After Williams’ second double points finish of the season in Saudi Arabia, Alex Albon has now produced points finishes in four out of the first five race weekends in 2025. This includes three consecutive points finishes over the first three races, a feat Albon had never achieved during his time at Williams.At the Melbourne season-opener, the Thai driver also achieved his best-ever result …Keep reading
Claire Dubbelman’s love for motorsport started at an early age, thanks to her father Huub, who spent almost two decades in automotive journalism before working as a PR manager for brands, including Mercedes-Benz Netherlands. Dubbelman was five years old when she began watching Formula 1 in the early 1990s. “From the time I was little, my father would wake me up – at my own request, of course – to …Keep reading
During a Formula 1 race, stewards can hand out all manner of punishments to drivers that breach the regulations. Time penalties, fines and reprimands are often dished out for incidents like causing a collision or speeding in the pitlane, but the stewards can also issue drivers with penalty points that accrue on their superlicence.The penalty points system was brought in as a way of monitoring …Keep reading
Carlos Sainz believes Madrid’s Madring Formula 1 circuit will have its own character as it combines street sections with fast and flowing swoops.On Friday, the organisers and local authorities presented Madrid’s 5.47km layout that will take over the running of the Spanish Grand Prix from September next year, joining Barcelona on the calendar in 2026 before likely becoming Spain’s sole grand …Keep reading
The circuit that will host the Madrid Formula 1 Grand Prix for 10 years from 2026, the so-called ‘Madring’, has been officially presented to the public on Friday.Full details of the circuit were unveiled at an event attended by Isabel Diaz Ayuso, president of the Community of Madrid and Jose Luis Martinez Almeida, mayor of the capital, among other personalities from sport and politics, as well …Keep reading
The Mexican Grand Prix is set for a renewal to its Formula 1 race contract with a deal understood to be announced in the coming days, according to Mexico City’s head of government Clara Brugada.Brugada, who was elected to the post last year, announced in a press conference on 24 April that “next week, we will be signing the agreement with F1” when questioned about the future of the …Keep reading
Succession planning trips up many business leaders. Captains of industry, along with politicians and monarchs, naturally see themselves as irreplaceable – and, indeed, regard potential successors as threats to their eternal dominion.For many years in Formula 1, anyone identified by the media or insiders as “the next Bernie Ecclestone” immediately needed to keep their head down.Dr …Keep reading
The FIA, Formula 1 and its teams have discussed mechanisms in the 2026 engine regulations to allow trailing manufacturers to catch up, while investigating solutions to avoid a repeat of the Japanese Grand Prix grass fire incidents.The 2026 engine rules were a key point on the agenda of the latest meeting of the F1 Commission on Thursday in Geneva, amid concerns over the new regulations blowing …Keep reading
Alex Albon is having a great start to the 2025 Formula 1 season, picking up points at four out of five grands prix.Now, the Williams driver says his team is making the most of its current form, as it knows that in F1 an advantage doesn’t usually last forever. The British squad is currently in the midst of its best start to an F1 season in almost a decade. Williams is comfortably fifth …Keep reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli – 6th, 38 pointsIf 2025 was supposed to be a learning year for Andrea Kimi Antonelli before firing on full cylinders when Formula 1’s new regulations come online, then the 18-year-old has definitely been drinking from a firehose of information over the past five grands prix, trading more messy weekends with races where he has shown his innate class.The race on …Keep reading