Verstappen feels sorry for Hamilton after dismal 2025 F1 season: ‘It really hurts’
Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton’s tough 2025 Formula 1 season was “not nice to see”. Despite a sprint victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, Hamilton most often struggled to match team-mate Charles Leclerc and failed to record a single podium finish in his maiden campaign at Ferrari. By the end of the year, the seven-time […]
Aston Martin’s tough 2025 F1 season isn’t why Newey was named team principal – Alonso
On 26 November, Aston Martin announced that Adrian Newey would be its Formula 1 team principal for the 2026 season. Legendary F1 engineer Newey joined Aston on 1 March as managing technical director and will take over from current team boss Andy Cowell, who is stepping aside to become chief strategy officer after replacing Mike […]
Being without an F1 win since 2013 «doesn’t sound right»
Fernando Alonso has spent much of the second act of his Formula 1 career pondering his luck and, amid the swings between the better years and more common leaner spells, he has concluded that over a decade without an F1 win «doesn’t sound right». The two-time champion’s last F1 victory remains his 2013 Spanish Grand […]
Why Alonso thinks luck is against him in F1 in 2025
Fernando Alonso came home 15th in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix after qualifying 11th, which led the Aston Martin racer to slam his bad luck over the 2025 Formula 1 season. He said unexpected occurrences that shake up the field only come along when the team is on form. The Spaniard qualified just outside the top […]
Alonso’s furious Aston Martin rant: «You forgot about me»
Zandvoort had promised much for Fernando Alonso. Fourth in first practice, second in the next, and still tenth in FP3 – always among the closest pursuers of the dominant McLarens at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix. It looked very much like his best result of the season so far – fifth in Budapest – was […]
How does Alonso’s winless streak rank in F1 history?
It’s fair to say Kevin Magnussen never had a real shot at victory in Formula 1. The Danish driver spent seven of his nine F1 seasons with the modest Haas team, while his sophomore campaign took place at a struggling Renault outfit as the French brand made a full-on return to the world championship. Magnussen […]
Why Aston Martin’s Hungary F1 fightback is “concerning” to Alonso
Aston Martin had its most successful weekend of the 2025 Formula 1 season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but is at a loss to explain why it happened. One week prior, Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll locked out the back row at Spa-Francorchamps, but at the Hungaroring they claimed fifth and sixth on the grid […]
Alonso explains back injury which caused him to miss F1 Hungarian GP FP1
Fernando Alonso is confident of completing the remainder of the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix weekend after missing first practice due to a back muscle injury. On Friday morning, Aston Martin announced the two-time F1 world champion would skip the first practice session with reserve driver Felipe Drugovich standing in for the team. Alonso opted […]
Why Adrian Newey “goes to another office” to avoid work on 2025 Aston Martin F1 car
Adrian Newey made a rare appearance trackside during the British Grand Prix Formula 1 weekend. Apart from a visit to Monaco in May (and a cameo at the Goodwood Festival of Speed) he has been sequestered within Aston Martin’s ‘campus’ near Silverstone since he started at the team in March. But while Newey was present […]