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
There are a few conditions to be aware of when it comes to the latest iteration of the AMR25. It was not wholly conceived in the British squad’s brand new wind tunnel; most of the development work with the package took place in December and January in Mercedes’ wind tunnel,Continue Reading
Former Alpine racer Esteban Ocon has hit out at the team after it demoted Jack Doohan back to a reserve driver role just six grands prix into the 2025 Formula 1 season.Alpine promoted Doohan to a race seat at the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year, with Ocon givingContinue Reading
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Max Verstappen is free to let off steam in other motorsport series, but reaffirmed that the Dutchman’s “focus has to be” on Formula 1 following a secret test at the Nurburgring last week.Verstappen drove Emil Frey Racing’s Ferrari 296 GT3 car during aContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri has pipped McLaren team-mate Lando Norris by 0.032s in the first free practice session for F1’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, which was red flagged for a late crash by Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto.At the historic Italian track outside Bologna, which is set to host its last F1 raceContinue Reading
“It’s basically the same as it’s been for three years,” Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur said of Ferrari’s engineering setup while facing questions from the media ahead of the 2025 Imola GP. “We’ve made some mistakes with the car, but we know where to improve.” The line of questioning directed at VasseurContinue Reading
Red Bull’s endeavours to chase after Formula 1 championship leader McLaren have continued as the team has introduced a new sidepod package for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.In Miami, the RB21 was equipped with a revised floor, and this is to be paired with a reshaped set of sidepods in Imola;Continue Reading