Has the emergence of an opportunity to unlock millions from Argentina, with Franco Colapinto as the bait, seemingly sealed Jack Doohan’s fate at Alpine?Many in the paddock now see it as an almost inevitable scenario: if Doohan underperforms in the first few races – or even if he is just unspectacular – Flavio Briatore will make a move, replacing him with his new protégé and in turn …Keep reading
Fans of technical developments and analysis from the world of motorsport can get the latest updates dropped directly into their inboxes with the launch of Autosport’s Tech Tuesday newsletter.The newsletter will bring readers all of the latest news and analysis on new development trends across Formula 1 and more, as Autosport aims to raise the bar of its technical output and comment …Keep reading
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 enthusiast will have put a little bit of pep in the employees’ steps. Even so …Keep reading
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 shared appeared to point at McLaren’s outboard slot gap expanding at high speed before …Keep reading
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 need tasks completed with those who can fulfil them and has entered F1 for …Keep reading
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 continue to do team photos after podiums as it has done in the past, or will …Keep reading
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 must leave the pitlane and join the formation lap”.Previously, such cars would only leave their …Keep reading
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. “Ron turned purple,” Newey joked at the time.At Aston Martin, the colour of his design office …Keep reading
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 the new campaign starts.F1 stewarding panels have comprised of three officials …Keep reading
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 – the youngster of his 2015 Toro Rosso debut alongside Max Verstappen long …Keep reading