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 […]
F1 formally approves deal for General Motors to become 11th team with Cadillac in 2026
Formula 1 has formally approved the entry of General Motors and its Cadillac brand into the championship for the 2026 season and beyond. The move supersedes a deal in principle that was reached between F1 and General Motors last November and now ratifies Cadillac’s slot on the grid as an 11th team. It will mean […]
The next steps for Cadillac’s formally confirmed F1 entry
The news that Formula 1 has rubber-stamped Cadillac’s entry into the championship for 2026 is a small but important milestone for the Andretti-backed project, but what comes next is much more significant. The General Motors squad – which will start out as a Ferrari customer engine team while it works to build its own engine […]
Briatore’s blueprint to replicate Alpine’s past F1 title success
It turns out that Formula One Management is not alone in planning on producing a new movie. If Flavio Briatore gets his way, then Alpine is also working on a blockbuster hit that would tell the story of it winning the 2027 Formula 1 world championship. Briatore is back with big ambitions for the Alpine […]
The main questions about Drive to Survive Season 7 answered
There’s an underlying feeling that grows stronger as you make your way through the episodes of Netflix’s seventh Formula 1 quasi-documentary: they know each other a lot better now. There’s a lot less stating the obvious or over-explaining the basics. Even the main characters introduce themselves to the camera far less often — and when […]
As Honda distances itself from Tsunoda, what are his F1 options?
If Yuki Tsunoda and his new management were hoping to receive a helping hand from Honda as Tsunoda builds a case to remain in Formula 1, the mood music coming from HQ isn’t promising. As a member of Honda’s driver programme, Tsunoda was fast-tracked through the European junior single-seater ladder, making his F1 debut in […]
Reviewing F1 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain
We’ve just returned from Bahrain, where the Formula 1 teams did their only test last week ahead of the 2025 Melbourne season-opener next week. People say testing is boring but if you know what to look for, it’s anything but. The laps are on track, and the body language of the cars needs to be […]
Motorsport UK threatens taking legal action a
Motorsport UK chairman David Richards has threatened to take legal action against the FIA unless it addresses what he called an “erosion of accountability” under president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s governance. Writing an address to Motorsport UK members, Richards — who was recently prevented from attending a World Motor Sport Council meeting after refusing to sign […]