Just when we thought the dust had settled on Logan Sargeant’s mid-season exit from Williams, it seems the American’s unceremonious dumping is still impacting one unexpected pocket of the F1 fanbase. For the 1.7 million people playing the F1 Fantasy game, a bizarre loophole emerged in the wake of the announcement that Sargeant would be replaced by Argentina’s Franco Colapinto for the remainder of the 2024 season. For those uninitiated, fantasy players draft five drivers and two constructors to their teams on a $100m budget each race weekend, with prices set based on driver performance. For example, during the Dutch Grand…

Alpine’s highly anticipated decision regarding its 2026 engine partner is expected to be finalized within the next month.Renault had embarked on a rigorous journey to develop a power unit for the 2026 regulations. However, this ambitious project saw an unexpected halt, which was announced concurrently with the departure of former team principal Bruno Famin. Despite initial discontent and subsequent strikes by staff keen to continue their work, many engineers from Viry-Chatillon were redirected to other Alpine or Renault motorsport endeavors.In light of this shift, Luca de Meo, Renault’s CEO, hinted at the potentially transformative move to Mercedes-supplied powertrains for Alpine’s…

In the round-up: Mark Webber says that he is impressed with how Oscar Piastri is handling himself racing at the front In brief Webber impressed by Piastri’s racecraft Former F1 driver and multiple grand prix winner Mark Webber says McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, who he helps to manage, races “hard and clean” against his rivals at the front of the F1 field. “Oscar, through his junior categories, has been exceptional,” Webber told the Formula For Success podcast. “His entry into F1 with a 15-month break, he didn’t bloody race for a long time, which was tough for any racing driver and…

Axed IndyCar driver and former junior star Theo Pourchaire has admitted he does not have any money as he looks to secure a drive for 2025. The Frenchman won the Formula 2 championship in 2023, but a promotion to Formula 1 did not follow this campaign. READ MORE: Hamilton snubbed as AMERICAN F1 star named sexiest driver Instead, Pourchaire was forced to make do with a reserve role at Sauber, whilst racing in Super Formula to keep his skills sharp. Of course, a fantastic opportunity to race for Arrow McLaren in IndyCar then presented itself – an opportunity Pourchaire grabbed…

Oliver Bearman will race for Haas in next weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in place of the banned Kevin Magnussen, the team has confirmed. Magnussen picked up the final two penalty points that took him to 12 on his Super License and picked up an automatic one-race suspension, ruling him out of the Baku weekend. Bearman is one of the Haas reserve drivers and made an impressive substitute appearance for Ferrari in Saudi Arabia earlier this season, and has now been officially confirmed to be racing again in Azerbaijan. “I’m excited that Ollie will be driving the VF-24 alongside Nico in…

The cat is about to be let out of the bag and it’s been widely reported that Adrian Newey has agreed to join Aston Martin for his next Formula 1 move.There’s no doubt about the qualities he brings, but if this really does happen the big questions are – exactly how will he be used, and what position will he take up in the team?Team owner Lawrence Stroll has not been shy about employing top-end engineers from other teams and paying big money to do so. He’s also been very creative at coming up with a name for each and…

Red Bull Racing’s Sergio Perez has openly refuted claims of a struggle with teammate Max Verstappen following the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix. The event saw a lackluster performance from both drivers, with Verstappen finishing in 6th place – his worst finish of the 2024 season – and Perez trailing just behind in 8th place. Despite the tight qualifying margins, Perez downplayed any satisfaction with the closeness to the Dutchman, stating he would prefer a larger gap if it meant the team was performing better overall.Perez started in 8th position and managed to maintain his place during the early laps.…

Lando Norris breathed life into the Formula 1 title fight with a dramatic pole position at the 2024 Italian GP as Max Verstappen found himself seventh at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in another shocking performance for Red Bull.Just 0.184 split Lewis Hamilton in sixth from the polesitter, highlighting how intense the session was although it went badly wrong for Christian Horner’s F1 team as Red Bull found themselves plagued with balance issues again.Norris, however, jubilantly took his second straight pole position in the 2024 F1 season by beating Oscar Piastri by 0.109 despite both drivers feeling as though they left…

Williams F1 Team Principal James Vowles has addressed the rumors regarding the financial terms associated with promoting Franco Colapinto to the team, replacing Logan Sargeant. These speculations suggested that Colapinto’s team had paid a substantial $500,000 per race for his seat. Vowles has firmly denied these claims, adding that Colapinto’s promotion was based purely on merit and unrelated to any sponsorship deals.This reaffirms the team’s commitment to nurturing talent within their ranks. Vowles elaborated on the timeline, stating that at the time of signing Colapinto, there was no knowledge of any sponsorships.The subsequent interest from Argentine companies in sponsoring Williams…

Franco Colapinto’s management team has revealed they joked about calling Williams after Logan Sargeant’s Dutch GP crash only to receive a message saying “can we talk”. After months of speculation and one final reported million-dollar crash, Sargeant’s Formula 1 career ended on Tuesday when Williams announced he would be replaced by junior driver Colapinto for the final nine races of the season. Franco Colapinto will replace Logan Sargeant for the final nine races of F1 2024 Additional reporting by Pablo Hidalgo The Argentinian, who joined the Williams junior programme last year before stepping up into Formula 2 this season where…