There was just 0.011s between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at the close of the first sector of their final runs in Q3. In visual terms, that’s barely an amoeba’s reach between them as the McLaren duo duelled for a much-coveted Spanish Grand Prix pole in Barcelona. That smallest of margins Read more…
Lewis Hamilton believes it was a “waste of money” to force the teams to develop new wings following Formula 1’s introduction of more stringent wing flex tests at the Spanish Grand Prix.Prior to the Barcelona weekend, there were myriad suggestions that the likes of McLaren and Mercedes would be much Read more…
Yuki Tsunoda admitted to befuddlement over his lack of pace after Formula 1’s opening practice sessions at the Spanish Grand Prix – revealing he “doesn’t have any idea why I’m slow”. The Red Bull driver believed that, although his two Friday sessions were “smooth” and without any obvious issues, the ultimate Read more…
Following the resignation of Oliver Oakes, Flavio Briatore has taken on the duties of team principal at Alpine – despite not holding the official title.Briatore had already been wielding significant influence behind the scenes as an advisor, but now he has also become the French-owned team’s public face once again. Read more…
The Alpine Formula 1 squad appears a little closer to appointing a full-time team principal to replace Oliver Oakes, who departed unexpectedly and with immediate effect at the beginning of May.Oakes, recruited from his Hitech GP operation last summer by Briatore, resigned less than a week after his brother William, Read more…
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was fastest in Friday’s second practice session at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.The championship leader set his benchmark halfway through the one-hour contest to grab the lead from Mercedes driver George Russell.At the start of the session, Piastri’s team-mate Lando Norris picked up where he Read more…
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has shrugged off speculation linking him to the Ferrari Formula 1 team.Autosport understands Ferrari chairman John Elkann is a big admirer of Horner, who guided Red Bull to two dominant spells with Sebastian Vettel and then Max Verstappen. And it has been suggested that Read more…
McLaren is shrugging off suggestions it will be affected by the Spanish Grand Prix’s flexi-wing clampdown, as Autosport can reveal the team has already trialled its stiffer wing to good effect in Imola.After imposing stricter limits on rear wing flexing in the off-season, and tightening them further in China and Read more…
A clause in Max Verstappen’s contract to exit the Red Bull team for 2026 will close as long as he is within the top four of Formula 1’s world drivers’ championship by the end of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, Autosport understands.The four-time world champion is currently third in the Read more…
It’s noteworthy that, amidst great intrigue over the tightening up of rules on so-called ‘flexi-wings’, and the likelihood of the Barcelona circuit layout favouring Red Bull this weekend, the main questions directed at Oscar Piastri ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix concerned his team-mate, Lando Norris.Four wins this Formula 1 Read more…