20 August 2025 14:10
"He's not being demoted — he's moving to Racing Bulls, which has a very competitive car, much easier to handle than the RB21," Helmut Marko told Motorsport.com in early spring, after Red Bull decided to replace Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda in its main squad. Marko was adamant this was not the end of the road for the New Zealander.
"The change happened after a start that I’d say was rather ...
20 August 2025 10:38
Formula 1 rookie Oliver Bearman believes it is “crazy” how much his confidence has changed since Haas brought an upgrade package to the British Grand Prix in July.
The American outfit fitted a revised floor and new sidepod inlets, which made an immediate impact as Bearman recorded his highest qualifying position of the year with eighth.
Although he eventually finished 11th in Sunday's ...
19 August 2025 18:11
Williams F1 team principal James Vowles believes the performance gains the outfit has found on its 2025 Formula 1 car in recent weeks are a sign of bigger things to come as the team becomes more efficient.
Williams' upgrades at the Belgian Grand Prix were more than welcome. The Grove-based squad made a flying start to the season at the front of the midfield and looked certain to secure fifth in ...
19 August 2025 11:52
Competing for a Formula 1 championship "feels similar" to fighting for titles in the junior categories, says Oscar Piastri, who notes that his intra-team battle with McLaren team-mate Lando Norris is the key differentiating factor.
Piastri won the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, 2020 Formula 3, and 2021 Formula 2 seasons consecutively before spending 2022 on the sidelines as Alpine's ...
19 August 2025 08:00
Sometimes in Formula 1 the flow of dynamic young drivers splutters or even takes a year off. 2025 wasn’t going to be one of those seasons; in recent years only 2019, where the likes of Lando Norris, George Russell and Alex Albon arrived hot from F2, provided such a rich and exciting influx of talent.
But many of those either new or new-ish to the game have struggled to make an impact. Jack ...
18 August 2025 15:11
Current Formula 2 championship leader Leonardo Fornaroli is something of a rarity in modern motorsport: he is currently in the lead of a top-level junior championship in his first year, but remains conspicuously unaffiliated to a Formula 1 academy.
This is a quirk that Invicta team principal James Robinson believes is "absolutely mind-blowing", as he marked Fornaroli as a potential "Moneyball" ...
18 August 2025 12:50
Teams are currently preparing for Formula 1's technical overhaul on both the chassis and engine side for 2026, although the prospect of new regulations is not welcomed equally by all.
Several drivers have spoken out after their first runs in the simulator. Max Verstappen was the first one two years ago, followed more recently by Charles Leclerc, Alex Albon and Lance Stroll. Drivers fear that ...
18 August 2025 10:18
From the outside, Andrea Stella's tenure as a McLaren team boss has looked pretty straightforward.
After taking over from Andreas Seidl ahead of the 2023 season, the Italian oversaw a technical restructuring that turned the team into a regular podium finisher over the second half of a Red Bull-dominated season, and then the next major step in May 2024 saw it become F1's most consistently ...
17 August 2025 15:00
Nobody ever wants the wooden spoon in the Formula 1 world championship, for valid reasons – a crucial loss of prize money, and the mere incentive to do well – but if you’re ever going to come last then Alpine certainly is doing it right.
The Enstone-based outfit has already scored 20 points in the 2025 season, by far the most a last-placed team has ever collected – and that’s just ...
17 August 2025 11:00
“At the start, I didn’t like motorsport.” As soon as our chat with Leonardo Fornaroli begins, he candidly opens up.
The Piacenza native, born in December 2004 within 200km of both Monza and Imola, did grow up around racing. His father, Valentino Fornaroli, raced competitively from 2008 to 2015 – mostly in the Italian GT Championship, with a short foray into International GT ...
17 August 2025 08:27
When Williams team principal James Vowles and his wife Rachel took to their annual New Year's tradition of setting themselves a challenge, the idea was to learn a new skill over the new year. Taking piano lessons, learning a new language; you get the idea.
But in 2020 Vowles set himself a slightly loftier target. Unbeknownst to his wife, the then Mercedes engineer embarked on secret helicopter ...
16 August 2025 13:08
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella thinks some of the philosophies that made his 2025 F1 car so successful can be carried over to 2026's all-new regulations.
In 2026 F1 is moving away from a heavy reliance on ground effect, reverting to cars with a flat underfloor and reduced downforce levels, while using active aerodynamics on the straights to compensate for a near 50-50 split between the ...
