Olivia Hicks

Contributor

About

Olivia Hicks is a Brooklyn-based sports and environmental journalist specializing in the business, politics and culture behind Formula 1 for NPR and Motorsport.com. Over a race weekend, you can find her reporting live for The Independent. She is The Drive’s F1 correspondent for the 2025 season.

Experience

Her byline regularly appears in Race Tech Magazine as the publication’s environmental voice, along with regional and national U.S. and U.K. newspapers and magazines. She runs the Substack newsletter Formula Flash. 

Fun Fact

Off-track, you can find her reading lengthy novels, listening to Irish hip-hop, not using an Oxford comma and obsessing over a new interest (right now it’s hockey). She (occasionally) posts pit-lane scenes on her Instagram.

More from Olivia Hicks

Niko Hulkenberg of Kick Sauber races during the 13th round of the Formula 1 World Championship at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England, on July 6, 2025. (Photo by Andrea Diodato/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Nico Hulkenberg’s Underdog Story Is Exactly What F1 Needed

By Olivia Hicks

Posted on Jul 7, 2025

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: (L-R) Brad Pitt and Damson Idris attend the European Premiere of F1 ® The Movie at Cineworld, Leicester Square on June 23, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
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The F1 Movie Threatens to Change the Very Sport It Highlights

By Olivia Hicks

Posted on Jun 30, 2025

MONTREAL, QUEBEC - JUNE 15: Oscar Piastri of Australia driving the (81) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes leads after Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (4) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes hits the wall during the F1 Grand Prix of Canada at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 15, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
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McLaren Rivalry Finally Comes to Blows as F1 Season’s Drama Goes to 11

By Olivia Hicks

Posted on Jun 16, 2025

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Monaco F1 GP Date Stepping Out of Indy 500’s Shadow Just Might Save It

By Olivia Hicks

Posted on May 27, 2025

Williams' Thai driver Alexander Albon races during the 2025 Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix at the Imola autodrome in Imola, on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)
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Williams’ Battle for F1 Imola Podium Proves Alex Albon Was Right All Along

By Olivia Hicks

Posted on May 19, 2025

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - APRIL 17: Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren and Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren on their phones during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on April 17, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
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Piastri vs. Norris: Which One Is McLaren F1’s Favorite Kid?

By Olivia Hicks

Posted on Apr 21, 2025

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - APRIL 13: Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Scuderia Ferrari SF-25 leads Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (4) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Scuderia Ferrari SF-25 on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit on April 13, 2025 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
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Bahrain GP’s Messy TV Broadcast Underlines F1’s $180M Dilemma

By Olivia Hicks

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 12: <> during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on March 12, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
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Lawson’s Bad Start Is a Symptom of Red Bull F1’s Problems, Not the Cause

By Olivia Hicks

Updated on Mar 24, 2025

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 16: The 2025 F1 drivers pose for a photo prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on March 16, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
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F1’s Big Gamble on Rookies Is Already Paying Off

By Olivia Hicks

Posted on Mar 17, 2025