What we didn’t learn from the F1 Bahrain pre-season test
Testing was held in unusual conditions, so will the results be representative? – Oleg Karpov On Thursday evening in Bahrain, a few hours after Lando Norris’ impressive long run, Andrea Stella was asked during his media briefing about whether McLaren will change its approach to celebrating success this year. Will it continue to do team […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Hamilton «slowly bonding» with new Ferrari car
Lewis Hamilton reckons he is “slowly bonding” with his Ferrari after notching up a total of 115 laps in his new challenger for 2025. Hamilton switched to the Italian team in the winter and had made no secret of the struggles he had with his Mercedes from last season. The seven-time F1 world champion was […]
More predictable RB21 has addressed Red Bull’s F1 2024 problems
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has said Formula 1’s first winter test day in Bahrain offered promising clues that the team may have finally fixed its 2024 problems. Last year’s RB20 started off in dominant fashion in the hands of Max Verstappen, but it was gradually overhauled by McLaren and to a lesser extent Ferrari, […]