Both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc are pinning their hopes on upgrades in Ferrari’s pipeline. The Scuderia’s drivers feel that the SF-25 in its current specification is lacking performance in comparison to the Mercedes and Red Bull cars.Ferrari made a significant change to its car concept over the off-season in Read more…
Despite returning to the slower Racing Bulls car, Liam Lawson outqualified his Red Bull replacement Yuki Tsunoda in Japan. But there are signs Red Bull’s merciless switch may actually be working already.Leaving aside the ruthlessness of Red Bull’s decision to demote Lawson after two difficult races on circuits he didn’t Read more…
“I think the people at Racing Bulls were a bit surprised themselves by the good car they’ve built this year,” Max Verstappen told reporters on Thursday at the Japanese Grand Prix.Two weeks ago in China, the world champion made it clear that his struggling team-mate Liam Lawson would be faster Read more…
Even Formula 1 world champions make mistakes – although Fernando Alonso indicated that fluctuations in the headwind at a critical part of the lap at Suzuka could have tipped him into the spin that brought second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix to a halt.Alonso lost control at the entry Read more…
Alpine team boss Oliver Oakes has explained Jack Doohan’s heavy crash in Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix practice was caused by the Australian erroneously leaving DRS open.Doohan spun off the road entering the high-speed Turn 1 in the opening stages of the one-hour session, smashing heavily into the barriers. Due to the Read more…
The FIA is attempting to prevent a repeat of the grass fires that derailed second practice at Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix.Friday’s session was thrown into disarray by four red flags, two for offs by Jack Doohan and Fernando Alonso and another two for grass patches lining the Suzuka track Read more…
Liam Lawson says he has enjoyed his return to Racing Bulls at Suzuka despite his harsh demotion from Red Bull, feeling at ease in the team’s vastly different Formula 1 car.After two difficult race weekends Lawson’s Red Bull stint was cut short by the team’s management, which opted to try Read more…
Aston Martin team principal Andy Cowell insists he has no concerns over the long-term future of the team despite news that Aston Martin Lagonda is planning on selling its stake in the Formula 1 outfit.The car company announced on Monday that it was making it was putting its shares in Read more…
Lewis Hamilton believes it was “pretty tough” on Liam Lawson to be dropped by Red Bull after just two races – but said he was not surprised to see the team act so swiftly.Lawson struggled to get to grips with the RB21 in both the Australian and Chinese grands prix Read more…
Alex Albon insists Thailand is taking its pitch “very seriously” to host a Formula 1 grand prix in the future after the Williams driver travelled to the country to discuss plans with the prime minister.Following in the footsteps of F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, Albon held talks with Paetongtarn Shinawatra before Read more…