Former Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner reportedly received more than €133 million in salary and severance payments following his departure from the Formula 1 team, according to financial figures reported by RacingNews365. The extraordinary figure comes after McLaren CEO Zak Brown’s reported €98 million earnings for 2025 drew attention to the huge sums … Read more

Audi CEO Gernot Döllner has dismissed speculation that the financial crisis facing parent company Volkswagen could put the German manufacturer’s Formula 1 project at risk. Döllner insists Audi’s F1 operation has independent financing and remains committed to its target of winning the World Championship by 2030. The future of Audi’s Formula 1 programme has come … Read more

Helmut Marko has claimed Formula 1’s planned return to V8 engines in 2030 is already “a done deal” after a software problem disrupted the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang. The long-time Red Bull adviser was highly critical of the technical failure that left several cars unable to accelerate properly during the formation … Read more

The Origins of the Cost Cap Despite years of failing to get the Formula One teams to agree to a cost cap on their annual spending, the FIA finally benefited from the advent of COVID-19. With the sport facing ruin, the larger teams finally agreed to restrict their spending below an agreed amount. For 2021, … Read more

Mercedes have been frugal with their upgrades to their 2026 W17 Formula One race car. Whilst most other teams brought extra performance to their cars early in the season, the Brackley-based squad waited until round 6 in Canada before the first changes came to their car. The result was the expected gains correlated with the … Read more

Former Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg has revealed how Michael Schumacher’s arrival at Mercedes in 2010 left him genuinely frightened about his own future. Rosberg had only just joined the newly rebranded Mercedes team when the seven-time world champion was announced as his teammate. “That was the ultimate shock! The greatest of all time, the … Read more

George Russell could face two separate grid penalties in the coming races after his Mercedes suffered a power-unit failure during the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang in Malaysia. The retirement was already a major blow to Russell’s Formula 1 title hopes, but the resulting pressure on his power-unit allocation could now create an additional problem … Read more

Fernando Alonso is set to return to the Dakar Rally in 2027, with SoyMotor.com reporting that the Aston Martin Formula 1 driver has agreed a deal to compete in a Prodrive-built T1+ car carrying Aston Martin bodywork. The report, published by SoyMotor on October 5, says the agreement is already in place but that the … Read more

Max Verstappen’s commanding victory in Malaysia has earned widespread praise from international Formula 1 media, with both La Gazzetta dello Sport and Autosport awarding the Red Bull driver a perfect 10. The Race also ranked Verstappen first in its driver standings after he recovered from a difficult start to control the race. However, German publication … Read more

Honda is facing another major personnel change after motorsport CEO Koji Watanabe confirmed he will leave the role at the end of 2026, adding to a turbulent season for the Japanese manufacturer and its Formula 1 partnership with Aston Martin. Honda’s collaboration with Aston Martin has fallen well short of expectations during the 2026 Formula … Read more