Formula 1 owner Liberty Media has announced the appointment of Derek Chang as its new president and CEO. The role was previously held by Greg Maffei, who helped Liberty complete its takeover of F1 in January 2017 but departed at the end of last year. Chang, who has extensive knowledge of sports broadcasting deals, most
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has downplayed the impact of losing two key members of staff ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Technical guru Adrian Newey announced his high-profile departure from the Milton Keynes-based outfit at the Miami Grand Prix, working on the brand’s RB17 hypercar project in the time ahead of what
Le Mans 24 Hours winner Ryo Hirakawa has joined Alpine’s Formula 1 team as its test and reserve driver. Having previously been a part of McLaren’s driver development programme, Hirakawa will switch to Alpine in 2025 and take on an expanded role with the Renault Group brand. He will participate in Alpine’s TCP (testing of
Toyota World Endurance Championship driver Ryo Hirakawa has joined Alpine as a test and reserve driver and will make one appearance in a Formula 1 practice session this year. Hirakawa, 30, won the WEC drivers’ title twice with Toyota, and shared victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours with Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley in
The 2025 Formula 1 season is still weeks away but next year’s grand prix schedule is close to being finalised. Yesterday F1 announced it had reached a new deal with the Belgian Grand Prix promoters to return to Spa-Francorchamps next year. With a new race in Madrid due to join the schedule next year, that
The Belgian Grand Prix has committed to Formula 1’s planned event rotational system after signing a new four-race contract over the next six seasons. F1 will head to Spa-Francorchamps in 2026, 2027, 2029 and 2031 but will miss out in 2028 and 2030 as part of its new deal that starts after this year’s edition.
With the confirmation of the Belgian Grand Prix organising four races over six years, the Spa-Francorchamps event is the first race confirmed to enter F1’s planned rotation system for some of its European rounds. Read Also: The race had long been under consideration to host races in alternating years, but Wednesday morning’s announcement has billed
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has received plenty of criticism for his running of Manchester United, but it is unlikely to have an impact on his other major investment in sport including his co-ownership of the Mercedes Formula 1 team. Ratcliffe’s involvement in Mercedes first started in early 2020 when his company, Ineos, signed a sponsorship deal
Formula 1 has agreed a new deal with the Belgian Grand Prix which will keep the race on the schedule until 2031. However the race will only take place every other year after 2027. The new deal means the Belgian Grand Prix will be held in four of the six seasons after this year. F1
Spa’s Belgian Grand Prix has signed a fresh four-race contract extension as it joins Formula 1’s planned rotational system. The event at Spa-Francorchamps will host four F1 races over the next six seasons – 2026, 2027, 2029, and 2031 – and will drop off the calendar in 2028 and 2030. The Belgian race’s contract was
The bonus point for fastest lap is no more. Six seasons after reviving the decade-old rule, Formula 1 will no longer reward whoever sets the quickest time over a single lap in a race. F1 claimed the rule would add new intrigue to grands prix. Did it significantly enhance the action or was it an
Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has hailed the immediate impact of Andy Cowell as the recently appointed group CEO is “very clear” on what he likes. Signed from Mercedes AMG High-Performance Powertrains where he had served as the managing director since 2013, Cowell was announced as part of the team’s “ongoing journey to become
