Max Verstappen drew first blood by taking pole for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the weekend he could become a five-time Formula 1 world champion.The Red Bull driver was dominant in Q3 at Yas Marina Circuit and took pole by two tenths over title rival and McLaren driver LandoContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton said he felt “a lot of anger” after failing to progress from Q1 for the fourth time in a row at Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.After ceding his SF-25 to Arthur Leclerc for Free Practice 1 on Friday, as Ferrari fulfilled the regulations regarding track time forContinue Reading
Max Verstappen took a decisive pole for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Formula 1’s title decider, as Lando Norris outqualified Oscar Piastri by just 0.03s to join his main title rival on the front row.Amid the pressure of the looming title battle, Verstappen flexed his experience as Norris’Continue Reading
George Russell narrowly beat Lando Norris in a red-flag affected final practice at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as title hopeful Max Verstappen completed the top three.The Mercedes driver set a 1m23.334s which put him just 0.004s above the championship leader, who topped both Friday practice sessions toContinue Reading
Yuki Tsunoda was shocked by his underperformance in Free Practice 2 for Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with ‘one of the worst gaps’ to Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen.Tsunoda had to sit out FP1 at Yas Marina as incoming Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad – the main reason whyContinue Reading
Isack Hadjar begins the next stage of his journey in the Red Bull empire on Tuesday, when his first official engagement as a newly promoted Red Bull Racing driver will be to test Pirelli’s definitive 2026 tyres for the first time.As Max Verstappen’s team-mate, Hadjar will occupy one of theContinue Reading
As McLaren goes into Formula 1’s 2025 title decider with both drivers in contention for the world championship against Max Verstappen, two words come up again and again: papaya rules.The phrase was coined by team principal Andrea Stella – “Andreas like to come up with different names for different things,”Continue Reading
After the first practice session in Abu Dhabi, championship leader Lando Norris was just 0.008s faster than Max Verstappen – but that gap grew to 0.363s in the second session. That is concerning for Red Bull on two fronts: firstly that set-up changes between the sessions failed to have theContinue Reading
Max Verstappen is currently feeling pessimistic about his Abu Dhabi Grand Prix chances as Red Bull lacks pace to McLaren at the 2025 Formula 1 title showdown.The four-time world champion finished runner-up to McLaren championship leader Lando Norris in both FP1 (+0.008s) and FP2 (+0.363s) on Friday at Yas MarinaContinue Reading
Formula 1 title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had a decent Friday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but steer well clear of overconfidence ahead of the decisive sessions.Norris topped both practice sessions at Yas Marina, outpacing runner-up Max Verstappen by 0.008s in Free Practice 1 and 0.363s inContinue Reading