Tsunoda on older Red Bull car spec in Monaco after Imola F1 crash
Yuki Tsunoda has admitted his huge Imola qualifying crash will have lingering effects, as he has to revert to a previous floor design at this weekend’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. Tsunoda suffered an enormous accident last Saturday in Q1 as he overstepped the limit of the Red Bull in the fast Tamburello chicane, sending him […]
Ferrari F1 car must ‘surprise us’ to repeat Monaco GP fairytale win
Charles Leclerc says Ferrari’s specific low-speed weakness is going to make it extremely difficult to repeat 2024’s home win at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix. Last year Leclerc finally found redemption around his home streets, taking his first win from pole following several years of heartbreak and near-misses at the Principality. The popular win led […]
Hamilton «nervous» to show other drivers the F1 movie he helped produce
Lewis Hamilton might be considering trading the paddock for the red carpet in the next chapter of his career, but admitted he was “nervous” about the rest of the Formula 1 grid watching the finished F1 film. “I’ve seen it like 20 times already — at least,» Hamilton told reporters on Thursday, following an exclusive F1 drivers […]
Secrets of the street fighters
Racing in the confines of a street track is always special. The wheel-to-wheel action may not always be the best, but the spectacle of top drivers flirting with the barriers make it one of the sport’s greatest challenges. That’s particularly true now that most conventional circuits, particularly in Formula 1, have large run-off areas. And […]
Will Monaco change the F1 order again?
We are in the middle of another triple header, the second of the Formula 1 season so far. Imola provided a more exciting race than anyone expected and Monaco is next with a new rule making two pitstops mandatory. Max Verstappen and Red Bull came roaring back to dominant form at Imola, while Ferrari had […]
Tribal and toxic social media sour F1 fandom, but what can be done?
Dozens of fans were chanting his name as their favourite Formula 1 driver climbed the pitwall after the race to greet them. But this was not a Ferrari driver celebrating, let’s say, a podium on home soil. Instead, it was Alpine’s Franco Colapinto, who had come home in 16th place after a muted first grand […]
Why F1 Imola GP was still positive for Aston Martin despite no points
Aston Martin’s history with upgrades is rocky to say the least, with the British team often struggling to find form once it starts strapping new parts to its Formula 1 car. At Imola last weekend, for example, the British side brought a raft of updates to the AMR25 and still left the Italian track without […]
Autosport Podcast: F1 Imola GP review
The 2025 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix is the latest Formula 1 contest to be reviewed in the Autosport podcast after Max Verstappen won at Imola. It came after Red Bull brought a series of updates to the weekend, which eventually proved to be difference alongside Verstappen’s brilliant overtake on Oscar Piastri at Turn 2. So, that […]
FIA issued technical directives before Imola GP, but did they have an effect?
In the week leading up to the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the FIA clarified some aspects of the technical regulations through technical directives (TD) — which is a common procedure in itself. Autosport has learned that these were not actual changes to the regulations, but clarifications of what the rules specified and their intended purposes. The […]