There are three strategy scenarios possible for Formula 1’s 2025 Australian Grand Prix, but they all depend on how and when the forecast rain hits the Albert Park track on Sunday.In scenario one, which assumes rain does not fall despite having been the talk of the event so far in Read more…
Mercedes driver George Russell believes McLaren is so dominant it can already turn off development of its current Formula 1 car and move on to 2026.McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the front row for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, with Norris putting nearly four tenths on the team’s nearest Read more…
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri topped a convoluted final practice for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix ahead of George Russell and Max Verstappen, where Oliver Bearman crashed out again for Haas.Under overcast skies at Albert Park, several frontrunners had headed out on the hard tyres before Bearman’s immediate incident, but when the Read more…
As the head of his small Formula 1 team, Colin Crabbe, who has died aged 82, was the man who gave Ronnie Peterson his big break. It was just before Crabbe’s 27th birthday when his Antique Automobiles team made its F1 debut in 1969, in the non-championship Madrid Grand Prix at Read more…
The first bit of track action for the 2025 Formula 1 season is now over, as teams and drivers took to Albert Park Circuit for both Friday practice sessions ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.So, Autosport’s Ben Hunt and Filip Cleeren report from the paddock analysing the battle at the Read more…
Red Bull is pinning its Australian Grand Prix hopes on Sunday’s forecast rain and Max Verstappen’s proven ability to drag maximum performance out of whatever car he’s driving.That was the verdict of the team’s long-time ‘driver advisor’, Helmut Marko, after a practice session in which both Red Bull drivers were Read more…
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has revealed he will visit Thailand after the Australian Grand Prix for talks over a potential race in Bangkok.The current F1 calendar is the most packed it has ever been, with 24 grands prix slated for the 2025 season which gets under way in Melbourne Read more…
This time last year all the talk in the paddock at testing and the Formula 1 season opener in Bahrain centred around the disarray at Red Bull and Christian Horner’s WhatsApp controversy.The behind-the-scenes power struggle eventually resulted in a truce, and Horner staying in power, but not without rival teams Read more…
Excitement is building in Melbourne for the 2025 Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix this weekend.So, Autosport’s Filip Cleeren and Emily Selleck are live from Albert Park’s Melbourne Walk to round-up the first media day of the forthcoming campaign.Plenty of topics arise, with particular focus on the hometown heroes of Read more…
For Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, it’s personal promoting Andrea Kimi Antonelli to a Formula 1 race seat with the Silver Arrows squad at just 18.Wolff is viewing Antonelli’s sensational rise through the junior formulas as the chance to put right what went wrong in Mercedes missing out on Max Verstappen’s Read more…