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Lewis Hamilton Set For Ferrari Switch For 2025 Season: Reports

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is about to make a surprise switch to Ferrari for the 2025 Formula One season, according to reports on Thursday.

International Business Times

How Hamilton's exit could leave the Mercedes F1 team in a tough spot

Hamilton only signed a fresh two-year deal with Mercedes for 2024 and 2025 last summer, but clearly left wiggle room for the usual exit clauses in case he had a change of heart.

Autosport

Ferrari market cap surges $7 billion amid Hamilton F1 bombshell

As reported earlier by Autosport, Hamilton is set to be announced imminently as a Ferrari driver from 2025 after agreeing a shock switch from Mercedes.

Autosport

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Porsche had enough fuel to finish prematurely ended Daytona 24 Hours

An officiating error by IMSA led to the chequered flag being shown one lap early, but the mistake almost certainly had no bearing on the result as Felipe Nasr, Matt Campbell, Dane Cameron and Josef Newgarden took victory for Porsche Penske Motorsport even though the car was short-fuelled at its…

Autosport

Mercedes reveals 19-driver factory roster for GT racing in 2024

Although it hasn’t signed a like-for-like replacement for its previous star Raffaele Marciello, who has switched to rival brand BMW, multiple new names will campaign the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in factory capacity across a wide variety of championships this year.

Autosport

McLaren: Backmarker "threat" shows F1's cost cap is working

Grand Prix teams have operated under budget cap regulations since the start of the 2021 season, with F1 chiefs having introduced the rules in a bid to stop the kind of spending war that risked the grid's long-term sustainability.

Motorsport

Magazine: Newey interview and Verstappen picks his 10 best F1 wins

Is Newey the greatest F1 designer ever? Fans of Colin Chapman and Gordon Murray would doubtless disagree but, given Newey has produced dominant cars for three different teams across four decades, he has to be in the debate.

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Lewis Hamilton agrees shock Ferrari switch for 2025 F1 season

Ferrari have agreed a deal to poach the seven-time world champion from Mercedes

The Guardian - UK

Was F1's assessment of Andretti's shortcomings fair?

FOM's statement on Wednesday afternoon was as detailed as it was blunt about what it felt were the Andretti Cadillac bid's shortcomings.

Autosport

Bearman and Fittipaldi confirmed in Haas F1 reserve roles for 2024

Bearman was already confirmed on Saturday as a reserve for Ferrari alongside Robert Shwartzman and Antonio Giovinazzi, and he will now cover both roles on the weekends when he is able to attends grands prix.

Autosport

The factors involved in Hamilton’s poised sensational F1 switch to Ferrari

Hamilton has been linked with a Maranello move on several occasions and speculation seemed to surface each time the driver was in the midst of negotiation a new deal with Mercedes. As such, those rumours might have been a handy means of improving the Hamilton camp’s bartering position since there…

Autosport

How 'relentless rookie' Alonso leads Aston Martin F1 by example

Alonso's move to Aston Martin from Alpine for 2023 raised some eyebrows when it was announced in the summer of 2022, with the Spaniard having a history of making bold team moves that didn't always work out. But the two-time F1 world champion joined the Silverstone squad just as it…

Autosport

Andretti “strongly disagrees” with F1 statement on rejected entry

But it stopped short of saying what the project's next step will be, other than indicating that its “work continues at pace.”

Motorsport

The three key factors that led F1 to turn down Andretti

F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali long stood by his stance that any 11th team would have to prove it was accretive to the series as a whole to secure a spot – with the clear inference being that the American squad faced a tough ask to prove it.

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The Guardian - UK

F1 rejects Andretti bid to bring new US-based team to grid by 2026

Formula One has rejected the bid by the US-based Andretti team to enter the sport before 2026

Autosport

What have Formula 1 drivers done in the off-season?

The 2024 Formula 1 season starts this month as the Bahrain Grand Prix begins on the 29 February where Max Verstappen will commence his championship defence.

Motorsport

Justin Haley "turned down one or two" rides for the Indianapolis 500

A 24-year-old is set to drive for Rick Ware Racing’s NASCAR Cup Series program in 2024. Among the many involvements for RWR, though, has been a partnership with Dale Coyne Racing since 2020.

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Andretti's Formula 1 Entry Has Been Denied [Update: Andretti Responds]

Formula 1 does not believe Andretti's presence "would add value to the championship." But the door is still open for a 2028 entry.

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Full statement: F1's decision to reject Andretti's entry bid for 2025

Application to participate in the FIA Formula One World Championship

Autosport

Sauber signs Rodin F2 driver Maloney for F1 reserve role

Maloney, who was previously part of Red Bull's young driver programme, will switch to the Swiss squad and attend several grands prix as its official reserve driver, sharing duties with reigning F2 champion Theo Pourchaire.

Autosport

Pramac MotoGP rider Morbidelli kept in hospital after heavy training fall

The new Pramac rider enjoyed two days of testing on Monday and Tuesday as part of the private test organised by Ducati for World Superbike teams at the Algarve Circuit near Portimao.

Autosport

The factors at play in Formula E's overtaking conundrum

While “that was a better race than Mexico,” as someone told this writer, was probably subjectively true, it was hardly a ringing endorsement given the lack of action in the Diriyah E-Prix double-header last weekend.

Autosport

MotoGP revises 2024 calendar as Argentina cancelled

This year’s calendar was due to be the longest in history at 22 rounds, beginning on 10 March with the Qatar Grand Prix.

Motorsport

Andretti's plan to run an F1 team from four locations

The target remains a debut in 2025 with a customer Renault power unit, while it awaits a decision from FOM on its plans. The longer-term plan is to have a Cadillac V6 in the back of the car by 2028.

Autosport

Obituary: Formula Ford Festival and British F3 winner Gerrit van Kouwen dies aged 60

Yet, beyond FF1600 and F3, De Vliegende Hollander’s progress suddenly stalled.

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