Former Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich has spoken up about his dismissal from the FIA in his first public comments on the matter.It was announced on the eve of last November’s Las Vegas Grand Prix that Wittich will step down from his role at the FIA with immediate effect. Read more…
Pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 campaign at the Bahrain International Circuit is now over, leaving vast data to analyse. Here are the fastest lap times and most distance covered by both teams and drivers. Fastest times in 2025 F1 Testing DRIVERCAR / ENGINE DAY 1TIME (TYRE)LAPS DAY 2TIME (TYRE)LAPS Read more…
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording review the action from Bahrain as the third and final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing comes to an end.Alex assesses the teams who didn’t leave a positive impression, including a U-turn on the state of Aston Martin after a difficult final day, as well Read more…
Sacked FIA race steward Johnny Herbert has taken aim at Formula 1’s governing body and hit back at accusations of bias.Herbert was dropped as an F1 steward one month ago after the FIA decided his “duties as a steward and that of a media pundit were incompatible”.The shock announcement came Read more…
George Russell gave Mercedes a positive end to the 2025 Formula 1 pre-season testing as he beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to the top spot on the final day in Bahrain.Warmer conditions for day three at the Sakhir circuit meant even Russell’s leading time did not topple the lap set Read more…
Lewis Hamilton has said he still has “quite a bit to come” to be fully adapted to Ferrari’s Formula 1 car after spending the last 12 seasons at Mercedes.The seven-time world champion still has the final session of Bahrain pre-season testing to continue to learn how Ferrari’s car works with Read more…
Formula 1 teams will have more time to test their new cars for the 2026 rules overhaul, with the first test scheduled for late January in Barcelona, Autosport has learned.For the past three years, F1 teams have had just three days of official testing before the start of the championship. Read more…
Alex Kalinauckas and Ben Hunt return to report from Day 2 of F1’s 2025 test at the Bahrain International Circuit.In the review, Alex mentions the three teams that impressed him most, featuring McLaren’s eye-catching long-run pace, Aston Martin’s newfound consistency across the day, and Williams topping the lap and timing Read more…
Lewis Hamilton reckons he is “slowly bonding” with his Ferrari after notching up a total of 115 laps in his new challenger for 2025.Hamilton switched to the Italian team in the winter and had made no secret of the struggles he had with his Mercedes from last season.The seven-time F1 Read more…
Haas driver Esteban Ocon has cast doubt over the practicality of the FIA’s new cooling vests, designed to help drivers cope with extreme conditions in hot races, claiming that “no one can use” the system in its current form.The cooling device was introduced following the physical challenges drivers faced during Read more…