Nearly every Formula 1 squad has a full-sized junior team and academy programme right now, going down to go-karting in order to find the next great driving prospect. Off-track, a similar arms race is ramping up with burgeoning graduate programmes and apprenticeship schemes as constructors look to replenish their staff poolContinue Reading
Formula 1 has a packed calendar that takes in 24 tracks across 21 countries in five continents, but it takes more than a nice ribbon of tarmac to join the championship.F1 and the FIA have strict guidelines over what circuits can host a grand prix and they must be classified asContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton revealed he ‘doesn’t blame’ Formula 1 fans for not understanding how long it would take for him to become a success at Ferrari after a disappointing 2025 campaign. The seven-time world champion made a blockbuster move to the Italian outfit this year, after 12 successful seasons with Mercedes which yieldedContinue Reading
Williams has brought back its traditional W logo for the 2026 Formula 1 season and will change its name to the Atlassian Williams F1 Team.The stylised ‘Forward W’ logo harkens back to the early days of the squad under Frank Williams, when it started racing as Williams Grand Prix EngineeringContinue Reading
After the United States Grand Prix in October, George Russell made a comment about the power of pole position in the 2025 Formula 1 season – or at the very least, the correlation between qualifying and race finishes this season. “Right now in F1, it’s a race to Turn 1,” heContinue Reading
In the Singapore Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso expressed his displeasure over the radio after a slow pit stop dropped him from eighth to 15th. When engineer Andrew Vizard told him there were 34 laps to go, the two-time Formula 1 champion replied: “If you speak to me every lap, I willContinue Reading
The way Oscar Piastri lost the Formula 1 world championship lead means he may have grown complacent, Jacques Villeneuve has suggested.Piastri led the standings for 15 consecutive rounds, with his advantage reaching 34 points over McLaren team-mate Lando Norris and 104 points over Max Verstappen after his Dutch Grand PrixContinue Reading
The way Oscar Piastri lost the Formula 1 world championship lead means he may have grown complacent, Jacques Villeneuve has suggested.Piastri led the standings for 15 consecutive rounds, with his advantage reaching 34 points over McLaren team-mate Lando Norris and 104 points over Max Verstappen after his Dutch Grand PrixContinue Reading
While the Mexican Grand Prix offered a rare mix of strategies, many of the recent races have followed a familiar pattern. George Russell described F1 as a race to Turn 1, with dirty air becoming more of a factor again and teams favouring the most conservative strategy – the one-stop. ThisContinue Reading
“It’s just very difficult, super low grip. I feel like I could drive a road car quicker than we drive at the minute…”This is how unhappy Lando Norris was with his McLaren Formula 1 car after practice for the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.The Nevadan race turned out to beContinue Reading