16 August 2025 08:58
Despite noticing a perceptible change in his approach while competing for a Formula 1 title, Oscar Piastri says it is far too early in the season to consider minimising risk and settling for positions in races.
In an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com, Piastri was asked about the challenges involved in fighting for a title against his team-mate Lando Norris, and if there was any ...
15 August 2025 17:45
Watch: What We Learned on Friday | 2025 Austrian GP
Two-time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner has come out strongly against the anti-highside aid being rolled out at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix.
The Australian’s sharp criticism, which followed Free Practice 1 at the Red Bull Ring on Friday, came in the wake of similar comments by frontrunners Marc Marquez and Pedro ...
15 August 2025 16:29
When Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu watched his drivers prop up the timesheets in practice for Formula 1's 2025 season opener in Australia, he admitted to feeling "sick" before turning his attention to fixing the problem.
Haas traced the issue with its VF-25 chassis to instability in higher-speed conditions, exacerbated by Albert Park's bumpiness at Turns 9 and 10. The team had not been able ...
15 August 2025 12:50
Mercedes driver George Russell says Lewis Hamilton's fresh start at Ferrari for 2025 was good for all parties as he backed his replacement Andrea Kimi Antonelli to bounce back from a challenging spell.
Hamilton claimed six of his seven world championships with Mercedes over 13 years before departing for Ferrari last winter, as he looked for a fresh, late-career challenge with the iconic Italian ...
15 August 2025 11:12
Sauber's Jonathan Wheatley is confident the latest crop of F1 team bosses will act in the "interest of the sport" as they square off in F1 Commission meetings.
Wheatley joined Sauber in April after a long stint as Red Bull's racing director, while his former Benetton and Renault colleagues Alan Permane and Steve Nielsen have also landed similar roles, with Permane appointed team principal at ...
15 August 2025 08:00
The full potential of Haas' partnership with Toyota is yet to be explored – but it has already helped one of the team's drivers fulfil a childhood dream: Esteban Ocon got to drive the GR Yaris Rally1 car during the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
"I kept telling them since we went to Japan how I love cars and how I always wanted to test a WRC car," Ocon told Motorsport.com. "They gave me my ...
14 August 2025 20:21
Former F1 driver Logan Sargeant is making a surprise return to prototype racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, six months after a mysterious split from IDEC Sport Racing and the Hyundai Genesis team.
The 24-year-old American will contest the final two endurance rounds of the season with PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports, driving the #52 Oreca 07-Gibson.
His schedule includes the six-hour race ...
14 August 2025 17:37
Christan Horner has officially left his role as director of Red Bull's various UK entities, one month after his shock sacking.
Horner was removed from his position as Red Bull team principal and CEO just days after the British Grand Prix, with his 20-year reign at Milton Keynes coming to an end after Red Bull's shareholders opted to make a change.
With the Austrian side of the business ...
14 August 2025 14:48
Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri targeted improved qualifying performances in the off-season prior to 2025, which he believes has translated into stronger overall races throughout the year.
After two years spent largely in the shadow of McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, Piastri began his third season in much greater form and leads the Briton by nine points in the championship with 10 ...
14 August 2025 12:01
If McLaren had to sprint until the final hurdle of the 2024 season to fend off Ferrari's prancing horse for the team's first constructors' crown since 1998, then it is heading towards a second title at a canter this year.
Its 11 wins in 14 is almost double the six victories claimed last year, and with no interlopers this time, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will decide amongst themselves who ...
14 August 2025 08:00
George Russell says the long wait for a Mercedes title challenge has made him "more hungry than ever" for success in Formula 1.
Russell has been part of the Mercedes setup since joining its junior programme in 2017, and after waltzing through title-winning campaigns in GP3 and F2, Russell looked like the natural successor to Lewis Hamilton at the Silver Arrows.
Russell served three seasons ...
13 August 2025 16:13
There’s a scene in the latest season of Drive to Survive where Ayao Komatsu is challenged by one of his staff members on whether signing Esteban Ocon was the right decision for the team.
“Are you fully 100% sure that Ocon is a good fit for us?” the Japanese manager is asked.
Signing the Frenchman, with his reputation as “not a team player,” raised questions both in the media and ...
13 August 2025 11:36
Next year, both chassis and power unit regulations will undergo sweeping changes. Several technical directors in the F1 paddock have called it the biggest overhaul of the past 50 years.
