Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says Formula 1’s engine manufacturers are aligned in principle on a future move to V8 power units, but felt it didn’t make financial sense to fast-track them before 2031.FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is a driving force behind the introduction of simpler, cheaper and lighterContinue Reading
Language is like a river: it creates its own path. ‘Dilemma’ is one of those words, like ‘decimate’, which is losing its original meaning through misuse – which is a shame in this instance, since a dilemma is exactly what McLaren faced when ‘finger trouble’ reversed the position of itsContinue Reading
Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff reckons McLaren’s call to ask Oscar Piastri to let Lando Norris past during the Italian Grand Prix after a slow stop for Norris was a “very difficult precedent to undo”.As Norris and Piastri were on course to finish second and third behind dominant winnerContinue Reading
Oliver Bearman is on the edge of a Formula 1 race ban after his penalty for clashing with Carlos Sainz during the Italian Grand Prix.The Haas driver moved on to 10 penalty points for the rolling 12-month period, meaning if he picks up two more before his next points areContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton reckoned he could have finished fifth rather than sixth in Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, which in itself was a respectable return given the contentious five-place grid penalty he carried over from Zandvoort.Hamilton started 10th and had to make his way past the Red Bull of Yuki TsunodaContinue Reading
Toto Wolff reckons Andrea Kimi Antonelli “made too many mistakes” in a disappointing outing for the Mercedes Formula 1 team at the Italian Grand Prix.Antonelli crossed the line in eighth, but a five-second penalty for forcing Alex Albon off at Turn 3 dropped the 19-year-old rookie to ninth while team-mateContinue Reading
McLaren’s decision to swap positions between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri during Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix was a matter of “fairness” and “consistency of principles”, per team principal Andrea Stella.The Woking-based squad found itself facing scrutiny during the race when, after Lando Norris suffered a slow pitstop and droppedContinue Reading
The 2025 Formula 1 championship fight is very unlike many that have come before.It is being fought by McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, but even as the season approaches its end, the pair are still playing ‘happy family’ rather than the intra-team bust-ups of years gone by likeContinue Reading
Max Verstappen produced a vintage display of dominance at the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix with a commanding win over Lando Norris, who was at the centre of a McLaren team orders kerfuffle following a slow pitstop.Norris, who had given up his place in the McLaren pitstop queue to team-mateContinue Reading
Pierre Gasly, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, winners of the past five grands prix at Monza, have something in common besides the obvious fact of being Formula 1 drivers who have won the Italian GP.None of them started from pole position.Indeed, races won from pole are in the minorityContinue Reading