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The Latest Breaking News from Jonathan Wheatley

Inside the Christian and Geri Horner texting scandal that nearly tore team Red Bull apart

F1 team principal was cleared of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ after an investigation

The Independent UK

12 months on from Horner and the infamous Google Drive email

It was an anonymous email, whose address contained the day’s date, 29 February, and had been sent to over 100 senior figures in Formula 1, including team bosses, journalists and F1’s owners.

Autosport

Lawson gets new race engineer for 2025 F1 season

Red Bull has named Sergio Perez's former performance engineer Richard Wood as the new race engineer for incoming Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson in 2025.

Motorsport

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What each F1 team must nail in 2025 to improve

A new Formula 1 season is just around the corner, with teams preparing for the lifting of the covers from their final challengers under the current regulations at London's O2 Arena on 18 February.

Autosport

Red Bull agrees Wheatley's Sauber F1 start date, but hangs on to Courtenay

Red Bull has agreed an earlier exit for future Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley, while letting McLaren wait on sporting director Will Courtenay.

Autosport

Red Bull accepts Wheatley's Sauber start date, but hangs on to Courtenay

Red Bull has agreed an earlier exit for future Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley, while letting McLaren wait on sporting director Will Courtenay.

Motorsport

Horner: Red Bull has the “strength” to deal with Newey, Wheatley exits

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has downplayed the impact of losing two key members of staff ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season.

Autosport

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Horner: Red Bull has the "strength" to deal with Newey, Wheatley exits

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has downplayed the impact of losing two key members of staff ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season.

Motorsport

Audi's last GT3 car delivery marks the end of an era, but will F1 push be worth it?

As Audi looks ahead to its ambitious Formula 1 project in 2026 with Sauber, it is simultaneously leaving behind its history in other disciplines of motorsport. The German manufacturer has pulled the plug on every single one of its racing programmes in order to redirect its focus on F1, even…

Autosport

FIA stewards reject McLaren’s Right of Review petition over Norris’s US GP penalty

McLaren has had its request for a Right of Review into Lando Norris’s penalty in the United States Grand Prix rejected by the FIA stewards.

Autosport

FIA stewards reject McLaren’s Right of Review petition over Norris’s Austin penalty

McLaren has had its request for a Right of Review into Lando Norris’ Austin penalty rejected by the FIA stewards for last weekend’s Formula 1 race in Austin.

Motorsport

How F1’s spending rules left Red Bull’s hands tied over top staff departures

Red Bull has revealed how Formula 1’s financial realities played their part in it losing key staff members like Jonathan Wheatley and Will Courtenay this year.

Autosport

How F1's spending rules left Red Bull's hands tied over top staff departures

Red Bull has revealed how Formula 1's financial realities played their part in it losing key staff members like Jonathan Wheatley and Will Courtenay this year.

Motorsport

Verstappen: "Red Bull can't force people to stay"

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has conceded Red Bull couldn't have been expected to keep all of its key members together amid a string of high-profile departures in recent weeks.

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Autosport

Max Verstappen exclusive: "Red Bull can't force people to stay"

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has conceded Red Bull couldn't have been expected to keep all of its key members together amid a string of high-profile departures in recent weeks.

Autosport

Jos Verstappen on key Red Bull members leaving: "This is what I warned about"

The decision of several key figures at Red Bull Racing to leave the Formula 1 team is exactly what Jos Verstappen feared at the beginning of the year, he has told Autosport.

Autosport

Why Red Bull is changing the way it goes racing

It’s well known in Formula 1 that if you stand still with your car then you end up going backwards, because others will simply outdevelop you.

Autosport

Verstappen engineer Lambiase promoted to new role amid Red Bull restructuring

Max Verstappen’s race engineer GianPiero Lambiase is to be promoted into an expanded role at Red Bull as part of a restructuring of the team’s trackside operations, Autosport can reveal.

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Verstappen engineer Lambiase promoted to new role in Red Bull restructuring

Max Verstappen’s race engineer GianPiero Lambiase is to be promoted into an expanded role at Red Bull as part of a restructuring of the team’s Formula 1 trackside operations, Motorsport.com can reveal.

Autosport

The key storylines to follow as F1 returns from summer break

Formula 1's shutdown is over, with teams heading to Zandvoort for the first of 2024's 10 remaining rounds. As F1 wakes up from its summertime siesta, here is a refresher of some key storylines you may have missed, and some lingering questions seeking an answer in the Dutch dunes and…

Motorsport

Red Bull to replace Wheatley internally in F1 management shakeup

Red Bull will promote from within its Formula 1 team to replace departing sporting director Jonathan Wheatley.

Autosport

Ben Hunt: Red Bull will feel Wheatley loss more than Newey's departure

Jonathan Wheatley will leave Red Bull after 18 years to take the role as team principal of Audi and is another key loss to the reigning world champion squad.

Autosport

Wheatley and Binotto to form “dual management” of Audi F1 team

Jonathan Wheatley and Mattia Binotto will form a “dual management” structure of Audi’s Formula 1 team when the marque rebrands the Sauber squad in 2026.

Autosport

Wheatley to leave Red Bull for Audi F1 team principal role

Jonathan Wheatley will leave his role as Red Bull sporting director at the end of 2024 to become team principal of Audi's Formula 1 team.

Motorsport

Horner: Wolff should be more worried than me after losing 220 F1 staff to Red Bull

Over the Miami Grand Prix weekend, it emerged several key Red Bull staff members, including long-time sporting manager Jonathan Wheatley, have been the subject of interest from Red Bull's competitors.

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