How real are Red Bull's concerns that Verstappen could leave early?
Helmut Marko caused a stir after the Bahrain GP with his worries that Max Verstappen could leave Red Bull early. But how real are those fears?
Ferrari has appointed the FIA’s former safety director and deputy race director Laurent Mekies to its Formula 1 team. Mekies will report to Ferrari technical director Mattia Binotto when he joins the team on September 20.
His role at the FIA was safety director in 2014 before he became deputy race director in 2016, reporting to Charlie Whiting. Mekies’ responsibilities covered safety and medical matters across FIA championships and R&D homologation. As a result of his appointment with Ferrari, he will no longer be involved with F1 and will step down as deputy F1 race director.
In the other direction, the FIA announced last week that former Ferrari chief designer Nikolas Tombazis, who also worked as an aerodynamicist and chief at McLaren from 2004-05, and an aerodynamicist at Benetton from 1992-95, would join as its new head of single-seater technical matters.
Renault controversially poached an FIA senior figure as former technical director Marcin Budkowski joined the team late last year. Budkowski had to take six months (double the minimum mandated three months) of gardening leave before joining Renault.
Helmut Marko caused a stir after the Bahrain GP with his worries that Max Verstappen could leave Red Bull early. But how real are those fears?
Ayrton Senna’s tragic final races in 1994, marked by controversy over illegal traction control and his relentless pursuit of excellence in a challenging car, remain a poignant chapter in F1 history, as Matt Bishop recalls
Full F1 schedule for the year, including the next F1 race of 2025: the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the whole calendar and circuit guides for the 24-race Formula 1 season
Round five of the 2025 Formula 1 season wraps up the first triple-header of the year in Saudi Arabia. There are the dates and start time for the Jeddah event, including all sessions