The Formula 1 cost cap has made the news again as the championship’s governing body the FIA released its findings for the 2024 season.It stated that all teams, plus power unit manufacturers, had met the cap but Aston Martin had committed a “procedural breach” regarding the paperwork. But there has been a previous instance in which a team has breached it and received a punishment for doing …Keep reading
Felipe Massa’s case disputing his missed 2008 Formula 1 world title is heading to London court this week with Massa seeking damages at the Royal Courts of Justice.The Brazilian filed a lawsuit against governing body the FIA, commercial rightsholder FOM, and former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone after an interview with the F1-Insider website in 2023.Ecclestone admitted that he and then FIA …Keep reading
Aston Martin Formula 1 junior Jak Crawford will step up to the role of third driver for the Silverstone squad for the 2026 season.The 20-year-old American, who joined Aston’s junior programme last year, will become the team’s official reserve driver after a range of simulator work, private testing and FP1 outings.Aston Martin says Crawford has “accumulated over 2,000km in Formula 1 …Keep reading
The Formula 1 championship battle has turned on its head in just a couple of months. Oscar Piastri has been unable to maintain his comfortable lead over Lando Norris and now finds himself one point behind his team-mate in the standings, with Max Verstappen hot on his heels.Losing that many points in just five races is a worrying sign, but does that mean the Australian is now unable to compete …Keep reading
A post-qualifying meeting can be credited for Oscar Piastri’s performance turnaround in the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix weekend, revealed McLaren team boss Andrea Stella.The 24-year-old finished fifth at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez after a very disappointing qualifying session where he came eighth, but started seventh due to Carlos Sainz’s grid penalty. That is compared to …Keep reading
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has denied that his team’s resurgence late in the 2025 Formula 1 season will come at the expense of a successful 2026 campaign.The Austrian outfit has won three of the past five grands prix through world champion Max Verstappen, which is more victories than Red Bull collected across the first 15 rounds of the year.That can be put down to upgrades Red Bull …Keep reading
Lando Norris has attributed his Mexico Grand Prix victory to a Singapore briefing regarding McLaren’s Formula 1 car.Norris comprehensively dominated the Mexican weekend, taking pole position with a 0.262s margin on second-placed Charles Leclerc, while team-mate Oscar Piastri was six tenths off, before winning the race with a 30s gap to Leclerc.This was statistically the most dominant F1 …Keep reading
George Russell has blasted “lawnmower racing” following opening-lap incidents that may have cost him track position in Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix.Polesitter Lando Norris tackled the first braking zone four-wide alongside Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen, from inside to outside; while the former two stayed on the track, Leclerc and Verstappen ended up cutting Turn 2 …Keep reading
It is 6,100 miles from Monza to the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as the crow flies, but the ripples from the events in the Italian Grand Prix have travelled far. Lando Norris was booed roundly by the crowd throughout the Mexico GP weekend, and not just on the sold-out race day.The Foro Sol stadium section of this circuit has become one of the great cauldrons of motor racing. Cheers erupt from …Keep reading
The FIA says it will investigate Liam Lawson’s close call with two marshals during Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix, and also issued an explanation for a late virtual safety car for Carlos Sainz’s stranded Williams.On lap 3, Liam Lawson suffered a scare when he encountered two marshals on the racing surface near Turn 3.The marshals were deployed to clean up debris left by several Turn 1 …Keep reading