19 April 2025 18:16
Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda is set to get a private test at Silverstone next week with the hopes of speeding up his integration into the Formula 1 squad. Off the back of an action-packed triple-header, the 24-year-old will drive Red Bull's 2023 RB19 at the British Grand Prix venue.
Tsunoda made his Red Bull debut at the Japanese Grand Prix earlier this month, replacing Liam Lawson ...
19 April 2025 17:41
Alpine racer Jack Doohan ended the final practice session ahead of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with a trip to the Formula 1 stewards’ office. The Australian driver was caught crossing the painted area between the track and pit entrance on two occasions, which officials said was in breach of F1’s sporting code.
Doohan first crossed the white line that divides the pit entry from the race ...
19 April 2025 17:34
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has revealed zero negotiations have been held with Max Verstappen, claiming he is “super happy” with his current driver pairing.
The future of the four-time world champion is currently in doubt due to Red Bull’s competitive decline, and Mercedes has been touted as a possible destination for Verstappen.
Mercedes famously missed out on signing him in ...
19 April 2025 16:40
McLaren driver Lando Norris pipped team-mate Oscar Piastri to top third practice in Jeddah, with Mercedes' George Russell appearing to be the squad's closest competitor.
Haas rookie Oliver Bearman led early running before the rapid McLarens headed out, Piastri leading from Norris by 0.085s after the first barrage of soft-tyre runs on a searing Jeddah circuit which saw track temperatures of over ...
19 April 2025 16:37
Helmut Marko named Sebastian Vettel his “ideal successor” as Red Bull’s chief motorsport advisor. The Austrian was instrumental in nurturing some of the sport’s biggest stars of the modern era, including Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and Daniel Ricciardo. In addition to running the team's junior program, he also took on a key role in the Milton Keynes-based outfit’s senior management team ...
19 April 2025 14:46
Max Verstappen feels it is unrealistic for Red Bull to catch McLaren over the 2025 Formula 1 campaign as it pins hopes on small, gradual upgrades to cure handling issues.
Red Bull's balance problems were brutally exposed at last weekend's hot and demanding Bahrain Grand Prix, with Verstappen only passing Pierre Gasly's Alpine on the final lap to grab sixth, finishing 34 seconds behind ...
19 April 2025 12:31
Williams had no doubts about turning its full attention to the 2026 Formula 1 regulations before the current season began, and it won't be tempted to shift its approach now.
In a midfield battle decided by tenths - if not hundredths of a second - with a potential fifth place in the constructors' standings up for grabs, it is extremely tempting to give 2025 development one final push before ...
19 April 2025 11:38
James Vowles caused quite the stir on Friday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when the Williams Formula 1 boss suggested that Mercedes shouldn’t sign Max Verstappen.
The future of the four-time world champion is currently under question, as Red Bull has regressed since starting the 2024 Formula 1 season as the most dominant outfit.
Verstappen’s team is currently third in the 2025 ...
19 April 2025 00:40
Lewis Hamilton says he will do well to get into Saudi Arabia's Q3 after a low-key Friday in which getting his Ferrari in the optimal window proved challenging.
Hamilton finished 13th in second practice, held at the same time of day as qualifying and the race, shipping six tenths to Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc and 1.1s to the leading McLaren of Lando Norris.
While there is no cause for ...
18 April 2025 21:39
Red Bull may have found a "better" feeling on one-lap pace in practice for the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but Max Verstappen notes overall performance on the long runs is still "not where I want it to be".
The four-time world champion came third in FP2 after finishing only ninth in FP1, and was just over a quarter of a second behind the McLarens in the second session with his run on ...
18 April 2025 21:12
Christian Horner reckons Yuki Tsunoda is “making progress” – despite the Japanese driver’s crash during second practice in the Saudi Arabian GP.
Tsunoda crashed heavily with nine minutes remaining and immediately took the blame, saying he ‘turned too much’ in the final corner.
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18 April 2025 21:02
Lewis Hamilton has avoided any punishment, having been called to the stewards after impeding Alexander Albon during the second free practice session at the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Albon initially labelled the positioning of Hamilton’s Ferrari “dangerous” as the Williams driver approached at Turn 12 and the stewards duly summoned the seven-time world champion after the ...
18 April 2025 20:22
Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda says his own mistake led to the crash that curtailed Jeddah FP2 running, admitting he 'turned too much' in the final corner.
With under nine minutes on the clock Tsunoda tagged the inside wall at the final hairpin coming onto the main straight, which appeared to break his track rod and left him unable to avoid clattering into the exit wall.
