Every Thursday, the media day in the paddock begins with a roundtable session with Mike Krack and Honda’s chief engineer Shintaro Orihara. Besides the usual questions about power unit driveability and potential upgrades, one topic returns every race weekend: when can we expect an announcement about Fernando Alonso’s future?Krack already Read more
Mercedes’ George Russell was fastest in the first-ever Formula 1 session at the brand-new Madring track – first practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.Twenty out of 22 cars took to the brand-new track within the first 100 seconds of the session, with Nico Hulkenberg and Franco Colapinto emerging some time later.The Read more
Charles Leclerc is still feeling the pain of smiting the wall at the exit of the Parabolica in last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, and the result of the crash is that he will not be able to use Ferrari’s latest Formula 1 engine spec during the Spanish GP.It’s understood Ferrari engineers Read more
“I’ll put my money on a red flag, that’s for sure,” said Pierre Gasly when asked what he thought of Formula 1’s new Madring street circuit.Risk and difficulty level have been the common denominators in conversation with drivers about the Spanish Grand Prix track and its layout. Well perhaps not Lance Read more
Lewis Hamilton says preferential treatment over team-mate Charles Leclerc is not what he’s been asking Ferrari for, despite his position as a potential Formula 1 title contender in 2026.Leclerc’s retirement from the Italian Grand Prix means he’s now 112 points adrift of championship leader Kimi Antonelli, with a maximum of 258 Read more
Fred Vasseur does not deny that there were things to clear up between Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton at Monza and the Ferrari team principal has spoken to both drivers after the Italian Grand Prix, addressing what happened on track as well as some of the comments made.What Vasseur does Read more
Charles Leclerc admitted that he went “too far” when battling against Lewis Hamilton in the opening chicane of Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, and said he and Hamilton have since buried the hatchet over the incident.Leclerc and Hamilton had been side by side through the opening chicane, but the Monegasque Read more
McLaren is parking its H-wing concept for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, with its version of the rotating Formula 1 rear wing set to return in Baku.The Woking-based team had been working on its own interpretation of the rear wing, which rotates 180 degrees between Corner Mode and Read more
Madrid’s 10-year tenure of the Spanish Grand Prix, taking over the moniker from the now biennial Barcelona race, is Formula 1’s latest effort to bring its series to urban population centres.It does so for 57 laps on a two-headed monster of a circuit that will take drivers and teams some Read more
When stars die young, they inevitably become trapped in the popular consciousness in a state of eternal youth, embodying romanticised notions of heroic nobility and sacrifice.For motor racing fans, Gilles Villeneuve’s spectacular and aggressive style came to represent the epitome of what a racing driver should be. His death at the Read more