Following months of giving Logan Sargeant the benefit of the doubt, a costly crash in Zandvoort has finally prompted the Williams Formula 1 team to replace him with Franco Colapinto.But how justified is Williams’ call and is the young Argentine the right replacement?Was Williams right to sack Sargeant?His position at Williams had been tenuous for some time but, as Sargeant returned to Zandvoort …Keep reading
Alpine advisor Flavio Briatore insists that he should not be viewed as the “bad guy” in a plan by Renault to end its Formula 1 engine programme.As part of a review by Renault CEO Luca de Meo into the future of the Alpine F1 squad, the French manufacturer is ready to abandon its works power unit programme and instead switch to Mercedes customer engines from 2026.A formal decision on the matter is …Keep reading
Franco Colapinto is set to make his Formula 1 debut this weekend in the Italian Grand Prix, having replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams for the rest of the season.The 21-year-old has been a Williams Academy driver since his second F3 campaign in 2023 and follows in the footsteps of countrymen Juan Manuel Fangio, Carlos Reutemann and Gaston Mazzacane, the most recent Argentinian to feature on the F1 …Keep reading
For the first time since his home race joined the Formula 1 calendar in 2021, Max Verstappen wasn’t the man to beat in Zandvoort.Verstappen was soundly beaten by McLaren’s Lando Norris in qualifying at the Dutch Grand Prix – to the tune of three tenths – and while another stuttering start cost Norris the lead on race day, he soon swept past and sailed off into the distance, defeating Verstappen by …Keep reading
Formula 1 has been steadily increasing the electrical element of its power units since introducing KERS in 2009 and making the switch from howling 2.4-litre V8s to 1.6-litre hybrid power units in 2014. In the new 2026 regulations, the power split will be 50/50 between the stored electrical energy and the internal combustion engine.Another cornerstone of the regulations, however, will see all …Keep reading
Formula 2 race-winner Franco Colapinto will drive for Williams for the rest of the F1 season as Logan Sargeant’s replacement.Williams has spent the last few days evaluating a driver change, with the squad increasingly frustrated with Sargeant’s performance off the back of yet another high-speed crash during practice for last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix.With the American having failed to score …Keep reading
Alex Albon reckons a “grey area” over braking in the middle of corners to hold up following cars during races will eventually cause a crash, in response to Kevin Magnussen’s defence at the Dutch Grand Prix.Magnussen was running on a contra-strategy to the majority of the field to get track position on a long hard-tyre stint, and had attempted to keep a following pack of Pierre Gasly, Albon, and …Keep reading
Valtteri Bottas has bemoaned Sauber’s ‘weakest’ performance of the Formula 1 season at the Dutch Grand Prix but hopes the circuit will serve as an “outlier”.The Finn and team-mate Zhou Guanyu failed to make an impression on the battle for points, propping up the field in 19th and 20th at the end of the race – the only drivers to have been lapped twice by winner Lando Norris.Whilst Sauber has …Keep reading
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has insisted his team knows it has “an issue” and needs to improve to fend off the McLaren threat.The reigning world championship-winning team holds a lead of 30 points in the constructors’ standings, while Max Verstappen heads Lando Norris by 70 points in the drivers’ championship.However, the Milton Keynes squad is now without a win in five rounds …Keep reading
Put the Piz Buin away, folks – the summer break is officially over and done with. The Formula 1 circus returned from its holidays in typically rambunctious fashion, laying down an assortment of storylines to make up for a fallow period in the annual soap opera.For those missing sandy beaches, the seaside town of Zandvoort offered a neat way to wean people off their out-of-office messages and …Keep reading