F1 reports progress towards 2030 net zero target

F1 reduced its carbon footprint by 17% over the first two full years of the initiative up to 2021, with last season’s figures yet to be finalised.
The 2030 deadline was announced in November 2019 following a year of research by F1 that also involved stakeholders such as the FIA, teams and race promoters.
Ongoing reductions are based not just on the introduction of future technologies but …Keep reading

How Vowles helped create his own young driver “void” at Williams F1

Among other duties, Vowles was in charge of Mercedes’ young driver programme before joining Williams as a team principal this year.
Under his watch Mercedes recruited several top-line prospects, including Italian prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli who is rapidly rising through the single-seater ranks.
Now 16, Antonelli smashed through the karting pyramid in 2018 and 2019, which landed him a spot …Keep reading

McLaren expects “competitive ideas” from F1 technical leadership overhaul

Following the winter departure of team boss Andreas Seidl, who moved to become CEO at Sauber, Stella and McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown completed a major review of the heritage outfit’s leadership structure.
This led to the immediate exit of executive technical director James Key, who has since been signed by Seidl. He was replaced by a three-pronged system to cover aerodynamics, car concept …Keep reading

Verstappen vs Senna – wins, poles, podiums and more stats compared

For a brief period in Formula 1 history, the Senna and Verstappen names lined up together on the grid. Little did anyone know, as Ayrton Senna drew his Williams-Renault onto pole position for the 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix, that the great Brazilian had just a few weeks to live. And, similarly, little did anyone know, as Jos Verstappen slotted his Benetton-Ford into ninth position for the getaway …Keep reading

Red Bull plays down hype over Mercedes F1 upgrade step

Mercedes has been left upbeat about its prospects for the rest of the season after a major upgrade package to its W14 helped Lewis Hamilton and George Russell produce a double podium finish in the recent Spanish Grand Prix.
It came after a difficult start to the campaign where the German manufacturer quickly realised that its ‘zeropod’ concept was not going to deliver the performance it needed …Keep reading