F1 Belgian GP: Piastri wins uneventful Spa race after demoting Norris at start
Oscar Piastri led home Lando Norris for his sixth win of the 2025 Formula 1 season as McLaren scored another 1-2 at a wet-to-dry Belgian Grand Prix.On diverging strategies, Piastri made a one-stop from intermediates to medium tyres work to keep a chasing Norris at bay on a drying track,Continue Reading
F1 Belgian GP start delayed as rain hits Spa
Formula 1 race control has red-flagged the Belgian Grand Prix before the start due to poor weather conditions around Spa-Francorchamps.As the anticipated rain showers hit the Ardennes hills on Sunday, drivers started the formation lap for the 44-lap race on Pirelli’s intermediate tyres.But, due to poor visibility and heavy sprayContinue Reading
F1 bracing for intense rain ahead of Belgian GP race start
Formula 1 teams are bracing for a wet start to Sunday afternoon’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, with an 80% chance of intense rain showers around the race’s planned start time.The skies above the Belgian Ardennes opened up on Sunday morning as expected, with a huge downpour forcing the FIAContinue Reading
F1 bracing for intense rain ahead of Belgian GP race start
Formula 1 teams are bracing for a wet start to Sunday afternoon’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, with an 80% chance of intense rain showers around the race’s planned start time.The skies above the Belgian Ardennes opened up on Sunday morning as expected, with a huge downpour forcing the FIAContinue Reading
How Jaguar’s departing ace banished memories of last year’s London misery
Four wins in five races was not how most pictured the end of this season for Jaguar in Formula E. Although proceedings started with a high, after an epic last-to-first charge up the grid for Mitch Evans in Sao Paulo, things took a turn for the reigning teams’ champion andContinue Reading
Verstappen rules out fighting McLaren for F1 title: ‘When I watch their onboards, I know enough’
Max Verstappen is convinced McLaren will remain out of reach in the 2025 Formula 1 season as one of Red Bull’s final upgrade packages hasn’t solved its car’s core issues.Verstappen kept himself in the mix at Spa-Francorchamps by splitting the McLarens in sprint qualifying, and used his low-downforce set-up toContinue Reading
Hamilton, Antonelli, Alonso and Sainz to start F1 Belgian GP from pitlane
Lewis Hamilton, Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Fernando Alonso have all installed new power unit components on their Formula 1 cars, while Carlos Sainz has made car set-up changes, forcing them into pitlane starts at the Belgian Grand Prix.The first three mentioned suffered an early qualifying exit in Q1 on Saturday,Continue Reading
“I was pretty low on Monday” – why F1 success doesn’t equal happiness for Norris
“Oh, what’s the bloody point?”The famous but enigmatic last words the actor and wit Kenneth Williams committed to his diaries were recently echoed by the world’s most successful golfer Scottie Scheffler. And these sentiments have chimed with Formula 1 drivers’ championship frontrunner Lando Norris.“This is not a fulfilling life,” SchefflerContinue Reading
Verstappen: I’m powerless against McLaren in F1 Belgian GP – even more so in the rain
Max Verstappen fears he won’t be able to threaten McLaren in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix, with his Red Bull expected to struggle – even more so in the rain.Verstappen won Saturday’s dry sprint race, having snatched the lead away from Oscar Piastri on the Kemmel Straight before making theContinue Reading
McLaren F1 drivers ordered to “minimise trouble” on lap one of Belgian GP
Saturday’s sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps confirmed McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri’s claim that pole position at this circuit isn’t necessarily ideal. But there his chief battle on the opening lap was with receding title rival Max Verstappen.In the grand prix both McLaren drivers will start on the front row, withContinue Reading