Formula 1’s 2025 launch season kicked off in cryptic fashion with the constructors’ championship winners, no less.McLaren opened the yearly cloak-and-dagger proceedings with a quintet of images of its MCL39 from a distance while undergoing its Silverstone shakedown, dressed in a papaya and black dazzle camo livery that makes its defining details significantly difficult to …Keep reading
McLaren has revealed its MCL39 Formula 1 car at a Silverstone season launch event – becoming the first team to show off a 2025 design, albeit with temporary restrictions on its livery.As all 10 teams are committed to only fully revealing their 2025 liveries at the F1 75 Live event at London’s O2 arena on Tuesday, McLaren can at this stage only show off the MCL39 in a distinctive one-off …Keep reading
Representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo have called on Formula 1 not to entertain the idea of sanctioning a Rwanda Grand Prix amid a long-running conflict in the region.Since 2022 the DRC has been embroiled in a bloody conflict with the M23 movement, a military rebel group backed by the Rwandan army, which has taken over swathes of territory in the North Kivu province that borders …Keep reading
TAG Heuer has become the first title sponsor in the history of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.The watch manufacturer was named as F1’s official timekeeper in January as part of LVMH’s 10-year global partnership with the series.Now TAG has made history by securing the naming rights to the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix, one of the most famous races on the F1 calendar.TAG branding …Keep reading
There will be fresh blood aplenty in Free Practice 1 sessions this Formula 1 season, with teams required to run rookies twice in each of their cars.To be frank, a rookie’s FP1 outing is usually not the headliner of an F1 grand prix. Teams often leave it until the very last second to tick that box, leaving young drivers with what are effectively the most ‘perfunctory’ sessions of the year …Keep reading
McLaren has linked up with lottery operator Allwyn which will become a new partner to its Formula 1 team, esports outfit, and F1 academy in 2025.F1 announced its own partnership with Allwyn on Tuesday, but McLaren has also secured a deal with the company’s global operations, which holds brands that operate national lotteries across seven different nations in North America and Europe.The …Keep reading
Oliver Bearman believes the unexpectedly large crop of rookie drivers joining him in Formula 1 2025 will provide a lift for his first full-time year with Haas.The 19-year-old is one of six rookies on the F1 grid in 2025 after the 2024 season began with zero driver market transfers. Things started changing last February when Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari for this year was announced …Keep reading
Motor racing has a long tradition as an incubator of technology. AI is the latest example as tech companies flood into the sport as partners, helping teams harness AI to improve performance.One example is that F1 increasingly uses AI in its TV and online coverage to provide insights and content tailored for fans.The FIA is also getting in on the act; this week it announced that AI will now …Keep reading
From an inauspicious start in a Mercedes-dominated era, Red Bull’s partnership with Honda propelled both teams back to the front, with Max Verstappen following in Sebastian Vettel’s footsteps as a four-time world champion, amassing 63 wins by the end of 2024.But it’s a success story that is coming to an end, with Red Bull taking matters into its own hands with Red Bull Powertrains-Ford, while …Keep reading
One word uttered by McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella nearly two years ago matters when considering his team’s announcement of a contract extension for its aerodynamics chief, Peter Prodromou.“We wanted to unleash a very strong resource that we had internally, and that, for some reasons was under-utilised,” Stella said back at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.This was just …Keep reading