Ben Hunt, Mark Mann-Bryans and Emily Selleck preview the upcoming Miami Grand Prix weekend on the latest edition of The Outlap. On this week’s episode, the trio discuss pre-weekend favourites McLaren, with Oscar Piastri the centre of attention as Championship leader and the discusses the impact of Piastri’s title campaignContinue Reading
Jonathan Wheatley was in his fourth season of Formula 1 as a mechanic in 1994, having started on Roberto Moreno’s car at Benetton before the Brazilian was ousted in favour of Michael Schumacher.That gave him a ringside seat for the early stages of what was shaping up to be oneContinue Reading
After a brutal stretch of five races in six weeks, teams have been able to take stock and regroup for the second sprint weekend of the year at the Miami Autodrome. Here are the key storylines to look out for.Can Norris regain momentum at the site of his maiden win?OverContinue Reading
It is a quirk of Italian law that, if a fatality occurs, even on a race track, someone must be held responsible. The tragic deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix weekend resonated through the world and put Formula 1 under intense scrutiny.WhileContinue Reading
Jonathan Wheatley is aiming to install a big-team mentality at Sauber before it completes its switch to Audi from 2026 – although the former Red Bull sporting director admits it will take “years” to get to the top of Formula 1.Having left Red Bull two years ago, Wheatley has nowContinue Reading
Formula 1 has signed a fresh three-year contract extension with promoters of the Mexico Grand Prix to keep the race on the calendar until 2028.The 2025 edition of the race at Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is the last one of its current contract, with promotor CIE having to negotiateContinue Reading
In an exclusive interview, James Allen sits down with Racing Bulls Team Principal, Laurent Meikes at the team’s new facility in Milton Keynes. Laurent talks about the difficulties in running an F1 team from two locations, as well as what he thinks makes a great team principal. There’s also aContinue Reading
Shaila-Ann Rao has returned to the FIA after the world governing body for motorsport confirmed her appointment as a presidential advisor.It marks another post for Rao, who previously worked for the FIA as legal director between 2016-2018 and as interim secretary general for motorsport for a five-month spell in 2022.HerContinue Reading
Racing Bulls boss Laurent Mekies says losing Yuki Tsunoda to Red Bull was a success for his Formula 1 outfit, despite his fluctuating driver line-ups conflicting with the team’s performance targets.Mekies’ squad has received “super ambitious targets” to fight in F1’s tighter upper midfield, which the team slowly but surely isContinue Reading
Sixty-eight thousandths of a second after one lap of the 3.6-mile Suzuka circuit. That was all that separated Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber in qualifying for last week’s Japanese Grand Prix… and it was effectively the margin by which the German won the race.In the final reckoning, 0.068s may evenContinue Reading