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British Grand Prix organisers are to increase the number of its cheapest general admission tickets available for 2025 and limit dynamic price increases, ahead of sales opening next week.With scrutiny on the costs of major events having ramped up in recent weeks amid the controversy over the dynamic pricing of next year’s Oasis tour, British GP chiefs have offered details about their plans for …Keep reading

The Singapore Grand Prix is the one the Formula 1 drivers all train for: the hardest on the calendar. You’ll be hearing these modern motorsport cliches plenty this weekend.But there’s a case to be made that one of the championship’s newer night races has taken Singapore’s mantle as F1’s toughest physical racing challenge: the Qatar GP.It’s the drivers themselves that have made the …Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says the team won’t stand in protege Gabriel Bortoleto’s way if Sauber wants to offer him a Formula 1 race seat, but would rather sanction a loan move than let the youngster go definitively.Bortoleto recently emerged as one of the main contenders to partner Nico Hulkenberg at the future Audi team, alongside incumbent Valtteri Bottas and reserve driver Theo …Keep reading

The performances of Oliver Bearman and Franco Colapinto at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix left Haas and Williams with plenty to mull over.For Haas, Bearman’s pace out of the box in Baku was impressive – matching team-mate Nico Hulkenberg and securing a point for finishing 10th, becoming the first driver in F1 history to score for two different teams in his first two appearances.His recovery from a …Keep reading

It’s well known in Formula 1 that if you stand still with your car then you end up going backwards, because others will simply outdevelop you.But the same is true for team structures too. As the demands of grand prix racing have changed in recent years, and squads experience a perpetual revolving door of personnel, it would be a mistake to become stuck in your ways with how things are run just …Keep reading

The 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was just the second time an F1 race has finished behind a virtual safety car since its official introduction in 2015.Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz were squabbling for third on the penultimate lap in Baku, but tangled coming out of Turn 2 causing both to crash into the wall.It was deemed a “racing incident” and meant the grand prix finished under a VSC, where …Keep reading

A “flustered” Nico Hulkenberg’s two late errors boosted rookie Formula 1 drivers Franco Colapinto and Ollie Bearman, plus Mercedes racer Lewis Hamilton, in unseen incidents at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix’s close.By keeping his pace high and medium tyres alive in the first stint on Sunday, Hulkenberg was eventually given a team order to move past temporary team-mate Bearman ahead, while his …Keep reading

The FIA has decided to add a fourth DRS zone to the Marina Bay circuit for Formula 1’s return to the Singapore Grand Prix.The decision comes after drivers failed to lobby the governing body to add the extra zone to boost overtaking opportunities in the race last year.Following a layout change to the circuit ahead of the 2023 event, the FIA had consulted the teams about the possible addition of the …Keep reading

Round 17 of the 2024 F1 world championship had the sport head back to the streets of Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. And despite Charles Leclerc’s early breakaway, it was Oscar Piastri who stunned the Monegasque driver with a brilliant pass into Turn 1 and then held off Leclerc’s attacks to take his second career victory.Ben Hunt and Filip Cleeren join Bryn Lucas on this edition of the …Keep reading

Six countries have achieved over 50 wins, with some drivers bringing home a record number of wins for their home nations.Countries with the most F1 wins1. United Kingdom – 313 winsThe United Kingdom has the most F1 wins of any country, taking 313 victories with 21 different drivers. Lewis Hamilton is the most decorated of the British contingent with 105 wins since his first in 2007.The seven-time …Keep reading