Is Racing Bulls «wasting» its potential with strategy errors in F1 2025?
Before the 2025 Formula 1 campaign actually began, figuring out the pecking order in the midfield based on pre-season testing was tricky, with the data pointing to a close fight. Fast-forward two weeks, and Racing Bulls has consistently qualified top of the midfield – Yuki Tsunoda fifth in Melbourne, then Isack Hadjar up to seventh […]
Will the Lawson/Tsunoda swap fix the problems at Red Bull F1?
Red Bull has already called time on Liam Lawson’s very short stint with the team, as the 23-year-old has been dropped after just two grands prix in 2025. Lawson will return to Red Bull’s sister squad Racing Bulls, with his former team-mate Yuki Tsunoda heading to the ‘A’ team after a point-less start to the […]
How Red Bull’s previous mid-season F1 driver swaps worked out
Red Bull’s impending swap between Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda feels particularly brutal coming just two grands prix into the 2025 Formula 1 season — but history shows the company is not shy of shaking up its driver line-ups. Not counting its agreement with Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi in its maiden 2005 campaign, Red […]
The key talking points from the Chinese GP
There’s a famous saying — “In Formula 1, you are either giving pain or taking it.” And, after just two rounds of this year’s world championship, there are plenty of examples of that. In the latest edition of the James Allen on F1 Podcast, we’ll dig into what’s gone wrong for Liam Lawson and why, […]
What really happened with Ferrari’s “joke” team orders saga
Ferrari had a day to forget at Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix with a double disqualification for Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, but fake team order drama further added to team boss Fred Vasseur’s misery. Hamilton and Leclerc were running fourth and fifth respectively after their pitstops around lap 20 when fans were first alerted to […]
How Antonelli earned ‘driver of the day’ status in Chinese GP
When Formula 1 revealed that Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli had won its driver of the day poll, having crossed the finishing line in eighth place, this news generated the customarily sneering response. When team boss Toto Wolff congratulated his driver over the team radio, the eye-rolling was almost palpable. And yet, while the results […]
what went wrong at the Chinese GP
Stop the count! Donald Trump’s peculiar Tweet during the 2020 United States presidential election has long since become a meme. You can imagine, given Ferrari’s double disqualification from the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix, that the Scuderia will be wishing fervently that everyone had just packed up and flown home on the Saturday, after Lewis Hamilton […]
Autosport Podcast: Reviewing the Chinese GP
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording wrap up their coverage of the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix as McLaren dominated proceedings with its 50th 1-2 finish, as Oscar Piastri took victory ahead of Lando Norris. Alex gives a review of the action, why he agreed with Piastri calling it his «most complete» weekend in F1 and how […]
Red Bull to crunch numbers amid Lawson/Tsunoda switch talk
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner might not be aware of it, but he was channelling his inner William Edwards Deming as he discussed Liam Lawson’s future following another disappointing outing at the Chinese Grand Prix. «Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion,” the American statistician and business theorist once said – and […]