Formula 1 News

After the United States Grand Prix in October, George Russell made a comment about the power of pole position in the 2025 Formula 1 season - or at the very least, the correlation between qualifying and race finishes this season. "Right now in F1, it's a race to Turn 1," he noted and, after getting boxed in at the start of the Austin contest, a recovery was scarcely on the cards.
While ...Keep reading

In the Singapore Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso expressed his displeasure over the radio after a slow pit stop dropped him from eighth to 15th. When engineer Andrew Vizard told him there were 34 laps to go, the two-time Formula 1 champion replied: "If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio." 
Alonso did not fully appreciate the attention his radio outburst received in Singapore ...Keep reading

The way Oscar Piastri lost the Formula 1 world championship lead means he may have grown complacent, Jacques Villeneuve has suggested.
Piastri led the standings for 15 consecutive rounds, with his advantage reaching 34 points over McLaren team-mate Lando Norris and 104 points over Max Verstappen after his Dutch Grand Prix win.
Since then, the Australian has suffered a spate of mediocre ...Keep reading

While the Mexican Grand Prix offered a rare mix of strategies, many of the recent races have followed a familiar pattern. George Russell described F1 as a race to Turn 1, with dirty air becoming more of a factor again and teams favouring the most conservative strategy – the one-stop. 
This year’s Pirelli tyres are more robust than in previous seasons, allowing drivers to push more, but ...Keep reading

“It's just very difficult, super low grip. I feel like I could drive a road car quicker than we drive at the minute…”
This is how unhappy Lando Norris was with his McLaren Formula 1 car after practice for the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The Nevadan race turned out to be one of the worst in McLaren’s title-winning season, with Norris and Piastri out of the top five positions on both ...Keep reading

Four hours, four minutes, 37 seconds. The Canadian Grand Prix of 2011 is famed for two things: one, being Formula 1's longest-ever race (a record that will likely never be beaten), and two, Jenson Button's unlikely victory after falling to the back of the field.
It's considered as one of Button's best races, one in which he battled against the elements (and more than a few tangles) to work his ...Keep reading

Felipe Massa’s legal counsel has asserted that Formula 1’s leadership was involved in a “deliberate concealment” of Nelson Piquet Jr’s 2008 Singapore Grand Prix crash, as part of Massa’s case disputing that year’s title.
Massa had filed a lawsuit against the FIA, Formula One Management (FOM), and Bernie Ecclestone seeking damages for the outcome of the 2008 championship, which is ...Keep reading

Felipe Massa’s legal counsel has asserted that Formula 1’s leadership was involved in a “deliberate concealment” of Nelson Piquet Jr’s 2008 Singapore Grand Prix crash, as part of Massa’s case disputing that year’s title.
Massa had filed a lawsuit against the FIA, Formula One Management (FOM), and Bernie Ecclestone seeking damages for the outcome of the 2008 championship, which is ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has announced that its collaboration with Disney will kick off with a show at the Fountains of Bellagio during the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend of 20-22 November.
The partnership between the championship and Disney was announced in May and will include the Disney x Formula 1 merchandise collection, which will be available in early November. The press release states, "The elevated ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has said stepping into a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time was "a lot more emotional" than similar experiences when he was a younger man. 
Hamilton joined the Scuderia for the start of the 2025 season to massive fanfare. But his performance with the team has been lacklustre for a number of reasons. The driver has struggled to adapt to such a different outfit, and both he ...Keep reading