Poker players have a word for Lando Norris’s response to adversity: “leaky”. In a game of bluff and counter-bluff, allowing emotions to manifest outwardly is certainly a disadvantage and a weakness.Is it also the case in a Formula 1 driver? There are those who would argue so, saying this isContinue Reading
When a 19-year-old Pedro Acosta made his MotoGP debut last season, many saw shades of Marc Marquez in him. After all, the KTM rookie showed many of the qualities Marquez had displayed over a decade earlier when he entered the premier class in 2013, fresh off a Moto2 title.Like theContinue Reading
F1 Academy’s Netflix series F1: The Academy is set to launch globally on 28 May 2025, produced by Hello Sunshine, actor Reese Witherspoon’s production company.The docuseries follows F1 Academy’s all-female grid through the 2024 season, allowing viewers to go behind the scenes in the paddock, and glimpse the personal lives ofContinue Reading
After the first-lap safety car at Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, three cars chose to take a strategic gamble and make their tyre switches there and then: Esteban Ocon, Gabriel Bortoleto, and Jack Doohan.The three had all started on the medium tyre, but made the swap to ensure theyContinue Reading
American automotive giant General Motors has been approved as a Formula 1 engine supplier for the 2029 season. The company will field the Cadillac F1 team from 2026, with the outfit running American-made power units from 2029 onwards. Formula 1’s governing body the FIA officially approved GM Performance Power Units LLCContinue Reading
Sixteen Australians have started world championship grands prix since 1950. Six have taken podiums, five have won races and two became world champions, with Oscar Piastri’s strong position at McLaren raising the possibility of a third.There have been several Australian talents who made it to F1 but didn’t get decentContinue Reading
Porsche has left the door open on Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein making an early World Endurance Championship debut at Spa ahead of his maiden Le Mans 24 Hours.Porsche Penske Motorsport boss Jonathan Diuguid has revealed that a final decision has yet to be made on whether Wehrlein will beContinue Reading
British Rally Championship winner and M-Sport founder Malcolm Wilson has been nominated by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem as his preferred candidate to succeed Robert Reid as the governing body’s deputy president for sport.Members will vote on this at the extraordinary general assemblies and conference in Macau in June.Reid resignedContinue Reading
Formula 1 will not return to V10 engines or any naturally aspirated powertrains in the near future, with the F1 Commission confirming its commitment to the power unit regulations that will come into force next season.Those regulations were discussed and approved by the FIA back in 2022, while engine manufacturersContinue Reading
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has suggested he’d like to see more contention over the technical regulations in the championship, labelling a handful of examples from his own time at Ferrari as moments of “spice”.In his previous role at the Maranello company, which encompassed roles in the commercial department beforeContinue Reading