George Russell “never expected to have so much on my hands and for it to be so political” in his Formula 1 role as a Grand Prix Drivers’ Association director. Since the start of the 2021 season, Russell’s third in F1, the Mercedes driver has been a director of the drivers’Continue Reading
Almost half of the Formula 1 grid in 2025 will have come from the Red Bull Junior Team, making it one of the most successful academy programmes in motorsport.Jack Doohan, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Isack Hadjar, Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson and reigning world champion Max Verstappen have allContinue Reading
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella revealed the Formula 1 constructors’ champions were “impressed even more” than expected by former Red Bull engineer Rob Marshall.Marshall joined the Woking-based outfit as technical director, engineering & design in January after 17 years with Red Bull, with his arrival coinciding with a number ofContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri has revealed improving in qualifying is his main point of focus for the 2025 Formula 1 season after comparing unfavourably to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.Piastri was outqualified 21-3 by Norris in 2024, albeit often by small margins, with Norris also getting the better of the Australian in sprintContinue Reading
Williams driver Alex Albon thinks Franco Colapinto’s tough final Formula 1 races with the squad should not overshadow the excellent results the Argentinian produced.Colapinto’s impressive early races since stepping in for Logan Sargeant in Monza turned heads in the paddock, and they also yielded Williams five important points over threeContinue Reading
George Russell puts his comprehensive Formula 1 2024 defeat of former Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in qualifying down to being “psychologically in a really good place”. The 26-year-old ended the 2024 season with a 24-6 qualifying record against Hamilton, with all sessions including those that set the grid for sprint eventsContinue Reading
McLaren surpassed even its own pre-season expectations in 2024, taking its first Formula 1 constructors’ championship title for 26 years.Whilst the team clearly had a couple of major waypoints in its development cycle that improved the general operating envelope of the MCL38, a standout feature of its campaign was howContinue Reading
For one final time. Behind the scenes with Lewis in Brixworth and Brackley for his last visits to the factories SourceContinue Reading
Alpine Formula 1 team boss Oliver Oakes says the team improving its fortunes over the second half of the 2024 season has shown that streamlining its Enstone operation was the right way to go.Hitech junior team chief Oakes was brought in alongside advisor Flavio Briatore by Renault boss Luca deContinue Reading
Having been signed by Racing Bulls for the 2025 Formula 1 season, Isack Hadjar had very much been in and out of the conversation as speculation surrounding Sergio Perez’s Red Bull future mounted. With Liam Lawson always viewed as the most likely candidate to step up and replace the Mexican afterContinue Reading