Max Verstappen says his Red Bull car’s handling issues can’t just be attributed to correlation issues with the Formula 1 squad’s ageing wind tunnel.Red Bull has endured a tough start to the season with a car that is difficult to balance and suffers greater tyre wear than the leading McLaren.VerstappenContinue Reading
McLaren won three out of the first four races in the 2025 Formula 1 season, and while things are close between Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari, George Russell isn’t expecting his rivals to take the fight to McLaren until a technical directive clamps down on flexible rear wings from theContinue Reading
Red Bull’s disastrous showing – by its standards – in last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix has fanned the burning embers of speculation that Max Verstappen will join another team for 2026.The most lucrative offer on the table is understood to come from Aston Martin, reputed to be worth over £1Continue Reading
Max Verstappen has responded to fears that he would leave the team, outlaid by the team’s adviser Helmut Marko, who shared his concern that the four-time Formula 1 world champion may depart if Red Bull does not improve.The Milton Keynes-based squad’s RB21 has been characterised as a car that isContinue Reading
Such are the political sensitivities embedded in the Alpine team’s Anglo-French make-up that the shortcomings in the engine bay represent a weakness that dare not speak its name. “You know I can’t answer that question” was Pierre Gasly’s polite but firm reply in Jeddah when asked to account for how muchContinue Reading
Aston Martin’s new managing technical partner, Adrian Newey, has hit the ground running, but he’s laser-focused on the 2026 car despite the team’s current on-track struggles, according to team boss Andy Cowell.“100% of Adrian’s designing time is focused on 2026,” Cowell told reporters in Jeddah on Thursday, with new FormulaContinue Reading
Reflecting on his return to Racing Bulls, Liam Lawson denies that his confidence took any knocks after his two Formula 1 races with Red Bull, and contends that he hadn’t driven enough to determine if he was truly struggling.The Kiwi reunited with the Italian squad after just a brace ofContinue Reading
Last week, former rally co-driver and FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid publicly announced his resignation – in an election year, the equivalent of rolling a grenade under the door.Now he has taken to Substack to clarify his reasons for quitting the post. In the published statement he thankedContinue Reading
Almost seven years ago, Charles Leclerc clinched his first Formula 1 points driving for Sauber after keeping his head above water in a wild Azerbaijan Grand Prix – one turned on its head by Max Verstappen’s collision with Daniel Ricciardo – to finish sixth.Until that point, it had been aContinue Reading
Failure is not an option’ is the tagline of 1995 film Apollo 13, as NASA flight director Gene Kranz, portrayed by Ed Harris, attempts to save three astronauts in peril aboard a malfunctioning Apollo spacecraft.That mantra also permeates the nascent Cadillac Formula 1 team’s offices as the US-owned team entersContinue Reading