You don't have to know a thing about cars, racetracks or Formula One regulations to guess where this epic of male aggression is headed. But if the overall arc of F1 is fairly predictable, the movie is good at keeping you off-balance from moment to moment.
Adrian Newey, regarded as one of the best engineers in Formula One history, will become Aston Martin team principal next season. Newey committed his long-term future to Aston Martin in September 2024 after his departure from Red Bull sparked a bidding war for the Brtion's services. Pressure has built on current team principal and chief executive, Andy Cowell, amid a disappointing season and reported disagreements with Newey, the team's managing technical partner.
Crazy race, said Norris of his second successive win and seventh of the season after snatching the championship lead from Piastri in Mexico last month. To be honest, I don't think we were the quickest today, but I'm glad to take home the win. It's a great win. But seeing how quick Max was, it's disappointing we were not quicker.
Bono, Dermot Desmond and Denis O'Brien pay tribute to the late F1 boss in a new fundraising book for disadvantaged young people Eddie Jordan always lived life like the start of a race. So in the weeks before he died, when the former Formula One team boss told friends he was tired and wanted to leave a party early, it was the first sign he was nearing the end of what had been an extraordinary life.
This Formula 1 LEGO set depicts a KICK Sauber F1 Team C44 race car. The set is intended for boys, girls, and everyone else alike, ages 10 and up to be built, displayed, and raced. It features authentic details designed after the real-life 2024 vehicle raced by the F1 team, including rear wing, sponsor stickers and wider rear tires with "Pirelli" imprinted on them. It's a great gift for car lovers or to make a brand new Formula 1 fan.
After saying he could smell smoke in the cockpit, Norris slowed and retired from second place on lap 65 of 72 with visible evidence coming out of the back of his stricken car. Norris was chasing Piastri late in the race when the British driver reported a funny smell in his cockpit. I don't know if I'm on fire or not, Norris said. Smoke poured from the back of the car, and he had to stop.
Steve Riley, head of IT operations and service management at Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, gave ZDNET a tour of his racing team's state-of-the-art technology campus in Brackley, UK, and reflected on the impact digital and data have on the sport. "Technology is more crucial in Formula One than ever," he said. "Any sort of manufacturing function in an F1 team many years ago wouldn't necessarily be quite as reliant on IT services as they are today."
