Feb.15 (GMM) Red Bull has now confirmed officially that its embattled team boss Christian Horner will indeed be present at the launch of the 2024 car on Thursday. A media advisory put out by the dominant Formula 1 team said the live-streamed event from Milton-Keynes will feature “team principal Christian Horner” alongside the drivers. Also […]
Month: February 2024
Marko worried about F1 rival discovering ‘special trick’
Feb.15 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko admits it’s possible one of Red Bull’s closest rivals could beat the dominant Formula 1 team this year with a “special trick”. Mercedes on Wednesday revealed and debuted at Silverstone the last Brackley-made car that Lewis Hamilton will race before his 2025 switch to Ferrari. It is a major visible […]
Red Bull ‘needs answers’ but Horner ‘innocent’ – Ecclestone
Feb.14 (GMM) Christian Horner is still at work as usual in charge of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team, with his friend Bernie Ecclestone insisting the long-time boss is technically “innocent”. Horner’s entire career is in doubt as the team’s parent company, Red Bull GmbH, looks into the accusations of a female staff member who alleges […]
Vasseur denies 2025 Sainz ousting ‘unfair’
Feb.14 (GMM) Ferrari’s team boss denies he is being “unfair” by dumping Carlos Sainz at the end of the 2024 season. As the Maranello team unveiled on Tuesday what Auto Motor und Sport described as a “Red Bull painted in red”, boss Frederic Vasseur admitted that having to tell Sainz that he is being replaced […]
Hamilton exit ‘a mystery’ admits former Mercedes boss
Feb.13 (GMM) Norbert Haug, a former Mercedes F1 boss, says it’s a “mystery” why Lewis Hamilton decided to jump ship to Ferrari for 2025. On Monday at the Aston Martin launch, former Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso poked fun at Hamilton’s reasoning – that it had always been the 39-year-old’s “childhood dream” to race in red. […]
Doohan said no to Le Mans to focus on F1 dream
Feb.13 (GMM) Jack Doohan has a clear plan for 2024 – position himself perfectly as the obvious successor to one of Alpine’s current race drivers. Continuing Alpine team boss Bruno Famin admits that, after Lewis Hamilton exploded the 2025 ‘silly season’, he needs to work to retain the out-of-contract Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon for […]
Aston Martin wants to keep Lance Stroll beyond 2024
Feb.13 (GMM) Aston Martin has no plans to shuffle Lance Stroll towards the exit door. It is well known that, after Lewis Hamilton fired up the early ‘silly season’ with his 2025 Ferrari news, Fernando Alonso is a key contender to replace him at Mercedes. “The transfer season started much earlier than we expected,” admits […]
F1 CEO ‘pressuring Red Bull’ over Horner scandal
Feb.13 (GMM) Stefano Domenicali has reportedly joined his F1 supremo predecessor Bernie Ecclestone in pressing for Christian Horner to consider quietly stepping away from Red Bull. At the Austrian parent company’s request, Horner, 50, met over eight hours last Friday with the Red Bull-appointed independent lawyer who is charged with investigating alleged “inappropriate behaviour”. Ralf […]
Alonso fires up Mercedes rumours at Aston Martin launch
Feb.13 (GMM) Just as Aston Martin pulled the wraps off his 2024 car, a big hint was dropped that Fernando Alonso is very much in the frame to succeed the Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. Flavio Briatore, who still oversees the 42-year-old Spaniard’s overall management, posted on Instagram a photo of himself meeting for breakfast […]
Alonso in no hurry for 2025 Aston Martin talks
Feb.12 (GMM) Fernando Alonso is reportedly putting contract talks with Aston Martin on hold in the wake of Lewis Hamilton’s shock defection from Mercedes to Ferrari for 2025. 42-year-old Alonso’s current deal expires this year – as do the contracts of the majority of the 2024 Formula 1 grid. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits he […]
Hockenheim cannot afford ever-higher F1 race fees
Feb.12 (GMM) Just as Suzuka and Silverstone lock down new long-term Formula 1 race deals, the defunct German GP venue at Hockenheim insists it still cannot afford to return to the calendar. Germany’s storied history in F1 is at a clear low-point, and Hockenheim managing director Jorn Teske admits grand prix hosts inking lucrative deals […]
Alpine squeezing more power from ‘frozen’ 2024 engine
Feb.12 (GMM) Alpine will try to squeeze some extra horsepower out of Renault’s Formula 1 engine in 2024. The outfit tried to convince the FIA last year for special permission within the engine development ‘freeze’ to catch up with its more powerful manufacturer rivals Ferrari, Mercedes and Honda. The request was denied, and so Renault […]
‘Silly season’ will keep raging in 2024 – Hulkenberg
Feb.12 (GMM) Nico Hulkenberg is not hiding that he may be looking to move further up pitlane for 2025. The German, who impressed on his 2023 return to Formula 1, ended last season openly criticising Haas’ failure to develop the car – resulting in the small American team finishing dead last. The 36-year-old had even […]
Closer Red Bull relationship an ‘advantage’ – Mekies
Feb.12 (GMM) Daniel Ricciardo is eyeing the podium in 2024, as the former Alpha Tauri team moves ever closer in its technical alliance with big-brother team Red Bull Racing. In the second half of last season, as the Faenza based team prepared to reset and rebrand as ‘Visa Cash App RB’ for 2024, the 2023 […]
Amid Horner crisis, Red Bull may lose technical boss
Feb.12 (GMM) Another layer to Red Bull’s pre-season turmoil has emerged in the shape of the potential defection to Ferrari of its technical director Pierre Wache. The crisis that threatens the Formula 1 career of Red Bull’s long-time team boss Christian Horner began to come to a head last Friday, as the 50-year-old met with […]
Alpine may take initial ‘step back’ in 2024
Feb.9 (GMM) Alpine’s driver duo admits the Renault-linked team is taking a “risky” strategy by launching a radically different Formula 1 car for 2024. While the newly-revealed A524 car may look similarly to its middle-of-the-grid predecessor, team figures insist everything about the 2024 machine is different apart from the steering wheel. “In the middle of […]
F1 commentator can imagine Verstappen in red overalls
Feb.9 (GMM) Max Verstappen may well end his own Formula 1 career in red just like his 2021 title nemesis and fellow multiple world champion Lewis Hamilton. That is the view of Gaetan Vigneron, the long-time F1 commentator for the Belgian broadcaster RTBF. He said he’s not overly shocked by the news of 39-year-old Hamilton’s […]
No plans for team name change, says Williams boss
Feb.9 (GMM) Amid the hectic flurry of Formula 1 activity on the team management, driver lineup and team name change fronts at present, Williams insists it has no intention of changing its iconic name. Sauber has become Stake or Kick, Alpha Tauri is now Visa Cash App RB – but boss James Vowles says Williams […]
Hulkenberg counts himself into 2025 ‘silly season’
Feb.9 (GMM) Nico Hulkenberg has been thrown into the suddenly-rampant Formula 1 driver “silly season”, as he denied he is officially off the market for 2025. Lewis Hamilton triggered the current chaos with his shock 2025 defection from Mercedes to Ferrari, leading to a frenzy among the many F1 drivers whose current deals with their […]
Albon defends Sargeant’s 5kg weight gain for 2024
Feb.8 (GMM) In the era of hefty F1 cars, it is notable that Logan Sargeant is admitting to have put on a whopping 5 kilograms over the winter break. A rookie in 2023, the 23-year-old American had to fight to keep his place at Williams for this season, having been clearly outclassed by on-form teammate […]