Analysis: Why both Racing Bulls were ahead of Verstappen on Friday in Japan
“I think the people at Racing Bulls were a bit surprised themselves by the good car they’ve built this year,” Max Verstappen told reporters on Thursday at the Japanese Grand Prix.Two weeks ago in China, the world champion made it clear that his struggling team-mate Liam Lawson would be fasterContinue Reading
Obituary: Vauxhall motorsport boss and successful co-driver Mike Nicholson dies aged 81
It’s a rare feat for anyone to have played a key part in two of the UK’s greatest eras of motorsport in two such disparate disciplines.In one, he found himself part of the elite almost by accident; in the other, he was instrumental in its success.Mike Nicholson, who has diedContinue Reading
How red flag chaos hid F1 Practice’s true pace – Japanese GP Practice Analysis
Mark Mann-Bryans and Jake Boxall-Legge report from Suzuka for Day 2 of the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix, with Friday practice generating plenty of headlines. Jake and Mark talk about the four red flags that disrupted FP2, including a massive shunt into the wall at Turn 1 for Jack Doohan, withContinue Reading
Alonso surprised by ‘weird’ Japan FP2 spin
Even Formula 1 world champions make mistakes – although Fernando Alonso indicated that fluctuations in the headwind at a critical part of the lap at Suzuka could have tipped him into the spin that brought second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix to a halt.Alonso lost control at the entryContinue Reading
Doohan DRS “misjudgement” caused F1 Japanese GP practice crash
Alpine team boss Oliver Oakes has explained Jack Doohan’s heavy crash in Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix practice was caused by the Australian erroneously leaving DRS open.Doohan spun off the road entering the high-speed Turn 1 in the opening stages of the one-hour session, smashing heavily into the barriers. Due to theContinue Reading
FIA taking action after grass fires halted Japanese GP FP2
The FIA is attempting to prevent a repeat of the grass fires that derailed second practice at Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix.Friday’s session was thrown into disarray by four red flags, two for offs by Jack Doohan and Fernando Alonso and another two for grass patches lining the Suzuka trackContinue Reading
Lawson relishing Racing Bulls F1 car’s ‘wider window’
Liam Lawson says he has enjoyed his return to Racing Bulls at Suzuka despite his harsh demotion from Red Bull, feeling at ease in the team’s vastly different Formula 1 car.After two difficult race weekends Lawson’s Red Bull stint was cut short by the team’s management, which opted to tryContinue Reading
Tsunoda’s first-day headaches in the Red Bull cockpit
After the expectation, the reality. Yuki Tsunoda’s first day actually driving Red Bull’s diva-ish RB21 Formula 1 machine, as opposed to piloting an ersatz version of it in a simulator, answered some questions while leaving others hanging.Very few of those matters outstanding were Tsunoda’s fault, though, owing to the secondContinue Reading
McLaren tips Mercedes as biggest F1 rival at Japanese GP
McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri believe Mercedes will be their biggest opponent in this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.After winning one race apiece in Australia and China, Norris and Piastri are the favourites to win in Japan and Friday’s practice running did little to suggestContinue Reading
Tost: You could give Lawson 100 years and he still wouldn’t be as fast as Tsunoda
Former Racing Bulls team principal Franz Tost has said Liam Lawson could have been given “100 years and he still wouldn’t be as fast” as Yuki Tsunoda, as he backed the decision to swap the pair by Red Bull.The Milton Keynes outfit assessed the two drivers towards the end ofContinue Reading