For the first time ever the FIA has issued teams with a ‘Heat Hazard’ warning ahead of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, since temperatures are forecast to hit 31C on Saturday and Sunday.This means all cars must carry the additional components required to operate cooling vests. For the moment, it’sContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has his eye on competing in next year’s Nurburgring 24 Hours as he now takes a break from any GT3 exploits for the rest of the year – but this will entirely depend on how complex Formula 1’s 2026 regulations are.Verstappen, along with friend and GT racer ChrisContinue Reading
Formula 2 frontrunner Alex Dunne’s surprise exit from McLaren’s junior programme paves the way for employment elsewhere on the Formula 1 grid, but rumours of an imminent Red Bull deal appear premature at this stage.Red Bull’s driver advisor Helmut Marko has been scouring the junior paddocks for the next bigContinue Reading
Alex Dunne has been released from the McLaren Driver Development programme with immediate effect despite an encouraging season in Formula 2.The 19-year-old signed with McLaren at the beginning of 2024, but has been released with no reason given ahead of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.Dunne has been McLaren’s reserve driverContinue Reading
Liam Lawson had an impressive Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend but hasn’t since spoken to Helmut Marko who only calls “after the bad ones” amid doubts over his Formula 1 future in the Red Bull fold.The Racing Bulls driver scored his best result of 2025 by qualifying third in Baku beforeContinue Reading
Barely a week passes without some new rumour connecting former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner to a new job somewhere within the Formula 1 firmament. And it is well known that Horner does not consider himself “done” with F1.The questions remain: where would he go? And what role wouldContinue Reading
The FIA will trial faster pitlane speeds in free practice at Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix in a bid to open up more strategic options for the teams.Singapore is one of several circuits on the calendar, including Monaco and Zandvoort, that has usually had a stricter pitlane speed limit ofContinue Reading
Singapore has long been the most physically taxing Formula 1 race of the year thanks to a combination of a challenging stop-start circuit and high levels of heat and humidity. Now this year’s weekend in the city-state has become the subject of F1’s official Heat Hazard. The ambient temperature is expectedContinue Reading
This week James Allen delves into a topic that has always fascinated him – the way Formula 1 teams and drivers present themselves – in other words their identity.The F1 season launch at the O2 in London in February showed which teams had figured out their identity and those thatContinue Reading
As it stands, Red Bull has yet to decide how to order its Formula 1 drivers – and it will likely take a few more weeks before a press release is issued naming who will partner Max Verstappen at the senior team in 2026 and what the Racing Bulls duoContinue Reading