Piero Ferrari, son of the Scuderia’s iconic owner Enzo, has revealed that Lewis Hamilton first visited the Italian manufacturer over a decade ago when racing for Mercedes. For 2025, Hamilton has joined the Maranello-based outfit on a multi-year deal in one of the biggest driver moves in the history of F1. It has always been
Nikita Mazepin has re-branded himself to a ‘hybrid athlete’ and plans to compete in a boxing bout, three years on from his F1 sacking. The Russian driver was sacked by Haas on the eve of the 2022 season following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with both he and his father Dmitry, having close links to
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F1 salaries 2025 How much does Max Verstappen earn in Formula 1 and what is Lewis Hamilton’s salary at Ferrari? The quadruple world champion and the seven-time one earn tens of millions of dollars a year, and top the highest-paid drivers list of 2025. Verstappen more than earned his salary in 2024 after clinching a
Red Bull has managed to lure as many as 60 staff away from rival F1 teams after its high-profile departures, according to a report. Across 2024, the team lost its chief technical officer, sporting director, and head of strategy with Adrian Newey, Jonathan Wheatley, and Will Courtenay all opting to depart, although Wheatley remained in
George Russell has revealed the “absolutely brutal” training he has put in ahead of a Mercedes F1 promotion to team leader in 2025. After three seasons as Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate, Russell is now the senior driver at Mercedes with Kimi Antonelli stepping in to replace new Ferrari recruit Hamilton. Ahead of his first season in
February 1, 2024 – it began as a day like any other. By all accounts, everything was ‘normal’ as F1 began to thaw itself out from the winter hibernation. There were no immediate indications that the F1 world would soon be plunged into chaos with the emergence of one of the biggest stories in the
Liam Lawson has been handed a golden opportunity by Red Bull this year after it decided he was the right driver to replace Sergio Perez. After just 11 grand prix starts, Lawson has been paired with Max Verstappen as the four-time champion seeks a fifth straight crown. The Kiwi has long been in the Red
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Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) chairman Alex Wurz hopes F1 will “protect the drivers” from punishments under the FIA’s contentious new stewards’ penalty guidelines. Ahead of the 2025 F1 season, drivers can now be hit with substantial fines, race bans and championship points deductions for indiscretions such as swearing and speaking out against the governing
Mathieu Baumel, a four-time winner of the Dakar Rally as a navigator, has been seriously injured in a road car accident. Travelling to the Rallye Monte Carlo Historique in Reims, Baumel was hit by an oncoming car after he had stopped to help a vehicle that had earlier crashed. His father, Gerard, confirmed the news
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown believes F1 teams contributing to the cost of full-time stewards could be the tonic to what is becoming an increasingly apparent issue for the FIA. The voluntary status of stewards is a subject that has again come to the fore in the wake of Johnny Herbert being removed from the
