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In a statement released on Wednesday, Richard Mille said the brand will ‘evolve while remaining faithful to its initial objectives’, without revealing if it plans to continue its involvement in motorsport in some capacity in 2023. The team was founded by watch magnate and the chairman of the FIA’s endurance commission, Richard Mille, in 2020

Vettel made his 299th and final grand prix start in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, ending his career with a 10th-place finish for Aston Martin. The weekend was filled with tributes to the outgoing Vettel, who announced back in July he would be retiring at the end of the season. Alpine driver Ocon spent the

Tandy is returning to Porsche’s factory stable next year as part of its twin assault on the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship with the 963 LMDh. It marks the end of his spell at Corvette after just two seasons, the Briton having originally joined its C8.R programme last year following Porsche’s exit

F1 overhauled the design of the cars for 2022 in a bid to create closer wheel-to-wheel racing and reduce the impact of dirty air reducing downforce when following, allowing for more overtaking action. This was achieved by redesigning the shape of the front and rear wings, removing bargeboards and bringing back ground effect-style aerodynamics. Drivers

Alonso dropped a bombshell on the F1 driver market when he signed a deal in July to join Aston Martin for next year, leaving Alpine after two years. Although Alonso does not officially start with Aston Martin until the new year, the two-time world champion was able to take part in Tuesday’s post-season test running

It had been suggested that WRT could enter the DTM next year in partnership with BMW, replacing Walkenhorst Motorsport in the Bavarian marque’s factory-supported programme. Walkenhorst recently announced that it would race in ADAC GT Masters next year, but is yet to confirm whether it will continue in the DTM for a third season. Speculation

The curtain has fallen on Formula 1’s 73rd season, and it truly has been a spectacular one. Verstappen was crowned the drivers’ world champion for the second straight year, while Red Bull took top honours in the constructors’ championship after a lengthy gap. But just how dominant were they from a numbers perspective? Let’s take

The final test of the year may mark a last outing for the 2022 cars, but it will provide useful preparation for 2023 as a number of drivers including Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri prepare to debut with their new teams. The test is an important opportunity for newcomers to get a first read of

Perez lost out to Charles Leclerc in the fight for second place in the championship after his two-stop strategy cost him track position to the Ferrari at the Yas Marina Circuit. Perez was the first of the leaders to come into the pits, making the switch from his starting mediums to hards on lap 15

Sargeant, who secured his FIA superlicence over the course of the Abu Dhabi F2 weekend, is expected to be officially confirmed soon as a 2023 Williams driver, and he will take part in Tuesday’s young driver test with the Grove team. However as a favour to Williams and in order to help him gain more

The shortened eight-lapper got off to a thrilling start thanks to Mercedes pair Engel and Marciello. They went through the first two corners side-by-side as they squabbled over critical track position, Marciello winning out through Mandarin to grab the lead. He was able to immediately put some breathing space between his TORO Racing-run AMG and

Six days on from Mercedes’ 1-2 finish in Brazil led by George Russell, Mercedes failed to put up a fight to Red Bull and Ferrari at the head of the field as it finished six-tenths of a second off the pace. Hamilton took fifth place on the grid, finishing three-thousandths of a second ahead of

The Australian is in advanced talks with Red Bull about taking on a non-racing role that could include reserve, test, promotional and simulator duties, having lost his seat with McLaren for 2023. While the deal is not signed yet, getting the contract sorted is understood to be a formality and could be announced imminently. Ricciardo’s

Earlier this week, Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Binotto was set to depart Ferrari ahead of next season, with Alfa Romeo F1 chief Frederic Vasseur mooted as a possible replacement. Ferrari issued a statement saying the rumours were “totally without foundation”, while Ferrari race driver Charles Leclerc felt people were forgetting how

Jarvis signed a deal with United Autosports for the 2023 World Endurance Championship that precluded him from defending the IMSA title he won with Blomqvist this season, due to two clashes between the respective calendars. Several drivers were in the running to replace Jarvis, with Braun among five that were under consideration for the seat

