Stefano Domenicali wants to rid the Formula 1 weekend of free practice or at least shorten it.That’s too much for an old hand like me. I’m still reeling from the loss of the race morning warm-up, and had I not forged a career as a motorsport journalist I reckon myContinue Reading
The 2025 Formula 1 world drivers’ title looks set up to be a battle that will go down to the wire, but the feeling around the Oscar Piastri vs Lando Norris face-off hasn’t had the edge to match it.McLaren has tried to make the competition as fair as possible betweenContinue Reading
The 2026 Formula 1 season start times have been unveiled with the Canadian Grand Prix race start pushed back to avoid a direct clash with the Indianapolis 500.In conjunction with F1 revealing its six sprint race venues for next season, the start times for every session in 2026 have beenContinue Reading
Silverstone and Zandvoort are among the new sprint weekends for the 2026 season as Formula 1 has revealed the six venues hosting a Saturday race.The British Grand Prix hosted the first-ever sprint race when the original format was introduced in 2021, with the shorter Saturday race returning to Silverstone inContinue Reading
Max Verstappen is now officially licenced to race GT3 cars at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, paving the way for the Dutchman to tick off one of his bucket list items.Verstappen raced a Porsche Cayman 718 GT4 CS at last weekend’s four-hour ADAC ACAS Cup, in a car that was detuned asContinue Reading
When Lotus became the first Formula 1 team to harness ground-effect aerodynamics in the late 1970s, it went to remarkable lengths to keep the secret even though the hardware was almost in plain sight. When removing the 79 car from its transporter and working on it, the mechanics would routinelyContinue Reading
By the time the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been and gone, commenters in Formula 1 will have found something else to poke fun at, or become incensed by, as the Monza affair fades into obscurity.McLaren’s enforced swap between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri became the subject of memes, ire, andContinue Reading
Red Bull Formula 1 advisor Helmut Marko believes the squad’s turnaround at the Italian Grand Prix has unlocked the potential to succeed at its other weaker circuits on the 2025 calendar.Max Verstappen comfortably defeated the usually dominant McLarens in Monza one year on from one of Red Bull’s worst raceContinue Reading
10. Brad Benavides Polesitter Brad Benavides, AIX RacingPhoto by: Formula Motorsport Ltd Year: 2023Highest championship ranking: 22nd in 2023Races: 18Poles: 0Wins: 0Podiums: 0Points: 0Best race result: 10thIn 2023, Brad Benavides showed that graduating to F2 when you’re already struggling at the lower levels may not be a great idea.Benavides wasContinue Reading
When Max Verstappen said back in Hungary that he did not expect Red Bull to win another grand prix for the remainder of the 2025 season, reality turned out differently. The Dutchman won in Monza, and did so in dominant fashion. Verstappen built a lead of almost 20 seconds, although Lando NorrisContinue Reading