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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Sergio Perez has revealed the moment it became clear his Red Bull Racing exit was inevitable.After joining the team in 2021, following previous stints with Sauber, McLaren, Force India and Racing Point, Perez struggled to extract the same level of performance from the Red Bull cars as his world champion Read more…
Sergio Perez revealed he has been approached by some Formula 1 teams since leaving the championship at the end of the 2024 season – but he needs a project which motivates him.The six-time grand prix winner partnered Max Verstappen at Red Bull from 2021 to 2024, but a poor final Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 – Read more…
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 Read more…