Although Max Verstappen chalked up a decisive victory over the McLarens at last week’s Japanese Grand Prix, he believes the higher-degradation properties of the Bahrain circuit will ensure Red Bull is in for a much tougher weekend. It has been well documented that McLaren’s MCL39 has an advantage over its rivals Read more…
George Russell has explained the bathroom-based pressures facing Formula 1 drivers ahead of a grand prix in the wake of Carlos Sainz being hit with a fine for missing the start of the national anthem at Suzuka.Sainz was hit with a €20,000 fine, with half suspended for 12 months, by Read more…
George Russell wasn’t surprised to learn the FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid had resigned from Formula 1’s governing body on Thursday over a “breakdown of governance standards”.The Mercedes driver, who is also a president of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, said that the FIA was “continuously going in an Read more…
Yuki Tsunoda says that he gravitated more towards Max Verstappen’s set-up in his first Formula 1 weekend with Red Bull in Japan, and reckoned it was “incredible” how the four-time world champion could work with it.After his debut with the RB21, Tsunoda noted that there were clear differences between the Read more…
The FIA has “serious ongoing structural challenges” and does not follow “professional processes” according to its former chief executive Natalie Robyn.It was announced on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix that FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid had resigned from the motor racing governing body Read more…
Formula 1 will be bracing for the potential impacts of US President Trump’s recently announced tariffs, according to industry expert Mark Gallagher.With global markets faltering and issues already arising from the new tariffs introduced last week, F1 is almost certainly going to feel the squeeze in certain areas.The Japanese Grand Read more…
In the latest James Allen on F1 podcast episode, we examine some possible consequences for F1 of President Trump’s heavy tariffs on car manufacturers and how other companies invested in F1 might be affected.And though Suzuka wasn’t the most exciting F1 race ever – the top six finished in grid Read more…
McLaren has collaborated with Deloitte and the FIA to produce a handbook aimed at improving sustainability practices in the design and build of Formula 1 cars.The F1 Constructors’ Circularity Handbook will initially provide all teams with a way to measure the environmental impact of the parts they produce and the Read more…
This is an open letter to all people who are interested in Formula 1 racing. I want to demonstrate a few points about the aerofoils which at the moment are used on most F1 cars, in order to convince the so-called experts that they should be banned.Basically, I have two Read more…
Straight after pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season, Autosport predicted the team pecking order for the forthcoming campaign – naturally accounting for the usual obfuscations that the annual pre-season running often provides.Now that the campaign is in full flow with three grands prix completed, F1’s travelling circus is Read more…