When the first attempt at starting Sunday’s MotoGP Americas GP was red-flagged, and then restarted with everybody allowed to change to their ‘dry’ bikes, massive anger broke out in the Trackhouse Aprilia pit. Team principal Davide Brivio was incensed that his rider Ai Ogura – one of three to have already fitted slicks on the grid – would not get the reward for taking that …Keep reading
The saga surrounding Yuki Tsunoda’s promotion and Liam Lawson’s demotion to Racing Bulls is thus: for years now, around and through Max Verstappen’s four world titles, Red Bull has been a one-car Formula 1 squad.Since Daniel Ricciardo’s exit from the peak of his F1 career in 2018, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Sergio Perez and now Lawson have tried and failed to cope with driving a car …Keep reading
Whether a nod to history and heritage, a sample of the weather seasons or simply a social media April Fool’s Day post, the topic of liveries ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix has been loquacious.Yuki Tsunoda’s promotion to the parent Red Bull team in place of Liam Lawson has dominated the headlines, but so has the fact the local favourite will make his debut in a special white car.A …Keep reading
The early signs have been positive for Lewis Hamilton. While the team has not been able to execute either race weekend in Australia and China perfectly, Hamilton took his first sprint pole and victory in Shanghai as a welcome boost to his stint with the Italian powerhouse.Hamilton has spoken at length about how he is still getting up to speed to extract the maximum out of the 2025 car, which …Keep reading
The man himself frames it as fate. After an often frustrating four-year Formula 1 apprenticeship with Red Bull’s junior team, during which the prospect of promotion diminished and then seemed to vanish entirely, Yuki Tsunoda is now where he thinks he always should have been.Trouble is, that’s what the driver he is replacing thought. And the one before him. And – rinse and …Keep reading
Victor Martins has joined the Williams Racing Driver Academy following his recent exit from Alpine’s counterpart.Martins had been part of the Enstone-based programme in 2018-19, then from 2021-24, with a one-year hiatus when he narrowly lost the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup title – and his spot in the academy – to Oscar Piastri.Although he was eventually crowned in FR Eurocup, as …Keep reading
Aston Martin is set to sell a stake in the Aston Martin Formula 1 team in order to commit an extra £52.5million into the car business.The company cut 170 jobs last month after fewer cars were sold in 2023. This was put down to production delays and it eventually led to debts of over £1billion.Stroll’s investment has been done through his Yew Tree Consortium, which bought a stake in …Keep reading
There’s another common denominator beyond Lando Norris on the first two grand prix podiums of 2025: George Russell. He was third in both the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix – and yet, as with Orson Welles in The Third Man, the spotlight has flitted over him briefly before alighting on other targets.Principally that’s because he extracted the maximum from his Mercedes in both races …Keep reading
The FIA has given a further clarification over its decision to keep tightening Formula 1’s rear wing deflection tests, and defended the delay of its stricter front wing tests until the Spanish Grand Prix.Over the last few years exploiting aero-elasticity has emerged as a key tool to keep this generation of ground-effect cars balanced between faster and slower speed corners, so much so that …Keep reading
Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso – in his 22nd Formula 1 campaign – is still encountering a new experience. It’s not just the six rookie racers on the 2025 grid. In Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto, he’s racing his own official protege.Since 2023, Bortoleto has been a part of Alonso’s A14 driver management stable.This is run by Albert Resclosa Coll and Alberto Fernandez Albilares …Keep reading