Forget the effect of McLaren’s double disqualification in Las Vegas on the three-way battle for the drivers’ championship. Adrian Newey’s appointment as team principal of Aston Martin F1 was the hot topic on opening day in the Losail paddock.This may indeed have been the point: rumours that Andy Cowell wasContinue Reading
There will be no immediate changes to the driving standards guidelines document for the final two rounds of the championship, the governing body confirmed in its statement. The list of recommendations for FIA stewards will remain as is for now.The much-anticipated meeting took place at the Losail circuit on ThursdayContinue Reading
With just two race weekends remaining, Max Verstappen is fully back in the F1 title fight. It’s partly thanks to McLaren’s double disqualification in Las Vegas, with the team proving additional explanation during the F1 media day in Qatar. Where exactly did Andrea Stella’s team get it wrong, and howContinue Reading
When asked by Autosport after the Las Vegas Grand Prix if he managed to take any satisfaction from a comeback race as he charged from last to the points, his reply was “zero”.The rest of his offerings were hard to discern in the noisy Vegas paddock, as the longer hisContinue Reading
Formula 1 hosts its penultimate round of the 2025 season this weekend with the Qatar Grand Prix, where Lando Norris could clinch a maiden world title.The McLaren driver simply needs to outscore team-mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull world champion Max Verstappen by at least two points to do soContinue Reading
Max Verstappen reckons Oscar Piastri should have told McLaren to “F off” had he been asked to support team-mate Lando Norris in his bid to become Formula 1 world champion.The 2025 season has featured a year-long title battle between the McLaren pair, in which for most of it Piastri heldContinue Reading
Carlos Sainz suggested that the addition of two or three recent ex-Formula 1 drivers to the stewarding panel would dispel the need for the controversial driving guidelines, based on his approval of broadcasters’ analysis of recent incidents.The drivers and the FIA will table a discussion on Thursday evening over theContinue Reading
Double Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso reckons Adrian Newey becoming the Aston Martin team principal in 2026 is a ‘logical step’ for the Silverstone squad.Aston Martin confirmed a restructuring on Wednesday, as Newey will move from managing technical partner to team boss with incumbent Andy Cowell becoming chief strategyContinue Reading
Lando Norris says he now sees Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri as an “equal threat” after being disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix, while Piastri says the result is a “net negative” despite being closer to the top of the Formula 1 drivers’ world championship standings.Norris and Piastri wereContinue Reading
Lando Norris says he now sees Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri as an “equal threat” after being disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix, while Piastri says the result is a “net negative” despite being closer to the top of the Formula 1 drivers’ world championship standings.Norris and Piastri wereContinue Reading