Silly Season
Contracts, options, reserve drivers, academies, ‘mutual separations’ and the day nothing gets signed. We laugh at the words; a rumour stays a rumour, and Fabienne has a seat kept warm at the table.
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Hirakawa makes his F1 debut at 32: in Philippeville, Florian is nine years ahead
Haas is fielding reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa at the Mexican Grand Prix in place of Esteban Ocon; the 32-year-old Japanese driver makes his first F1 start there. The team will make no…
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Hamilton eyes the 2030s: at post 14, Jean-Luc has waited his turn for thirty years
Lewis Hamilton, 41, is considering racing in Formula 1 into the 2030s, beyond his Ferrari contract, which runs to the end of 2027. He says he does not know whether he will…
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Pérez extended at Cadillac until 2029: Philippeville rereads the word “multi-year”
Sergio Pérez has extended his Cadillac contract “until at least 2029”, announced on the eve of the Mexican Grand Prix, his home race. His first “multi-year” deal was not supposed to run…
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Horner’s book: Marko says forget Alonso, then Leclerc. Nathan loads both as ghosts
Christian Horner writes in his book that he wanted Fernando Alonso, then Charles Leclerc, to replace Sergio Pérez at Red Bull in 2025, before Helmut Marko told him to forget both. Liam…
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Racing Bulls promise their 2027 drivers “in the coming weeks”: copy
Alan Permane, Racing Bulls team principal, refuses to set a date for announcing the 2027 drivers and speaks of “the coming weeks”. Lawson, Lindblad and Tsolov are fighting over two seats.
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Ocon beaten on the line by Lindblad in Baku: Nathan reruns the final metres
Esteban Ocon finished eighth in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, an eighth place that looked like seventh for a long time, until Arvid Lindblad beat him on the finish line. Free of any…
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Fake retirement, real contract for Alonso: post 14 logs the announcement on time
Aston Martin confirmed on Tuesday 29 September that Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll remain the team’s drivers in 2027. Alonso, 440 starts, presented his extension in a video staged as a retirement…
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Nine drivers without a 2027 deal: at the marshals’ post, the sign-in sheet stays blank
Nine drivers are officially without a contract for the 2027 Formula 1 season, while thirteen already hold a seat at least until then. Since Max Verstappen extended with Red Bull until 2030,…
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Vesti knows the Mercedes simulator “better than anyone”: Nathan has applied
Frederik Vesti, 24, Mercedes reserve driver, tells the Danish paper Ekstra Bladet about a job where the simulator takes up much of his week, without ever getting behind the wheel on a…
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Hamilton says he asked for no one’s head: Fabienne Racing keeps the envelope
Lewis Hamilton has answered the Italian rumours that surfaced after the Spanish Grand Prix, which credited him with wanting personnel changes at Ferrari. In a statement on Instagram, he says he has…