Racing Bulls Formula 1 driver Isack Hadjar currently has the best credentials for promotion to the Red Bull squad in 2026, though the question remains whether the Frenchman will be ready for a top team – and for the challenge of that second seat alongside Max Verstappen – after just one seasonContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton put his Azerbaijan Grand Prix FP2 headline result down to changes in his braking set-up, as he feels that Ferrari’s progress over 2025’s Formula 1 season is starting to become apparent.While Leclerc was leading the times in FP2 ahead of the final flurry of higher-fuel long runs, HamiltonContinue Reading
The rare FIA U-turn on Carlos Sainz’s penalty in Zandvoort’s Dutch Grand Prix has been applauded by several Formula 1 team principals as it reignited discussion around the series’ right of review procedure.Sainz was handed a 10-second penalty and two penalty points on his licence for his share in aContinue Reading
There is a fascinating comparison to be had between the current furore over stage management in Formula 1 and two notorious examples from the past.Why? Because Andrea Stella is a common denominator in all three. The McLaren team principal was Fernando Alonso’s race engineer in 2010 when Alonso’s Ferrari team-mate,Continue Reading
Lando Norris reckons he is now on the backfoot for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a “costly” error during the second Formula 1 practice session.The McLaren driver topped FP1 but finished 10th in FP2 after clattering the outside wall of the Turn 4 exit, which brought an early end toContinue Reading
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton pipped team-mate Charles Leclerc in second free practice at Baku’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, while Formula 1 title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both struggled.Ferrari duo Hamilton and Leclerc led the early running and as rivals struggled on the slippery streets of Baku the Scuderia stayed onContinue Reading
Sprint races are a bit like marmite: you either love them or you hate them and they will always divide opinion across the Formula 1 paddock. Max Verstappen has probably been the most vocal as the four-time world champion, who has the most sprint victories with 12, previously said he getsContinue Reading
McLaren’s Lando Norris has topped Friday’s curtailed first practice at Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Norris headed team-mate Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in a two-part session that saw a lengthy interruption for kerb issues.On the streets of the Azeri capital championship leader Piastri soon had to halt his runContinue Reading
Azerbaijan might have been on the Formula 1 calendar for almost a decade but this weekend is likely to throw up many unknowns.One of those is caused by Pirelli’s decision to bring tyre compounds a step softer than last year, as it already has done for several races this seasonContinue Reading
Yuki Tsunoda has been struggling since his promotion to Red Bull Racing, picking up just nine points since making the step-up. The Japanese driver is now under pressure, and Helmut Marko has named the Mexican Grand Prix at the end of October as a reference point – meaning the nextContinue Reading