Silverstone to keep up with Miami, Vegas with festival-style F1 events

After activating a break clause in the contract with Bernie Ecclestone in 2017 due to the 5% escalator fee, a new five-year deal for Silverstone was signed with Liberty Media in 2019.  
Now operating with a “much more collaborative” relationship with F1’s owners, the circuit’s managing director Stuart Pringle is now “prepared to join hands and walk down the aisle for a …Keep reading
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Hamilton calls for action to change “archaic mindsets” after Piquet racial slur

Piquet made a racial slur while referring to Hamilton in an interview on a Brazilian podcast towards the end of last year, with the comments emerging this week.
It led to Piquet’s comments being condemned by both F1 and the FIA, while Hamilton’s Mercedes team also issued a statement lending its support to the seven-time world champion. 
Hamilton took to social media to address the …Keep reading
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Horner warns of F1 “catastrophe” over budget cap crisis

Amid a dramatic rise in inflation and a cost of living crisis, a number of squads are struggling to stay below the $140 million budget cap limit sent for this year.
Some outfits, like Ferrari and McLaren, have already admitted in public that they are on course to break the cap this season because costs have jumped so much – so are in desperate need of a compromise deal being put in place to …Keep reading
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F1 rebukes Nelson Piquet’s racist comments against Hamilton

Piquet, a three-time Formula 1 champion, won the crown with Brabham in 1981 and 1983 before taking his third title with Williams in 1987.
The 69-year-old directed a racial slur at Hamilton when speaking on a Brazilian podcast in 2021, recounting the clash between the seven-time champion and Max Verstappen at Silverstone.
Motorsport.com Brazil editor Carlos Costa translated Piquet’s comments …Keep reading
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Red Bull reveals plans for Newey-designed £5 million hypercar

As part of an ambitious project revealed at the team’s Milton Keynes factory on Tuesday, the car has been created by the F1 team’s chief technical officer Adrian Newey.
The two-seater RB17 hypercar, developed for track use, will have a strictly limited run of 50 and has been designed for ultimate performance.
The ground-effect car will be powered by a V8 turbo hybrid that produces more …Keep reading
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