Formula 1 News

Formula One has announced the launch of F1 TV Pro in India, weeks ahead of the 2023 Formula One World Championship. F1 TV Pro will be broadcasting all the action during the race weekends, including Practice and Qualifying Sessions, F1 Sprints and Grands Prix in India. F1 TV Pro has been priced at ?399 per...

Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll will miss the 2023 Formula One season’s pre-season testing in Bahrain after meeting a bicycle accident in Spain. The team have announced that Stroll has sustained injuries that will rule him out of the pre-season test in Bahrain, which is scheduled to be held between February 23 and 25, 2023. The British...

Dutch beverage brand Heineken has announced a double partnership with the Red Bull F1 team and their double World Champion Max Verstappen. While Heineken will join as an Official Team Partner of Red Bull, Verstappen will become an official Heineken 0.0 ambassador. The partnership will see Verstappen work with Heineken on a host of activations,...

Italian Formula One team AlphaTauri’s new driver Nyck de Vries has partnered with Dutch cyber security firm Northwave Cyber Security. The partnership will see Northwave join as an Official Partner of De Vries for the upcoming 2023 Formula One season. De Vries, who will be racing in his debut season in 2023 following his one-off...

ART Grand Prix have roped in young German racer Carrie Schreiner as their second driver for the F1 Academy championship. Schreiner will partner Léna Büher, who has already been announced as an ART Grand Prix team driver. The German driver, who is the first female racer to win the ADAC Kart Masters in the X30 Junior...

Sauber Motorsport have announced the line-up for the Sauber Academy for the upcoming 2023 season. The line-up will include Formula 2 driver Théo Pourchaire, F1 Academy novice Lena Bühler, French-Finnish rising star Marcus Amand, and karting racer Taym Saleh. Pourchaire, the 2022 Formula 2 season runner-up, has been a member of the Sauber Academy since...

Australian Formula 2 racer Jack Doohan has been announced as the Reserve Driver of French Formula One team, Alpine. Doohan who will be competing for Virtuosi Racing in the Formula 2 2023 season will be competing in his third season with the team. The Australian, who is a previous member of the Red Bull Junior Programme, joined the Alpine family in 2022. Dohaan has already taken part in multiple Formula One sessions for Alpine during the 2022 season. The Australian took part in the Mexican Grand Prix Free Practice 1 session and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice 1 session as well.

Global television manufacturer and consumer electronics giant TCL Electronics has renewed their partnership with the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. The partnership will see TCL Electronics continue on as the Official Television Provider of the Australian Grand Prix for the second straight year. The renewal of the partnership will see TCL provide the audience with audio-visual coverage experience with the implementation of over 800 LCD TVs installed around the circuit, helping spectators catch the on-track action at all parts of the circuit, irrespective of where they are. TCL will also host a racing simulator for the fans along with a daily prize giveaway. Rafael Mayen, TCL Electronics Australia, National Marketing Manager, commented, "TCL’s visual and audio technologies which is set to expand in the coming months with brand-new TVs and soundbars along with a wider choice of whitegoods — will put F1 fans in pole position to watch cars tear around Melbourne’s lakeside track in exhilarating detail and hear some of the best racing in the world through a fully immersive audio experience. Formula One is a breathtaking experience that offers excitement like no other sport, and we're keen to see people come in and enjoy watching the races in the new TCL Recharge Lounge.”

Red Bull Racing have roped in premium fitness brand, Built For Athletes as the team’s Official Luggage Provider, joining on a multi-year deal. Built For Athletes will provide the team with their products which will be meticulously designed to provide supreme comfort, absolute assurance and unapologetic style. Both parties will also work together on a limited edition collection which will have the Built for Athlete backpack in the Red Bull Racing colours. The backpack will have the names of Red Bull's drivers - Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez on them. Christian Horner, Team Principal and CEO at Oracle Red Bull Racing, said, "As a team who prioritises partnering with brands that offer the highest quality products and constantly push for better, Built For Athletes is a perfect match for us. They understand not only our need for peak performance on race day, but everything involved in getting us to that point. Travel is such an important part of our lives in Formula One, and Built For Athletes make it that much easier with the top-class product line they have produced.”

There is an age-old saying: “the fans make the sport”. The bottom line is that sports needs fans, and it’s the fans who make the sport what it is. In football, a team playing at their home ground count on the home support to cheer them on, and the fans are called the unofficial “12th...