Fernando Alonso is unconvinced by Lando Norris’s suggestion that more than four teams can win races in 2025’s Formula 1 season, suggesting that the championship lacks the unpredictability to allow that.Four teams – Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes – all won races in 2024 as the competitive shape ofContinue Reading
It was an anonymous email, whose address contained the day’s date, 29 February, and had been sent to over 100 senior figures in Formula 1, including team bosses, journalists and F1’s owners.It dropped at 6:22pm local time in Bahrain ahead of the first race of the 2024 season and containedContinue Reading
Former Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich has spoken up about his dismissal from the FIA in his first public comments on the matter.It was announced on the eve of last November’s Las Vegas Grand Prix that Wittich will step down from his role at the FIA with immediate effect.Continue Reading
Pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 campaign at the Bahrain International Circuit is now over, leaving vast data to analyse. Here are the fastest lap times and most distance covered by both teams and drivers. Fastest times in 2025 F1 Testing DRIVERCAR / ENGINE DAY 1TIME (TYRE)LAPS DAY 2TIME (TYRE)LAPSContinue Reading
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording sit down and review the action from Bahrain as the third and final day of testing comes to an end. Alex reviews the teams who didn’t leave a positive impression, including a U-turn on the state of Aston Martin after a difficult final day andContinue Reading
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording review the action from Bahrain as the third and final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing comes to an end.Alex assesses the teams who didn’t leave a positive impression, including a U-turn on the state of Aston Martin after a difficult final day, as wellContinue Reading
Sacked FIA race steward Johnny Herbert has taken aim at Formula 1’s governing body and hit back at accusations of bias.Herbert was dropped as an F1 steward one month ago after the FIA decided his “duties as a steward and that of a media pundit were incompatible”.The shock announcement cameContinue Reading
George Russell gave Mercedes a positive end to the 2025 Formula 1 pre-season testing as he beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to the top spot on the final day in Bahrain.Warmer conditions for day three at the Sakhir circuit meant even Russell’s leading time did not topple the lap setContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton has said he still has “quite a bit to come” to be fully adapted to Ferrari’s Formula 1 car after spending the last 12 seasons at Mercedes.The seven-time world champion still has the final session of Bahrain pre-season testing to continue to learn how Ferrari’s car works withContinue Reading
Formula 1 teams will have more time to test their new cars for the 2026 rules overhaul, with the first test scheduled for late January in Barcelona, Autosport has learned.For the past three years, F1 teams have had just three days of official testing before the start of the championship.Continue Reading