JA on F1 Podcast: Confessions of an F1 TV pit reporter

JA on F1 Podcast: Confessions of an F1 TV pit reporter

This week we welcome Ted Kravitz, a bona fide sports broadcasting legend who has carved his own niche since 2001, patrolling the F1 pitlane for Sky Sports F1, BBC and ITV Sport.His Ted’s Notebook segment on the Sky coverage is a must-watch for all fans of the sport, from the US to the UK, Australia […]

Why promoting Hadjar for F1 2026 would be Red Bull repeating the same mistake

Why promoting Hadjar for F1 2026 would be Red Bull repeating the same mistake

“Isack is different,” Helmut Marko told journalists after Isack Hadjar finished a sensational third at Zandvoort, answering a question about whether he believes the Frenchman can withstand the pressure of potentially being Max Verstappen’s team-mate. Of all the Faenza team’s podiums, Sebastian Vettel’s Monza win excluded, this was probably one of the most solid. Yes, […]

Why Verstappen doing the Nurburgring 24 Hours would be good for F1 – and him

Why Verstappen doing the Nurburgring 24 Hours would be good for F1 – and him

Max Verstappen’s efforts on the Nurburgring Nordschleife have rightly attracted a lot of attention in recent weeks – and it’s good for Formula 1 and motorsport as a whole, as well as the Dutchman himself. Now that he has the required DMSB Permit A, Verstappen can contest a Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie race in a full-house GT3 […]

how the lost track time F1 will never bring back still appeals

how the lost track time F1 will never bring back still appeals

Stefano Domenicali wants to rid the Formula 1 weekend of free practice or at least shorten it. That’s too much for an old hand like me. I’m still reeling from the loss of the race morning warm-up, and had I not forged a career as a motorsport journalist I reckon my anger wouldn’t have subsided […]

Every session start time for F1 2026

Every session start time for F1 2026

The 2026 Formula 1 season start times have been unveiled with the Canadian Grand Prix race start pushed back to avoid a direct clash with the Indianapolis 500. In conjunction with F1 revealing its six sprint race venues for next season, the start times for every session in 2026 have been released. The only change […]

Why McLaren’s rivals are still puzzling over the secrets of its F1 dominance

Why McLaren’s rivals are still puzzling over the secrets of its F1 dominance

When Lotus became the first Formula 1 team to harness ground-effect aerodynamics in the late 1970s, it went to remarkable lengths to keep the secret even though the hardware was almost in plain sight. When removing the 79 car from its transporter and working on it, the mechanics would routinely conceal the differential under a […]

Nurburgring 24h in sight as Verstappen ponders next step in GT

Nurburgring 24h in sight as Verstappen ponders next step in GT

Max Verstappen is now officially licenced to race GT3 cars at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, paving the way for the Dutchman to tick off one of his bucket list items. Verstappen raced a Porsche Cayman 718 GT4 CS at last weekend’s four-hour ADAC ACAS Cup, in a car that was detuned as the four-time world champion […]

FIA overturns Sainz’s F1 Dutch GP penalty after Williams protest

FIA overturns Sainz’s F1 Dutch GP penalty after Williams protest

The FIA has overturned the penalty Carlos Sainz received during the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix for his collision with Liam Lawson at Turn 1 in Zandvoort. Sainz suffered a 10-second penalty plus two penalty points after driving around the outside of the opening corner, where his front right tyre clashed with Lawson’s rear left […]

Can Red Bull carry its surprise pace into Baku?

Can Red Bull carry its surprise pace into Baku?

When Max Verstappen said back in Hungary that he did not expect Red Bull to win another grand prix for the remainder of the 2025 season, reality turned out differently. The Dutchman won in Monza, and did so in dominant fashion. Verstappen built a lead of almost 20 seconds, although Lando Norris jokingly said during the post-race […]