Toyota has dismissed the notion that Sho Tsuboi’s maiden Formula 1 test opportunity with Haas at Fuji Speedway is a “reward” for his title success in Super Formula.The Japanese marque’s director of global motorsport Masaya Kaji characterised the TPC test, which will take place on 6-7 August with the two-year-oldContinue Reading
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has rebuffed claims made by his world champion driver Max Verstappen that the team will fail to win again in the 2025 Formula 1 season. Verstappen said on Saturday that “the way things are going right now”, Red Bull will not add to the two grandContinue Reading
The Ferrari Formula 1 team says it will need a full investigation into Charles Leclerc’s unspecified car problem that saw him lose a Hungarian Grand Prix podium.Leclerc took a surprise pole over McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, before leading the opening stages of Sunday’s 70-lap contest. He looked setContinue Reading
Former Ferrari F1 technical director Enrico Cardile has started his role as Aston Martin’s chief technical officer after lengthy legal proceedings in Italy.Cardile was announced as Aston’s latest key technical signing in July 2024, reporting into team principal and CEO Andy Cowell.Ferrari held Cardile to a full year of gardeningContinue Reading
McLaren boss Andrea Stella says the team’s split strategies between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix was a “part of racing”. Norris won after making a one-stop strategy work, holding off two-stopping Piastri, which he only opted to take out of desperation after losing positionsContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton seems to be struggling more than he ever was in Formula 1, but he does have an unwavering ally in Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc.Leclerc has always played the team game; this was exemplified by his recent comments at the Belgian Grand Prix, when he was asked whether heContinue Reading
It is a long-standing matter of humour in the Formula 1 paddock that the “possible race strategies” infographic Pirelli circulates on Sunday mornings often bears no relationship at all to the way the race pans out.So it proved at the Hungaroring as Lando Norris ended up being effectively forced ontoContinue Reading
Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Fred Vasseur says he understands Lewis Hamilton’s frustration after a poor Hungarian Grand Prix, but expects the seven-time world champion to bounce back. Hamilton was dumped out of Q2 on Saturday, relegating him to 12th on the grid, while team-mate Charles Leclerc surprised both McLarens toContinue Reading
The investigation into Max Verstappen’s pass on Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix has resulted in no further action, as the stewards deemed that the Dutchman had not forced the Ferrari driver off the road at Turn 4.Having made his first stop for hard tyres, Verstappen was attempting toContinue Reading
Ninth place for Max Verstappen from eighth on the grid, and a lapped 18th for Yuki Tsunoda from a pitlane start, represented a crushing underperformance in Hungary for a team with Red Bull’s bulging trophy cabinet. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko highlighted strategy as one of the elements that failed to workContinue Reading