F1 Snippets

19 May 2023

Next Grand Prix: Emilia Romagna: Cancelled due to Flooding
Location: Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari

✺ Reports that Madrid is gearing up to host Formula 1 in the future.

✺ Leclerc stuck at Ferrari F1 amid exit rumours.

✺ Ford will assist Red Bull in developing the new power units for Formula 1 from 2026.

✺ Christian Horner believes 23 races is the upper limit of what teams can operate as Formula 1 adds more calendar events.

✺ Russell casts doubt over Mercedes’s chances of winning.

✺ Ferrari admits trying to poach Adrian Newey (Red Bull’s Chief Technical Officer)

✺ Red Bull is going to extreme lengths to show no Max Verstappen favouritism.

✺ Formula 1’s ongoing US expansion has been dealt a blow by the viewing figures for the recent Miami Grand Prix, which were down significantly from 2022.

✺ Christian Horner sides with Lewis Hamilton: Drive to Survive is ‘Kardashians on wheels.

✺ Ferrari is in a ‘complicated scenario’, and their lack of competitiveness combined with key departures has worsened it.