Audi has announced that the Qatari Investment Authority acquired a significant minority stake in Sauber Holding AG, the future factory team of Audi. QIA will enter the Formula 1 project as a long-term investor and partner. The German manufacturer officially joins in 2026, taking over the Sauber F1 Team. It will use the facility in…
Nico Hülkenberg says that he also ran into graining on the opening stint but accepted it at the F1 Las Vegas GP, extending the first two stints to create a tyre offset and pass Yuki Tsunoda late on. He ended up in eighth position and scored four more points in the championship. The German had…
Carlos Sainz believes the strategy made his race at the F1 Las Vegas GP more difficult as graining played a big role. In the end he was able to secure third place ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. The Las Vegas GP weekend has come to an end, with George Russell winning the race. His Mercedes…
Lewis Hamilton was left unhappy after a difficult qualifying session at the Las Vegas GP. He says that his Mercedes W15 felt different in Q3 and that he should have been on pole-position. The Briton had a strong start to the weekend and was in contention to take pole for tomorrow’s race. However, his strong…
Lando Norris said that qualifying was a challenge at the Las Vegas GP and that it was difficult to put in a clean lap. The McLaren driver has finished qualifying in sixth position while team-mate Oscar Piastri lines up in eighth place — the Brit starts directly alongside Max Verstappen. Mercedes showed great performance, with…
Dan Fallows has stepped away from his role as technical director at the Aston Martin F1 team. Now it has been revealed that his removal was due to the team not matching its expectations on the performance side. The Briton joined the team in 2022 from Red Bull and immediately helped with the development of…
The Singapore Grand Prix was the final Formula 1 race, Daniel Ricciardo participated in, and RB CEO Peter Bayer revealed that the team agreed with the Australian to not communicate his departure. Ricciardo raced in 257 grands prix in his career and won eight of them. His early departure from RB left the F1 world…
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has revealed he went through a difficult time with Lewis Hamilton after Nico Rosberg won the F1 title in 2016. They didn‘t talk to each other “for weeks“ after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The hybrid era was dominated by Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, led by Mercedes F1 team…
Formula 1 drivers voiced their complaints about the bumpy track surface of the Interlagos Circuit during the São Paulo Grand Prix. Several drivers now urge the operators to improve the new surface ahead of the next year‘s race. The track underwent a major resurface operation. The full track was re-laid with new asphalt ahead of…
Formula E have completed its four-day pre-season testing for Season 11. The infamous Attack Charge – renamed to Pit Boost – was in use again and tested after huge issues in the last season. It‘s being reported that it was mostly a success but difficulties still emerged. According to a report from The Race, the…
