The 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was arguably decided by the lap one incident between Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, which prompted a controversial penalty for the Red Bull driver.Piastri attacked down the inside of Turn 1, leading to Verstappen going off at the second part of the chicane to Read more…
Williams boss James Vowles has outlined how spreading income and expenditure across different currencies has protected the team from the global financial uncertainty created by the recent tariff announcements from Donald Trump.The United States president doled out higher tariffs on 57 countries on 2 April – ranging from 11% to Read more…
The Formula 1 Commission is set to discuss further tweaks to the energy deployment of the 2026 power units, which has not gone down well at Mercedes.Based on unease from certain parties over the side effects of F1’s 50/50 split between internal combustion power and the electric element, the F1 Read more…
Toto Wolff was left furious believing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was the “worst performance of the year so far” for Mercedes.The Silver Arrows finished fifth (George Russell) and sixth (Andrea Kimi Antonelli) in Jeddah, as it significantly lagged behind rivals McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari.Wolff was confused as to Read more…
Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly have both refused to accept the blame for causing a race-ending crash for each driver in the 2025 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.Tsunoda’s Red Bull made contact with the Alpine of Gasly at Turn 4 on the opening lap of the race.It was one Read more…
Max Verstappen refused to talk about the first-lap incident that cost him a shot at winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – claiming he could end up in hot water with the FIA and that “people can’t handle the truth”.The Red Bull driver started on pole in Jeddah but was Read more…
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has said the team is unlikely to protest the penalty decision that cost Max Verstappen his victory at the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.The reigning, four-time world champion started on pole, but finished runner-up to McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after receiving a five-second penalty for a Read more…
Lewis Hamilton was in no mood for questioning after a disappointing Saudi Arabian Grand Prix where he finished seventh.After the highs of winning the sprint race in China last month, the seven-time world champion came into the race in Jeddah saying he needed “a brain transplant” in order to understand Read more…
Close, but no cigar.This might not have been the actual phrase going through Oscar Piastri’s head, and that of his race engineer Tom Stallard, after Piastri’s first Q3 lap, but the sentiments will have been the same.That lap – 1m27.560s – was actually fractionally slower than his final Q2 lap Read more…
McLaren boss Andrea Stella believes Lando Norris is still not able to drive instinctively in the 2025 Formula 1 season, having crashed in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver hit the barrier on his first Q3 flyer, losing control of his MCL39 as he drifted across the Read more…