Piastri blasts Alpine ‘still f*** me over all these years later’ on team radio
Oscar Piastri is still haunted by Alpine, nearly three years after leaving the team with an infamous social media message that’s etched into the Formula 1 history books, and during the Austrian Grand Prix he was held up by both Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly. Piastri was run off the track by Colapinto on lap 55 […]
Extraordinary collection of McLaren cars go up for sale
An exclusive collection of 20 McLaren road cars belonging to the team’s former shareholder is being put up for sale. The models all belong to the late Mansour Ojjeh, the French-Saudi entrepreneur and former owner of TAG Heuer and McLaren Group shareholder, who passed away in June 2021. Leading classic car dealer, Tom Hartley Jr, […]
F1 could take inspiration from tennis to tackle frivolous protests
Formula 1 is set to discuss changes to the current protest system in the wake of Red Bull’s criticised protest against George Russell at the Canadian Grand Prix. In Montreal, Red Bull protested twice against Russell’s win, once for alleged erratic driving behind the safety car and for alleged unsportsmanlike conduct for Russell’s radio comments, […]
How Norris beat his own F1 Austrian GP pole lap by almost 0.3s
Lando Norris’ opening Q3 lap in setting the grid for the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix was already good enough for pole. Although he didn’t know it at the time, the Briton’s 1m04.268s could have done the job on its own; Charles Leclerc did not improve on his 1m04.492s set amid the opening runs, and […]
Sainz explains reason behind Q1 exit for F1 Austrian GP
Williams Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz has confirmed he had damage to his FW47, leading to an early qualifying exit. It means the Spanish driver will start the Austrian Grand Prix in 19th on Sunday and at the end of Q1, Sainz claimed via team radio that the car was «undriveable». «There’s damage in the […]
How McLaren plans to solve Norris’ F1 2025 qualifying woes
Lando Norris’ struggles to get a feel for the 2025 McLaren at the very edge of the envelope, particularly in the top-10 shootout in qualifying, have been one recurring theme over the first half of the Formula 1 season as he is needing to pull out all the stops to battle team-mate Oscar Piastri. From […]
Former Ferrari F1 mastermind to take up role in McLaren’s road car arm
Former Ferrari chief Luca Di Montezemolo has been appointed as a director of the McLaren Group Holdings Limited, which controls the McLaren Automotive business and has a minority stake in the F1 team. On Friday, McLaren Group Holdings Ltd made a Companies House filing in the UK to appoint Di Montezemelo to its board of […]
Russell leads Verstappen in messy FP1 at Red Bull RIng
George Russell followed up on his Canadian Grand Prix victory by setting the pace in opening practice for Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. Looking to build on his success in Montreal, Russell recorded a lap of 1m5.542s to put his Mercedes top of the times ahead of rival Max Verstappen, […]
Colapinto expected to remain at Alpine F1 for now
Franco Colapinto is expected to stay at the Alpine Formula 1 squad beyond his initial five-race stint. This weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix is the fifth race of Colapinto’s run replacing Jack Doohan, who was demoted after May’s Miami weekend following a bruising introduction to F1. In Alpine’s initial driver announcement Colapinto, who was signed from […]