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Dr Helmut Marko to leave role as Red Bull advisor

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Red Bull motorsport adviser Dr Helmut Marko will leave the team after 20 years at the end of 2025. The 82-year-old has been an integral part of Red Bull’s success since the team formed in 2005, as they won six constructors’ championships and eight drivers’ titles. Marko, who was the right-hand man of the late Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz, has overseen the development of 20 drivers, most notably world champions Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, with whom the Austrian has a close relationship.

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Russell and Antonelli confirmed as Mercedes lineup for 2026

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Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff said in the statement that announced George Russell and Kimi Antonelli would be staying with the team in 2026 that “confirming our driver line-up was always just a matter of when, not if”. Yet for some time this season there very much was doubt about who would be driving for the former champions next season.

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Carlos Sainz hits out at F1 broadcasters’ coverage of ‘celebrities and girlfriends’

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Williams’ Carlos Sainz says Formula 1’s TV coverage is going “overboard a little” by showing driver’s girlfriends while missing overtakes during races. During Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, fans watching at home missed some on-track action, including Fernando Alonso chasing down Lewis Hamilton, who had a brake issue, for seventh place in the final laps. In the final stages, TV coverage focused on McLaren’s Lando Norris chasing Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for second place.

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Alpine confirm Colapinto to replace Doohan for next five races

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Argentine Franco Colapinto will drive for Alpine for the next five grands prix, replacing Jack Doohan. The team said in a statement that Colapinto, whom Alpine signed from Williams over the winter, would drive alongside Pierre Gasly from the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on 16-18 May. There will then be a “new evaluation before the British Grand Prix”, which is on 4-6 July.

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Oliver Oakes resigns as Alpine Team Principal

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Alpine has announced the immediate resignation of its team principal, Oliver Oakes. He had been in the role for little more than nine months, having taken over from his predecessor Bruno Famin at the end of last year. The team’s executive advisor Flavio Briatore will cover the duties performed by Oakes in addition to his existing role.

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