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BWT Alpine Formula One Team announces that Oliver Oakes has resigned from his role as Team Principal.
The team has accepted his resignation with immediate effect.
As of today, Flavio Briatore will continue as Executive Advisor and will also be covering the duties previously performed by Oliver Oakes.
The team would like to thank Oliver for his efforts since he joined last summer and for his contribution in helping the team secure sixth place in the 2024 Constructors’ Championship.
The team will not be making any further comment.
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McLaren Team Statement
McLaren Racing today announces that following a strategic review of its racing portfolio the decision was taken not to continue our participation in the FIA Formula E World Championship beyond the current 2024/25 season.
McLaren Racing has always been committed to innovation and excellence in motor racing, and our participation in Formula E has been an important part of that journey. The team remains fully committed to fighting for success until the very last race of the season, building on the strong on-track performance to date - including Taylor Barnard becoming the youngest-ever polesitter in Formula E history at the Jeddah E-Prix earlier this year. We are confident the series will continue to form an integral part of the multi-facetted motorsport landscape.
However, we recognise the importance of maintaining a focused and strategic approach to all our racing activities, and this decision will allow us to maximise future opportunities for growth across our key markets and continue to offer partners a versatile and impactful sponsorship ecosystem in the ever-evolving motorsport landscape.
McLaren Racing will be the only motorsport team to compete in Formula 1, IndyCar and the World Endurance Championship from 2027 onwards. And as the only team to have won the prestigious Triple Crown - winning the Monaco GP, the Indy 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans - McLaren Racing will be uniquely placed to strive for this incredible accolade once again.
Zak Brown “We are immensely proud of what we have achieved in Formula E and the series plays an integral part in the overall motorsport landscape, but the time is right to explore other opportunities that more closely align with McLaren Racing’s overall strategic direction - including our 2027 entry into the FIA World Endurance Championship. For now, we are focused on setting this great team up for future success by working towards securing a new owner. The team has delivered a strong start to the year and we intend to finish the season on a high. I’d like to thank the team, Formula E, our partners, and our fans for their continued support.”
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Franco Colapinto's Argentine sponsors might need to write another big cheque in order to oust rookie Jack Doohan from his race seat at Alpine.
Advised by Flavio Briatore, the team forked out millions to secure @FranColapinto on loan from Williams for this year and beyond - triggering intense rumours that Doohan's days are numbered.
"I don't want to be as harsh as Dr (Helmut) Marko and call Doohan a C-grade driver," Ralf Schumacher told Sky Deutschland, "but in my opinion he is not good enough for Formula 1.
"It is too early to say for sure. He has a very experienced teammate in (Pierre) Gasly, who is also settled in the team and is supported. That is why (criticising Doohan) may sound harsh and unfair," the former F1 driver added.
"But I would say that compared to other rookies, Doohan doesn't look like someone who will fight for the world title at some point."
Alpine reserve Colapinto's sponsor Mercado Libre is already featured on the 2025 car, but rumours swirled in Saudi Arabia that another of the 21-year-old's backers may have missed a payment.
At the same time, reports suggested Doohan has been given at least until the summer to remain in his cockpit.
"I don't think he will be replaced without big money from Colapinto," said Schumacher, "especially as Jack has a big sponsor worth 10 million euros. That money would need to be replaced."#F1 #Formula1 #Formulaone #F1News #FrancoColapinto
The Formula 1 world is contemplating the concept of the newly-nicknamed "ice-boy" becoming champion this year.
The pivotal moment came in Saudi Arabia, where Oscar Piastri took on Max Verstappen at the first corner and ultimately won the race, overtaking McLaren teammate Lando Norris for the lead of the world championship.
The boy-faced Australian's mother, Nicole, told 4BC radio this week: "He's very cautious by nature, and he's very calculated and clever in the way that he does everything.
"He took on Max at the first corner, which was a bit horrifying. But typically, he won't take risks," she added.