Tsunoda climbed out ...
18 April 2025 20:08
McLaren driver Lando Norris topped Free Practice 2 for the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Red Bull racer Yuki Tsunoda causing a red flag with an avoidable crash.
With eight minutes left on the clock, Tsunoda planted his RB21 in the outside wall of the final corner, spelling an early end to the session as the clocked ticked down, with only enough time left for the usual practice ...
18 April 2025 19:46
Racing Bulls CEO Peter Bayer says he's pleased to see a reinvigorated Liam Lawson after noting that the Kiwi "looked a bit sad" after being jettisoned from Red Bull's Formula 1 team after just two rounds.
Lawson previously asserted that he had not suffered any changes to his confidence after his demotion to the Racing Bulls squad, though Bayer says he noted a perceptible change in his ...
18 April 2025 19:10
Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur reckons it was too early to tout Lewis Hamilton as a Formula 1 title contender for 2025 following his victory in the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.
The seven-time world champion won the Saturday race from pole in March on what was only his second competitive appearance for Ferrari.
But he has since struggled, being disqualified from the grand prix in Shanghai ...
18 April 2025 17:57
Rumours of 'crisis talks' among Red Bull's Formula 1 chiefs have been denied by team principal Christian Horner, who says any conversations that took place after Bahrain were simply opportunities to discuss issues "logically".
Discussions were known to take place immediately after Red Bull’s tepid Bahrain Grand Prix performance, where Horner and adviser Helmut Marko discussed the RB21's ...
18 April 2025 17:28
Red Bull boss Christian Horner is unconcerned by the "noise" around Max Verstappen's future and is convinced that the four-time champion will be with the team next year.
In the wake of Helmut Marko's suggestion to Sky Germany that he was concerned about Verstappen's willingness to remain with Red Bull following its pace struggles in 2025, rumours have escalated about the reigning world ...
18 April 2025 16:43
Pierre Gasly was the surprise pacesetter in the first practice session ahead of the Formula 1 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.
With the McLarens once again widely expected to dominate running, it was the Alpine of Gasly which ultimately clocked the fastest time with an impressive 1m29.239s.
It saw him pip Lando Norris to top spot, the lead McLaren just 0.007s behind, with team-mate Oscar Piastri ...
18 April 2025 16:21
Pinpointing the exact causes of Lando Norris' struggles with McLaren's 2025 Formula 1 car is proving difficult for the team, given the wide-ranging changes between the MCL39 and its predecessor.
Norris has long not enjoyed certain quirks that determine how McLaren's lineage of cars need to be driven, especially in low-speed corners. As the team made a great step forwards over 2024, which ...
18 April 2025 16:05
Williams boss James Vowles has said that the Grove squad is still at a disadvantage with some of the tools it uses to design and develop its cars - one of the reasons why he feels the current FW47 is difficult to drive.
Vowles' tenure at the team has been underpinned by the restorative work he has directed investment in behind closed doors, with one famed example being the migration away from a ...
18 April 2025 15:25
Max Verstappen’s future continues to spark speculation in the Formula 1 paddock after Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko said the team had a “great concern” over the world champion departing.
Verstappen retained his title last year but in a car that went from dominating to almost an also-ran by the end of the year as McLaren and Ferrari took the top two spots in the constructors’ ...
18 April 2025 14:44
McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull have all registered updates for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, each pursuing different areas to improve their Formula 1 cars at the Jeddah round.
To improve its MCL39, McLaren has reworked its diffuser to extract more performance towards the rear, which pairs up with a new series of winglets mounted to the rear brake duct to boost the aerodynamic efficiency - i.e ...
18 April 2025 13:19
Just like last year’s Italian Grand Prix in Monza, the Bahrain Formula 1 race weekend turned out to be a low point for Red Bull. Max Verstappen spent large parts of the race battling with Alpine and Haas, although he managed to limit the damage by finishing sixth.
That Monza misery served as a wake-up call for the team, even prompting changes to the development trajectory of the RB20. “Yes ...
18 April 2025 11:32
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri says he has developed a signature laid-back style in his Formula 1 career as he worries emotions can sometimes have a “negative impact” on his racing.
From the outside, Piastri appears to be in the same mood whether he’s winning a race or retiring from one. It’s this laid-back vibe, and his excellent driving, that has won the young Australian fans up and ...
18 April 2025 10:13
Yuki Tsunoda is on a mission to close the Formula 1 experience gap between himself and team-mate Max Verstappen.
