Formula 1 hosts its penultimate round of the 2025 season this weekend with the Qatar Grand Prix, where Lando Norris could clinch a maiden world title.The McLaren driver simply needs to outscore team-mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull world champion Max Verstappen by at least two points to do so – but it may not be as easy as it seems.That’s because last weekend the McLaren pair was …Keep reading
Max Verstappen reckons Oscar Piastri should have told McLaren to “F off” had he been asked to support team-mate Lando Norris in his bid to become Formula 1 world champion.The 2025 season has featured a year-long title battle between the McLaren pair, in which for most of it Piastri held the upper hand, until a late-season collapse has made Norris the favourite.Norris leads the …Keep reading
Carlos Sainz suggested that the addition of two or three recent ex-Formula 1 drivers to the stewarding panel would dispel the need for the controversial driving guidelines, based on his approval of broadcasters’ analysis of recent incidents.The drivers and the FIA will table a discussion on Thursday evening over the state of F1’s driving guidelines, with Sainz suggesting that the application …Keep reading
Double Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso reckons Adrian Newey becoming the Aston Martin team principal in 2026 is a ‘logical step’ for the Silverstone squad.Aston Martin confirmed a restructuring on Wednesday, as Newey will move from managing technical partner to team boss with incumbent Andy Cowell becoming chief strategy officer. It comes after a disappointing season for the …Keep reading
Cadillac’s Graeme Lowdon was encouraged by Sergio Perez’s first test with Formula 1’s new team for 2026, saying the Mexican veteran is “re-entering Formula 1 with exactly the right attitude”.Two weeks ago at Imola, Perez took the wheel of a 2023 Ferrari car, which the Scuderia loaned to its 2026 power unit customer as Cadillac aimed to get its trackside crew race-ready for its debut …Keep reading
Aston Martin has named Adrian Newey as its new Formula 1 team principal for the 2026 season.The legendary engineer, who joined Aston Martin as managing technical partner on 1 March, will step into his new role as Andy Cowell moves on to a chief strategy officer position.This restructure was described as a “mutual decision” by ambitious team owner Lawrence Stroll and will likely end …Keep reading
Mercedes Formula 1 trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has explained Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s marginal jump start in the Las Vegas Grand Prix.Antonelli was detected as moving before the five lights went out in the Nevadan race, though the jump start was not strikingly obvious on the broadcast.The penalty nearly cost him a podium after his strong recovery from 17th on the grid …Keep reading
Yuki Tsunoda has been having a tough Formula 1 season at Red Bull, and that makes his Las Vegas mishap all the more difficult to take.Tsunoda is 24-0 down on Max Verstappen in their qualifying head-to-head, but was a striking 3.340s slower than his team-mate in the wet Nevadan session.It emerged that Red Bull set up wrong tyre pressures on its second car, with team boss Laurent Mekies …Keep reading
Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles will return to endurance racing when he contests the 2025 Gulf 12 Hours with Garage 59 on 14 December. The 46-year-old last raced competitively in 2022 when he entered all four rounds of the Asian Le Mans Series with the Garage 59 squad, aboard its McLaren 720S GT3.Vowles will race the Evo spec of that McLaren this December at Yas Marina Circuit, which …Keep reading
Opinions may still be divided, but following a disrupted, over-the-top start in 2023, Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix is slowly but surely hitting the right notes.F1 has yet to provide official attendance figures beyond labelling the race as being “sold out”. It is not clear if that means the event is up from last year’s figure of 306,000, which was a decline from 315,000 in year one. But it …Keep reading