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 […]
A fast car is always difficult to drive
Patience is a virtue, but who has got the time? Not Liam Lawson, who suffered another disastrous qualifying session in which he finished last while team-mate Max Verstappen extracted fourth out of the difficult-to-handle Red Bull. Read Also: Lawson knows this full well, being acutely aware of the chequered history of Red Bull’s second seat. […]
McLaren F1 car quirks are «more of a penalty» for Norris
A car that’s quick but difficult to drive: this has become a familiar refrain up and down the grid in the final season of Formula 1’s current ground-effect ruleset. Lando Norris struggled with graining in the sprint race in China, labouring to eighth place after dropping three positions on the opening lap, and then had […]
Piastri grabs first pole as Russell splits McLaren pair
Oscar Piastri took his first-ever pole position for an Formula 1 grand prix as he set the pace in China. Starting from the front could prove to be vital given how badly the field struggled with tyre degradation throughout the sprint race. Piastri had previously started on the front row on seven occasions but secured […]
How Tsunoda has already put Lawson and Red Bull under pressure
It’s very early days. F1’s 2025 season has only just started. But making an impression in a Formula 1 paddock is somewhat similar to a date: the initial impact really matters. You screw the first few lines during a dinner at a restaurant, and it’s almost impossible to recover. You get knocked out in the […]
McLaren car «may well» be slower if adapted to Norris’s driving style
Lando Norris seemed to roll a grenade under the door during a press conference ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix when he said he had effectively given up persuading his McLaren team to design a car which suits his preferred attacking style. Since the MCL39 was the benchmark car at the season opener – Norris […]
Alpine, Haas make wing tweaks after China F1 flex test changes
Alpine and Haas have revealed they have needed to make changes to their Formula 1 cars’ rear wings in light of the latest technical directive that has tightened flex tests. It is understood that four teams were affected by the changing parameters of the rear wing flex tests for the Chinese Grand Prix as the […]
2025 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix — Thursday
Location: China, Shanghai Photographer: Aleksandr Seregin
Johnny Herbert on the man who made him, Eddie Jordan
Every time I saw Eddie, he’d say, ‘I made you!’, which goes all the way back to Formula 3. I knew of his own racing – he wasn’t a bad driver – and at the end of 1986 I saw him at the Grovewood Awards. He said, ‘Has anyone signed you yet?’ and I said […]