Should Vettel replace Marko as Red Bull’s young driver boss?
Succession planning trips up many business leaders. Captains of industry, along with politicians and monarchs, naturally see themselves as irreplaceable – and, indeed, regard potential successors as threats to their eternal dominion. For many years in Formula 1, anyone identified by the media or insiders as “the next Bernie Ecclestone” immediately needed to keep their […]
how their first race went
Every racing driver dreams of becoming the Formula 1 world champion with Ferrari one day. But very few manage to turn that dream into reality. This year Lewis Hamilton aims to prove otherwise. His move from Mercedes to Ferrari ranks among the most significant transfers in F1 history because it connects the most successful driver […]
Red Bull’s F1 juniors: Where are they now?
While it’s easy to be cynical about the up-or-out nature of Red Bull’s young driver programme and the scars its abruptness has often left, no other enterprise has done more to promote young talent in motorsport. To assemble an exhaustive where-are-they now on paper of everyone who has been through the system would require something […]
Tearful Vettel ‘finishing Senna’s job’ with Austrian flag tribute at F1 Imola
This month marked the 30-year anniversary of Senna’s fatal accident at Imola on 1 May 1994, which came the day after Austrian Ratzenberger lost his life in a crash. The death of Ratzenberger, which itself followed a serious practice accident for Senna’s compatriot Rubens Barrichello, shook the Williams driver to the core at the time. […]
Vettel still unsure about 2024 Le Mans debut after Porsche test
Vettel covered 581km at the wheel of Porsche Penske Motorsport’s WEC challenger at Motorland Aragon earlier this week. The four-time Formula 1 world champion had previously taken part in a simulator day as well as an inaugural run at the German marque’s Weissach track. Despite playing down future opportunities before the test, claiming “at the […]
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel to test Porsche’s Le Mans hypercar
Vettel will take the wheel of the 963, which Porsche runs in collaboration with American powerhouse Penske, at a 36-hour test at MotorLand Aragon in Spain. The 36-year-old German has already turned his first laps of the prototype at Porsche’s Weissach base following extensive simulator running. “I’m looking forward to testing the Porsche 963. I […]