Australian Jack Doohan will make his Formula One debut sooner than expected, as the 21-year-old will race for Alpine this weekend in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the team announced on Monday. Jack, son of legendary motorcycle racer Mick Doohan, will replace Esteban Ocon at Alpine after the 28-year-old was released early despite being contracted to the Renault-owned team until the end of the year....
Mercedes have announced that Italian teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli will replace the Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton from the start of the 2025 Formula 1 season, Afrosport reports. Seven-time F1 champion Hamilton revealed in February that he will join Ferrari next year, prompting Mercedes’ search for a replacement for the 39-year-old. The Silver Arrows have now found one in rising star Antonelli, who turned 18 last Sunday, and...
Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur and Formula One have both announced a new “strategic partnership” on Tuesday. The groundbreaking deal, which will last for the next 15 years, is expected to bring a "brand new motorsport experience" to London, with the first-ever in-stadium karting facility that will also serve as the Capital's longest indoor electric go-kart track. The karting track will be built under the Tottenham...
Defending Formula 1 Constructor's champion Red Bull Racing have announced February 3 as the launch date of its 2023 car. The Austrian manufacturer enjoyed its most successful F1 season in 2022 as Max Verstappen won 15 races to clinch his second consecutive drivers' championship. They also won the constructors' championship for the first time since 2013, ending Mercedes' seven-year dominance. https://twitter.com/redbullracing/status/1613929207029202944?s=20&t=mneUrL6i2Pe2rLvfehly4w Red Bull become the eighth...
Organisers of the Chinese Grand Prix have opened talks with Formula 1 for a potential return to the 2023 calendar. The event was originally pencilled in for April 16 on this year's calendar, but it was dropped because of the Chinese government's strict zero COVID-19 policy which was implemented due to the rising cases in the country. The government is now set to ease those restrictions...
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