Author: Andrew Maitland

(GMM) One of Ferrari’s customer teams is not worried about a major reliability problem that has marred works driver Charles Leclerc’s start to the 2023 season. On Thursday in Jeddah, … Read More

(GMM) If Vitaly Petrov was still an active Formula 1 driver, he says he would currently be sitting out the world championship. Now 38, Petrov became Russia’s first ever F1 … Read More

(GMM) Three Formula 1 drivers have played down claims they may be shaping up to leave their current teams. Lando Norris signed a long McLaren contract extension last year, but … Read More

(GMM) As Max Verstappen sat out Thursday’s proceedings with a “stomach bug”, other Formula 1 drivers hinted that are not overly thrilled to be back in Saudi Arabia. Last year, … Read More

(GMM) Gene Haas, owner of the American Formula 1 team that bears his name, has found himself at the center of a controversy relating to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. That is … Read More

(GMM) The involvement of Mick Schumacher’s famous father may have kept the ousted young German on the Formula 1 grid. That is the view of Ralf Schumacher – Mick’s uncle … Read More

(GMM) Three prominent Formula 1 personalities have rubbished a wild rumor about Mercedes. One publication this week attracted attention by reporting that Mercedes’ Toto Wolff-led works team risks losing the … Read More

(GMM) Frederic Vasseur is continuing to put a brave face on an apparently alarming situation at Ferrari. That is despite the fact that Charles Leclerc’s bad mood is going from … Read More

(GMM) 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks Alpine “will suffer” as a result of losing Fernando Alonso. Canadian Villeneuve says he will be at fewer grands prix as a television … Read More

(GMM) The FIA appears unlikely to drop its special conditions for Russian racing drivers any time soon. Ever since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict early last year, resulting in … Read More

(GMM) George Russell can imagine Lewis Hamilton as his continuing Mercedes teammate “for a few more years”. It is clear that, eventually, Toto Wolff sees the much younger Briton Russell … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 has swiftly played down reports the sport’s next high-profile destination will be the streets of London. London is regularly linked with a grand prix, with the latest … Read More

(GMM) Red Bull’s rivals could rapidly catch up in the latter part of the 2023 season, Dr Helmut Marko has warned. As the season got off to a start in … Read More

(GMM) Dr Helmut Marko admits there has been interest from some parties in potentially buying Red Bull’s second Formula 1 team, Alpha Tauri. Some have suggested the Faenza based team … Read More

(GMM) Frederic Vasseur says he’s “not worried” about some high profile departures at Ferrari. In the days between the opening Bahrain and Saudi Arabian GPs, Italian sources have reported about … Read More

(GMM) Frederic Vasseur has hit back at claims he is already unsatisfied with life as Ferrari’s new team boss. Amid a swathe of confirmed and rumored personnel departures, it was … Read More

(GMM) Sergio Perez could “challenge” teammate Max Verstappen for the 2023 world championship. That is the wild claim of Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko, even though reigning back-to-back title winner … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso insists his only real objective left in Formula 1 is a third drivers’ world title. The Spaniard, 41, has been charging for it ever since he left … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen has confirmed rumors that he might retire from Formula 1 at the young age of 31. The back-to-back reigning world champion, currently 25, is all signed up … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 is on the right track by resisting pressure to aim for an ‘all-electric’ future. That is the view of the sport’s CEO Stefano Domenicali, who thinks F1 … Read More

(GMM) Mercedes insists there is no “panic” behind closed doors, but key rival Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko says the German team is tackling “several” problems with its new car. … Read More

(GMM) Williams looks set to hang onto its famous team name. Actually, the Grove based team is totally controlled by US investment firm Dorilton, with late team founder Frank Williams’ … Read More

(GMM) 1979 world champion Jody Scheckter says greed led to the demise of South Africa’s return to the Formula 1 calendar. Lewis Hamilton often bemoans the continent’s absence from the … Read More