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Formula 1 is more popular than ever before and all the new interest in the sport can only be a good thing for its future. But the downside is there's so much content that a lot of the good stuff - especially about the less successful teams - gets lost in the noise.
It's easy to find lots of coverage of the big issues of the day and everything that happens to the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. But we know there are millions of you who support some of the less successful teams and drivers, too, or who just have a general interest in what is going on up and down the grid.
That's why we've created the Pit Lane Chronicle newsletter.
Collated lovingly by correspondent Daniel Moxon, who works full-time as a reporters in the Formula 1 world, Pit Lane Chronicle is a weekly publication sent straight to your inbox with the latest news and interesting content around the teams who don't get as much of the spotlight. The best part is, it's completely free AND with no adverts.
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Daniel covers F1 full-time and has, over the years, established a network of contacts and sources up and down the paddock. That will be incorporated into the newsletter in the form of exclusive interviews and nuggets of information when available.
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On a weekly basis, the newsletter will cover the big news stories - and some of the smaller and more quirky ones - making it the place to go for a collated collection of content around Alpine, Aston Martin, Haas, Racing Bulls, Sauber and Williams. And, of course, from the 2026 season we've got the new Cadillac outfit joining their ranks.
I've always felt that teams outside F1's 'big four' don't get the coverage that they, and their fans, deserve. It's understandable in a way - we've all got to deliver for our audiences and there is generally more interest in the bigger names - but it means those who do support midfield or backmarker teams, or their drivers, are getting short-changed," Daniel explained.
"That's why I'm going to be devoting my time and effort to this newsletter. I want fans of the six teams who don't get as much coverage as the likes of Mercedes, McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull to be able to quickly and easily find good content about the drivers and teams they love."
We want to get our readers involved too! Pit Lane Chronicle will have interactive features such as a weekly poll (or two!) and the opportunity for fans to engage in conversation with us and also with each other. We're also looking to feature one supporter of one of the teams we're focusing on in each edition of the newsletter, and hear about their experiences.
Where and how do I sign up?
Pit Lane Chronicle is hosted on Substack, an independent platform with no ads, making for a cleaner reading experience than on many other websites. You can read on your computer or tablet, while there is also a handy app which you can download to your device so you can read each edition.
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