The DRS zone on the longest straight at the Baku City Circuit has been shortened for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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F1 to court US market with pre-Miami GP summit featuring Hamilton
2023 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 will make a pitch to the United States’ entertainment industry with a special conference in Miami next week featuring Lewis Hamilton.
Tost to step down at end of year as new management team arrives at AlphaTauri
2024 F1 season
Posted onAlphaTauri have announced their team principal Franz Tost will step down at the end of this season, and be replaced by Laurent Mekies.
F1 scraps plan to allow LED wheel covers in 2024
2024 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 will abandon plans to allow teams to use LED wheel covers next year. McLaren tested the devices in 2021 but they have never been raced.
FIA can bypass usual rules process to fix ‘unintended issues’ with new sprint format
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onThe FIA has added a dispensation in the regulations allowing the rules governing Formula 1’s new sprint race format to be temporarily changed without the usual process of approval being observed.
Fallows dissatisfied with ‘most complicated rules in the history of Formula 1’
2023 F1 season
Posted onThe technical regulations Formula 1 introduced last year haven’t been beneficial for the sport, Aston Martin’s technical director Dan Fallows believes.
Massa’s bid to overturn 2008 championship result instigated by Ecclestone – Fittipaldi
2008 F1 season
Posted onEmerson Fittipaldi believes Felipe Massa’s bid to overturn his 2008 world championship defeat were instigated by former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
Will F1’s ‘two-day grand prix’ format enliven its underwhelming sprint races?
2023 F1 season
Posted onF1 has expunged one of the worst features of sprint races, which it introduced in 2021. But is a better system being introduced this weekend?
F1 to hold pre-race driver presentations at some events again
2023 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 will hold US-style pre-race driver presentations at some races during 2023 following a change in the rules.
Drivers allowed to use extra engines without penalty during 2023
2023 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 teams have been told their drivers may use extra power unit parts without penalty this year, among other changes made to the rules ahead today.
F1 confirms new standalone sprint race format including half-hour ‘Sprint Shootout’
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onA new half-hour qualifying session called ‘Sprint Shootout’ will be added as part of changes to the format of this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Will sprint race tweaks produce a change in winner? Azerbaijan GP talking points
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 is expected to shake up the rules of its sprint races again as the format returns this weekend. Here are the talking points for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Monaco Grand Prix threatened by French energy workers’ strike
2023 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onA union of energy workers has threatened to disrupt next month’s Monaco Grand Prix in protest at the French government’s changes to its national pension scheme.
Cooler conditions forecast for earlier Azerbaijan Grand Prix
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix weather forecast
Posted onCooler April conditions await teams as they arrive in Baku for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the first race in four weeks.
“King of Baku”? Perez needs to prove Verstappen hasn’t taken his crown
2023 F1 season
Posted onSergio Perez’s race engineer calls him the ‘King of Baku’. Is that title deserved – and will he beat his world champion team mate this weekend?
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix TV Times
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onIt’s race week! As well as Formula 1 and Formula 2 from Baku, IndyCar is at Barber Motorsport Park and the WEC season continues at Spa-Francorchamps.
First three races show Zhou now “at the same level” as Bottas – Alfa Romeo
2023 F1 season
Posted onZhou Guanyu has raised his performances to the level of his race-winning team mate in his second F1 season, says Alfa Romeo’s head of trackside engineering.
FIA’s ‘very little tyre degradation’ target is still too much for Michelin
2023 F1 season
Posted onMichelin have dismissed F1’s desire for tyres that “destroy themselves”, but the FIA’s invitation to tender suggests a shift in tyre philosophy may be on the way.
Allison replaces Elliott as Mercedes technical director amid reshuffle
2023 F1 season
Posted onJames Allison has returned to the role of technical director at Mercedes, having exchanged places with Mike Elliott, who is now the team’s chief technical officer.
Pitt/Hamilton production embedded ‘within the show’ will be a first for F1 – Domenicali
2023 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says a Hollywood movie production crew will begin shooting an F1-based film “very soon”.