Alex Zanardi dies at the age of 59
A wide smile, dimples on his cheeks, and those slightly squinting eyes. If we close our eyes, that’s how Alex Zanardi comes to mind. And of course, wearing a racing suit – whether it was a Formula 1 suit, a Ganassi one, or the Italian handbike suit didn’t really matter. Whether he had four wheels […]
Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #13 Isack Hadjar
When Isack Hadjar was given the nod to move up from F2 to F1 with Racing Bulls there was a slightly sniffy air around Red Bull’s management, as if he were not Mr Right but Mr You’ll Do, since there was a space to be filled. Hadjar seemed to confirm that with a silly accident […]
Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #18 Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Rookie struggles were expected from the Italian teen, although his explosive start with fourth in Melbourne began an impressive series of early results – headlined by his Miami sprint pole. When Mercedes switched to a different rear suspension package, he struggled and his form across the European rounds began to wane, interrupted only by his […]
Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #38 Carlos Sainz
Very much a season of two halves for the ex-Ferrari driver. As a four-time grand prix winner, he was always going to have to manage his expectations on arrival at a team that hasn’t tasted victory since 2012. But expectations cut both ways; to an extent he was to act as a yardstick for team-mate […]
Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #39 Alex Albon
Across his previous three years at Williams, Alex Albon had found points hard to come by, so his fifth-place finish at Melbourne demonstrated how far the team had come over the winter. His early-season performances were strong, with points in seven of the opening eight rounds, before mid-term reliability issues rather brought that form to […]
Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #47 Lewis Hamilton
Much hype accompanied Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari this season, but any hopes that Maranello could carry forward its strong late-2024 form into the new season were quickly scuppered. That meant a fourth successive season of angst and self-doubt as Hamilton’s year dissolved after the high point of the sprint win at Shanghai – Ferrari’s […]
Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #48 Oliver Bearman
Much was expected from Oliver Bearman after his stellar debut substituting for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in Saudi Arabia the previous season, a drive so confident and assured that it masked the two rather less auspicious ones for Haas later in the season. His full-time rookie year also provided highs and lows, but the mistakes […]
Ben Sulayem re-elected as FIA president
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been re-elected as president of the FIA. Ben Sulayem controversially ran unopposed in this year’s presidential election, which took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, ahead of the 2025 prize-giving ceremony. The Emirati will serve a second four-year term, having first been elected in 2021 with 61.62% of the vote to then deputy […]
What’s next for Ben Sulayem after controversial FIA tenure so far?
After standing unopposed, Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been re-elected for another term as FIA president — ahead of the motorsport governing body’s prize-giving night in Uzbekistan on Friday. The 64-year-old Emirati will thus remain as the FIA’s leader for another four years, having succeeded Jean Todt at the end of 2021. Although three other candidates had […]