What’s new in F1’s 2025 regulations?
Formula 1’s 2025 season, the last of the current ruleset, will kick off in Australia as Albert Park hosts the season opener – and there’s a handful of changes to the regulations to be aware of once the cars hit the road. Although the 2026 season promises arguably the biggest shift in F1’s technical regulations […]
Lowdon: Cadillac could sign an American F1 driver
Cadillac team principal Graeme Lowdon has stated that the incoming Formula 1 squad will select its first driver line-up on merit – and that it could still contain an American. F1 and the FIA formally approved the entry of General Motors on Friday meaning its Cadillac brand will become the grid’s 11th team from 2026. […]
how their first race went
Every racing driver dreams of becoming the Formula 1 world champion with Ferrari one day. But very few manage to turn that dream into reality. This year Lewis Hamilton aims to prove otherwise. His move from Mercedes to Ferrari ranks among the most significant transfers in F1 history because it connects the most successful driver […]
Jake Boxall-Legge: Drive to Survive has been brilliant for F1
In 2018, I was working as Formula 2’s press officer, working as tangentially to the F1 paddock as conceivably possible. Our occasional interloping among the F1 great and good usually went unnoticed, but we were still privy to the odd bit of goss about the driver market so long as it corresponded with our little […]
How Hamilton has changed his Ferrari F1 steering wheel to be like Mercedes’
Lewis Hamilton has made notable adjustments to his Ferrari Formula 1 steering wheel layout – incorporating button shifts and clutch and gearbox paddle changes that retain familiarity from his long stint at Mercedes. The changes are all part of Hamilton’s adjustment to life at the Scuderia ahead of the 2025 F1 campaign, with the Italian […]
How Red Bull arrived in F1 as a «breath of fresh air» 20 years ago
The year is 2004 and David Coulthard is in his final season with McLaren. DC knows that his future will not be with the Woking-based team and that a certain Juan Pablo Montoya is set to take his place. He has to look for other options and attracts interest from Jaguar. The team with the […]
How Racing Bulls has adopted its «location-free» approach with Red Bull relationship
While Racing Bulls — and its previous monikers — has shared common technology with its ‘parent’ Red Bull squad throughout its 19-year tenure in Formula 1, the team is a bona fide constructor in its own right. The Italian-registered squad leans on Red Bull for gearboxes, suspension, and other tradeable components to ensure its own […]
Is Esteban Ocon actually a bad team-mate?
He debuted with a backmarker team before moving up to a bigger one, where he partnered with an established driver – a team leader for several years. Things didn’t go smoothly. Aside from a few disagreements over strategy that led to heated radio exchanges, there were also a couple of crashes. Nothing too unexpected when a […]
Verstappen rules Red Bull out of Australian GP victory bid
Max Verstappen has warned he doesn’t expect Red Bull to be in the battle for victory at Formula 1’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Although reigning champion Verstappen has won four world titles in a row and took pole by 0.270s in the most recent Melbourne event, Red Bull slid down the pecking order throughout the […]