The recently-promoted Red Bull driver said the RB21 is particularly tricky to drive without prior experience, which gives Verstappen a major advantage.
“I’m quite happy with my confidence level considering we’re only two races in, but I'm trying to understand how this car ...
17 April 2025 20:47
Lewis Hamilton enjoys the spotlight and generally makes the most of it. He amply demonstrated his understanding of the enduring power of the image in his exquisitely curated first week at Maranello, down to his crimson-soled Christian Louboutin shoes.
But the combination of Formula 1’s most successful driver and its most historically evocative team has invited a potent level of scrutiny – ...
17 April 2025 20:14
Max Verstappen says his Red Bull car's handling issues can't just be attributed to correlation issues with the Formula 1 squad's ageing wind tunnel.
Red Bull has endured a tough start to the season with a car that is difficult to balance and suffers greater tyre wear than the leading McLaren.
Verstappen managed to limit the damage over the first two rounds and then achieved a shock ...
17 April 2025 19:13
McLaren won three out of the first four races in the 2025 Formula 1 season, and while things are close between Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari, George Russell isn’t expecting his rivals to take the fight to McLaren until a technical directive clamps down on flexible rear wings from the Spanish Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver has been outspoken about McLaren's performance advantage and, despite ...
17 April 2025 18:57
Red Bull’s disastrous showing – by its standards – in last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix has fanned the burning embers of speculation that Max Verstappen will join another team for 2026.
The most lucrative offer on the table is understood to come from Aston Martin, reputed to be worth over £1 billion over five years.
Verstappen is contracted until the end of 2028, but all F1 driver ...
17 April 2025 18:01
Max Verstappen has responded to fears that he would leave the team, outlaid by the team's adviser Helmut Marko, who shared his concern that the four-time champion may depart if Red Bull does not improve.
The Milton Keynes-based squad's RB21 has been characterised as a car that is difficult to drive with a narrow set-up window; although Verstappen has proven that he is able to drive around some ...
17 April 2025 17:18
Such are the political sensitivities embedded in the Alpine team’s Anglo-French make-up that the shortcomings in the engine bay represent a weakness that dare not speak its name.
“You know I can’t answer that question” was Pierre Gasly’s polite but firm reply in Jeddah when asked to account for how much of the difference in Alpine’s performance in Japan (where Gasly finished 13th) ...
17 April 2025 16:16
Aston Martin’s new managing technical partner, Adrian Newey, has hit the ground running, but he’s laser-focused on the 2026 car despite the team’s current on-track struggles. “100% of Adrian’s designing time is focused on 2026,” team boss Andy Cowell told reporters in Jeddah on Thursday, with new Formula 1 regulations coming up next year.
“He joined in March, so there was a ...
17 April 2025 16:05
Reflecting on his return to Racing Bulls, Liam Lawson denies that his confidence took any knocks after his two Formula 1 races with Red Bull, and contends that he hadn't driven enough to determine if he was truly struggling.
The Kiwi reunited with the Italian squad after just a brace of grand prix weekends with the lead Red Bull team, where his results and gap to Max Verstappen were considered ...
17 April 2025 14:04
Last week, former rally co-driver and FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid publicly announced his resignation – in an election year, the equivalent of rolling a grenade under the door.
Now he has taken to Substack to clarify his reasons for quitting the post. In the published statement he thanked those within motorsport and the FIA member clubs who had sent him messages of support – ...
17 April 2025 11:28
Failure is not an option' is the tagline of 1995 film Apollo 13, as NASA flight director Gene Kranz, portrayed by Ed Harris, attempts to save three astronauts in peril aboard a malfunctioning Apollo spacecraft.
That mantra also permeates the nascent Cadillac Formula 1 team's offices as the US-owned team enters a crucial phase of its grand prix trajectory.
Around its many worldwide outposts ...
17 April 2025 10:10
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali explained the championship's current position on hosting a race in Africa, stating that the efforts to put on a grand prix are not on hold but still missing certain guarantees.
Efforts to restore F1's place in Africa, to race in all six permanently inhabited continents for the first time since 1993, have been ongoing over the past couple of years. Rwanda has ...
16 April 2025 19:06
Formula 1 will look and sound very different in 2026 when new regulations sweep the sport, but a planned rollout of new hybrid engines looked to be on rocky ground as talk of a return to V10 engines wafted down the grid. Now, Alpine has welcomed Formula 1’s commitment to hybrid power following weeks of “distraction” in the sport.
