Diving into the Driving Force: Laurent Mekies, Red Bull’s Visionary Successor to Christian Horner in F1

Laurent Mekies, born in Tours, France on 28 April 1977, became the second team boss in the history of the Red Bull Formula 1 team. Starting his career in motorsport over 25 years ago at Asiatech in Formula 3, he then transitioned to F1 with Arrows before moving to Minardi as a race engineer. Promoted to chief engineer at Toro Rosso in 2006, Mekies spent almost a decade there before joining the FIA as safety director and deputy race director in 2014. After five years at Ferrari in various roles,…

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Champion Driver Oscar Piastri Unleashes Frustrations with Alpine: A Racing Tale of Betrayal and Resilience

Oscar Piastri is still haunted by Alpine, nearly three years after leaving his former team with an infamous social media message that’s etched into the Formula 1 history books. During the Austrian Grand Prix, the Australian was battling with his team-mate Lando Norris for the lead of the race, when he got caught in traffic. Piastri was run off the track by Franco Colapinto on lap 55 while the rookie was battling with Yuki Tsunoda to avoid finishing last. The Argentine was handed a five-second penalty. Two laps later, the…

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Unexpected Shift in the Pit Lane: Verstappen Switches Engineers for Austrian Grand Prix

This weekend, Max Verstappen will race without his regular engineer Gianpiero Lambiase at the Austrian Grand Prix due to personal reasons. Instead, Simon Rennie will take over as Verstappen’s race engineer. Rennie has a wealth of experience in Formula 1, having worked with drivers like Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Mark Webber, and Daniel Ricciardo. Red Bull expects Lambiase to return for the British Grand Prix, as they conclude this double-header with upgrades before shifting focus to 2026 and the new regulations. Verstappen remains hopeful but realistic about his title chances,…

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Terrifying Revisited: Schumacher Soars in Intense Australian GP Start Crash

Terrifying Revisited: Schumacher Soars in Intense Australian GP Start Crash

RacingNews365 revisits one of the most iconic starts to a grand prix season: the 2002 Australian Grand Prix.

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