Red Bull agrees Wheatley’s Sauber F1 start date, but hangs on to Courtenay

Red Bull has agreed an earlier exit for future Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley, while letting McLaren wait on sporting director Will Courtenay.
Wheatley was announced as Sauber’s future team boss last August, but continued in his long-time role as Red Bull’s sporting director through the 2024 season.
Autosport understands Wheatley, who has worked for Red Bull since 2006, is now on …Keep reading

Sauber F1 chief Alunni Bravi to leave team at end of January

Sauber managing director and team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi will part ways with the Formula 1 squad at the end of January after an eight-year stint.
The bespectacled Italian was added to the board of the Sauber team following its takeover by Longbow Finance in 2017, the investment company headed by TetraPak billionaire Finn Rausing.
Previously, Alunni Bravi had enjoyed a lengthy …Keep reading

“A perfect marriage” – Las Vegas and Formula 1 proving to be a good match

Fittingly for a city known as the Marriage Capital of the World, the arrival of Formula 1 in Las Vegas marked the beginning of a memorable union, with race organisers already planning for year three.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix burst onto the 2023 F1 calendar with the glitz and glamour that is always associated with Sin City and, after initial teething problems involving a loose drain cover …Keep reading

FIA explains why it feels driver criticism on F1 fines is overblown

The FIA has countered criticism from Formula 1 drivers on how it spends the money generated by fines.
The situation around driver fines was one of several topics that caused unease among F1 drivers last season as they grew increasingly frustrated at how FIA president Mohamed Ben Sulayem has been running things.
Over the 2024 season a total of around 270,000 euros – not counting suspended …Keep reading

Leclerc’s ex-engineer becomes Cadillac technical director in WEC and IMSA

Charles Leclerc’s former race engineer at the Ferrari Formula 1 team has been recruited by Cadillac as technical director of its LMDh sportscar project. 
Xavier Marcos Padros is taking up the new position within the Cadillac V-Series.R programme, which straddles the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship, after seven years at the Scuderia.
The Spaniard, generally …Keep reading