Ricciardo has insisted that he wants to focus on a return to a top F1 seat in 2024, and has not given any serious thought to trying another category. However, he has indicated that he is not keen to try ovals should IndyCar racing ever become an option for him. O’Ward, who has spent time

Haas announced on the eve of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that it would not be retaining Schumacher for the 2023 season. Instead, it has signed veteran Nico Hulkenberg to partner Magnussen. While Schumacher has faced some difficult moments during his two seasons with Haas, Magnussen reckons that the young German ultimately did a

Under Andreas Seidl’s leadership, McLaren enjoyed an upturn in fortunes and took third in the 2020 championship, followed by fourth place last year. It is set to slide another place backwards this year, however, needing a miracle to overturn Alpine’s 19-point lead in this weekend’s Abu Dhabi season finale. Chasing four manufacturer outfits, Seidl admitted

De Vries was catapulted into the limelight during the Monza weekend when he was thrust into the Williams FW44 as a substitute for Alex Albon, who was sidelined with appendicitis. The Dutchman, who had already conducted an FP1 session for Aston Martin that weekend, got into Q2 at the first time of asking to outqualify

The Irishman had joined the British squad on a two-year deal starting this season, but today the team has confirmed an amicable decision between both Breen and the operation has been reached to part ways. Breen has endured a difficult season behind the wheel of the Fiord Puma that has been plagued by crashes, resulting

McLaren launched Driven by Change with one of its key sponsors, Vuse, at last year’s race in Abu Dhabi, giving a platform to underrepresented creatives for the race weekend. For this season’s final round at the Yas Marina Circuit, McLaren has worked with Lebanese artist Anna Tangles to bring a fresh look to the MCL36

The Portuguese rider made his MotoGP debut with Tech3 KTM in 2019 having finished runner-up in the Moto2 class with the Austrian marque the year before. Oliveira won five races in his time with KTM with the factory squad and Tech3 from 2020 to 2022, achieving a best championship finish of ninth in 2020. Having

The Maranello squad raised some eyebrows at the start of Q3 at Interlagos on Friday when Charles Leclerc was the only driver to head out on wet-weather rubber as rain threatened. The decision to not take slicks proved to be the incorrect one, as the track was still plenty dry enough. Being out on the wrong tyre

JGR will change the number of the car from 18 to 54 ahead of the 2023 season. The team said in statement that “JGR intends to utilise the No. 18 in the NASCAR Cup Series in future years.” JGR has used the No. 18 in every points-paying Cup race since JGRs entry into the sport

The Swiss driver competed in his first full F2 season in 2021, but was forced to sit out much of the 2022 season after suffering from injury. He managed one podium in Imola, finishing third in the feature race, before he began suffering with facet syndrome this year, causing him neck pain. He missed three

Despite both world titles being wrapped up, the F1 paddock will arrive at the Yas Marina circuit fresh from a dramatic and controversial Brazilian round last weekend. Mercedes broke its winless streak as George Russell took his maiden F1 victory in a 1-2 ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton clashed with rival Max Verstappen early

The main attention ahead of the Abu Dhabi GP finale is on the fight for second, after Charles Leclerc of Ferrari outscored Red Bull’s Sergio Perez at Interlagos. That moves Leclerc on to the same number of points, after Perez’s teammate Max Verstappen refused a team order to give him his position before the finish.

George Russell scored his maiden F1 win on Sunday at Interlagos, leading home team-mate Lewis Hamilton to give Mercedes its first 1-2 finish since the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The result ended Mercedes’ winless season and was the latest milestone in a campaign that saw it initially struggle to put up any kind of

Verstappen’s racecraft and conduct in close battles has been widely praised this year. But it was the Red Bull driver who copped a penalty for causing a collision with Hamilton as they fought for second place on the first safety car restart, the pair touching through the Senna esses. Verstappen had taken the high line

On the first lap of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Ricciardo appeared to make a late lunge on the Haas driver into the tight Turn 8 right-hander. Ricciardo tried to back out of the move but misjudged the situation and couldn’t avoid tagging Magnussen’s right-rear, which sent the Dane into a spin. Magnussen’s car then