{"id":897340,"date":"2026-09-19T04:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T04:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/897340\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T04:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T04:38:12","slug":"new-ferrari-f1-2027-announcement-lewis-hamilton-under-major-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/897340\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ferrari F1 2027 announcement; Lewis Hamilton under major scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Kimi Antonelli<\/a> refusing to rule out leaving Mercedes<\/a> for Ferrari in the future as the Scuderia makes a new sponsor announcement for the F1 2027 season.<\/p>\n

With Lewis Hamilton under scrutiny after a tense few weeks and Fernando Alonso treating himself to a new $5million supercar, here\u2019s today\u2019s roundup\u2026<\/p>\n

Kimi Antonelli refusing to rule out future Ferrari move<\/p>\n

Kimi Antonelli says he will not rule out a move to Ferrari in the future, but insists his current goal is winning \u201cas much as possible with Mercedes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only Italian driver on the F1 2026 grid, the championship leader has been linked with a move to Maranello in the future.<\/p>\n

Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team boss, admitted earlier this year that he is \u201caware\u201d of Ferrari\u2019s interest in Antonelli, admitting the Scuderia will \u201cdo everything to get an Italian driver.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more: Kimi Antonelli refuses to rule out Ferrari future as Toto Wolff fires warning<\/a><\/p>\n

Opinion: The great Lewis Hamilton delusion of 2026<\/p>\n

The relationship between Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari never looked stronger than after his first win for the team in Barcelona in June.<\/p>\n

So why, three months later, have the same old cracks between team and driver reopened?<\/p>\n

Hamilton appeared to become convinced that he was a genuine contender for the title after Barcelona\u2026 at the same time he realised that Ferrari is not yet in a position to deliver a championship.<\/p>\n

That reality, writes Oliver Harden, seems to be at the heart of renewed tensions at Maranello.<\/p>\n

Read more: The Hamilton delusion: How Lewis set himself up for more disappointment at Ferrari<\/a><\/p>\n

Fernando Alonso adds $5million Bugatti to car collection<\/p>\n

Aston Martin driver and two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has bought a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse worth $5million, it has emerged.<\/p>\n

A clip has surfaced of Alonso, who turned 45 in July, collecting his new purchase in Monaco.<\/p>\n

Alonso, who has scored all of Aston Martin\u2019s three points this season, has an estimated net worth of $260m<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more: Fernando Alonso splashes out $5 million in eye-watering new purchase<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch: Is AI racing the future of motorsport?<\/p>\n

PlanetF1.com\u2019s Thomas Maher recently travelled to Imola to watch the machines of A2RL in action.<\/p>\n

The self-driving cars are capable of lapping anything between one and five seconds of the pace of a human racer, with the advancements noticeable following a chaotic debut in Abu Dhabi two years ago.<\/p>\n

Read more: VIDEO: Are AI cars the future of motorsport?<\/a><\/p>\n

Ferrari confirms arrival of Rakuten as new sponsor for F1 2027 season<\/p>\n

Ferrari is to enter a multi-year partnership with Japanese technology company Rakuten from the F1 2027 season, the team has announced.<\/p>\n

Rakuten was previously linked with a title sponsorship deal with McLaren in 2014, but an agreement was not reached.<\/p>\n

Ferrari sits second in the constructors\u2019 standings with a maximum of nine races remaining in F1 2026.<\/p>\n

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Read more: Ferrari signs would-be McLaren title sponsor in F1 2027 announcement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Kimi Antonelli refusing to rule out leaving Mercedes for Ferrari in the future…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[2495,64,63,817,845,826,813,816,818,10115,823,945,44,85],"class_list":["post-897340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-aston-martin","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-fernando-alonso","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-kimi-antonelli","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-mercedes","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}