No penalty for Max Verstappen after sprint qualifying incident
Max Verstappen has escaped a grid drop for Saturday’s Miami Grand Prix sprint race after an investigation into his SQ2 outlap, with Red Bull handed a reprimand instead. Verstappen, who ended up qualifying fourth behind shock polesitter Andrea Kimi Antonelli and both McLaren drivers, was summoned to the stewards for allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly. The FIA’s […]
Red Bull formally rules out right of review of Verstappen’s Saudi F1 penalty
Red Bull has formally ruled out launching a right-of-review petition against Max Verstappen’s decisive five-second penalty in Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Polesitter Verstappen was penalised for leaving the track and gaining an advantage at the start of the race, going off after a duel with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. Verstappen and Red Bull decided […]
Are F1’s racing guidelines working? Our writers have their say
The decision to hand Max Verstappen a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage – by cutting Turn 2 to keep the lead against Oscar Piastri – resurfaced the debate over racing rules in Formula 1. But whichever side of the fence you sit on, it was apparent that it was the […]
How can Verstappen win F1 Saudi GP, and how will Norris move up?
Jeddah’s fast and furious street race is shaping up to be an enthralling contest, thanks to several cars which are starting out of position. At the front there is Red Bull’s pole sitter Max Verstappen, who will be desperately fighting off the faster McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Then there is Lando Norris — starting 10th […]
Why Piastri wouldn’t have gained from using Verstappen’s two-lap quali strategy
Close, but no cigar. This might not have been the actual phrase going through Oscar Piastri’s head, and that of his race engineer Tom Stallard, after Piastri’s first Q3 lap, but the sentiments will have been the same. That lap – 1m27.560s – was actually fractionally slower than his final Q2 lap (1m27.545s) and therefore […]
Why Verstappen thinks McLaren will be tough to catch amid impact of a key Woking signing
Max Verstappen feels it is unrealistic for Red Bull to catch McLaren over the 2025 Formula 1 campaign as it pins hopes on small, gradual upgrades to cure handling issues. Red Bull’s balance problems were brutally exposed at last weekend’s hot and demanding Bahrain Grand Prix, with Verstappen only passing Pierre Gasly’s Alpine on the final […]
Red Bull «better», but not «where I want it to be» after Jeddah F1 practice
Max Verstappen says Red Bull has found a «better» feeling on one-lap pace in practice for the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix — but notes overall performance on the long runs is still «not where I want it to be». The four-time world champion came third in FP2 after finishing only ninth in FP1, […]
Can Verstappen still rely on Red Bull to turn its F1 fortunes around?
Just like last year’s Italian Grand Prix in Monza, the Bahrain Formula 1 race weekend turned out to be a low point for Red Bull. Max Verstappen spent large parts of the race battling with Alpine and Haas, although he managed to limit the damage by finishing sixth. That Monza misery served as a wake-up […]
Verstappen responds to Red Bull exit fears
Max Verstappen has responded to fears that he would leave the team, outlaid by the team’s adviser Helmut Marko, who shared his concern that the four-time Formula 1 world champion may depart if Red Bull does not improve. The Milton Keynes-based squad’s RB21 has been characterised as a car that is difficult to drive with […]