Aug.6 (GMM) Italian GP officials are confident they are heading down the road towards a new Formula 1 race deal. La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Monza has successfully met its deadline for required upgrade works in the nick of time, with the 2024 Italian GP scheduled for late August. The fabled circuit’s surface has […]
Month: August 2024
F1 rivals play down loss of engine manufacturer Renault
Aug.6 (GMM) Rival teams have played down the likely loss of Renault as a works engine manufacturer in Formula 1. The French carmaker is in the process of re-jigging the purpose of the F1 engine facility at Viry-Chatillon – and in talks with potential customer power unit suppliers for 2026 and beyond. “I think it’s […]
Verstappen’s sim ban just a ‘recommendation’ – Marko
Aug.6 (GMM) Red Bull’s ban on late-night sim racing sessions for Max Verstappen during Formula 1 race weekends is actually just a “recommendation”. That’s the revised position of the energy drink brand’s F1 consultant Dr Helmut Marko, who initially declared that he and Verstappen had “agreed” that racing “well past midnight” would no longer occur. […]
Angry Alpine F1 engine staff could strike – reports
Aug.5 (GMM) Alpine’s works F1 engines could fall silent even earlier than planned, according to emerging French media reports. Before he stepped down as team boss in the past few days, Bruno Famin admitted at Spa that Renault’s works team was treading very carefully as it plots a new course as a paying user of […]
Ricciardo still fits in at ‘junior’ F1 team – CEO
Aug.5 (GMM) RB CEO Peter Bayer insists Daniel Ricciardo still fits into the “big picture” at the Faenza based ‘junior’ team. F1 team consultant Dr Helmut Marko has been hinting for months now that, at 35, the Australian driver no longer fits the profile. “The shareholders have made it known that it is a junior […]
Renault legend thinks Alpine F1 being prepared for sale
Aug.1 (GMM) Gerard Larrousse, a Formula 1 legend, thinks Renault might be clearing the path to withdraw from the sport altogether. The management turmoil and shakeups at the French carmaker’s Alpine F1 team rolls on, as the successor for the now-departed boss Bruno Famin is named. As expected, it is Oliver Oakes, who at just […]