The world's media thinks Verstappen and Norris definitely have something new to worry about. "From the 'Papaya rules' and the soft touch of McLaren has emerged an ice-cold and ruthless driver who can stand up to Verstappen and give him a taste of his own medicine," the Spanish sports newspaper AS remarked.
"Oscar Piastri is the leader McLaren needs," Diario Sport quipped.
And Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport declared: "Formula 1 has a new leader - Oscar Piastri, the ice-boy of McLaren."
Piastri, 24, told Bild newspaper that he doesn't mind his new nickname.
"I wouldn't call myself that personally, but I understand why people do," he said.
Quadruple world champion Verstappen was so furious about his penalty on Sunday that he point-blank refused to even discuss his thoughts with the media.
On Piastri himself, however, the Dutchman is impressed, praising his "calm" and mistake-free approach. Verstappen also credits Piastri's manager, Mark Webber.
"I think with Mark by his side, it's helping him a lot," Verstappen said. "It's great. People learn from their own careers - that's what I had with my dad.
"But at the end of the day, Oscar is using his talent, and that's great to see."
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks Webber has also negotiated a helpful new contract for Piastri. "According to the contract, McLaren is not allowed to favour Lando over Oscar," he claims.
"As long as both are fighting for the title, there will be no team orders - unless something crucial for the constructors' championship is at stake or one of them has a technical problem."
As for Piastri's new 'ice-boy' persona, his mother fully agrees, recalling an incident when they were riding bikes together and Nicole had a crash. When they checked Oscar's heart-rate data afterwards, she told him: "Ah, so you do have a heart - we just don't see it."
Piastri told Bild: "When I'm at home, I completely switch off from Formula 1 and all the hustle and bustle. There, I'm just Oscar."
Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko sees Piastri as a real threat to Verstappen's run of championships. "With performances like those in recent races," he told Speed Week, "he is establishing himself as the main challenger.
"However, it remains to be seen whether Oscar can maintain this level of performance throughout the entire season. Last year, there were one or two tracks where he fell behind Lando Norris, either slightly or significantly."
McLaren CEO Zak Brown says he would have found it hard to choose between Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz if he had a vacancy at the Woking-based team.
Sainz was actually at McLaren when Ferrari wooed and signed him up for 2021. The Spaniard shone in red but has been shuffled down the grid in 2025 after Ferrari decided to replace him with seven-time world champion Hamilton.
"If we had a free spot, of course we would consider Carlos again," Brown told Marca while attending the Laureus awards in Madrid. "But right now we have Lando (Norris) and Oscar (Piastri) under contract for several years.
"But if for some reason the situation changes and Carlos is available, I have his phone number in my address book."
Meanwhile, at Ferrari, Hamilton is now notably struggling to keep up with Charles Leclerc in a way that Sainz rarely did.
So when asked if he would do the same - oust Sainz to sign a driver as famous and successful as 40-year-old Hamilton - Brown was careful with his answer.
"It's not as simple as that," said the American. "There are a lot of surrounding dynamics that play into it.
"Lewis is a seven-time champion and there aren't many times when you get to have a sportsman like that on your team. But at the same time, Carlos was incredible with us - a good friend, a great driver. Luckily, I wasn't in a position to have to make that decision."
What Brown doesn't hesitate about is whether he would consider signing up another former McLaren driver, Fernando Alonso, to spearhead McLaren's new WEC and Le Mans foray for 2027.
"Fernando is one of the best," he said. "I know because he worked for us! He's an incredible athlete and although his days in Formula 1 will soon be over, we have already announced that we will return to Le Mans - a race he has already won - and I would love to see him back in a McLaren."
Brown also admitted he is keen to get the first on-track clash between teammates and title rivals Piastri and Norris out of the way. "I don't think it's going to be as exciting as everyone thinks, and I think it will just be a racing incident," he said.
"I think it's inevitable, but neither of them is a hothead, so it doesn't worry us and, to a certain extent, we're eager to get this thing over with."
