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That Gabriel Bortoleto and Max Verstappen get along well has been evident on several occasions this year.
Just before the start of the Australian Grand Prix, the four-time Formula 1 world champion advised the Sauber rookie to start the race on intermediate tyres – a call that proved to be the right one. In Austrian GP qualifying, he even provided Bortoleto with a helpful slipstream. What's ...Keep reading

That Gabriel Bortoleto and Max Verstappen get along well has been evident on several occasions this year.
Just before the start of the Australian Grand Prix, the four-time Formula 1 world champion advised the Sauber rookie to start the race on intermediate tyres – a call that proved to be the right one. In Austrian GP qualifying, he even provided Bortoleto with a helpful slipstream. What's ...Keep reading

The surprise ousting of Christian Horner after 20 years at the Red Bull helm has also had knock-on effect within the wider Red Bull family.
With Laurent Mekies named as Horner's replacement, Red Bull's management turned to Racing Bulls racing director and paddock veteran Alan Permane to fill the role as team principal, overseeing the Anglo-Italian squad's 700 staff across Milton Keynes in the ...Keep reading

The surprise ousting of Christian Horner after 20 years at the Red Bull helm has also had knock-on effect within the wider Red Bull family. With Laurent Mekies named as Horner's replacement, Red Bull's management turned to Racing Bulls racing director and paddock veteran Alan Permane to fill the role as team principal, overseeing the Anglo-Italian squad's 700 staff across Milton Keynes in the UK ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown was “not surprised” by Christian Horner’s Red Bull Formula 1 departure - but was a little thrown off by the timing.
Just three days after the British Grand Prix on 9 July, Red Bull announced the removal of Horner as CEO and team principal, roles he’d held since the team’s F1 debut in 2005.
It came 12 rounds into the 2025 campaign with Laurent Mekies ...Keep reading

During the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone, McLaren introduced a completely new floor, as noted in the FIA's technical documents.
The squad ran it during opening practice, but team principal Andrea Stella made clear that the new spec would be removed afterwards. “The plan was always going to be that the floor was a test floor to have an early read on this new specification,” he ...Keep reading

It was on the morning of the glitzy season launch at London’s O2 Arena in February when Formula 1 lost its collective head. There, it’s said, during an F1 Commission meeting, Christian Horner – Red Bull’s then team principal – set his smartphone in the middle of the table.
“Bring back V10s” hissed the voice at the other end of the line: former F1 ‘ringmaster’ Bernie ...Keep reading

Amid frequent speculation over his future at Alpine, Franco Colapinto vows to keep chipping away at the underwhelming results that he's achieved while struggling with a difficult 2025 Formula 1 car. 
For a variety of reasons, Alpine's switch from Jack Doohan to Colapinto hasn't worked out yet. After six race weekends marred by several incidents and no points, Doohan was relieved of his duties ...Keep reading

As Chief Commercial Officer of F1 and CEO of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Emily Prazer is responsible for bringing billions of dollars of revenue into the series. She tells us her plans to make Vegas bigger and better this year and reveals its economic impact.
Meanwhile Tim Mayer will face off against Mohammed Ben Sulayem in December’s election for FIA president. He faces an uphill task, but he ...Keep reading

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to cry.” Bette Hill wiped away the tears as she embraced her son amid the throng outside the Williams motorhome last Sunday evening.
“It doesn’t matter,” Damon comforted her. “I get emotional too.”
Bette composed herself. “That was brilliant,” she told him. “It was really brilliant. I’m so excited, really exalted.”
“I know, I know,” he ...Keep reading