Lawrence Stroll’s £200m investment in Aston Martin could open the door for Sebastian Vettel to move to what is, at least today, Racing Point. Last week thisismoney.co.uk reported that Racing Point voted to ‘to allot ordinary shares… in the company up to a maximum nominal amount of £200,000,000… to enable the Read more…
A potential buyer for embattled Renault’s works Formula 1 team has emerged. On Tuesday, it emerged that about 75 members of the McLaren team are losing their jobs, with chairman Paul Walsh admitting it is a “challenging time for our company”. At the same time, reports suggest that Renault’s obvious Read more…
Mick Schumacher could make his Formula 1 race debut much earlier than expected. Officially, Michael Schumacher’s son is taking his rise to the top steadily, as he plans to do another full year of Formula 2 in 2020. “The good thing about the Schumacher family is that they know exactly Read more…
Last Friday it seemed almost impossible but now there seems to be a big chance that the GP at Silverstone will continue. An exception has been made to the corona measures for the F1 event. Reportedly Boris Johnson himself intervened and pleaded for the passage of the event. Because of Read more…
Joe Saward believes that Ferrari did well to choose Carlos Sainz and ignore Daniel Ricciardo. The 58 year old journalist thinks that Max Verstappen also played a role in choosing the 25-year old Spaniard. Furthermore Fernando Alonso gets a lot of punishment from Saward in the podcast The Missed Apex. When Read more…
Valtteri Bottas‘ contract expires at the end of 2020 and Toto Wolff does not want to talk about a contract extension for the time being. The Finn is therefore looking at his options and even a spot at Red Bull Racing is now being investigated. Every year Valtteri Bottas has to fight Read more…
The future of Renault‘s F1 team could be known as early as next week, as the French car manufacturer stares into the abyss, with finance minister, Bruno Le Maire admitting the company is in “serious financial difficulty” and could “disappear”. At a time the company is said to be considering dropping Read more…
Helmut Marko says that Christian Horner should remain team boss of Red Bull Racing. There was only one ‘difference of opinion’ between Horner and the team. The Silly Season is in full swing, but normally there is speculation about the drivers. At Red Bull there were some rumours this year that Read more…
At first glance, Daniel Ricciardo’s new multi-year contract with McLaren, coming just 21 races after he switched from Red Bull Racing to Renault at the beginning of 2019, looks like a step sideways. But if the 30-year-old is ever to achieve his goal of becoming Formula One world champion, it’s a Read more…
Max Verstappen believes one of his former team mates is likely to take the seat at Ferrari which Sebastian Vettel has vacated. In a social media interview with former F1 driver David Coulthard, the pair discussed rumours Carlos Sainz Jnr and Daniel Ricciardo are in the running for Vettel’s seat. Asked whether Vettel’s replacement Read more…