The 2025 Formula 1 season is hurtling towards the midway point, with McLaren’s early dominance now being threatened and its drivers crashing in Canada.Having gone well in Austria in recent years, McLaren will be hoping to recorrect its course as others look to show their recent results are not aContinue Reading
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has launched its own driver academy, with Spain’s FIA Formula 3 driver Mari Boya its first recruit.A three-time Spanish karting champion, Boya will be supported by Aston Martin with what the team called a “comprehensive development programme” as he navigates the F1 feeder seriesContinue Reading
At Montreal, Mercedes reintroduced the rear suspension package it debuted at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix that it hoped would cure the rear tyre surface overheating it has experienced with its W16 Formula 1 car this year.Following a difficult debut in Imola, Mercedes put the revised geometry to one sideContinue Reading
Autosport Chief Editor Kevin Turner sits down with Jake Boxall-Legge and Stuart Codling to preview this weekend’s Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix.The trio review a busy week of news, with James Vowles in for the long-term at Williams, but Renault CEO Luca De Meo leaving Alpine. What will it doContinue Reading
Mercedes Formula 1 reserve driver Valtteri Bottas has emerged as a leading candidate to join the Cadillac team when it enters the championship next season.Senior figures at the nascent squad are due to be in attendance at the British Grand Prix at the start of next month – including teamContinue Reading
American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge was claimed to be on a mission to transform shopping into an enjoyable experience when he opened his Oxford Street emporium in 1909. Among the first attractions to be displayed in store, alongside consumer goods, was the aeroplane in which aviation pioneer Louis BleriotContinue Reading
A new report of the impact of Motorsport Valley has been published, showing increased growth over the past decade.The Motorsport Industry Association review, conducted by Grant Thornton, highlights the global importance of Motorsport Valley – the area in the United Kingdom where seven of the 10 teams competing in theContinue Reading
Reigning Super Formula champion Sho Tsuboi hopes Toyota’s partnership with the Haas Formula 1 team could result in an opportunity to fulfil a long-held dream of testing grand prix machinery.Tsuboi has been tipped as a likely candidate to get mileage as part of Haas’s TPC programme with previous-generation F1 carsContinue Reading
At racing speeds, one of Pirelli’s blue-sidewalled ‘wet’ tyres can displace a remarkable 85 litres of water per second. The problem is that you’re more likely to see a blue moon than witness an F1 wet tyre operating at racing speeds. That amount of water being displaced at all four cornersContinue Reading
In terms of points on the board – which convert into dollars in the coffers once Formula 1’s prize funds are dished out – Gabriel Bortoleto has yet to deliver on his considerable early promise. Only two other drivers – Jack Doohan and Franco Colapinto – are also on zeroContinue Reading