Five months ago it looked like the safest seat in Red Bull’s Formula 1 stable. An eight-time race winner parked at RB, while offering its A-team an insurance policy.After all, Daniel Ricciardo was a known quantity to Red Bull and in fact was listed by team principal Christian Horner as hisContinue Reading
Max Verstappen may have won Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix, but the fact that McLaren is now breathing down Red Bull’s neck does not make him comfortable.The early-season dominance, where Verstappen seemed able to canter to easy wins, is now a distant memory as rivals have clearly closed in thanksContinue Reading
The tension in the F1 paddock was clearly on the rise during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend as Valtteri Bottas and Kevin Magnussen both made public their concerns about their respective futures and pointed the finger at Carlos Sainz holding up major movements in the 2025 F1 Silly Season.Joining BrynContinue Reading
Aston Martin has told Fernando Alonso that he must “hang on” for now amid the team’s current Formula 1 struggles, as it battles to find time to bring much-needed improvements.Alonso was left frustrated after his home Spanish Grand Prix last weekend, where a lack of performance from the AMR24 leftContinue Reading
With the news that the FIA has updated its Appendix L of the International Sporting Code to add flexibility to its superlicence requirements for drivers under 18, the superlicence points system has been called into question once again. I agree that there needs to be a framework in place toContinue Reading
First thing’s first: Lando Norris is a fantastic Formula 1 driver and one who I have been privileged to watch develop during his racing career.He’s incredibly down to earth. Funny, engaging, he has cultivated a fanbase that is refreshingly non-toxic on social media, which in the modern world is anContinue Reading
As much as the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a popular test venue with a challenging layout drivers enjoy, its ageing facilities and historically poor accessibility have long been a thorn in the side of both people working in the F1 paddock and the fans who pay for the privilege toContinue Reading
Northamptonshire Police have found no criminal offences over an anonymous email accusing the Mercedes Formula 1 team of dangerous sabotage of Lewis Hamilton’s car.Earlier this month, an anonymous email accused Mercedes and especially team principal Toto Wolff of “systematic sabotaging” of Hamilton’s car, strategy and mental health.The email was sentContinue Reading
Max Verstappen is bracing himself for potentially bad news, with Honda increasingly likely to confirm he has lost one of his Formula 1 power units.An early demise of the nearly new engine that was removed from his car in Canada, and is currently being inspected at Honda’s headquarters at SakuraContinue Reading
Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen will make his Goodwood Festival of Speed debut next month as part of a major Red Bull presence at the event.Verstappen is due to drive the RB16B, in which he claimed the first of his F1 titles in 2021, up the famous hill atContinue Reading