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Last October, Haas and Toyota announced a partnership in which they would “Share Knowledge and Resources for Mutual Benefit”. A generous portion of corporate word salad, but lacking in substantive detail. It soon became clear that one of the new partnership’s priorities was to develop a new driver-in-loop simulator, a critical piece of infrastructure Haas currently lacks. Not only do these ...Keep reading

Williams F1 team principal James Vowles believes the performance gains the outfit has found on its 2025 Formula 1 car in recent weeks are a sign of bigger things to come as the team becomes more efficient.
Williams' upgrades at the Belgian Grand Prix were more than welcome. The Grove-based squad made a flying start to the season at the front of the midfield and looked certain to secure fifth in ...Keep 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 start to 2025 at the front of the midfield and looked certain to secure fifth in the championship, but it ...Keep reading

Competing for a Formula 1 championship "feels similar" to fighting for titles in the junior categories, says Oscar Piastri, who notes that his intra-team battle with McLaren team-mate Lando Norris is the key differentiating factor.
Piastri won the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, 2020 Formula 3, and 2021 Formula 2 seasons consecutively before spending 2022 on the sidelines as Alpine's ...Keep 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 before spending 2022 on the sidelines as Alpine's reserve ...Keep 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 rich and exciting influx of talent.
But many of those either new or new-ish to the game have struggled to make an impact. Jack ...Keep 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 rich and exciting influx of talent.
But many of those either new or new-ish to the game have struggled to make an impact. Jack ...Keep reading

Current Formula 2 championship leader Leonardo Fornaroli is something of a rarity in modern motorsport: he is currently in the lead of a top-level junior championship in his first year, but remains conspicuously unaffiliated to a Formula 1 academy.
This is a quirk that Invicta team principal James Robinson believes is "absolutely mind-blowing", as he marked Fornaroli as a potential "Moneyball" ...Keep reading

Current Formula 2 championship leader Leonardo Fornaroli is something of a rarity in modern motorsport: he is currently in the lead of a top-level junior championship in his first year, but remains conspicuously unaffiliated to a Formula 1 academy.
This is a quirk that Invicta team principal James Robinson believes is "absolutely mind-blowing", as he marked Fornaroli as a potential "Moneyball" ...Keep reading

Teams are currently preparing for Formula 1's technical overhaul on both the chassis and engine side for 2026, although the prospect of new regulations is not welcomed equally by all.
Several drivers have spoken out after their first runs in the simulator. Max Verstappen was the first one two years ago, followed more recently by Charles Leclerc, Alex Albon and Lance Stroll. Drivers fear that ...Keep reading