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
Every time I saw Eddie, he’d say, ‘I made you!’, which goes all the way back to Formula 3. I knew of his own racing – he wasn’t a bad driver – and at the end of 1986 I saw him at the Grovewood Awards. He said, ‘Has anyone signed you yet?’ and I said no, so basically on the back of a napkin we did a deal.He had backing from Stelrad so had about Read more…
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording report from the Shanghai International Circuit to review media day for the 2025 F1 Chinese Grand Prix, and it begins on a sombre note as the series pays tribute to Eddie Jordan, the former team boss of Jordan and broadcaster who passed away this morning at the age of 76 after a year-long battle with cancer.The duo then talk about the big press conference …Keep reading
Pull the 21 April 1988 edition of Autosport from the archives and you’ll find an image of Johnny Herbert, arm aloft in triumph, crossing the finishing line in the opening round of the International F3000 season at Jerez. In a stark visual echo of the white border around the photo, Johnny’s Eddie Jordan Racing-entered Reynard 88D is also almost completely white, bereft of sponsor logos but for …Keep reading
The usual caveats applied when it came to Haas’ pre-season testing pace – or so it seemed at the time. After it spent last year’s Formula 1 test in Bahrain doing nothing except running at full fuel loads to quell its greedy streak with tyres, Haas rocked up in the opening race with a good level of pace and had ensconced itself in the midfield fight over sixth in the championship.It was assumed …Keep reading
Formula 1 has picked off in Shanghai where it left off in Melbourne – with McLaren’s rivals wondering just how far they are behind the championship’s leading car.The wet race in Australia – wild and wonderful though it was – actually made the formbook harder to read.Ferrari never got a chance to show if it could recover from its poor qualifying and while Max Verstappen hauled Red …Keep reading