Both Sauber and Williams have set dates for the unveiling of their launch plans [and presumably, cars] for the 2024 Formula One season, with each team currently scheduling to debut their plans on February 5, 2024. Williams finished seventh in the 10-team Formula 1 world championship while Sauber finished ninth. Ahead of their union with […]
After collaborating with Alfa Romeo since the 2019 season, the Swiss-based Sauber team has dropped Alfa Romeo and reverted to their original name for the 2024 Formula One season. Sauber is making the move as they prepare to transition into becoming the factory Audi team for the 2026 Formula One season but Audi does not […]
ASN continues our series on the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix, which endured a rough start to become one of the jewels of the Formula One racing calendar in 2023. Upon arrival in Las Vegas, visitors were greeted with a variety of images – including the standard promotional images highlighting the upcoming race – but […]
The 2023 Formula One pre-season launches continue as Alfa Romeo reveals their 2023 Formula 1 car – dubbed the C43 – in the Swiss-based team’s final year under the Alfa Romeo name, which will change to Audi in the future seasons. The new C43’s will be piloted by Finland’s Valtteri Bottas as the lead driver, […]
The 2022 Formula One season only concluded a month ago and already Ferrari, McLaren and Williams have had massive activity within their teams. Ferrari began the parade of activity with team principal Mattia Binotto departing and now being replaced by Frederic Vasseur from Alfa Romeo/Sauber, which used Ferrari engines in 2022. That created a small […]
Ferrari Formula One team principal, Mattia Binotto, will resign his position at the end of the year, according to an announcement from Ferrari. Binotto has been with Ferrari since 1995, having gradually climbed the company ladder from being the chief of the engine department, then the technical director of the F1 team and finally, team […]
Audi has decided on Sauber as their team of choice when they officially enter Formula One racing in the 2026 season. Audi will purchase a stake in the Swiss team – formally making it Audi’s factory entrant – and Audi is currently designing an engine for which coincides with the introduction of Formula 1’s new […]
Audi announced they will make their Formula One debut in the 2026 after having officially registered as a power-unit manufacturer in Formula 1 – but has yet to confirm whether they will run its own team or supply engines to a current team. Audi, however, is expected to take over the Swiss-based Sauber team, which […]
Alfa Romeo was the fastest under wet/dry conditions in the first practice session for this weekend’s 2022 British Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas doing the honors… 2022 British Grand Prix – Top 10 First Practice Session 1] Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:42.249 2] Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:42.781 3] Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:42.967 4] Charles […]
Fernando Alonso’s 2022 Canadian Grand Prix went from good to bad to worse after the former two-time Formula One world champion was penalized for illegally defending against Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas on the final lap of the race. Alpine’s Alonso had a terrific qualifying session in damp Montreal weather and unexpectedly vaulted himself into the […]
Alfa Romeo has jettisoned Antonio Giovinazzi and signed Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou for the 2022 Formula One season – making Zhou Formula 1’s first-ever Chinese driver. Zhou, 22, will replace Giovinazzi and with the former F1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen retiring, will be the second driver behind current Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, who is moving […]
Former Formula One world champion and current Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen has been cleared to return to racing after contracting the Covid-19 coronavirus. After missing both the Dutch Grand Prix and Italian Grand Prix, the soon-to-be [next month] 42-year-old Finn is expected to return for the 2021 Russian Grand Prix on Sunday, September 26, […]
The soon-to-be-retiring Kimi Raikkonen will be unable to drive for Alfa Romeo at this weekend’s 2021 Italian Grand Prix following his positive test for Covid-19. The soon-to-be 42-year-old had to sit out last weekend’s 2021 Dutch Grand Prix and has yet to be cleared for return and will be replaced by Alfa Romeo reserve driver […]
Alfa Romeo has exchanged one Finn for another as the Formula One team announced that Valtteri Bottas will move to Alfa Romeo from Mercedes beginning in the 2022 season in a multi-year deal that is expected to span two or three years. In addition to replacing one Finn with another – Bottas will be replacing […]
Former 2007 Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen has announced he will retire from the sport at the end of the 2021 season. The 41-year-old – who turns 42 next month – driver from Finland won the 2007 Formula 1 driver’s championship with Ferrari, finished second overall twice [2003 and 2005], third three times [2008, […]
Alfa Romeo and Sauber have announced that they will continue their Formula One collaboration name for at least another season. Sauber began the collaboration in 2018 and were renamed Alfa Romeo that season – marking the return to F1 for Alfa Romeo, which had not been involved since 1987. Currently, after nine races, Alfa Romeo […]
Alfa Romeo has launched their car – dubbed the ORLEN C41 – for the upcoming 2021 Formula One season. Alfa Romeo finished eighth in the constructors’ championship in 2020 – usually tussling with Haas and Williams for the title of slowest car in the field. Alfa Romeo returns former 2007 F1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen […]
Alfa Romeo has announced that they will be keeping 41-year-old former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen as well as Antonio Giovinazzi for a third consecutive year in the 2021 racing season. The Finn, Raikkonen, won the F1 world championship for Ferrari in 2007 and broke the record for number of Grand Prix starts in […]
This week, a 1971 Alfa Romeo Montreal emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage to give us a visual break during our coronavirus quarantines…
British photographer James Ball – aka docubyte — has created a digital restoration series celebrating the 1968-79 heyday of the Italian concept cars originating from world-famous design shops such as Bertone and Pininfarina, which were usually not mass produced and remained as one-offs. Behold the 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo [doing a good impression of the […]