The way Oscar Piastri lost the Formula 1 world championship lead means he may have grown complacent, Jacques Villeneuve has suggested.Piastri led the standings for 15 consecutive rounds, with his advantage reaching 34 points over McLaren team-mate Lando Norris and 104 points over Max Verstappen after his Dutch Grand PrixContinue Reading
While the Mexican Grand Prix offered a rare mix of strategies, many of the recent races have followed a familiar pattern. George Russell described F1 as a race to Turn 1, with dirty air becoming more of a factor again and teams favouring the most conservative strategy – the one-stop. ThisContinue Reading
“It’s just very difficult, super low grip. I feel like I could drive a road car quicker than we drive at the minute…”This is how unhappy Lando Norris was with his McLaren Formula 1 car after practice for the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.The Nevadan race turned out to beContinue Reading
Four hours, four minutes, 37 seconds. The Canadian Grand Prix of 2011 is famed for two things: one, being Formula 1’s longest-ever race (a record that will likely never be beaten), and two, Jenson Button’s unlikely victory after falling to the back of the field.It’s considered as Button’s best race,Continue Reading
The FIA has denied claims from its Mexican body that Liam Lawson was to blame for his near-miss with marshals during the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix weekend.On lap three during last Sunday’s contest, the Racing Bulls driver encountered two marshals on the track near Turn 3 after they wereContinue Reading
Felipe Massa’s legal counsel has asserted that Formula 1’s leadership was involved in a “deliberate concealment” of Nelson Piquet Jr’s 2008 Singapore Grand Prix crash, as part of Massa’s case disputing that year’s title.Massa had filed a lawsuit against the FIA, Formula One Management (FOM), and Bernie Ecclestone seeking damagesContinue Reading
Our headset crackles as the first radio message heralds the start of activity. “30 seconds”, a voice on the other end says, before the start of the practice session is accompanied by “Cars on track”. It’s Friday afternoon in the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, and we are standing onContinue Reading
The 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has hit back at suggestions Yuki Tsunoda has been performing better in Formula 1, suggesting Red Bull has been “overprotecting” him.Although he’s down 21-0 to Max Verstappen in their qualifying head-to-head, Tsunoda had one of his best performances so far at the Mexico GrandContinue Reading
As early as the eve of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella warned of the spectre of the inevitable Max Verstappen inserting himself into what looked like an intra-team Formula 1 title battle between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.Stella would soon be proved right, through a combinationContinue Reading
Mexico’s motorsport federation has blamed Liam Lawson’s near-miss with marshals at Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix on his alleged failure to sufficiently slow down under a double yellow flag.The marshals’ intervention aimed at clearing debris from the collision between the Racing Bulls driver and Carlos Sainz on lap 1. TheContinue Reading