Autosport Podcast: Rounding-up media day at the Chinese Grand Prix
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording report from the Shanghai International Circuit to review media day for the 2025 F1 Chinese Grand Prix, and it begins on a sombre note as the series pays tribute to Eddie Jordan, the former team boss of Jordan and broadcaster who passed away this morningContinue Reading
Eddie Jordan: Formula 1’s great disruptor
Pull the 21 April 1988 edition of Autosport from the archives and you’ll find an image of Johnny Herbert, arm aloft in triumph, crossing the finishing line in the opening round of the International F3000 season at Jerez. In a stark visual echo of the white border around the photo,Continue Reading
Girls on the grid – who will be driving in F1 Academy 2025?
F1 Academy provides talented female racers with the opportunity to showcase their skills on the main stage of motorsport, and this year, many new drivers will be given that opportunity.And the addition of a new team, Hitech, means the grid has increased from 15 to 18 cars, with one ofContinue Reading
The battle Susie Wolff refuses to give up on
Susie Wolff is sitting in a corner office in Formula 1 headquarters in central London, jumping between rooms as she doesn’t actually have a permanent desk here. As managing director of F1 Academy, the all-female racing series now entering its third season, she is in the capital to see theContinue Reading
Inside the aero problems that will keep Haas near the back of the F1 field
The usual caveats applied when it came to Haas’ pre-season testing pace – or so it seemed at the time. After it spent last year’s Formula 1 test in Bahrain doing nothing except running at full fuel loads to quell its greedy streak with tyres, Haas rocked up in theContinue Reading
Mind games or accepting a tough reality? What’s behind Russell’s McLaren most dominant claims
Formula 1 has picked off in Shanghai where it left off in Melbourne – with McLaren’s rivals wondering just how far they are behind the championship’s leading car.The wet race in Australia – wild and wonderful though it was – actually made the formbook harder to read.Ferrari never got aContinue Reading
Verstappen: McLaren “good everywhere”, Red Bull among chasing pack
Max Verstappen admits McLaren looks good across the board in 2025 as the reigning world champion believes Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes will trade blows in the battle for best of the rest.Lando Norris won the first race of the season in Australia last weekend and will be looking toContinue Reading
Hamilton: Verstappen’s radio “far worse” than me and Adami
Lewis Hamilton has hit back at media making too much of his radio exchanges with his new Ferrari race engineer during his Scuderia debut in Australia, suggesting “far worse” comments by Max Verstappen went unnoticed.Hamilton endured a difficult Ferrari debut in Melbourne, with the team struggling for performance in bothContinue Reading
Obituary: Team owner Eddie Jordan who brought rock and roll to F1
Edmund Patrick Jordan, who has died aged 76 while undergoing treatment for cancer, was an energetic entrepreneur who brought a disruptive touch of rock and roll to Formula 1 in the 1990s.Born in Dublin, Jordan flirted with the idea of joining the priesthood in his youth before embarking on aContinue Reading
Porsche to make full-time return to British GT3 in 2025
The most successful manufacturer in British GT history will make a full-time return to the top division in 2025, as a Porsche 911 GT3 R will contest the forthcoming season.A record-breaking 16 British GT titles (five overall) have been won by a Porsche, but the German marque’s last championship cameContinue Reading