Max Verstappen’s remarkable Formula 1 victory in last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix was on the same level as his 2025 Interlagos drive, Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has claimed.Verstappen’s last two races in Sao Paulo featured some of the most impressive recovery drives in recent history.In the wet 2024Continue Reading
McLaren Formula 1 chief Andrea Stella has queried whether Red Bull’s Brazil Grand Prix engine swap for Max Verstappen will be accounted for in the team’s 2025 cost cap.Verstappen’s car was pulled out of parc ferme after qualifying 16th, as Red Bull elected to change his car’s set-up. He alsoContinue Reading
Red Bull has announced both its Formula 1 teams’ 2026 liveries will be unveiled at its season launch on 15 January in Detroit, Michigan, where new engine partner Ford is based.Next year will mark the end of Red Bull’s successful Honda partnership and the beginning of its new era, asContinue Reading
Franco Colapinto offered his support to Brazil Grand Prix fan favourite Gabriel Bortoleto following his first lap exit – and criticised Lance Stroll’s defence against Bortoleto into Turn 10.Bortoleto, who had endured a dismal return home after crashing out in the sprint race, had attempted to mount an early recoveryContinue Reading
One year on from winning from 17th on the grid, Max Verstappen delivered another heroic Sao Paulo drive to romp from the pitlane to the Formula 1 podium. But could the world champion have even won it?Last year, Verstappen received a helping hand from the weather gods to deploy hisContinue Reading
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff doesn’t believe Max Verstappen can still keep McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri from the 2025 Formula 1 title after falling 49 points behind following Brazil.Red Bull’s reigning world champion Verstappen suffered a poor start to the Brazil Grand Prix weekend with fourth in Saturday’sContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri’s 10-second penalty for colliding with Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc at Turn 1 during the Brazil Grand Prix divided opinion in the Formula 1 paddock.While Piastri defended his actions, with both McLaren team boss Andrea Stella and Leclerc pointing to a portion of blame needing to fallContinue Reading
McLaren has signed the 2025 Formula Regional European runner-up Matteo De Palo to its driver development programme as part of an academy shake-up. The 18-year-old secured his best result since moving to single-seaters in 2023 by finishing second to FRECA champion Freddie Slater ahead of his graduation to Formula 3 withContinue Reading
Ferrari chairman John Elkann says Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton need to “focus on driving and talk less” in a shock criticism of the Ferrari Formula 1 drivers.Speaking after a double DNF for Ferrari at the Brazil Grand Prix, which resulted in the Maranello outfit slipping from second to fourth inContinue Reading
Toto Wolff explained why the highlights of Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s rookie Formula 1 season have all come at unfamiliar circuits after he finished second at the Brazilian Grand Prix.That was the 19-year-old’s second podium of 2025, after taking third place in Canada, with the other positive highlight of Antonelli’s campaignContinue Reading