If the fingers-in-the-air guesstimations are correct, Apple’s new five-year deal to carry Formula 1 on its streaming platform is worth around $140million a year. Now, imagine a world in which broadcasting grands prix on TV was considered irksome and even damaging to the business. Bernie Ecclestone remains a polarising figure, but itContinue Reading
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes he handled the 2026 Formula 1 driver market “in the most straightforward and fair way”.That’s despite Wolff wooing four-time world champion Max Verstappen until it emerged that the Red Bull driver would be unable to activate a performance clause to exit his Red BullContinue Reading
Nico Hulkenberg’s journey to a surprise fourth place in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix sprint hinted that Sauber had been aggressive with its ride heights for the 19-lap race on Saturday, as the German felt he’d hit “the sweet spot” with his set-up.Having been concerned that his route toContinue Reading
Formula 1 team principals have hailed the world championship’s new United States broadcasting deal with Apple TV, which they believe can unlock even more potential in America.Apple’s F1 deal was announced on Friday, with the brand taking over from ESPN from 2026 onwards on the back of its successful F1Continue Reading
Max Verstappen topped the times at the Circuit of the Americas on Friday in the first of two Formula 1 qualifying sessions this weekend – another sign of Red Bull’s recent progress with the RB21. Heading into the race weekend, team boss Laurent Mekies suggested that Austin’s medium-speed corners would suit McLarenContinue Reading
McLaren boss Zak Brown has rejected claims his team will favour either one of Oscar Piastri or Lando Norris in the 2025 Formula 1 title fight – claiming Max Verstappen is “too close for comfort”. The British outfit has dominated the season and it clinched the constructors’ crown with six roundsContinue Reading
McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andrea Stella says Max Verstappen’s Austin sprint pole confirms Red Bull can now win everywhere, but in the Texas heat the Italian still thinks McLaren has an ace up its sleeve.In sprint qualifying McLaren’s Lando Norris led Max Verstappen in the first two qualifying segments runContinue Reading
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko concedes that Max Verstappen “needs some help from McLaren” to secure an outside-bet fifth Formula 1 title in 2025 – an eventuality he teasingly suggested was not impossible.Verstappen sits 63 points away from Oscar Piastri’s championship lead, although has an opportunity to make a smallContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has secured a sprint race pole at Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix, beating McLaren pairing Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Austin.At a sunny and warm Circuit of the Americas, Red Bull’s reigning world champion unleashed a scorching first and third sector to demote Norris his poleContinue Reading
Zak Brown revealed Lando Norris will only receive a “minor consequence” for colliding into his Formula 1 team-mate Oscar Piastri during the Singapore Grand Prix – and stressed it will all remain private.Norris overtook Piastri for third on lap one at Marina Bay last time out, but did so byContinue Reading