New McLaren sporting director Courtenay granted Red Bull F1 exit
Will Courtenay has completed his long-awaited move to McLaren’s Formula 1 team to take up a new role as sporting director, after being granted approval to leave his position at Red Bull. McLaren had announced its signing of Courtenay as early as 2024, but the Briton was not able to negotiate an exit from his […]
“It wasn’t funny” – Piastri reflects on Alpine F1 contract saga
Oscar Piastri has reflected on the contractual saga that occurred in mid-2022, when he signed a McLaren Formula 1 deal as an Alpine junior. Piastri joined the Renault Sport Academy, as it was then called, for the 2020 season after narrowly clinching the Formula Renault Eurocup title. The Australian went on to win the F3 […]
Why Verstappen doesn’t feel being only frontrunning Red Bull hurt him against McLaren
Max Verstappen says being the only Red Bull car to take on the two McLaren drivers for the 2025 Formula 1 title was an advantage rather than a drawback. In 2025 Red Bull tried its latest gamble to solve its second seat syndrome, but after two poor weekends Liam Lawson was ruthlessly replaced by Yuki […]
‘The scary thing about Verstappen is he’s getting better’
“The scary thing is he’s getting better.” This is how Sebastian Vettel views fellow four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen, who recently completed a remarkable 2025 campaign. Despite his Red Bull RB21 being inferior to the McLaren MCL39 for most of this season, Verstappen took more wins and more pole positions than any other […]
How ‘brutally honest’ Norris came of age to become F1 champion
It wasn’t just raw emotion pouring out of Lando Norris after he was crowned the 2025 Formula 1 world champion in Abu Dhabi. With the tears of joy came a stream of consciousness giving insight into how he had experienced his rollercoaster 2025 season — the joyous wins, the crushing defeats, the challenge of going […]
Who is driving at the 2025 F1 Abu Dhabi post-season test?
The 2025 Formula 1 competitive season may be over, but track activity is not: all 20 cars will be in action in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Each team will have one mule car driven by one or both race drivers, featuring Pirelli’s new range of rubber for the 2026 season, with slightly smaller and narrower […]
The two turning points that shaped Norris into an F1 world champion
McLaren chief Andrea Stella believes the experience of going up against Max Verstappen and his response to his early Formula 1 2025 difficulties were key to Lando Norris’ maiden championship win. Norris prevailed over defending champion Verstappen after a tense title showdown in Abu Dhabi, with the McLaren drivers’ third place enough to take his […]
Norris is his own biggest critic, but he won the F1 world title his way
“I won it my way, Lando’s way,” said the new Formula 1 world champion as he sat in the small press conference room at Yas Marina Circuit and reflected on what he had just achieved. As so often in these moments, at the end of a long, arduous season, when the lifetime’s dream has been […]
How will F1 tyres influence the 2025 title decider?
Just a few hours from now, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will stage a three-way Formula 1 title decider – the first of its kind for 15 years. It will involve two drivers from the McLaren team – Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri – and Red Bull racer Max Verstappen. Read Also: Pirelli F1 chief […]