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Eight shock Formula 1 team principal changes

As Autosport understands Adrian Newey is set forgo his team principal duties to focus on technical matters at Aston Martin, and Jonathan Wheatley will replace him after departing Audi, let’s have a look at previous unexpected team principal moves in F1 history

Autosport

Arvid Lindblad shares details on viral "remember me" Lando Norris clip

Arvid Lindblad has explained the now-viral moment when he told Lando Norris to 'remember' him five years ago

Motorsport

How Lewis Hamilton overruled Ron Dennis to drive on "Top Gear"

Former 'Top Gear' boss Andy Wilman reveals how rookie Lewis Hamilton overruled McLaren chief Ron Dennis to tackle the BBC show’s Star in a Reasonably Priced Car

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Why Newey’s F1 team principal move has been 30 years in the making

Legendary engineer has had strong opinions about management and race operations since his time designing championship-winning cars for Williams

Autosport

James Allen: F1 2025 is starting to feel a lot like 2007

As Max Verstappen cranks the pressure up on McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in the 2025 F1 world title fight, how the situation is unfolding has connections to 2007

Autosport

Top 10 McLaren F1 cars ranked: MCL39, M23, MP4/4 and more

McLaren has taken 10 constructors’ titles and is on the verge of securing its 13th drivers’ crown since it arrived in F1 in 1966. From such esteemed company, which is its best car? KEVIN TURNER and LUCY RIMMER pick out the best of the best

Autosport

David Coulthard backs Toto Wolff's 'F1 needs assholes' remark: 'No one interested in boxers hugging'

Ex-McLaren driver David Coulthard agrees with Toto Wolff's statement that F1 fans 'need to hate someone', following the departure of Christian Horner from the championship

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The F1 colour confusion that needs addressing

OPINION: As F1’s popularity surges and it attempts to attract new fans, one colourful issue sticks out which former grand prix driver Derek Daly wants solved to help the series continue to grow

Autosport

Autosport 75: How Mansell's Ferrari love affair came to an end

Nigel Mansell won’t be driving a Williams-Renault in 1991 because Ayrton Senna might be. After mulling it over for a week, allowing the hysteria surrounding his forthcoming retirement [following his Ferrari’s failure in the 1990 British Grand Prix] to subside, I can only conclude, sadly, that Mansell has been driven…

Autosport

Autosport 75: The McLaren test that persuaded Senna to stay

The faces said it all. The temperature was marginally above freezing and a small group of McLaren team members were huddled around the timing desk on the pitwall shortly before lunch.

Autosport

Autosport 75: Horner’s first F1 season with Red Bull

This is supposed to be the era of manufacturer-led Formula 1. A sport dominated by the mega-buck operations set up by vast global entities such as Toyota and Honda, to promote their brands and boost their reputations in markets stretching from the US to China.

Autosport

How Christian Horner's Red Bull sacking will shake the team and the whole F1 paddock

In football it’s become a cliché, but no less true for being repeated, that you’re only as good as your last game. Even managers with the most gilded of track records can be ignominiously fired if their team’s form slips into a prolonged dip.

Motorsport

What Horner's sacking means for Red Bull – and the whole of F1

Autosport

The World's Greatest McLaren Collection Is Up for Sale

McLaren would not be what it is today without Mansour Ojjeh. The businessman took an ownership stake in McLaren in 1984, and together with Ron Dennis, helped turn it into the top-flight Formula 1 team and supercar builder it is today. Ojjeh passed in 2021, and now, his car collection…

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Christian Horner believes ‘respect is lacking’ from current crop of F1 team bosses

The Red Bull F1 boss is the longest-serving F1 team principal in the paddock at 20 years

Motorsport

Who slept best last night: Zak Brown

Lando Norris says he’s given up alcohol and partying – but even if he did abstain from celebrating his Monaco Grand Prix victory, chances are he didn’t have a restful night. He outlined in the post-race press conference why he can’t be entirely at ease. Yes, the Monaco win was a…

Autosport

The former F1 team owner now racing pre-war machines

You would be hard pushed to find two more contrasting environments in the world of motorsport. The friendly paddock of pre-war categories here in the UK may bear little resemblance to the grandiose yet “cut-throat” Formula 1 conclave, but it is at these far more humble club events that you…

Autosport

Autosport 75: How McLaren moved the goalposts amid another F1 rivalry

“Ayrton, we’ve decided to forget the Rio test. We’ll shake the new cars down at Silverstone instead, on Thursday and Friday of this week…” Ron Dennis let the words hang in the air, and with a broad grin listened for the world champion’s response across the 5000-mile telephone link separating…

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How Red Bull arrived in F1 as a "breath of fresh air" 20 years ago

The year is 2004 and David Coulthard is in his final season with McLaren. DC knows that his future will not be with the Woking-based team and that a certain Juan Pablo Montoya is set to take his place. He has to look for other options and attracts interest from…

Motorsport

From party team to world champion: How Red Bull joined F1 20 years ago

The year is 2004 and David Coulthard is in his final season with McLaren. DC – as the Scot is known – knows that his future will not be with the Woking-based team and that a certain Juan Pablo Montoya is set to take his place. He has to look…

Motorsport

What Newey's first week at Aston Martin looked like

Over 20 years ago, when Adrian Newey worked at McLaren, a story went around the Formula 1 paddock that he had effectively locked himself in his office with his drawing board. Once he’d finished sketching a design, went the gossip, he pushed it through a letterbox for collection by aero…

Motorsport

What is on Newey’s to-do list on his Aston Martin arrival

The walls of Adrian Newey's office have already been painted, Andy Cowell revealed during testing in Bahrain. It refers to an anecdote from Newey's time at McLaren, when the designer added more colour to his office, leaving Ron Dennis utterly speechless, as the team boss was used to everything grey.…

Autosport

What is on Newey’s to do list on his Aston Martin arrival

Autosport

The F1 greats who lost their mojo

Picture the scene: a gala dinner in Buenos Aires with hundreds of dignitaries present, honouring the five-time world champion Juan Manuel Fangio. But this is a solemn rather than a joyous gathering.

Autosport

The five reasons Aston Martin won the battle for Adrian Newey

Adrian Newey's signing by the Aston Martin team has been hailed by team owner Lawrence Stroll as the "most exciting news" in the squad's history.

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