Mercedes has been keen to work with adidas for some time and finally a 15-year flirtation has resulted in the German brands uniting ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season.Alongside the eye-catching fan apparel and the familiar three stripes adorning team gear, there is ongoing technical development that adidas hopesContinue Reading
As expected, very few genuinely new parts arrived at the Australian Grand Prix as the 10 Formula 1 teams sought to put more mileage on the packages they ran with in Bahrain testing.That’s not to say anyone didn’t dabble in a bit of early update fun; Sauber introduced a newContinue Reading
Every generation of racing driver has its supreme talent. Seldom is the difference between this individual and their peers more manifest than when conditions are wet or changeable, goes the established wisdom.While it’s difficult to argue against most of the names on Autosport’s spreadsheet of victories in grands prix significantlyContinue Reading
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko was left unimpressed by Isack Hadjar’s behaviour after the French driver burst into tears at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.Hadjar’s misery stemmed from his wet-weather crash on the formation lap of the Albert Park race, which happened as early as Turn 2 and meant heContinue Reading
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has admitted the Scuderia made a mistake in leaving its drivers out on slick tyres for so long when a shower disrupted the late stages of Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix.Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were running in fifth and eighth, 42 laps into anContinue Reading
Red Bull is aiming to introduce upgrades within “three to five races” to cure its main deficit compared to McLaren, says team advisor Helmut Marko.The team’s driver pairing of world champion Max Verstappen and his new stablemate Liam Lawson have started the season behind defending constructors’ champion McLaren, which had alreadyContinue Reading
The FIA is imposing stricter load deflection tests for Formula 1 rear wings at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix after analysing Melbourne footage.As part of a clampdown on teams exploiting aerodynamic elasticity to an undesirable degree, the FIA told teams over the off-season that it would impose stricter loads testsContinue Reading
For the first time in the hybrid era, McLaren travelled to Formula 1’s curtain raiser as the undisputed pre-season favourite. It came out of the Bahrain test leading our long-run calculations quite handsomely and, after Friday practice in Melbourne, rivals were also putting the papaya squad at least three tenthsContinue Reading
It is rare for Lando Norris to speak with an air of confidence over his 2025 Formula 1 title chances but, after holding off reigning champion Max Verstappen to take victory at the Australian Grand Prix, he concluded McLaren is indeed leading the pack.After McLaren locked out the front rowContinue Reading
Carlos Sainz might have only completed less than a lap of the Australian Grand Prix under green-flag conditions, but he helped Williams team-mate Alex Albon beat both Ferraris to the finish.Sainz started from 10th but spun off at the final corner after the safety car was deployed in response toContinue Reading