Formula 1 hosts its penultimate round of the 2025 season this weekend with the Qatar Grand Prix, where Lando Norris could clinch a maiden world title.The McLaren driver simply needs to outscore team-mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull world champion Max Verstappen by at least two points to do so Read more
Max Verstappen reckons Oscar Piastri should have told McLaren to “F off” had he been asked to support team-mate Lando Norris in his bid to become Formula 1 world champion.The 2025 season has featured a year-long title battle between the McLaren pair, in which for most of it Piastri held Read more
Carlos Sainz suggested that the addition of two or three recent ex-Formula 1 drivers to the stewarding panel would dispel the need for the controversial driving guidelines, based on his approval of broadcasters’ analysis of recent incidents.The drivers and the FIA will table a discussion on Thursday evening over the Read more
Double Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso reckons Adrian Newey becoming the Aston Martin team principal in 2026 is a ‘logical step’ for the Silverstone squad.Aston Martin confirmed a restructuring on Wednesday, as Newey will move from managing technical partner to team boss with incumbent Andy Cowell becoming chief strategy Read more
Cadillac’s Graeme Lowdon was encouraged by Sergio Perez’s first test with Formula 1’s new team for 2026, saying the Mexican veteran is “re-entering Formula 1 with exactly the right attitude”.Two weeks ago at Imola, Perez took the wheel of a 2023 Ferrari car, which the Scuderia loaned to its 2026 Read more
Aston Martin has named Adrian Newey as its new Formula 1 team principal for the 2026 season.The legendary engineer, who joined Aston Martin as managing technical partner on 1 March, will step into his new role as Andy Cowell moves on to a chief strategy officer position.This restructure was described Read more
Mercedes Formula 1 trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has explained Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s marginal jump start in the Las Vegas Grand Prix.Antonelli was detected as moving before the five lights went out in the Nevadan race, though the jump start was not strikingly obvious on the broadcast.The penalty nearly cost Read more
Yuki Tsunoda has been having a tough Formula 1 season at Red Bull, and that makes his Las Vegas mishap all the more difficult to take.Tsunoda is 24-0 down on Max Verstappen in their qualifying head-to-head, but was a striking 3.340s slower than his team-mate in the wet Nevadan session.It Read more
Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles will return to endurance racing when he contests the 2025 Gulf 12 Hours with Garage 59 on 14 December. The 46-year-old last raced competitively in 2022 when he entered all four rounds of the Asian Le Mans Series with the Garage 59 squad, aboard its Read more
Opinions may still be divided, but following a disrupted, over-the-top start in 2023, Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix is slowly but surely hitting the right notes.F1 has yet to provide official attendance figures beyond labelling the race as being “sold out”. It is not clear if that means the Read more