Red Bull has formally ruled out launching a right-of-review petition against Max Verstappen’s decisive five-second penalty in Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.Polesitter Verstappen was penalised for leaving the track and gaining an advantage at the start of the race, going off after a duel with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.Verstappen andContinue Reading
The upcoming Miami Grand Prix will be the first Formula 1 race not to be part of a double- or triple-header since last year’s Canadian Grand Prix on 9 June 2024.That is a consequence of the expansion of the calendar, which averaged 16 races per season in the 1980s andContinue Reading
As soon as Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz became available for the 2025 season, Williams team principal James Vowles wanted him at Williams. It wasn’t about the prestige of attracting a four-time race winner, but about acquiring a driver who offered a wealth of strategic and technical expertise.This year’s raceContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri received a surprise endorsement from Max Verstappen following the Australian’s win in Saudi Arabia. And world champion Verstappen knows he is in a fight to retain the title he has held for the past four seasons after Piastri won his third race of the season.Piastri, 24, now leadsContinue Reading
The decision to hand Max Verstappen a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage – by cutting Turn 2 to keep the lead against Oscar Piastri – resurfaced the debate over racing rules in Formula 1.But whichever side of the fence you sit on, it was apparentContinue Reading
Isack Hadjar says his Racing Bulls Formula 1 team-mate Liam Lawson has had a smooth adaptation back to the Faenza-based squad following his Red Bull demotion – which the New Zealander agrees on.Lawson outqualified Hadjar for the first time at last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, outpacing the rookie byContinue Reading
The 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was arguably decided by the lap one incident between Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, which prompted a controversial penalty for the Red Bull driver.Piastri attacked down the inside of Turn 1, leading to Verstappen going off at the second part of the chicane toContinue Reading
Williams boss James Vowles has outlined how spreading income and expenditure across different currencies has protected the team from the global financial uncertainty created by the recent tariff announcements from Donald Trump.The United States president doled out higher tariffs on 57 countries on 2 April – ranging from 11% toContinue Reading
The Formula 1 Commission is set to discuss further tweaks to the energy deployment of the 2026 power units, which has not gone down well at Mercedes.Based on unease from certain parties over the side effects of F1’s 50/50 split between internal combustion power and the electric element, the F1Continue Reading
Oscar Piastri opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the drivers’ championship with his third victory of the Formula 1 season, but perhaps McLaren’s advantage is deceptive.More to the point, could it be that Red Bull is not as far off the pace as it has been presented?MuchContinue Reading