McLaren’s Andrea Stella says it is “good news” for his team that Formula 1 rivals are focused on what he believes are incorrect reasons why the papaya squad is dominating.McLaren has been at the forefront of F1 for 12 months ever since a large upgrade package at the 2024 MiamiContinue Reading
Red Bull racer Max Verstappen says he isn’t thinking about jumping ship from the team that has delivered him four consecutive Formula 1 world titles, despite his struggles with the 2025 car. Verstappen joined Red Bull from its sister team, Toro Rosso, in 2016 and won his very first race withContinue Reading
Among Formula 1’s most famous ones that got away is the 1988 season, where McLaren would have won every single race had Ayrton Senna not tangled with Jean-Louis Schlesser’s tardy Williams in the closing laps of the Italian Grand Prix, is Michael Schumacher’s 2004 season in what was also amongContinue Reading
Among Formula 1’s most famous ones that got away is the 1988 season, where McLaren would have won every single race had Ayrton Senna not tangled with Jean-Louis Schlesser’s tardy Williams in the closing laps of the Italian Grand Prix, is Michael Schumacher’s 2004 season in what was also amongContinue Reading
Ferrari was fined €5000 (£4200) for tinkering with tyre pressures during Formula 1’s Imola Grand Prix and breaking the championship’s rules.The Italian team was hauled to the stewards after they spotted that Ferrari had breached the regulations regarding tyre pressures on Charles Leclerc’s car during Friday’s practice session.Strict rules governContinue Reading
Alpine Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly heralded 2025 Imola Grand Prix practice as “the best Friday so far this year”, despite admitting a crash with a rabbit hampered his running.After a turbulent few weeks for the French side, which has featured the resignation of team boss Oliver Oakes and the announcementContinue Reading
Max Verstappen says he was passed and dropped by the McLarens during Imola Formula 1 practice long runs, with Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko saying the team lacks four tenths.The world champion endured a difficult FP1 and then finished Friday running in fifth place in a slightly more positive FP2 session,Continue Reading
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris ended Friday at Formula 1’s Imola Grand Prix fastest as McLaren retained its early 2025 advantage, heading a red-flagged FP2 session after Isack Hadjar’s off.Piastri had already led the way in FP1 earlier in the afternoon and further underlined McLaren’s ominous form by pipping team-mateContinue Reading
Alpine team leader Flavio Briatore has contradicted his own squad’s announcement that Franco Colapinto had been promoted to a race seat for the next five Formula 1 rounds from this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.Alpine announced on 7 May that it was replacing Jack Doohan, who had failed to score a singleContinue Reading
“Trying to find little bits everywhere” was how Oscar Piastri described the marginal-gains approach he feels has boosted him to four grand prix wins this season and the championship lead.“It’s quite a different feeling when you win a race because you feel like you’ve just gotten by or had goodContinue Reading