Sports Journalist · 33 articles
George Russell wants Formula 1 to rethink its most famous race. The Mercedes driver and Grand Prix Drivers’ Association director has argued that the Monaco Grand Prix barely functions as a race, and that qualifying is where the real competition lives. His comments, first made to Motorsport.com after the 2025 event, have come back into […]
Formula 1 has signed a 10-year extension to keep the Las Vegas Grand Prix on the calendar through 2037. The deal, announced on June 4, brings together F1, Las Vegas Grand Prix, Inc., Clark County officials and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). It locks in 12 more editions of the race, including […]
Lewis Hamilton says his new Ferrari race engineer, Carlo Santi, reminds him of the man he spent 13 years building a championship dynasty with at Mercedes. Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, the seven-time world champion called Santi his “Italian Bono,” drawing a direct line between the 52-year-old Italian and Peter Bonnington, the […]
Toprak Razgatlioglu says Nicolo Bulega has what it takes to compete in MotoGP, and believes the Italian would deliver standout results if Ducati hands him a place in the premier class. The BMW WorldSBK champion spoke at Mugello during the Italian Grand Prix weekend, where he told Crash.net that Bulega’s riding style fits MotoGP and […]
No Formula 1 team has ever paid its drivers more than €100 million in a single season. Ferrari is about to change that. The Scuderia confirmed on Wednesday, June 3, that Charles Leclerc had signed a new contract to remain at the team. However, it did not reveal the length or the financial terms. According […]
F1 teams will get four days of pre-season testing before the 2027 season, up from three, after the F1 Commission approved the change at its meeting in London on June 2. The meeting took place at the FIA’s London offices. It was chaired by FIA Single-Seater Director Nikolas Tombazis and FOM President and CEO Stefano […]
Lewis Hamilton wants to take charge of where his fellow drivers sit at his next end-of-season dinner. The seven-time world champion told Cosmopolitan he plans to create a formal seating plan for the gathering, with the specific goal of putting drivers next to people they would not normally spend time with. Hamilton started the dinner […]
Andrea Stella said ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix that McLaren can still win the 2026 Formula 1 championship, despite sitting third in the standings, 113 points behind Mercedes after five races. The team principal spoke to GPblog and other media outlets on Thursday. He acknowledged that the season had fallen short of expectations while […]
McLaren Mastercard F1 Team will race at Monaco this weekend wearing a bespoke metallic papaya orange and anthracite livery to mark what it calls its 1,000th grand prix. The number 1000 appears on the sidepods of the MCL40, and both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will wear matching race overalls. The livery will also run […]