The easiest way to leave a casino with a small fortune is to enter the premises with a large one. Perhaps that’s why Mercedes is actively discouraging predictions of a repeat of last year’s 1-2 in the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, when George Russell and Lewis Hamilton notContinue Reading
Whenever the rules change in Formula 1, the competitive order also faces disruption. Inevitably, one or two teams land nearer the right balance of compromises, or find clever solutions others have missed.Given the scope of the changes coming next season, nerves are jangling up and down the grid: the combinationContinue Reading
With three race weekends to go under the current regulations, the focus of Formula 1 teams has long since shifted to 2026. The performance of all power units remains a major question mark, and the same applies to the chassis side.Although the initial response from technical directors – just asContinue Reading
Each tyre set will be limited to a maximum of 25 laps across the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix weekend due to tyre wear concerns, Pirelli has announced. Following a decision in agreement with the FIA, F1 and the teams, each tyre set has been given the distance restriction of 25Continue Reading
Having reignited his Formula 1 world championship campaign after the summer break, Max Verstappen’s momentum has sputtered and he could be definitively out after the Las Vegas Grand Prix.After the Dutch GP, the Dutchman trailed the then-leader, Oscar Piastri, by 104 points. Over the five races that followed, Verstappen managedContinue Reading
The Sepang International Circuit hasn’t ruled out the possibility of the Malaysian Grand Prix returning to the Formula 1 calendar, despite the government’s refusal to financially support the event.Malaysia dropped out of F1’s schedule after 2017, just as Liberty Media took over the series from CVC Capital and propelled itContinue Reading
McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andrea Stella says the team has “taken action” after last year’s disappointing performance at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, which has been one of its worst circuits in recent years.McLaren finished sixth and seventh on the Las Vegas Strip street circuit last season, with LandoContinue Reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli finished a career-best second in the 2025 Formula 1 Brazil Grand Prix, although this was somewhat overshadowed by his role in a tangle with Oscar Piastri in which the Australian was controversially hit with a 10-second penalty.While Antonelli’s inexperience has shown on some occasions this year, heContinue Reading
Lando Norris is openly expecting McLaren to struggle again at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, as the team gets a first chance to seal the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.Norris leads third-placed Max Verstappen by 49 points in the standings and needs to bring that gap to 58 points after theContinue Reading
A highly polarising proposal to make two pitstops per race mandatory has been escalated to the Formula 1 commission and debated – but with no clear outcome except an agreement not to dismiss the idea out of hand.The fourth and final F1 Commission meeting of the year was held inContinue Reading