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May is just around the corner, and with it comes the chance for Arrow McLaren to finally taste victory at the Indianapolis 500. The team has come narrowly close to winning the race each of the last few years, and while those races have ended in heartbreak, those results just fuel the team to work even harder. This year offers the chance to write a new chapter in the history of McLaren Racing and the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.
Among those is the story of Kyle Larson and his second attempt at “The Double.” Kyle competed in his first Indianapolis 500 last year and was named the Rookie of the Year after qualifying fourth and finishing 11th.
Kyle Larson "My biggest motivation for doing it again is to actually complete the 1,100 miles. I just think it’s a cool feat. There haven’t been many people that have attempted it. We somewhat got to attempt it last year, but we didn’t get to run the second half of it, so I want to complete all the laps.
I love racing and trying to challenge myself, and I think 1,100 miles in the same day is as challenging as it gets for a race car driver. And I think we’ll have two opportunities to get a good finish. I think had I not sped on pit lane in the Indy 500 last year, I think we would’ve finished in the top eight, which is great, though obviously you want to win. For the Coca-Cola 600, we easily could’ve gone and won that. When we got there with 150 laps left, I still felt like we could win that race, so it was a bummer to not get out there. That’s why I want to do it again. "
Speaking on what it would mean to win the Indy500 Larson stated "It would be unreal. Sure, I wouldn’t be out there if I didn’t think I could do it, but gosh, I don’t even know. That would take your status to a completely different level. I don’t think you can imagine what it might do for your career. It takes you from a popular race car driver to potentially a celebrity because of how big the Indy 500 is. Anyone who pays attention to racing or even sports pays attention to this. For a guy who doesn’t race in this series full time, it would be unreal."
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They are yet to have a major on-track clash, but off the track, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri do not see eye-to-eye on one particular topic.
After crashing in qualifying and then finishing P4 in the Saudi Arabian GP, former championship leader Norris insisted that McLaren may no longer be the fastest car in Formula 1.
However, he says that's no surprise to him.
"No, it's not surprising," Norris said.
"They (Red Bull) are just as fast as us in qualifying and in the race too," said the Briton, whose teammate Piastri won at Jeddah and took over the points lead.
"Just because we are fast in practice, people are saying all kinds of nonsense," Norris added. "Let them say what they want. We don't believe that we have much of an advantage. I actually think Max (Verstappen) would have been the fastest in the race if he hadn't had that penalty.
"People keep saying we are the best, we are the fastest, blah blah blah. But that is only because we show a bit more pace in practice - and then it's over in qualifying. That's our way of doing things. That's how we believe we optimise things.
"If we didn't do it that way, we'd be even further behind."
Norris, therefore, left Jeddah not only vowing to work on minimising his own mistakes, but declaring that McLaren also has "work to do".
"We suffer on a track like this," he said. "We suffer with DRS compared to the other teams. We're not fast enough on the straights."
When asked about his teammate's remarks, championship leader Piastri had a straightforward answer as to whether he agrees: "No," the Australian smiled.
"I think our car is still quicker. Max was quicker than I expected for sure, and clearly we've got some work to do, but I think our car is still very good. I think we still have an advantage.
"I don't think it's as big on surfaces like this and layouts like this, but we still have a very strong car at the moment."
However, McLaren CEO Zak Brown sides a little more with Norris' perspective, including the concept that while Red Bull tends to use less engine power on Fridays, McLaren takes a different approach.
"You never know who's using which strategy in practice," he told Sky Deutschland. "Our race pace is better than on a single lap. We're strong on a single lap, too, but Max is strong, a great driver, and so are Mercedes and Ferrari.
"You can certainly assume that all four will win races this year," Brown added.
So while Norris and Piastri disagree off-track, Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko thinks the real advantage for Verstappen's team is that the orange-coloured duo are both in contention for the world championship.
"I doubt either of them will submit to any team orders," he told ORF, "and it's actually a great opportunity for us to have them fight each other.
"We prefer it if one wins alternately, then the other," Marko smiled.
