Autosport Podcast: Reviewing the Chinese GP
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording wrap up their coverage of the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix as McLaren dominated proceedings with its 50th 1-2 finish, as Oscar Piastri took victory ahead of Lando Norris.Alex gives a review of the action, why he agreed with Piastri calling it his “most complete” weekendContinue Reading
Ferrari’s errors tour: what went wrong at the Chinese GP
Stop the count!Donald Trump’s peculiar Tweet during the 2020 United States presidential election has long since become a meme. You can imagine, given Ferrari’s double disqualification from the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix, that the Scuderia will be wishing fervently that everyone had just packed up and flown home on theContinue Reading
Ferrari: One-stop tyre wear behind Leclerc’s underweight car in China
The Ferrari Formula 1 team says excessive tyre wear from the Chinese Grand Prix’s surprise one-stop race is behind Charles Leclerc’s car being found underweight, while it admitted “misjudging” Lewis Hamilton’s skid wear.Leclerc and Hamilton finished fifth and sixth at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday, but soon after theContinue Reading
Evans wins brutal Safari Rally to boost WRC title bid
Toyota’s Elfyn Evans clinched a second win of the World Rally Championship season to boost his title hopes after surviving the toughest Safari Rally since the event rejoined the calendar.Evans and co-driver Scott Martin emerged from a gruelling 21-stage rally of attrition with victory by 1m09.9s from Hyundai’s Ott Tanak.Continue Reading
Red Bull to crunch numbers amid Lawson/Tsunoda switch talk
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner might not be aware of it, but he was channelling his inner William Edwards Deming as he discussed Liam Lawson’s future following another disappointing outing at the Chinese Grand Prix. “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion,” the American statistician and business theoristContinue Reading
Lawson accepts he ‘won’t be around’ at Red Bull if he doesn’t perform, but wants time
Liam Lawson accepts that he must perform to keep hold of his Red Bull Formula 1 seat, but notes that he needs time he doesn’t necessarily have to get acquainted with the team’s 2025 car.The Kiwi racer qualified last for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, which Red Bull used as anContinue Reading
Leclerc, Hamilton and Gasly disqualified from Chinese GP
Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have both been excluded from the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix for falling foul of the technical regulations, with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly also thrown out of the results.During post-race scrutineering, Leclerc’s and Gasly’s cars were both found to weigh 799kg after fuel wasContinue Reading
Leclerc and Gasly at risk of Chinese GP disqualification for underweight cars
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly are under investigation for their cars being underweight after Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix, risking disqualification from the race.Leclerc finished the Shanghai race in fifth despite a broke front wing, with Gasly ending outside the points in 11th.Afterwards both cars were weighed byContinue Reading
Haas boss hails “amazing reaction” to secure double points in China
Haas Formula 1 boss Ayao Komatsu has hailed the “amazing reaction” from his team to recover from a disastrous Australian weekend to achieve a double top-10 Chinese Grand Prix finish.Esteban Ocon finished seventh in China, while Oliver Bearman made the most of an alternate tyre strategy to reach 10th fromContinue Reading
Why Leclerc opted to continue throughout Chinese GP with broken wing
Charles Leclerc has explained that the decision to soldier on with a broken front wing throughout the Chinese Grand Prix after contact with Lewis Hamilton was to preserve track position.The two Ferraris made light contact at Turn 3 on the first lap as Hamilton tried to assume the apex lineContinue Reading