Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton’s tough 2025 Formula 1 season was “not nice to see”.Despite a sprint victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, Hamilton most often struggled to match team-mate Charles Leclerc and failed to record a single podium finish in his maiden campaign at Ferrari.By the end of theContinue Reading
In 2026 Formula 1 faces its biggest technical shake-up in decades, since the rules governing both cars and engines are undergoing far-reaching change.Inevitably some will arrive at the first race of the season with better solutions than others. But for those left behind, the task of catching up will beContinue Reading
The FIA has published the Formula 1 entry list for the 2026 season featuring 11 teams, including newcomer Cadillac and a surprise mention of the Sauber name as the team morphs into Audi.After 33 years in F1, the Sauber name is set to disappear from the grid after being taken overContinue Reading
Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Laurent Mekies says it would be “naive” to think his squad will nail the 2026 power unit regulations from the start, and admitted the team is bracing for a few “very tough months”.Red Bull will introduce its first-ever F1 engines for the 2026 regulationsContinue Reading
Much was expected from Oliver Bearman after his stellar debut substituting for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in Saudi Arabia the previous season, a drive so confident and assured that it masked the two rather less auspicious ones for Haas later in the season.His full-time rookie year also provided highs andContinue Reading
Much hype accompanied Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari this season, but any hopes that Maranello could carry forward its strong late-2024 form into the new season were quickly scuppered.That meant a fourth successive season of angst and self-doubt as Hamilton’s year dissolved after the high point of the sprint winContinue Reading
Across his previous three years at Williams, Alex Albon had found points hard to come by, so his fifth-place finish at Melbourne demonstrated how far the team had come over the winter.His early-season performances were strong, with points in seven of the opening eight rounds, before mid-term reliability issues ratherContinue Reading
Very much a season of two halves for the ex-Ferrari driver. As a four-time grand prix winner, he was always going to have to manage his expectations on arrival at a team that hasn’t tasted victory since 2012.But expectations cut both ways; to an extent he was to act asContinue Reading
Rookie struggles were expected from the Italian teen, although his explosive start with fourth in Melbourne began an impressive series of early results – headlined by his Miami sprint pole.When Mercedes switched to a different rear suspension package, he struggled and his form across the European rounds began to wane,Continue Reading
When Isack Hadjar was given the nod to move up from F2 to F1 with Racing Bulls there was a slightly sniffy air around Red Bull’s management, as if he were not Mr Right but Mr You’ll Do, since there was a space to be filled.Hadjar seemed to confirm thatContinue Reading