Max Verstappen admits reporters and Formula 1 fans will need to get used to hearing from him less often.
Following his highly controversial 2024 penalty for swearing in a press conference, and amid a wider FIA clampdown against bad driver behaviour, the quadruple world champion has already been speaking to the media more tersely.
But it reached a new crescendo at Jeddah, when he point-blank refused to reveal - in any forum - his thoughts on his 5-second penalty for the first-corner incident beyond saying "That's bloody lovely" on the radio.
"I know I cannot swear in here," he said at the post-race FIA press conference, "but at the same time, you also can't be critical in any form that might 'harm' or 'danger'. Let me get the sheet out - there's a lot of lines."
But putting the Saudi Arabian GP penalty aside, Verstappen also admits that he simply doesn't feel like talking to the media very much anymore.
"I've been in the sport for so long, and at some point you know everyone," he told Viaplay. "The less you say, the better it is. I just don't feel like talking to people that much."
The Viaplay reporter, Chiel van Koldenhoven, expressed concern that the 27-year-old might be tiring of Formula 1 altogether. "You shouldn't be so concerned with that, to be honest," Verstappen responded.
"You know, I'm in a phase where I'm not really interested in what other people write or think. I do my thing and live my life. I come to the circuit and know that I'm doing my best when I get in the car. I work with the people in the factory, and then I go back home. That's when I live my life outside of Formula 1.
"Of course I want to be fast and I want to do my best, but even if it doesn't work out, that's just the way it is," the 27-year-old explained. "I still enjoy racing, but it's not like if things go badly here, I will take it home with me."
Former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde, who knows the Verstappen family well, actually thinks Verstappen's reaction to the Jeddah penalty was a sign of maturity.
"Before, he would really go crazy and give his opinion right away," he said. "Now, he just said 'lovely' and focused on the race again."
Also true is that Verstappen's interests have expanded far beyond Formula 1, including not only the Redline sim racing team, but even his very own GT team called https://t.co/CP2GQJOdTS Racing.
The outfit made its debut just a few days ago at Paul Ricard, in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Viaplay asked Verstappen if he can imagine the team competing in major races, like the Nurburgring 24 hours.
"Absolutely, but step by step. I don't want to rush it," the Dutchman replied.
"Those are some serious circuits, and you need serious preparation for that," Verstappen added. "These shorter races - so three, four, six hours - are how to get more experience with the car.
"Step by step we want to participate in all those races."
He admits that he includes the Le Mans 24 hours among his team's ambitions.
"That would be ideal," said Verstappen, but he says his Formula 1 career will currently prevent him from actually tackling Le Mans himself - for now.
"If it doesn't clash with a Formula 1 race, then it could be combined, but on the other hand, I will not do it for another ten years," he said. "By then I will have more time for other things."
Skipping a grand prix to do Le Mans, Verstappen insists, is out of the question.
"With what I do here now and the way I do it, I cannot do that," he said. "Absolutely not."
Frederic Vasseur could not hold back the expletives as he slammed recent reporting about Lewis Hamilton's struggle to get up to speed at Ferrari.
There is no doubt that the seven-time world champion is yet to live up to the pre-season hype of his move from Mercedes, with Ferrari boss Vasseur even admitting as he departed Jeddah: "He's having too many ups and downs."
The partisan Italian media agrees, with La Gazzetta dello Sport declaring that Hamilton has so far fallen "well short of expectations".
But Vasseur was particularly triggered by a reporter who asked the Frenchman why he thinks 40-year-old Hamilton's personal performance has dropped so "dramatically" in 2025.
"Dramatically?" Vasseur exclaimed. "We did five races so far!
"I know you want a big headline saying 'Fred said this' but this is f-----g b------t."
Vasseur said the kind of "ups and downs" he referred to earlier are normal in a sport, making clear that he will continue to support Hamilton's push to find his form.
"I will be 2000 per cent behind him," he insisted. "I'm not worried at all. We'll start to find solutions and we will start immediately to discover the causes."
