Is Red Bull right to replace Lawson with Tsunoda after just two races?
The change is all but confirmed. As Autosport revealed on Sunday, Red Bull began considering a change to its driver line-up even before the Shanghai race — with Yuki Tsunoda emerging as the frontrunner to replace the struggling Liam Lawson. Discussions have since progressed following meetings in recent days, with the move now all but […]
Lawson’s Red Bull future in doubt as team eyes Tsunoda swap for Japan
Yuki Tsunoda is in line for a call up to Red Bull’s Formula 1 team for next week’s Japanese Grand Prix — just as Autosport exclusively reported last Sunday. Liam Lawson has come under pressure after making a difficult start to the season, crashing out of the Australian GP and was a lowly 15th place […]
How a «worried» Red Bull plans to rebound after glum start to F1 2025
If Formula 1’s mixed-weather opener in Australia could mask Red Bull’s ails, thanks in no small part to Max Verstappen’s exquisite driving, then Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix really set the alarm bells ringing. Verstappen rallied to finish fourth with a strong second stint on the hard tyres, but the preceding stint on mediums – in which […]
How the prospect of V10s has triggered a complex debate on F1’s future
Like many things in the modern world, it all started with a social media post. Three days after Formula 1’s season launch in London, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem posted a message on Instagram, saying that, inspired by “positive discussions on the future of the sport”, the motorsport world should explore “a range of directions” […]
What really happened with Ferrari’s “joke” team orders saga
Ferrari had a day to forget at Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix with a double disqualification for Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, but fake team order drama further added to team boss Fred Vasseur’s misery. Hamilton and Leclerc were running fourth and fifth respectively after their pitstops around lap 20 when fans were first alerted to […]
How Antonelli earned ‘driver of the day’ status in Chinese GP
When Formula 1 revealed that Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli had won its driver of the day poll, having crossed the finishing line in eighth place, this news generated the customarily sneering response. When team boss Toto Wolff congratulated his driver over the team radio, the eye-rolling was almost palpable. And yet, while the results […]
what went wrong at the Chinese GP
Stop the count! Donald Trump’s peculiar Tweet during the 2020 United States presidential election has long since become a meme. You can imagine, given Ferrari’s double disqualification from the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix, that the Scuderia will be wishing fervently that everyone had just packed up and flown home on the Saturday, after Lewis Hamilton […]
Autosport Podcast: Reviewing the Chinese GP
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording wrap up their coverage of the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix as McLaren dominated proceedings with its 50th 1-2 finish, as Oscar Piastri took victory ahead of Lando Norris. Alex gives a review of the action, why he agreed with Piastri calling it his «most complete» weekend in F1 and how […]
Red Bull to crunch numbers amid Lawson/Tsunoda switch talk
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner might not be aware of it, but he was channelling his inner William Edwards Deming as he discussed Liam Lawson’s future following another disappointing outing at the Chinese Grand Prix. «Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion,” the American statistician and business theorist once said – and […]