When Isack Hadjar was given the nod to move up from F2 to F1 with Racing Bulls there was a slightly sniffy air around Red Bull’s management, as if he were not Mr Right but Mr You’ll Do, since there was a space to be filled.Hadjar seemed to confirm thatContinue Reading
It was another patience-testing year for Pierre Gasly and Alpine, since the new A525 hadn’t been enough of a step from 2024’s problematic machinery.Yet the Frenchman came out of the year smelling of roses, having dragged the pink-and-blue lump to Q3 on 10 occasions and scoring all of its 22Continue Reading
Until this season, Nico Hulkenberg was the owner of one of F1’s least-coveted records: the most grand prix starts without finishing on the podium. Now a veteran aged 38, the German has always deserved better than this but is one of those drivers whose moves have taken him to theContinue Reading
Denny Hamlin was the story throughout the 2025 NASCAR Cup season, and not just because he led the field with six wins. He nearly won the Daytona 500 for a fourth time, but got wrecked while battling for the lead with half a lap to go. He was at theContinue Reading
As the 2024-25 Formula E season reached its halfway point, it felt inevitable that Oliver Rowland would win the drivers’ title with Nissan. He was on a sensational run of form, something that hadn’t been seen in the highly competitive field of drivers in years, and made it look easyContinue Reading
Was Robert Kubica the best Ferrari driver over the full course of the 2025 World Endurance Championship? Probably not. But did he stand head and shoulders above the others when it mattered most? Absolutely.The Pole was in superlative form at the double-points Le Mans 24 Hours round as he playedContinue Reading
After taking victory in the Dutch Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri was sitting pretty at the top of the championship. Norris’ retirement from second had put the Briton 34 points behind his team-mate, with Verstappen 104 points behind. A series of stellar victories in the early phases of the season hadContinue Reading
It’s been a nail-biting year for Lando Norris fans, but what else to expect of a driver cut from a very different cloth to stoic ‘alpha males’ such as his friend Max Verstappen? Norris has never been shy about discussing his demons in public, something that has contributed to theContinue Reading
After Ferrari had taken the 2024 constructors’ championship to the wire, with just 14 points between it and eventual winner McLaren after the Abu Dhabi finale, Charles Leclerc expected big things from 2025. Of course, the attention was all on the arrival of Lewis Hamilton, but this suited the MonegasqueContinue Reading
Sebastien Ogier produced arguably the best season of his WRC career to date to equal Sebastien Loeb as a nine-time world champion, and assert himself for many as the greatest rally driver of all time.The feat is even more impressive considering Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais contested only 11 ofContinue Reading