Formula One News — May 2023

MAY 3, 2023

De Vries at risk of being fired by Marko

Just four races into his first full-time season in Formula 1, Nyck de Vries is already at risk of being "fired".

Sauber's Seidl not only focused on Audi future

Andreas Seidl is not solely concerned about the transition of Formula 1's Hinwil-based team to full Audi control by 2026.

MAY 2, 2023

Verstappen insult was psychological says Popov

Max Verstappen was trying to land a "psychological" blow on one of his future opponents with an incident in Baku.

Perez lacks consistency to win 2023 title

Sergio Perez lacks the "consistency" to mount a sustained challenge for the 2023 world championship.

Adrian Newey not among Ferrari's Red Bull signings

Ferrari has signed up two top Red Bull engineers - but Adrian Newey is not one of them.

MAY 1, 2023

F1 to change procedures after lucky escape

A major oversight by FIA officials nearly led to tragedy right at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as last man to pit, Esteban Ocon, narrowly avoiding running over around 20 people that were allowed to cross the entry of the pit lane, on their way to the pit wall or a photographer’s stand place in front of the podium.

Cars to blame for boring Baku GP

Sunday's main feature Azerbaijan GP was "not a thriller".

No team orders as F1 title battle heats up

A lack of wheel-to-wheel action in Sunday's Azerbaijan GP aside, the world championship battle is at least interesting.

Alonso, Sainz deny threat to F1 friendship

Fernando Alonso has denied that his friendship with fellow Spaniard Carlos Sainz is on the rocks following a string of on-track incidents.

Vasseur expects more Leclerc gossip in 2023

After his first podium of 2023, Charles Leclerc once again rejected weekend-long speculation that he is looking to escape his Ferrari contract.

New baby on the way for Magnussen family

Although struggling to match Haas newcomer Nico Hulkenberg at times so far in 2023, there is good news in Kevin Magnussen's world.