A car that’s quick but difficult to drive: this has become a familiar refrain up and down the grid in the final season of Formula 1’s current ground-effect ruleset.Lando Norris struggled with graining in the sprint race in China, labouring to eighth place after dropping three positions on the opening lap, and then had a messy qualifying en route to fourth on the grid. By contrast …Keep reading
Patience is a virtue, but who has got the time? Not Liam Lawson, who suffered another disastrous qualifying session in which he finished last while team-mate Max Verstappen extracted fourth out of the difficult-to-handle Red Bull.Read Also: Formula 1What’s going wrong for Lawson at Red Bull Lawson knows this full well, being acutely aware of the chequered history of …Keep reading
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri had a surprise rival for pole position at Formula 1’s 2025 Chinese Grand Prix in Mercedes driver George Russell, but the data behind the headline times show that the first-time pole-winner was ultimately unbeatable.Both of Piastri’s laps would’ve netted pole position, which was eventually set at 1m30.641s, with Lando Norris third in the other McLaren.Norris …Keep reading
The 2025 Formula 1 season is not even two rounds old and already Red Bull is facing the same questions it pondered for the majority of last season.It has a peaky car that only Max Verstappen can master, while new team-mate Liam Lawson is already feeling the weight of expectation that comes with being a Red Bull driver.So, how does Red Bull resolve the situation? Our writers offer their …Keep reading
Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari’s qualifying display is a true indication of its current Formula 1 performance levels, with Lewis Hamilton’s sprint race victory at the Chinese Grand Prix an outlier.Hamilton sprung a surprise on Friday when he took pole position for the sprint, which he then converted into victory for his first win for Ferrari, having struggled during the opening race in …Keep reading
Williams has been fined €50,000, with €40,000 suspended, for failing to install SD cards in onboard cameras after a mix-up with the FIA.The British squad fell foul of “failing to provide the video files recorded by the wireless forward and rearward facing cameras in the specified timescale.” Specifically, this is a breach of Articles 12.2.1 i, after a technical directive was sent to …Keep reading
It’s very early days. F1’s 2025 season has only just started. But making an impression in a Formula 1 paddock is somewhat similar to a date: the initial impact really matters. You screw the first few lines during a dinner at a restaurant, and it’s almost impossible to recover. You get knocked out in the first segment in qualifying two times in a row while driving one of the best cars on the …Keep reading
Lando Norris seemed to roll a grenade under the door during a press conference ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix when he said he had effectively given up persuading his McLaren team to design a car which suits his preferred attacking style.Since the MCL39 was the benchmark car at the season opener – Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri would likely have finished 1-2 had Piastri not spun – this …Keep reading
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording report from the Shanghai International Circuit to review Friday’s sprint qualifying session for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix.In a surprise, it’s a sprint pole for Lewis Hamilton, the oldest pole of any F1 format since Nigel Mansell in 1994. Alex and Ronald explain why the “peaky” nature of the Ferrari may have helped Lewis to pole and the “mega” …Keep reading
A little-known FIA system was behind the decision to send recovery vehicles on-track during Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix, according to information gathered by Autosport.The incident in the Melbourne race produced a notable split in opinion, with many observers puzzled as to how the scenes had unfolded while the drivers were unconcerned. The discussion arose after Fernando Alonso crashed …Keep reading