In addition to concerns from drivers about the racing in general, some fear it could pave the way for long-term dominance by a single manufacturer. Memories go back to 2014, when Mercedes’ engine proved ...
13 August 2025 08:00
It’s been one of the recurring patterns in the first half of the season: where the Red Bull RB21 car has a very narrow operating window and is particularly tricky to handle, but the Racing Bulls VCARB 02 car has proven to be far more forgiving.
That’s been a factor in the storming debut of Isack Hadjar, but also in the ongoing struggles with Red Bull’s second seat. Early in the year ...
12 August 2025 18:42
"Life in Switzerland was one of the biggest surprises of the job,” Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley tells Motorsport.com.
“I'm absolutely loving it. We live in Zug [a lakeside town in the foothills of the Alps], which is not far from Zurich, we've got this amazing city just down the road, and my wife and I often sit there in the evenings, going: ‘My God, this isn't a holiday ...
12 August 2025 12:35
"Britain’s least successful grand prix driver.”
With that headline, running in 40-odd-point text on the right-hand side of a double-page spread, readers of the August 1992 edition of Car magazine were introduced to Perry McCarthy. On the opposite side, in a singularly ‘route one’ piece of art direction, McCarthy was photographed in his regular clothes – apart from a crash helmet – ...
12 August 2025 08:00
As Formula 1's calendar has ballooned over the past couple of decades, it's a bit easier to get away with an off-weekend - nonetheless, championship credentials are still awarded to those who make the least mistakes.
With just nine points between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at this stage in the season, the final 10 rounds effectively work as a shootout. Thus, each error carries a bit more ...
11 August 2025 17:46
Reigning four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen might just be the most highly-rated current driver – and Emerson Fittipaldi clearly won’t disagree.
Double world champion Fittipaldi was asked by Motorsport.com Autosport about the Red Bull driver’s current performance in an exclusive interview, and the Brazilian readily singled him out as the best driver on the grid in his ...
11 August 2025 12:20
Williams team principal James Vowles says F1 teams still have work to do over the drivers' increased mental workload with the all-new 2026 cars, but plays down initial panic over the seismic changes.
Next year F1 is changing both chassis and power units in what is seen as one of the biggest regulation changes in history, placing a much bigger emphasis on electric energy, close to a 50-50 split ...
11 August 2025 09:00
Halfway through his seventh season in Formula 1, George Russell has become a stalwart of Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton's heir, but the 27-year-old has also firmly established himself off the track. Russell has become one of the most outspoken drivers on the grid, never shunning tough questions on the bigger picture, whether the focus is on safety or the direction the championship's governing body the ...
10 August 2025 16:21
Kevin Magnussen – 185 GPs
It’s fair to say Kevin Magnussen never had a real shot at victory in Formula 1. The Danish driver spent seven of his nine F1 seasons with the modest Haas team, while his sophomore campaign took place at a struggling Renault outfit as the French brand made a full-on return to the world championship.
Magnussen never led a single time across 9,898 racing laps, but ...
10 August 2025 10:05
One of the foundations of McLaren's successes in Formula 1 over the past two years has been in the team's in-season development of its cars, following its immediate turnaround in form at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.
McLaren had identified a series of inefficiencies in the aerodynamic platform of that year's MCL60 in the season's prelude, prompting a restructure of its technical department and ...
09 August 2025 15:11
The latest battle between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Hungary shows McLaren isn't going to play it safe in the Formula 1 title race.
After losing ground at the start, Norris was given the freedom to go onto an ambitious one-stop strategy, which turned out to be the race-winning move. One week prior, the roles were reversed in Spa when Norris' decision to go onto a harder tyre compound ...
09 August 2025 10:03
Formula 1 drivers tend to look forward, with a laser focus on what they can do better to cement the place on the grid they have worked towards for so long.
An appreciation for what they have already achieved often comes later, sometimes only after their careers have ended. Gabriel Bortoleto is a wonderful exception. Aged 20, his youth shines through but is paired with thoughtful insight and ...
08 August 2025 16:58
Mercedes eventually chose to end its on-off relationship with its rear suspension package, first pressed into action on its Formula 1 car at Imola, at the Hungarian Grand Prix. While not outwardly blamed for the team's general downturn in form, the revised suspension was seen as an obtrusive element in developing and understanding its W16 further.
What's known is that the package was aimed at ...
