Several Formula 1 team principals were “very surprised” to see McLaren make the costly decision not to pit under a lap seven safety car at the Qatar Grand Prix, which cost Oscar Piastri a certain victory and Lando Norris a podium.Piastri and Norris were running first and third in theContinue Reading
When the sound of engines echoes through the Eifel, the asphalt glows, and the excitement is palpable – every heart beats faster. And with VIP tickets for 2026, you’ll be right in the thick of it: exclusive, comfortable, and close to the action.Your seat in the front rowWhether it’s theContinue Reading
Red Bull’s talks with Honda over an engine deal to retain its V6 turbo-hybrid powertrains for testing of previous cars running could present a lifeline for Yuki Tsunoda to retain Formula 1 involvement, as he looks set to lose a race drive for 2026.The team will announce its 2026 driverContinue Reading
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko apologised for suggesting Andrea Kimi Antonelli deliberately let McLaren’s Lando Norris through in the Qatar Grand Prix, with the Mercedes Formula 1 driver subjected to a torrent of online abuse.Antonelli slid off the track on the penultimate lap of the Losail race, allowing Norris to snatchContinue Reading
McLaren boss Andrea Stella admitted the team ‘misjudged’ its strategy in the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix and said an internal review will be carried out to dissect its decision not to pit either driver under the safety car.McLaren was the team to beat around Losail, with Oscar Piastri take sprintContinue Reading
Winning the 2025 Formula 1 title “doesn’t really matter” to Max Verstappen, ahead of a three-way title decider in Abu Dhabi.The Red Bull driver took his seventh grand prix victory of the season in Qatar thanks to an impeccable drive and a decisive strategy call. That success meant he reducedContinue Reading
Winning the 2025 Formula 1 title “doesn’t really matter” to Max Verstappen, ahead of a three-way title decider in Abu Dhabi.The Red Bull driver took his seventh grand prix victory of the season in Qatar thanks to an impeccable drive and a decisive strategy call. That success meant he reducedContinue Reading
Hindsight unfailingly affords total clarity – and its optics look bad for McLaren after a Qatar Grand Prix about which the best thing which could be said of the outcome is that it was less catastrophic than the Las Vegas round which preceded it.Team boss Andrea Stella has promised aContinue Reading
Picture the scene: It’s the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen is leading, George Russell is second, his Mercedes having proved to be very fast again in qualifying, Oscar Piastri is third with Lando Norris in fourth.It is the end of a gruelling season dominated by McLaren,Continue Reading
Red Bull principal strategy engineer Hannah Schmitz has explained she overcame scepticism from her colleagues to pit Max Verstappen despite both McLarens staying out in Formula 1’s Qatar Grand Prix.The race was neutralised by the safety car on lap seven after Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly clashed; this happened toContinue Reading