Tsunoda claims he «impressed» Red Bull in key test ahead of 2025 F1 driver call
Yuki Tsunoda reckons he «impressed» Red Bull with his technical feedback in his recent Formula 1 test for the team – knowing it is an area the squad has doubted him on. The Japanese was handed his first proper run in a Red Bull car at the recent post-season Abu Dhabi tyre test, at a […]
Abu Dhabi repaid Stella for our 2010 F1 title miss
Fernando Alonso says McLaren’s Formula 1 title in Abu Dhabi has repaid team boss Andrea Stella for Ferrari’s title loss in 2010. Stella was Alonso’s race engineer at Ferrari when the Spaniard went into the 2010 season finale with an eight-point lead on Red Bull’s Mark Webber and an 15-point lead on Webber’s team-mate Sebastian […]
Ben Sulayem finds ally in swearing clampdown in Mercedes boss Wolff
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s push to drive swearing out of Formula 1 has received unlikely support from Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. While Wolff does not see eye-to-eye with Ben Sulayem on every topic in F1, he thinks the efforts to clean up the image of drivers is something worth fighting for thanks to a […]
F1 2024 a «missed opportunity» for Williams
Alex Albon says the 2024 Formula 1 season feels like a «missed opportunity» for Williams as it dropped to ninth in the standings. Williams started the season on the back foot with an overweight FW46 and while a lot of effort went into taking the weight out again, that also impacted its update schedule. The Grove-based […]
The remarkable tale of F1’s unlikeliest team ‘boss’
It was one of the more bewildering sights of the 2014 Formula 1 season, as Finbarr O’Connell took his place in the FIA team principals’ press conference at the Abu Dhabi GP. O’Connell was working for insolvency firm Smith & Williamson, who in turn had taken on the administration of Caterham Sports Limited. O’Connell arrived, […]
Ferrari to improve every pillar of performance in 2025
Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says his team will have to improve «every single pillar of performance» to catch McLaren in 2025. Ferrari just fell short of beating McLaren after an up-and-down campaign in which the Scuderia returned to the championship fight and its drivers, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, registered a combined five wins […]
What Will Happen In F1 In 2025?
Who will win the 2025 F1 Drivers’ Championship? Will Lewis Hamilton score more points than Charles Leclerc? What impact will the struggles of car manufacturers, especially Europeans, have on F1 next year? How might geopolitics impact on F1, for example in the Middle East and Asia? For our final podcast of the year, we thought […]
Why McLaren thinks it can overcome its 2025 wind tunnel deficit
McLaren believes that the reduction in wind tunnel time that it faces as a result of winning the Formula 1 constructors’ championship will not be as big a handicap as some think. The Woking-based outfit’s triumph in last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix helped to secure its first teams’ title since 1998, handing the team […]
FIA governance restructure given the green light
Changes to the FIA statutes have been granted at the General Assembly in Rwanda, affecting the roles of the ethics and audit committees at motorsport’s governing body. Under new plans, the responsibilities of the compliance officer would mean that power would be handed over to the FIA president and the president of its senate. It […]