Ranking the F1 drivers under most team-mate pressure in 2025
The new Formula 1 season is now just around the corner, with the 2025 campaign expected to be a continuation of last season’s unpredictable battle right across the grid. With McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes all seemingly on course to bring battle to the still just about frontrunning Red Bull squad, it could even rival 2021 […]
Why Haas not fully taking Ferrari car design cues matters for F1 2025
As Formula 1 fans await another launch season of fresh car design excitement, news coming out of Haas this week has provided early insight into how both the American squad and its main supplier, Ferrari, may fare in 2025. When asked if his team was changing its front suspension design for this coming season – […]
Latest FIA changes could increase animosity between F1 drivers and the governing body
The FIA’s latest missive, announcing changes to the governing body’s sporting code that could see drivers banned for swearing or speaking out against the organisation, is not only draconian. It is repressive and threatening. The changes, which are applied across all FIA-endorsed championships and includes team principals, would see international-level drivers punished with a €40,000 […]
Hot Wheels unveils car models as part of wider F1 collection
It is almost car launch season for the 2025 Formula 1 campaign and Mattel has got there first by launching its Hot Wheels collection — with eight teams given the 1:64 scale treatment. A deal with Mattel — the owners of Hot Wheels — was announced last October alongside a limited edition die-cast F1-branded car, […]
Haas boss Komatsu convinced Bearman is a future Ferrari F1 driver
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu is in no doubt that Oliver Bearman will be a future Formula 1 driver for Ferrari. The Italian team has started working with Lewis Hamilton this week, but fellow Briton Bearman, who is part of the team’s driver programme, is also entering this season as a full-time F1 driver. Bearman […]
Alunni Bravi lands wide-ranging McLaren role after Sauber exit
Ex-Sauber managing director and team representative, Alessandro Alunni Bravi, has joined McLaren in the team’s newly created role of chief business affairs officer. Alunni Bravi will report directly to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown and as part of his new remit will head up McLaren’s driver development programme. He will start his new job on […]
Gordon Ramsay to cater F1’s pit garage hospitality offering at 10 races
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has signed a partnership with Formula 1 to supply food for the championship’s pit garage hospitality suites at 10 2025 races. F1 has regularly used a pitbox at races since the 2022 season as an additional hospitality area for people willing to pay to watch sessions from near the pitlane entrances […]
Fines, points deductions possible for F1 driver swearing with new FIA stewards’ guidelines
The FIA has issued a series of stewards’ penalty guidelines that could result in Formula 1 drivers collecting fines or championship points penalties for swearing or other sporting code violations. An updated version of the FIA’s sporting code was released on Wednesday with a guidelines for infractions committed under Article 12, particularly with regards to […]
Analysing Hamilton’s Ferrari testing debut
Lewis Hamilton logged his first laps aboard a Ferrari Formula 1 car at Fiorano today, as the seven-time world champion continued his familiarisation process with his new team. Having not been released by Mercedes for the Abu Dhabi tyre test, which marked the end of the 2024 season, the 30 laps Hamilton completed on Wednesday […]