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…
Yuki Tsunoda says he is targeting a podium spot at next week’s Japanese Grand Prix as he reacts to his shock Red Bull switch for the remainder of the 2025 Formula 1 season.As anticipated by Autosport in China last weekend, Red Bull confirmed on Thursday that it would promote Tsunoda Read more…
You never knew what he was going to say next. This, depending on the circumstances, could be either the worry or the joy of dealing with Eddie Jordan. It was usually the latter, given his love of being a renegade with a fast tongue; a chancer with an eye for Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
When Romain Grosjean’s Haas car split in two and burst into flames during the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, it was the titanium halo that ultimately saved his life. But what few people know is that a groundbreaking welding technique played a crucial role in making the halo strong enough to Read more…