Hirakawa replaces Doohan at Alpine for Japanese GP FP1 outing
Ryo Hirakawa will drive Jack Doohan’s Alpine in opening practice for this weekend’s 2025 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. The Toyota World Endurance Championship champion has joined Alpine as a reserve driver for the season after fulfilling the same role at McLaren last year. This is being done because of FIA rules which […]
What Tsunoda must do to become a success at Red Bull
The man himself frames it as fate. After an often frustrating four-year Formula 1 apprenticeship with Red Bull’s junior team, during which the prospect of promotion diminished and then seemed to vanish entirely, Yuki Tsunoda is now where he thinks he always should have been. Trouble is, that’s what the driver he is replacing thought. […]
How Ferrari is helping Hamilton settle with Mercedes-inspired steering wheel software
The early signs have been positive for Lewis Hamilton. While the team has not been able to execute either race weekend in Australia and China perfectly, Hamilton took his first sprint pole and victory in Shanghai as a welcome boost to his stint with the Italian powerhouse. Hamilton has spoken at length about how he […]
Has Russell’s start to F1 2025 been underrated?
There’s another common denominator beyond Lando Norris on the first two grand prix podiums of 2025: George Russell. He was third in both the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix – and yet, as with Orson Welles in The Third Man, the spotlight has flitted over him briefly before alighting on other targets. Principally that’s because […]
How Alonso and Bortoleto can be F1 rivals in a unique driver management deal
Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso – in his 22nd Formula 1 campaign – is still encountering a new experience. It’s not just the six rookie racers on the 2025 grid. In Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto, he’s racing his own official protege. Since 2023, Bortoleto has been a part of Alonso’s A14 driver management stable. This is […]
2025 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix Sunday
Why the FIA can’t be too confident F1’s flexi-wing saga is over
The FIA has given a further clarification over its decision to keep tightening Formula 1’s rear wing deflection tests, and defended the delay of its stricter front wing tests until the Spanish Grand Prix. Over the last few years exploiting aero-elasticity has emerged as a key tool to keep this generation of ground-effect cars balanced […]
The advanced welding technology that helped save lives in F1
When Romain Grosjean’s Haas car split in two and burst into flames during the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, it was the titanium halo that ultimately saved his life. But what few people know is that a groundbreaking welding technique played a crucial role in making the halo strong enough to perform as designed in that […]
Where did each Red Bull F1 driver finish on their team debut?
Yuki Tsunoda is set to become the 14th driver to start a Formula 1 grand prix for Red Bull when he competes for the team at Suzuka on the 6 April. It will be the third round of the 2025 F1 season and he will replace Liam Lawson as Max Verstappen’s team-mate after a point-less […]