Max Verstappen’s suspicion that something has “gone wrong” with Red Bull’s RB20 explains why the Formula 1 team was experimenting with some older specification parts at Zandvoort last weekend.In an attempt to get to the bottom of what has made its 2024 challenger “more difficult to drive”, Verstappen and team-mate Read more…
In Formula 1 there is no greater competition than that between team-mates as both drivers look to prove their position within the team.Some teams will have clearly defined first and second drivers, but others will allow their racers to compete on an equal footing. Here, the need to come out Read more…
Franco Colapinto is set to make his Formula 1 debut this weekend in the Italian Grand Prix, having replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams for the rest of the season.The 21-year-old has been a Williams Academy driver since his second F3 campaign in 2023 and follows in the footsteps of countrymen Read more…
Formula 1 has been steadily increasing the electrical element of its power units since introducing KERS in 2009 and making the switch from howling 2.4-litre V8s to 1.6-litre hybrid power units in 2014. In the new 2026 regulations, the power split will be 50/50 between the stored electrical energy and the Read more…
For the first time since his home race joined the Formula 1 calendar in 2021, Max Verstappen wasn’t the man to beat in Zandvoort.Verstappen was soundly beaten by McLaren’s Lando Norris in qualifying at the Dutch Grand Prix – to the tune of three tenths – and while another stuttering Read more…
Valtteri Bottas has bemoaned Sauber’s ‘weakest’ performance of the Formula 1 season at the Dutch Grand Prix but hopes the circuit will serve as an “outlier”.The Finn and team-mate Zhou Guanyu failed to make an impression on the battle for points, propping up the field in 19th and 20th at Read more…
Alex Albon reckons a “grey area” over braking in the middle of corners to hold up following cars during races will eventually cause a crash, in response to Kevin Magnussen’s defence at the Dutch Grand Prix.Magnussen was running on a contra-strategy to the majority of the field to get track Read more…
Formula 2 race-winner Franco Colapinto will drive for Williams for the rest of the F1 season as Logan Sargeant’s replacement.Williams has spent the last few days evaluating a driver change, with the squad increasingly frustrated with Sargeant’s performance off the back of yet another high-speed crash during practice for last Read more…
Put the Piz Buin away, folks – the summer break is officially over and done with. The Formula 1 circus returned from its holidays in typically rambunctious fashion, laying down an assortment of storylines to make up for a fallow period in the annual soap opera.For those missing sandy beaches, Read more…
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has insisted his team knows it has “an issue” and needs to improve to fend off the McLaren threat.The reigning world championship-winning team holds a lead of 30 points in the constructors’ standings, while Max Verstappen heads Lando Norris by 70 points in the drivers’ championship.However, Read more…