Formula One News — August 2024

Troubled Formula 1 team Alpine has emerged as a late contender to land Adrian Newey's signature.

There is no "big solution" yet to Red Bull's fall from Formula 1 dominance in 2024, team F1 consultant Dr Helmut Marko admits.

Two outspoken motor racing pundits are unanimous - Guanyu Zhou does not belong on the Formula 1 grid.

Underperforming rival teams have made Haas' 2024 car look better than it really is, new team boss Ayao Komatsu admits.

Lewis Hamilton could be the key to a successful world championship campaign in his very first season at Ferrari in 2025.

The new 75 percent owners of the Hockenheim circuit say they are proceeding with "great caution" in trying to revive the German GP.

Dr Helmut Marko has played down reports suggesting Sebastian Vettel might be seriously in the frame to return to Formula 1 with Audi.

Ferrari chairman John Elkann insists Lewis Hamilton is not on a fast-track to Formula 1 retirement.

The boss of F1's smallest team has rubbished comparisons between 2025 rookie Oliver Bearman and former Haas driver Nikita Mazepin.

Formula 2 championship leader Isack Hadjar has hinted that he thinks Red Bull should promote him to the big-league sooner rather than later.

Ralf Schumacher's ex-wife says she feels hurt by the former Formula 1 driver's 'coming out' story.

Red Bull's technical director admits "risks" the team took with its design of the 2024 car may not have paid off.

Two Germans are reportedly near the top of team owner Audi's list to join Nico Hulkenberg next year at Sauber.

McLaren CEO Zak Brown insists he is not desperate to sign up a title sponsor.

Dutch racing driver Robin Frijns doubts Red Bull's recent performance decline is directly attributable to the steady departure of Adrian Newey.

Dr Helmut Marko has hit back at reports suggesting Formula 1 owner Liberty Media intervened in the immediate future of Sergio Perez.

The CEO of Formula 1's owner, Liberty Media, has confirmed the organisation is under investigation by the United States justice department.

The FIA has published two sets of Sporting Regulations in the last day of July, the first still to be applied during the rest of the season, while the 2025 Sporting Regulations received a much bigger overhaul as it was necessary to include all the provisions for the teams to test with mule cars at Pirelli’s requirement, something Aston Martin will be the first team to do when Stoffel Vandoorne will be the first driver to fell what the 2026 cars will be like, during a two-days test in Monza.

Zak Brown has shown he’s an adept of long term planning when it comes to securing the many talents he has in his team.

With completely different cars being mooted for 2026, as the FIA and Formula 1 are seriiusly overhauling the Technical Regulations, it has become clear Pirelli will need to do a lot of testing with cars that will be as close as possible to the future performance of the Grand Prix cars.

Following Williams’ announcement Carlos Sainz will join the team from the start of next year Alpine and Sauber/Audi are now the target of all the drivers still without a seat in Formula 1 for 2025.

Red Bull's ban on late-night sim racing sessions for Max Verstappen during Formula 1 race weekends is actually just a "recommendation".

Rival teams have played down the likely loss of Renault as a works engine manufacturer in Formula 1.

Italian GP officials are confident they are heading down the road towards a new Formula 1 race deal.

Alpine's works F1 engines could fall silent even earlier than planned, according to emerging French media reports.