Formula 1 News

Under Laurent Mekies, who took over mid-season after Christian Horner’s dismissal, the Red Bull Formula 1 team came close to completing a remarkable comeback.
A significant part of that turnaround can be explained by the team finally managing to extract performance from the RB21, in part by continuing to develop the car longer than many rivals.
Another key factor has been the consistency ...Keep reading

Despite an impressive late resurgence, Max Verstappen missed out on his fifth consecutive Formula 1 world title in 2025. Helmut Marko, however, believes the Red Bull driver would have become champion had Christian Horner left the team at an earlier stage.
Shortly after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, it was announced that Red Bull and Marko would immediately end their longstanding collaboration ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff couldn’t have coped with Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s pressure as a 19-year-old, explaining he was “a bit of an idiot” at that age.
Antonelli became F1’s third-youngest driver in history this season at 18 years old thanks to his single-seater prowess – four titles in Formula 4 and Formula Regional. He also was the first F1 debutant in a top ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff couldn’t have coped with Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s pressure as a 19-year-old, explaining he was “a bit of an idiot” at that age.
Antonelli became F1’s third-youngest driver in history this season at 18 years old thanks to his single-seater prowess – four titles in Formula 4 and Formula Regional. He also was the first F1 debutant in a top ...Keep reading

With the 2025 Formula 1 title decider in Abu Dhabi, the regulatory cycle of the ground-effect cars has come to an end. The regulations introduced in 2022 had three aims: improving racing by allowing drivers to follow each other more closely, closing up the field, and creating a sustainable championship – also financially.
As Nikolas Tombazis, FIA’s single-seaters director, looks back, his ...Keep reading

With the 2025 Formula 1 title decider in Abu Dhabi, the regulatory cycle of the ground-effect cars has come to an end. The regulations introduced in 2022 had three aims: improving racing by allowing drivers to follow each other more closely, closing up the field, and creating a sustainable championship – also financially.
As Nikolas Tombazis, FIA’s single-seaters director, looks back, his ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean has argued that Max Verstappen's 2025 resurgence in performance was "very inspiring for a lot of drivers" and, despite not clinching the championship title, was the most "outstanding driver of all of them".
After effectively counting himself out of the championship fight ahead of the summer break, Verstappen had a late-season surge which resulted in a ...Keep reading

There are plenty of sim racing games out there if you want to indulge in some reckless driving over the Christmas break. But Grand Pro Circuit goes about things in a different way. This open-wheel racing sim specifically focuses on cars from the late 1980s, and while its release date is "to be announced", it's something I may well be asking Santa for.
So what is this new simulator? Grand Pro ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc says it is "now or never' for the Italian team to fight for championships under the all-new regulation changes for 2026.
Ferrari slipped from second to fourth this year after it missed the mark at the start of the 2025 campaign, and then decided to focus all of its aero resources on next year's car from April onwards.
The end result was a frustrating ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc says it is "now or never' for the Italian team to fight for championships under the all-new regulation changes for 2026.
Ferrari slipped from second to fourth this year after it missed the mark at the start of the 2025 campaign, and then decided to focus all of its aero resources on next year's car from April onwards.
The end result was a frustrating ...Keep reading