Hyundai insists it has made the “better choice” to contest next week’s Safari Rally Kenya without its much anticipated 2025 car update package that debuted in Sweden last month.The South Korean manufacturer will head to Africa for the toughest event on the WRC calendar with a trio of i20 NContinue Reading
Red Bull is pinning its Australian Grand Prix hopes on Sunday’s forecast rain and Max Verstappen’s proven ability to drag maximum performance out of whatever car he’s driving.That was the verdict of the team’s long-time ‘driver advisor’, Helmut Marko, after a practice session in which both Red Bull drivers wereContinue Reading
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has revealed he will visit Thailand after the Australian Grand Prix for talks over a potential race in Bangkok.The current F1 calendar is the most packed it has ever been, with 24 grands prix slated for the 2025 season which gets under way in MelbourneContinue Reading
Liam Lawson’s maiden grand prix weekend with Red Bull got off to a shaky start as he closed out Friday’s second practice session 17th fastest and over half a second slower than team-mate Max Verstappen on the same soft tyre compound.“Comfortable, just too slow,” said Lawson to Sky Sports F1.Continue Reading
Lewis Hamilton says he has spent the early part of Formula 1’s 2025 Australian Grand Prix adjusting his driving style to suit the requirements of the Ferrari car package he is currently exploring.In the other SF-25, Charles Leclerc ended the opening day in Melbourne at the head of the times,Continue Reading
Oliver Bearman apologised to his Haas mechanics after a crash during first practice for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix saw the British rookie forced to sit out the second hour on Friday.With a little over 20 minutes remaining of FP1, Bearman took too much kerb and ran wide atContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc led McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in second practice for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix, with Ferrari finally showing more of its new car potential.In the other SF-25, Lewis Hamilton finished fifth behind Racing Bulls driver Yuki Tsunoda, with a 0.4s gap to his session-leading team-mate.Tsunoda,Continue Reading
Williams team principal James Vowles has attributed his squad’s strong early phase of the 2025 Formula 1 year to gains it has made on “low-hanging fruit” developments for its car and factory systems.The British team enjoyed a strong Bahrain pre-season test – finishing with the quickest time overall and competitiveContinue Reading
Aston Martin’s all-new Formula 1 wind tunnel has now been fired up for the team’s development work for the 2025 and 2026 seasons – and team principal Andy Cowell hasn’t ruled out Adrian Newey getting involved in its current-season development.The new wind tunnel has had a lengthy gestation period, withContinue Reading
McLaren’s Lando Norris topped first practice for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix ahead of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, with the action disrupted twice by two red flag stoppages.Leclerc led the first quarter of the one-hour session with an early benchmark of 1m17.880s, as the opening 15 minutes featured bothContinue Reading