Ricciardo is an elephant-in-the-room signing in light of the Max Verstappen/Sergio Perez tensions
Formula 1 What Red Bull still sees in ‘better than he’s showed’ Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull’s 2023 reunion is a go – and for both driver and team it makes sense beyond simple “familiarity”
Formula 1 New Red Bull junior Fittipaldi needed pre-season brain surgery Newly signed Red Bull Formula 1 junior Enzo Fittipaldi suffered a brain haemorrhage and required brain surgery after his frightening Formula 2 startline accident last year according to his brother, Haas F1 reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi
Formula 1 Alonso’s test oddity highlights quirk of F1 driver swap rules Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin debut featured a rare oddity – an unbranded Formula 1 car. Scott Mitchell-Malm explains why it was the case
Formula 1 Piastri’s McLaren F1 bow: What we learned and what comes next The most talked about driver outside of the 2022 F1 grid finally made his long-awaited official debut with McLaren, as Oscar Piastri drove the MCL36 in the post-season Abu Dhabi test
Formula 1 Hulkenberg felt ‘human degradation’ by end of first Haas F1 test Nico Hulkenberg says he felt the effects of “some human degradation” at the end of his first day driving for Haas in the post-season Abu Dhabi Formula 1 test
Formula 1 Ferrari 1-2-3 on final day of 2022 F1 running Ferrari ended 2022 by topping Formula 1’s post-season Abu Dhabi test with its cars first, second and third in the times
Formula 1 The ‘happy surprise’ within Alonso’s first Aston Martin test A “happy surprise” with a key part of the functionality of Aston Martin’s Formula 1 car and “outstanding” reliability featured in Fernando Alonso’s glowing verdict of his first test with his new team
Formula 1 Everything that’s happened in final 2022 F1 test so far Two red flags have interrupted the first half of Formula 1’s post-season Abu Dhabi test, as Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly, Nico Hulkenberg and Oscar Piastri made their debuts for their 2023 teams
