Key Highlights: The FIA World Motor Sport Council has approved new regulations to strictly ban non-F1 staff from contributing to Formula 1 projects. Introduced across five new articles in the 2027 operational regulations, the mandate closes cost-cap loopholes involving shared personnel and facilities like wind tunnels and simulators. New protocols establish physical and technological “fortresses,” ...
Key Highlights: Former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has urged Formula 1 to revise its spending regulations, revealing that teams are spending between $500 million and $600 million each year despite an active cost cap. While the baseline cost cap currently sits at $215 million, exclusions such as driver salaries, top executive pay, travel, ...
Key Highlights: George Russell advocated for FIA intervention to mandate cooling systems or supply standardized driver gear after Mercedes prioritized car performance over bespoke cooling vest development. Formula 1 regulations already permit up to $125,000 in cumulative cost cap exemptions for teams developing effective, comfortable driver cooling systems during declared heat hazards. Rather than neglecting ...
Key Highlights: The FIA declared a heat hazard for the relocated race weekend at Sepang in Malaysia, where track temperatures reached the low 60s Celsius. George Russell confirmed Mercedes chose not to develop a cockpit cooling vest system, prioritizing financial resources on car performance under the $215 million budget cap. Russell is urging the FIA ...
Former Alpine Formula 1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer expects McLaren to emerge as Mercedes’ closest rival by the end of the 2026 season. Speaking on…
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella has dismissed Toto Wolff’s claim that Mercedes lacks the budget to accelerate its car development programme. Ferrari and…