Recent changes to the Mercedes 2025 Formula 1 car may be to blame for the team’s drop in form, according to trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin, who theorises this is hurting rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli more than his more experienced team-mate. Antonelli has endured a miserable run of form over the lastContinue Reading
Turkish motorsport officials are aiming to clinch a long-term return of Formula 1 to Istanbul, and are prepared to step in and host a grand prix as early as 2026 if required. Turkey hosted F1 annually between 2005 and 2011 at Istanbul Park, a Hermann Tilke-designed venue on the Asian sideContinue Reading
Formula 1 confirmed its 2026 calendar last month, but Turkish Grand Prix bosses are ready to step in and host a race as early as next year if any event is forced to cancel. Istanbul Park was recently transferred to TOSFED, the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation, with federation president Eren UclertopragiContinue Reading
After receiving the latest-spec floor on his Red Bull RB21, Yuki Tsunoda was delighted to qualify seventh in Belgium – his first appearance in Q3 since the Miami GP weekend more than two months ago. He held on to that position at the belated start of the race but then, apparentlyContinue Reading
It’s the final race before the summer break, the Hungarian Grand Prix! In this video, we break down the Hungaroring. SourceContinue Reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli revealed Lewis Hamilton paid him an uplifting visit following the Formula 1 rookie’s poor showing in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. Antonelli was outqualified by Mercedes team-mate George Russell for the eighth time in a row on Saturday, again failing to emerge out of Q1 as he tookContinue Reading
As McLaren’s intra-team title rivalry heats up, these are the three key phases that enabled Oscar Piastri to defeat Lando Norris in a closely contested Belgian Grand Prix.Piastri’s Eau Rouge braveryThe main turning point of the race was obviously the rolling start after four laps behind the safety car, withContinue Reading
Heavy rain in the morning triggered flashbacks of 2021 for many in the Spa-Francorchamps paddock. Back then, unrelenting rain in the Ardennes resulted in a “race” of just two laps behind the safety car. Four years on, a repeat of that scenario was avoided – but the race was farContinue Reading
In the 80-minute interregnum between FIA race control red-flagging proceedings in Belgium at the end of the formation lap behind the safety car and the race finally getting under way – albeit under neutralised conditions again – there was plenty of time for commentators and fans alike to tap theirContinue Reading
It’s well known that an often-brutal power struggle has been in raging behind the scenes at Red Bull for the past 18 months. But who was it who finally won out and pulled the plug on Christian Horner?Step forward Oliver Mintzlaff, one of the company’s three CEOs appointed as part ofContinue Reading