Vasseur said he thinks Hamilton is sometimes treated differently from other drivers. "I suspect that you didn't draw the same conclusion with Max (Verstappen) when he was seventh last week."
As for the journalist at the receiving end of Vasseur's anger, the Ferrari boss continued: "You just do what you want. I'm not going to worry about you."
However, the reporter is not the only one critical of Hamilton - or even Vasseur. Well-known Italian F1 insider Leo Turrini said of the 56-year-old Frenchman who runs the Ferrari team: "Vasseur's balance sheet says this - one podium in five races.
"Is that enough? Not at all. Can we imagine a better future? Maybe, even if the disappointment is palpable - especially considering that there is another Ferrari, the one from the WEC, that wins," Turrini added.
As for Hamilton, Turrini continued: "That he is slower than Leclerc on a lap, well, I took it for granted. The point is the size of the gap.
"Now, I don't like attacks, and I supported Lewis' hiring and I hope he can prove right those who - like me - believed in the sporting validity of the signing.
"We'll see, while keeping in mind that the doubts of many are legitimate."
Spanish commentator Antonio Lobato, however, suspects Ferrari made the decision to oust Carlos Sainz in favour of Hamilton with commercial interests front of mind.
"Is this what they wanted - to sell caps and t-shirts and nothing more?" he said on DAZN. "I say if you really want to take over social media and sell a lot of caps, sign Jennifer Lopez instead - and you might sell even more."
Toto Wolff has slammed as a "joke" something that is on the agenda for Thursday's meeting of the F1 Commission.
Earlier in April, Formula 1 authorities and engine makers - including top carmaker CEOs - met to discuss a radical proposal to step away from the controversial and revolutionary 2026 engine rules and consider a return to V10 power.
Particular concern has been raised about the 50-50 split between traditional engine power and electrical power. "The FIA have gone away and done their research, and I think what they want to desperately avoid is a lot of lifting and coasting in the grand prix itself, which is going to be not particularly good for the sport and hugely frustrating for the drivers," said Red Bull team boss Christian Horner.
However, some suspect that those pushing the V10 idea the hardest - Red Bull and Ferrari - are simply worried their 2026 power units will not be competitive.
In contrast, Horner said in Saudi Arabia: "Mercedes seem very confident about the work they've done for next year."
It's true, however, that Audi and Honda are the biggest supporters of increasing the hybrid nature of the F1 power units, arguing that without the 2026 rule changes, they would not have entered or stayed on the grid at all.
At the earlier April meeting, it was decided that F1 would proceed as planned with the 2026 rules, although the FIA declared that "All parties agreed to continue discussions on the future technical direction of the sport".
However, Mercedes boss and team co-owner Wolff is surprised that the engine discussion features prominently on the agenda of Thursday's F1 Commission meeting.
"Reading the agenda of the F1 Commission is almost as hilarious as reading some of the comments that I see on Twitter on American politics," he said.
It is believed that Red Bull and Ferrari have lobbied for Thursday's discussion to include the potential of a vote on perhaps adjusting the 50-50 ratio to diminish the prominence of electrical power.
Horner denies the claim.
"It's not something we've lobbied for or asked for," he said. "If they are doing it in the interest of the sport, then you've got to support it."
Wolff, however, is furious. "I really want to protect ourselves and make no comment, but it's a joke. There was only just an engine meeting and then things like this end up on the agenda again."
Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur urges his fellow team bosses to avoid a public fight over the issue.
"We have to be open about this and avoid fighting," he said, "even if someone thinks they have an advantage because of the battery or something else. This could be the worst-case scenario for Formula 1."
The Frenchman makes clear he supports the matter being discussed again on Thursday. "We have never had such a big change in regulations, because this is the first time we are developing a chassis, an engine and making changes to the regulations at the same time," said Vasseur.
"It is a challenge for both the teams and the FIA, so let's discuss it this week. Hopefully we can find a decent compromise."
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