08 August 2025 12:57
Carlos Sainz used the Hungarian Grand Prix as an example in explaining the design philosophy changes needed at Williams for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign, as the team struggled at the Hungaroring.
In reviewing his opening 14 rounds at the team, Sainz felt that Williams' poor form in Hungary had been in line with expectations seen over 2025; the Spaniard noted that the FW47 performs well in ...
08 August 2025 12:00
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The Italian Grand Prix is one of F1’s most iconic weekends — a high-speed temple of racing history, set in a royal park and fuelled by the passion of Ferrari’s Tifosi. Monza is famously known as the Temple of ...
08 August 2025 10:43
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull – at least in Max Verstappen’s case – will challenge for wins across the remainder of the 2025 Formula 1 season.
The Woking-based squad is the runaway leader in both F1 world championships, with 11 wins from the opening 14 rounds which includes seven 1-2s, but its dominance has been under threat – albeit ...
07 August 2025 16:25
Williams team principal James Vowles says he was surprised to hear Formula 1 will bring back mandatory two-stop strategies in Monaco after this year's controversial experiment.
With overtaking pretty much impossible in the streets of Monte Carlo, the FIA implemented the mandatory use of three tyre sets this year to force teams onto a two-stop strategy and hopefully unlock more strategic options ...
07 August 2025 14:48
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has kept George Russell waiting all year for a new contract. Now, after Russell said “nothing’s going to happen over the summer” contract-wise following a typically resolute performance at the Hungarian GP, it looks like the roles have been reversed.
In that context it was interesting to note the phrasing of a “mid-season report” video Wolff recorded for ...
07 August 2025 11:06
From 1999 to 2004 Ferrari won six consecutive Formula 1 constructors’ championships and five drivers’ championships. In 2000 it won 13 out of 17 grands prix; in its most dominant years, 2002 and 2004, it won 15 out of 17 and 15 out of 18 grands prix. The F2004 car set lap records which at many venues lasted for years.
Throughout this era it was dogged by unproved accusations of cheating by ...
07 August 2025 09:33
Statistics rarely lie. In Formula 1 world championship history, 487 grands prix have been won from pole position – 43.2% of the total.
Since Charles Leclerc made his debut in 2018, that figure is up to 50.3% (82 out of 163 races). And it grows further to 56.6% for grands prix Leclerc didn’t start on pole. That’s because Leclerc’s 27 career pole positions – more than the likes ...
06 August 2025 17:09
In an attempt to make the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix more exciting for fans, the FIA introduced a new rule this year mandating two compulsory pitstops.
With overtaking virtually impossible in the streets of Monte Carlo, the idea was to at least add some more strategic intrigue.
In practice, however, the new rule led to unexpected consequences.
Teams such as Racing Bulls and Williams ...
06 August 2025 15:19
“Well,” Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff told reporters after the Hungarian Grand Prix, “that rear axle will be ending up in a bin somewhere, I guess…”
The trend line of Mercedes’ mid-season slump in performance is more obvious if you discount the outlier result of the Canadian Grand Prix, where George Russell won and Kimi Antonelli became the youngest-ever driver to stand on a grand ...
06 August 2025 11:51
Franco Colapinto crashed Alpine’s A525 Formula 1 car in a Pirelli test at the Hungaroring on Wednesday.
The Italian tyre supplier has been running regular tests, like this two-day session following the Hungarian Grand Prix, to prepare its 2026 F1 compounds. The new tyres are smaller and narrower as part of the world championship’s new technical rules.
Three 2025-spec cars were on track ...
06 August 2025 10:15
Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies has stated his Formula 1 team’s struggles couldn’t be fixed simply by copying elements of a more consistent Racing Bulls car.
Racing Bulls drivers have performed much better than the second Red Bull driver – regardless of the latter being Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda – over the 2025 season so far, collecting no fewer than 45 points when Lawson got none ...
05 August 2025 17:08
George Russell has insisted he will not sign his new Mercedes Formula 1 contract over the current summer break as the Briton is keen to not rush proceedings.
The 27-year-old’s deal expires at the end of the 2025 season and has been a major talking point in recent weeks as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was touted for a move to Mercedes.
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Aston Martin had its most successful weekend of the 2025 Formula 1 season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but is at a loss to explain why it happened.
One week prior, Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll locked out the back row at Spa-Francorchamps, but at the Hungaroring they claimed fifth and sixth on the grid – their best result since they qualified respectively fourth and third at the 2023 ...
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