The series' new regulations will bring smaller and lighter ...
16 April 2025 16:23
Oscar Piastri may have won two of the last three Formula 1 grands prix but, much like in the drivers’ championship, it is his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris who still leads the way at the top of the F1 Fantasy points scorers.
Victory last time out in Bahrain for Piastri does make the Australian an intriguing prospect ahead of the next race, in Jeddah this Sunday, especially given Piastri ...
16 April 2025 16:18
Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel thinks McLaren driver Lando Norris' public self-criticism is something to admire rather than criticise.
Over a difficult weekend in Bahrain, Norris was hugely self-critical over his problems adjusting to the behaviour of his 2025 McLaren, which has seen significant changes compared to the 2024 car he excelled in.
While Norris finished ...
16 April 2025 16:16
Lego’s offering of Formula 1 toys is steadily growing and now includes kits to build every team on the F1 grid, albeit with last year’s liveries. The series of Lego Speed Champions kits are predominantly marketed to kids, but two F1 cars carry an 18+ age rating.
The kits in question are for last year’s Red Bull RB20 and the Visa Cash App RB VCARB 01. Both sets carry almost the same ...
16 April 2025 16:01
Organisers of Formula 1's Madrid Grand Prix have eased concerns over the race's timeline by awarding a tender for the construction of the hybrid street circuit.
On Tuesday a contract was signed with Spanish construction firm ACCIONA (60%) and France's Eiffage Construction (40%), who will form a joint venture to construct the 5.47km circuit close to Madrid's Barajas airport, around the IFEMA ...
16 April 2025 15:48
Formula 1 chief Stefano Domenicali says it is "crucial" for the new 2026 power unit regulations to allow manufacturers who are falling behind to catch up.
Domenicali, the FIA and F1's present and future power unit manufacturers gathered in Bahrain last week to discuss possible future engine options for the series, as well as any tweaks to the incoming engine regulations for next year.
Amid ...
16 April 2025 15:30
The contract renewal that confirmed Stefano Domenicali as CEO of Formula 1 Group for another five years was met with near-unanimous approval.
“The most important aspect for me was having the complete trust of Liberty Media’s leadership,” Domenicali said. “They gave me total freedom to shape the team and the system that will be needed to keep driving growth. On a personal note, I also ...
16 April 2025 14:39
"Not super fun so far" - either a pithy scrawled note penned by the late Roger Ebert part-way through a tepid, multi-million dollar blockbuster (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, perhaps?) or Liam Lawson's assessment of his opening four races in 2025. As we're not Empire Magazine, you know it's probably the latter point.
This was supposed to be Lawson's big break. Parachuted into the second Red ...
16 April 2025 12:11
Is Red Bull really in crisis after Bahrain?
Like Monza last year, the Bahrain Grand Prix was a low point for Red Bull. Max Verstappen's sixth place finish - losing just seven points to Lando Norris - may not look so bad, but the real picture is different.
"Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong", Verstappen concluded after the race. Instead of battling the top teams, Red Bull found ...
16 April 2025 10:44
Christian Horner admits it feels like he is “looking at two different watches” as the Red Bull team principal revealed the RB21’s issues stem from a lack of correlation between wind tunnel and track data.
Despite Max Verstappen winning the Japanese Grand Prix and with the Dutchman still the reigning Formula 1 world champion, Red Bull’s dominance of recent years ebbed away throughout ...
16 April 2025 10:10
After letting his McLaren slide off the track on lap 44 in Melbourne and losing a lot of points, Oscar Piastri has been almost flawless since then. Two victories, in Shanghai and Bahrain, and a third place in Suzuka allowed him to regain almost everything he lost in the season opener. Piastri now sits just three points behind his team-mate and the driver who'd been tipped to win the title before ...
15 April 2025 19:13
Lewis Hamilton started his Formula 1 career at a stern-faced McLaren where personality was basically poison. In the ensuing 18 years, feelings have changed dramatically and we see now the Hamilton that stands up for his beliefs and lets his flair shine through in everything from his helmet designs to the clothes he wears around the F1 paddock.
The seven-time world champion has opened up about ...
15 April 2025 18:54
While the previous week's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka was very much a qualifying race, Bahrain's high degradation contest offered a better spectacle and with it more opportunities for midfield teams to make something happen.
And only just as well, as Haas started on the backfoot with a crash for Esteban Ocon in Q2 which prevented him from starting higher than 14th. His rookie team-mate Oliver ...
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