It’s a cliche, but no less true for being oft repeated, that the fastest way to make a small fortune in motor racing is to start off with a large one.Alongside the massed ranks of those who have lost great pots of money in the service of their motor racingContinue Reading
Williams driver Alex Albon says he took Carlos Sainz’s high-profile arrival at Williams as a positive as the pair pushes both each other and the team forward ahead of Formula 1’s 2026 overhaul.After losing his Ferrari seat to seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, Sainz suddenly became the most attractive free agent onContinue Reading
At Goodwood’s Festival of Speed, Alain Prost spoke of his admiration for Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri – and the Australian says it was “very cool” for a four-time champion to be so effusive in his praise.Prost and Piastri had previously worked together at Alpine, where the Frenchman wasContinue Reading
This week we gather a stellar line-up of movie industry insiders as we break down the summer blockbuster F1 Movie, which has now earned over half a billion dollars at the box office, so deserves some deeper consideration.Having earlier looked at it from the point of view of journalists andContinue Reading
Up and down the Formula 1 pitlane, the finest engineering minds are fully focused on solving the challenges of the forthcoming shift to an entirely new car and drivetrain package for the 2026 season. Given McLaren’s dominance, many could be forgiven for declaring this a “stop the count” moment andContinue Reading
“He’s not being demoted — he’s moving to Racing Bulls, which has a very competitive car, much easier to handle than the RB21,” Helmut Marko told Autosport in early spring, after Red Bull decided to replace Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda in its main squad. Marko was adamant this was notContinue Reading
Formula 1 rookie Oliver Bearman believes it is “crazy” how much his confidence has changed since Haas brought an upgrade to the British Grand Prix in July. The American outfit fitted a revised floor and sidepod inlets and they made an immediate impact as Bearman recorded his highest qualifying position ofContinue Reading
Williams boss James Vowles believes the performance gains the outfit has recently found on its 2025 Formula 1 car are a sign of bigger things to come as the team becomes more efficient.Its upgrades at the Belgian Grand Prix were more than welcome. The Grove-based squad made a flying startContinue Reading
Competing for a Formula 1 championship “feels similar” to fighting for those in the junior categories, says Oscar Piastri, who notes that his intra-team battle with McLaren stablemate Lando Norris is the key differentiating factor.Piastri won the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, 2020 Formula 3, and 2021 Formula 2 titles consecutively beforeContinue Reading
Sometimes in Formula 1 the flow of dynamic young drivers splutters or even takes a year off. 2025 wasn’t going to be one of those seasons; in recent years only 2019, where the likes of Lando Norris, George Russell and Alex Albon arrived hot from F2, provided such a richContinue Reading