Red Bull has named Sergio Perez’s former performance engineer Richard Wood as the new race engineer for incoming Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson in 2025.Wood garnered experience on the Red Bull pit wall several times during 2024 when Perez’s regular race engineer Hugh Bird was on paternity leave.A long-term Red Bull employee, Wood joined the team as a strategist before moving into race …Keep reading
It was rather unexpected.George Russell, atop the sun-soaked Mercedes hospitality/engineering building in the Abu Dhabi paddock ahead of the 2024 season finale, about to unleash 15 minutes just savaging Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.Russell’s agitation even shone through his dark-tinted sunglasses. This clearly wasn’t a path he found comfortable, and there were awkward missteps in his …Keep reading
Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase has explained how using a “subservient” approach with the Red Bull driver aided his Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix victory charge last season.The pair’s relationship has often grabbed attention since Verstappen’s arrival at Red Bull in 2016, with Lambiase not shy in being firm with the Dutchman even in fractious moments.But …Keep reading
Pierre Gasly has set a bold target of a top-five finish for Alpine in the 2025 Formula 1 constructors’ championship.Alpine endured a difficult campaign last year, partly down to its A524 car being overweight at the start of the season. The team languished in ninth place until its position in the standings was substantially boosted by a double podium finish in Brazil, which vaulted it to …Keep reading
Carlos Sainz’s impact is already being felt within the Williams Formula 1 squad, team principal James Vowles has stated.Sainz has moved to Williams alongside Alex Albon this year after racing for Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren and Ferrari during his first 10 seasons in F1, having been replaced by Lewis Hamilton at the Maranello-based outfit for the 2025 season.The veteran actually made his …Keep reading
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes Formula 1’s governing body the FIA was right to part ways with steward Johnny Herbert.On Wednesday the FIA stated that Herbert, a long-time driver steward as the veteran of 160 grand prix starts, would no longer act as a steward at race weekends.The FIA felt Herbert’s media activities, especially those as a pundit for gambling websites, were …Keep reading
The FIA and local organisers have made safety changes to Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit following heavy crashes in last year’s Australian Grand Prix.In the 2024 race, Russell was caught out by Fernando Alonso braking earlier than expected for Turn 6, leading to the Mercedes car going off and suffering a heavy crash before his car was spat back onto the racing surface.Turns 6 and 7, which …Keep reading
The FIA will clamp down on the manner in which Formula 1 teams can bend their wings after introducing new load tests for both the front and rear wings throughout 2025.From the start of the new F1 season in Australia, the FIA will expand the static deflection tests measuring the rear wings, and it will also be introducing additional front wing tests from the Spanish GP at the start of …Keep reading
Red Bull has set a date for the debut of its RB21 Formula 1 car, with Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson pressed into action at a filming day in Bahrain on Tuesday 25 February.Autosport understands Red Bull will shake down its 2025 challenger one day before the new season properly gets underway with three days of official testing at the Sakhir circuit.World champion Verstappen will log his …Keep reading
Red Bull says it will keep an open mind about developing low-drag rear wings for 2025 after Max Verstappen voiced his frustration over not having a bespoke design.In 2024 Red Bull did not develop a bespoke low-drag rear wing and instead trimmed its existing design for low downforce circuits like Monza and Las Vegas.That left it on the back foot at those venues, as there was only so much …Keep reading