Aston Martin could have equal cause for celebration and dismay this week; Adrian Newey collected his swipe card from reception on Monday morning to start his work on defining the team’s Formula 1 car for 2026.Perhaps the idea of sharing a water cooler discussion about Antiques Roadshow with the famed drawing-board Read more…
In the wake of Formula 1’s 2025 pre-season testing at Bahrain, suggestions were abound that a handful of teams suspected that their rivals had employed some form of “mini-DRS” on the straights.Video footage emerged on social media of Mercedes’ rear wing appearing to tilt back at high speed. Other footage Read more…
Tim Fung loves Formula 1, he considers the job of measuring the distance between a car’s front wing as “badass” and, through Airtasker’s new partnership with Racing Bulls, the Australian is setting out to shine a light on the stories less told within the championship.The online marketplace connects people who Read more…
Testing was held in unusual conditions, so will the results be representative? – Oleg KarpovOn Thursday evening in Bahrain, a few hours after Lando Norris’ impressive long run, Andrea Stella was asked during his media briefing about whether McLaren will change its approach to celebrating success this year. Will it Read more…
The FIA has made a raft of changes to Formula 1’s sporting rules for the 2025 season, with two loopholes concerning formation laps and damaged cars the most notable alterations.Article 43.8 of F1’s sporting rules has been changed to state “all cars starting from the pitlane able to do so Read more…
The walls of Adrian Newey’s office have already been painted, Andy Cowell revealed during testing in Bahrain. It refers to an anecdote from Newey’s time at McLaren, when the designer added more colour to his office, leaving Ron Dennis utterly speechless, as the team boss was used to everything grey. Read more…
Formula 1 stewards’ panels will expand from three to four officials at six events deemed high workload by the FIA, including the 2025 season opener in Australia, Autosport can reveal.The change is covered in Article 15.1 of F1’s 2025 sporting rules, which have been overhauled in several places just before Read more…
Carlos Sainz’s pre-season testing press conference appearance alongside most of the rookie drivers entering Formula 1 in 2025 revealed much about his current position in the championship.The first is that, at 30 and about to start his 11th grand prix racing season, he is now one of F1’s veteran figures Read more…
Fernando Alonso is unconvinced by Lando Norris’s suggestion that more than four teams can win races in 2025’s Formula 1 season, suggesting that the championship lacks the unpredictability to allow that.Four teams – Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes – all won races in 2024 as the competitive shape of Read more…
It was an anonymous email, whose address contained the day’s date, 29 February, and had been sent to over 100 senior figures in Formula 1, including team bosses, journalists and F1’s owners.It dropped at 6:22pm local time in Bahrain ahead of the first race of the 2024 season and contained Read more…