Perez: No reason Baku F1 form can’t carry over to other tracks

Perez scored his second F1 win on Sunday in Baku after team-mate Max Verstappen suffered a late tyre failure while heading up a 1-2 for Red Bull.
Perez had displayed impressive pace throughout the race weekend in Baku, leading FP2 and finishing second in FP3 before traffic in Q3 left him sixth on the grid.
He was then able to fight his way through to second place in the race, jumping Lewis …Keep reading

F1 drivers backed decision for two-lap standing restart in Baku

Race leader Max Verstappen suffered a tyre failure at high-speed with four laps remaining, with the subsequent crash leaving debris strewn across the track that resulted in a red flag.
While the track was cleared, race director Michael Masi announced the race would be completed, setting up a two-lap sprint from a standing restart.
It marked the latest point in a race that F1 has used its new …Keep reading

Williams announces Roberts to leave, Capito to take on F1 team principal duties

Roberts joined Williams last June as its managing director of F1 operations before taking over as interim team principal in September following the departure of the Williams family.
Roberts was appointed in the role on a permanent basis in December after the arrival of former Volkswagen motorsport chief Jost Capito as CEO.
But as part of the ongoing restructuring of the management team at …Keep reading

Verstappen: Lost points will hurt when F1 returns to “normal tracks”

Verstappen believes that the Brackley-based team will bounce back when F1 returns to more traditional venues from the French GP onwards, and is therefore ruing the fact that Red Bull didn’t make the most of its opportunity to outscore its main rival.
Having won in Monaco, Verstappen was leading comfortably in the Azerbaijan GP when a left-rear tyre failure sent him into the wall on the …Keep reading

Ferrari appoints Benedetto Vigna as new company CEO

Following the resignation of Louis C. Camilleri in December due to personal reasons, Ferrari chairman Elkann took over as interim CEO.
In a statement issued by Ferrari on Wednesday, it was announced that Vigna, 52, would be joining as chief executive officer effective 1 September.
Vigna currently serves as the president of STMicroelectronics’ Analog, MEMS and Sensor Group, and is a member …Keep reading