Formula 1 News

Williams on-boards Jumeirah as Team Partner

British Formula One team Williams Racing have roped in Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts as an Official Team Partner ahead of the 2023 Formula One season. The global luxury hospitality firm’s partnership with Williams will provide its loyal guests and partners with unique moments and curated events at Grand Prix locations worldwide. James Bower, Commercial Director,...
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Ferrari and ZCG team up ahead of 2023 Formula One season

Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari have roped in ZCG as an Official Team Partner ahead of the 2023 Formula One season. ZCG is an industry leader comprising private markets, asset management, business consulting services, and technology development. The partnership will see the ZCG logo feature on the Ferrari race car. Lorenzo Giorgetti, Scuderia Ferrari Chief...
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Susie Wolff announced as Managing Director of F1 Academy

Susie Wolff has been announced as the Managing Director of the F1 Academy. Wolff joins ahead of the inaugural season of the all-female series, which aims to grow, develop and provide young female racers with an opportunity to move onto the higher levels of motor-racing.  Wolff is a former professional racer, having competed in Formula...
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Lola Lovinfosse joins Campos Racing for F1 Academy

French motor-racer Lola Lovinfosse has been announced as Campos Racing’s second driver for the inaugural season of the F1 Academy. Lovinfosse will join Nerea Martí and another yet-to-be-announced driver to form Campos Racing’s roster for the inaugural F1 Academy season. The French racer made her karting debut in 2018 at the IAME Winter Cup and...
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Tottenham Hotspur announce long-term Formula One partnership

Formula One has signed a new 15-year partnership with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. The partnership aims to identify and develop upcoming motor sport talents. The partnership will see the first-ever in-stadium electric karting facility and London’s longest indoor track at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Both Spurs and F1 will work together to develop a...
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Formula One and Fuji TV extend partnership

Formula One has extended its partnership with Fuji Television Network, INC, which will see the CS broadcasting service Fuji Television NEXT Live Premium continue broadcasting the F1 events till 2025. Fuji TV will broadcast all the races, including Practice, Qualifying and Sprint events, on its Fuji TV NEXT LIVE Premium in Japan, starting from the...
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Red Bull Powertrains teams up with Convergent Science

Formula One team Red Bull Racing’s power unit-manufacturing division Red Bull Powertrains (RBPT), which was created in 2021 to develop power units for Red Bull and AlphaTauri, has announced a new partnership with innovative computational fluid dynamics firm Convergent Science. The partnership will see RBPT use Convergent Science’s “CONVERGE CFD” software to help with the...
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Alfa Romeo and Corinthian Re team up

Swiss Formula One team Alfa Romeo have announced a new partnership with Corinthian Re, a speciality collateralised reinsurance company that is a subsidiary of The Corinthian Group. The partnership will see Corinthian Re join as an Official Partner of the team. The agreement will see the two parties working together towards their common goal for...
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Stoffel Vandoorne and Felipe Drugovich to stand in for McLaren

Aston Martin's Stoffel Vandoorne and Felipe Drugovich will stand-in as McLaren's Reserve Drivers as well should the situation arise, following an announcement by both the British Formula One teams. Aston Martin stated that they have come to an agreement with McLaren which will see Vandoorne and Drugovich step-in for the Woking-based team for the first 15 races of the 2023 Formula One season should the situation arise. Stoffel Vandoorne is a previous Formula One driver for McLaren and joined Aston Martin in November 2022 with reigning Formula One champion Felipe Drugovich also having joined the team as a Reserve Driver and also the team's development programme. Aside from Vandoorne and Drugovich, McLaren had earlier roped in Mercedes' Reserve Driver Mick Schumacher also in a similar role should the situation arise. INDY Car champion Alex Palou is McLaren’s Official Reserve Driver.
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F1 Academy calendar and format revealed

The schedule of the inaugural season of the F1 Academy has been revealed. The season will have seven rounds with a total of 21 races, with the season getting underway on April 28 and concluding on October 22, 2023. The season will kick off with the Austrian Grand Prix and will end with the United...
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