The FIA has confirmed six engine manufacturers have signed up to produce power units for the forthcoming set of regulations which will arrive in 2026.
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Mick Schumacher to be reserve driver for McLaren too
2023 F1 season
Posted onMercedes’ reserve driver Mick Schumacher will be made available to customer team Mclaren in 2023 as part of an arrangement between the teams.
Hamilton and Russell back on track next week, Sainz driving today
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Hamilton and Russell back on track next week, Sainz driving today • Euroformula returns to Pau • Rossi IndyCar livery revealed
Vowles explains how experience of ‘failure’ will help him turn Williams around
2023 F1 season
Posted onWilliams’ new team principal James Vowles says his experience of “failure” in Formula 1 will help him to transform the fortunes of the lowly team.
Williams hire Mercedes strategist Vowles as new team principal
2023 F1 season
Posted onWilliams have announced former Mercedes motorsport strategist James Vowles as their new team principal, filling the position vacated by Jost Capito.
Mercedes reveal W14 digital launch on February 15th
2023 F1 season
Posted onMercedes’ F1 W14 car, which it will race in the 2023 Formula 1 season, is to be launched on Wednesday 15th February.
Bouncing was ‘breaking our engines’ at start of 2022 – Mercedes
2022 F1 season
Posted onMercedes had to overcome engine-related problems this year which were provoked by the serious bouncing problems they encountered with their W13.
FIA right to curb F1 drivers’ political statements – Brown
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: FIA right to curb F1 drivers’ political statements – Brown • Ferrari back Weug for Formula Regional move • Give GPDA more clout – Stewart
Helmet rows, hot mics and more forgotten motorsport stories from 2022
2022 F1 season
Posted onAnother dramatic and often controversial season of Formula 1 meant these curious and noteworthy stories from it and beyond tended to get overlooked.
Analysis: Only one F1 team swaps principals more often than Ferrari
F1 statistics
Posted onFerrari has appointed its sixth different team principal in the space of 15 years. Some of its rivals have had the same leader the whole time, and only one has changed more often.
Hamilton ‘kept morale high in Mercedes’ tough moments’ – Russell
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Russell: Hamilton ‘kept morale high in Mercedes’ tough moments’ • Yeany switches F3 teams • Alonso-backed Tsolov joins F3
Schumacher reveals “sneaky” first visit to Mercedes for simulator trial in 2014
2022 F1 season
Posted onMick Schumacher has revealed he once made a “sneaky visit” to the Mercedes F1 team while in karting, to conduct a secret simulator session
Mick Schumacher joins Mercedes as reserve driver after exit from Ferrari
2022 F1 season
Posted onMick Schumacher has left Ferrari and joined Mercedes as its new reserve driver for the 2023 Formula 1 season.
Hamilton’s brother has first run in Mercedes F1 simulator
2022 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton organised for his brother Nicolas to experience Mercedes’ Formula 1 simulator in Brackley recently after the season finished.
FIA bans unraced Mercedes front wing design
2023 F1 season
Posted onA front wing design which Mercedes produced during 2022 but did not race has been banned by the FIA for next season.
Wolff: Binotto held on longer than I expected under “tremendous pressure” at Ferrari
2022 F1 season
Posted onFerrari team principal Mattia Binotto did well to last for four years as team principal at Ferrari, says Mercedes’ Toto Wolff.
Mercedes see Red Bull and Ferrari’s past slumps as warnings after poor 2022 – Wolff
2022 F1 season
Posted onMercedes have studied how Ferrari and Red Bull’s dominance of F1 ended in the past to ensure they come back stronger after their poor 2022 campaign.
Mercedes explain their ‘table of doom’ which predicted worst tracks for W13
2022 F1 season
Posted onMercedes referred to its internal metrics which predicted which circuits would be best and worst for its problematic W13 as the “table of doom”.
How many victory chances did Hamilton have in his first winless F1 season?
2022 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton has completed a Formula 1 season without winning a grand prix for the first time in his career. But how many races could he have won?
FIA’s interim secretary general Rao to step down
2022 F1 season
Posted onThe FIA has confirmed its secretary general Shaila-Ann Rao, who joined the governing body from Mercedes on an interim basis earlier this year, is to leave following the end of the Formula 1 season.