Reigning Super Formula champion Sho Tsuboi hopes Toyota’s partnership with the Haas Formula 1 team could result in an opportunity to fulfil a long-held dream of testing grand prix machinery.Tsuboi has been tipped as a likely candidate to get mileage as part of Haas’s TPC programme with previous-generation F1 carsContinue Reading
At racing speeds, one of Pirelli’s blue-sidewalled ‘wet’ tyres can displace a remarkable 85 litres of water per second. The problem is that you’re more likely to see a blue moon than witness an F1 wet tyre operating at racing speeds. That amount of water being displaced at all four cornersContinue Reading
In terms of points on the board – which convert into dollars in the coffers once Formula 1’s prize funds are dished out – Gabriel Bortoleto has yet to deliver on his considerable early promise. Only two other drivers – Jack Doohan and Franco Colapinto – are also on zeroContinue Reading
Formula 2 championship leader Alex Dunne will make his Formula 1 free practice debut with McLaren at the Austrian Grand Prix, taking Lando Norris’ seat for Friday’s FP1 session.The Irishman is in his first F2 season, having stepped up to the series with Rodin after a single season of F3.Continue Reading
Red Bull prospect Arvid Lindblad has taken the wheel of Racing Bull’s 2023 AT04 for his first proper F1 test at Imola.In a camouflaged car that originally ran under the team’s AlphaTauri name, Lindblad split TPC testing duties with fellow Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa at the Emilia-Romagna Grand PrixContinue Reading
As much as McLaren will want to move on from Lando Norris’ Canadian Grand Prix clash with Oscar Piastri when it comes to the subject of Austria, it will invariably remain a talking point at the Red Bull Ring race.Norris largely headed off most of the criticism by owning upContinue Reading
At the Canadian Grand Prix Haas celebrated its 200th grand prix by running a version of its 2016 debut livery. It was a poignant throwback to for F1’s most recent start-up team, which looked like it would never make that 10-year milestone in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, whenContinue Reading
Pirelli’s new C6 tyre has proved divisive since its much-vaunted introduction in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix last month, but Formula 1’s tyre supplier remains committed to the idea of having six dry-weather compounds available.However, it did admit that some of the C6’s performance characteristics needed to change – especially theContinue Reading
Budapest will host the 40th edition of the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix from 1-3 August 2025 and to mark the occasion, the Hungaroring has undergone a striking transformation over the past 12 months.On Thursday, the results of that extensive construction and renovation work were unveiled during a press event.Continue Reading
When Andrea Stella talked to the Formula 1 press during a technical media session in the Monaco pitlane, the team principal didn’t just chat about the MCL39.Stella talked about fruits as well…about apples and pears to be precise. According to the McLaren boss, not all tracks on the F1 calendarContinue Reading