Formula 1 has been no stranger to controversy, and the latest headline-grabbing twist involves former racer Felipe Massa contesting the results of the 2008 World Championship. Massa’s claim is centered on his belief that he was unfairly deprived of the title, losing it to Lewis Hamilton by just one point. This legal battle is poised …
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Andretti is renaming all its international racing teams to match its possible new Formula 1 team backed by General Motors. Recently, they merged Andretti Autosport into a bigger company called Andretti Global, which includes different racing divisions like IndyCar and Formula E. Andretti Global, together with General Motors, wants to join Formula 1 in 2025 …
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This post was contributed by Rob Beltman, who has an incredibly insightful eye for racing matters. Last weekend the British Grand Prix touted the highest ever attendance in F1 history, with a reported 480.000 visitors to the Silverstone circuit in just three days. An amazing achievement, given the prices went up very significantly (more than doubled …
This post was contributed by Henk Ormel, who has been a much beloved member of our community at Wheel Sports and an incredibly insightful eye for feedback on technical matters. The impression exists that the RB19 is an improved RB18. However the RB19 produces its downforce completely different to the RB18. At the RB18 started to …
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) recently announced six power unit manufacturers for the 2026 regulation on 3 February. Among the list, one surprising name emerged: Honda. Despite a challenging past and their existing agreement with Red Bull, Honda is still supplying power units to the team, even with the Red Bull-Ford partnership in place. …
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The FIA has initiated the ‘invitations to tender’ process in order to review the Formula 1 tyre supply for 2025-2027, signalling a potential (although unlikely) change in the sport’s tyre manufacturer. The governing body has announced that they will be looking for a single manufacturer to supply all F1 tyres from 2025 through to 2027, …
There’s a lot of talk about this being the most dominant a season ever in F1 already, with Hamilton saying that the RB19 is the most dominant car he’s ever seen. Perhaps this is true because he was sitting in the one he was driving in 2014 and therefore couldn’t see it. Mercedes was the …
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Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third place at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, following a successful appeal by his team, Aston Martin, to the FIA’s Stewards. The team successfully argued that a penalty given to Alonso during the race was based on an incorrect interpretation of the regulations. Alonso had briefly led the …
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The departure of David Sanchez from Ferrari has come at the worst time for the Ferrari Team. The Frenchman has been a crucial part of the team’s success over the past decade, having been in charge of the design and development of their cars for the past two seasons. Sanchez originally joined the team from …
This post was contributed by Henk Ormel, who has been a much beloved member of our community at Wheel Sports and an incredibly insightful eye for feedback on technical matters. Williams was in opinion the biggest surprise with Albon at P10. According to the free practices and quali results this was impossible. Haas was a little …
