Alonso dismisses claim by Norris that more than four teams can win in F1 2025
Fernando Alonso is unconvinced by Lando Norris’s suggestion that more than four teams can win races in 2025’s Formula 1 season, suggesting that the championship lacks the unpredictability to allow that. Four teams — Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes — all won races in 2024 as the competitive shape of the grid swung throughout […]
What Sainz’s early F1 leadership manifesto idea means for his GPDA director stint
Carlos Sainz’s pre-season testing press conference appearance alongside most of the rookie drivers entering Formula 1 in 2025 revealed much about his current position in the championship. The first is that, at 30 and about to start his 11th grand prix racing season, he is now one of F1’s veteran figures – the youngster of […]
Lap times and mileage – all the data from Bahrain F1 pre-season testing 2025
Pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 campaign at the Bahrain International Circuit is now over, leaving vast data to analyse. Here are the fastest lap times and most distance covered by both teams and drivers. Fastest times in 2025 F1 Testing DRIVER CAR / ENGINE DAY 1 TIME (TYRE)LAPS DAY 2 TIME (TYRE)LAPS […]
‘No reason given to this day’
Former Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich has spoken up about his dismissal from the FIA in his first public comments on the matter. It was announced on the eve of last November’s Las Vegas Grand Prix that Wittich will step down from his role at the FIA with immediate effect. The announcement came as […]
12 months on from Horner and the infamous Google Drive email
It was an anonymous email, whose address contained the day’s date, 29 February, and had been sent to over 100 senior figures in Formula 1, including team bosses, journalists and F1’s owners. It dropped at 6:22pm local time in Bahrain ahead of the first race of the 2024 season and contained a link to a […]
Herbert hits back at Verstappens’ bias claims, accuses FIA of being «heavy-handed»
Sacked FIA race steward Johnny Herbert has taken aim at Formula 1’s governing body and hit back at accusations of bias. Herbert was dropped as an F1 steward one month ago after the FIA decided his «duties as a steward and that of a media pundit were incompatible». The shock announcement came after he found […]
The key talking points from F1 pre-season testing Day 3
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording review the action from Bahrain as the third and final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing comes to an end. Alex assesses the teams who didn’t leave a positive impression, including a U-turn on the state of Aston Martin after a difficult final day, as well as why Sauber could […]
Hamilton still has “quite a bit to come” in adapting from Mercedes to Ferrari car
Lewis Hamilton has said he still has “quite a bit to come” to be fully adapted to Ferrari’s Formula 1 car after spending the last 12 seasons at Mercedes. The seven-time world champion still has the final session of Bahrain pre-season testing to continue to learn how Ferrari’s car works with his driving style, as […]
The key talking points from F1 pre-season testing Day 2
Alex Kalinauckas and Ben Hunt return to report from Day 2 of F1’s 2025 test at the Bahrain International Circuit. In the review, Alex mentions the three teams that impressed him most, featuring McLaren’s eye-catching long-run pace, Aston Martin’s newfound consistency across the day, and Williams topping the lap and timing sheets via Carlos Sainz. […]