Ferrari lost more ground to Mercedes and Red Bull in the Formula 1 constructors’ championship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished sixth and 10th on the road, Hamilton having had to fight his way through from last on the grid after being slowest in qualifying. Though the blow might seem to have been softened slightly by both drivers gaining places through …Keep reading
McLaren’s double disqualification at Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix has opened the door ajar for Max Verstappen in the 2025 title fight. In Qatar, Lando Norris can slam it shut again.After a long stewards’ hearing on Saturday night, McLaren was finally excluded from the Las Vegas Grand Prix for excessive plank wear.It was a minimal transgression – we’re talking tenths of a millimetre …Keep reading
Yuki Tsunoda has claimed everything is going against him, following further hardship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix amid a tough Formula 1 season.Tsunoda qualified 19th after Red Bull made a mistake with his tyre pressures in qualifying, and the team decided to breach parc ferme to tweak his set-up and give him a new power unit for the race.Starting from the pitlane, the Japanese racer pitted …Keep reading
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has not ruled out the possibility of MotoGP hosting races on some of the street circuits featured on the Formula 1 calendar.MotoGP is at a pivotal moment following the acquisition of its promoter Dorna Sports by Liberty Media, the same media company that owns F1 outright.The move has naturally generated a lot of anticipation around the possibility of both series …Keep reading
McLaren suffered a blow at the Las Vegas Grand Prix with its double disqualification, as Max Verstappen closed to 24 points off Formula 1 world championship leader Lando Norris and drew level with Oscar Piastri.Verstappen’s win, coupled with no points for the McLaren pair due to being disqualified for excessive plank wear, has cranked extra pressure on the Woking team ahead of the final two …Keep reading
Pirelli has finalised its five tyre compounds for the 2026 F1 season, deciding against brining its sixth extra soft compound that was introduced this year.The Italian manufacturer has been working on a range of tyres for the 2026 regulations, which prescribe front tyres that are 25mm narrower than the current specification, while the rears will be made 30mm narrower, in an effort to help save …Keep reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli has explained he “didn’t really feel” the forward movement that constituted his jump start at Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.After qualifying down in 17th on a poor Friday, Antonelli got a penalty for that jump start. Five seconds were added to his race time as his only pitstop occurred on lap two, before the stewards were able to adjudicate.Asked what …Keep reading
Ferrari’s Formula 1 team boss Fred Vasseur has responded to Lewis Hamilton’s extreme pessimism following the Las Vegas Grand Prix, saying everybody must “calm down”. The seven-time world champion crossed the line in 10th on Saturday night after starting on the back row following a disastrous qualifying, in which he failed to set a lap at the end of a wet Q1. Although Hamilton …Keep reading
McLaren has apologised to its drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for its costly double disqualification at Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, as it explained what went wrong.Norris and Piastri finished second and fifth respectively on the streets of Las Vegas, before both drivers were thrown out of the results for excessive plank wear.McLaren exhaustively attempted to argue to the …Keep reading
Two races after Formula 1 race control drew criticism for a close call between two marshals and Liam Lawson at the Mexico Grand Prix, the timing of a marshal intervention during a race again became a contentious topic in Las Vegas.After a multi-car clash at the start of the Vegas night race left debris strewn into the Turn 1 run-off area, marshals were deployed from the marshal post on the …Keep reading