McLaren team principal Andrea Stella reckoned the Formula 1 squad took the wrong approach to managing tyre graining in the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race, despite claiming second through Oscar Piastri.Tyre graining tends to rear its head in either colder track conditions or in situations where tyres are more proneContinue Reading
Having admitted to making a mistake that cost him in sprint qualifying on Friday, Lando Norris again took the blame for a poor outing in Saturday’s Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.An error on his final qualifying run meant the McLaren man started sixth on the grid for theContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton will ‘not get ahead of himself’ after a dominant sprint win at Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix, but said the result shut down early critics after a tough Melbourne weekend with Ferrari.Hamilton recorded his first sprint pole for Ferrari by narrowly edging out world champion Max Verstappen andContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton dominated the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix, winning from pole to take his first Formula 1 victory for Ferrari.In a 19-lap race where tyre wear became talk of the town, Hamilton benefitted from driving in clear air to convert sprint pole into a win to addContinue Reading
Williams has been fined €50,000, with €40,000 suspended, for failing to install SD cards in onboard cameras after a mix-up with the FIA.The British squad fell foul of “failing to provide the video files recorded by the wireless forward and rearward facing cameras in the specified timescale.”Specifically, this is a breach of ArticlesContinue Reading
It’s very early days. F1’s 2025 season has only just started. But making an impression in a Formula 1 paddock is somewhat similar to a date: the initial impact really matters. You screw the first few lines during a dinner at a restaurant, and it’s almost impossible to recover. YouContinue Reading
Lando Norris seemed to roll a grenade under the door during a press conference ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix when he said he had effectively given up persuading his McLaren team to design a car which suits his preferred attacking style.Since the MCL39 was the benchmark car at theContinue Reading
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording report from the Shanghai International Circuit to review Friday’s sprint qualifying session for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix.In a surprise, it’s a sprint pole for Lewis Hamilton, the oldest pole of any F1 format since Nigel Mansell in 1994. Alex and Ronald explain why theContinue Reading
A little-known FIA system was behind the decision to send recovery vehicles on-track during Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix, according to information gathered by Autosport.The incident in the Melbourne race produced a notable split in opinion, with many observers puzzled as to how the scenes had unfolded while the driversContinue Reading
Having dominated Formula 1 in Australia, the expectation was McLaren would at least be as quick on the resurfaced Shanghai International Circuit for round two. With China being a sprint weekend, Friday’s sole practice pace was particularly difficult to read much into, with almost no meaningful long-run comparisons across teams.McLarenContinue Reading