Ferrari set for car upgrades in Imola to turn around poor start to F1 2025
Ferrari may have achieved just one podium finish in the 2025 Formula 1 season so far, courtesy of Charles Leclerc in Jeddah, but it expects much more to come in the next few months. The Maranello-based outfit is counting on the FIA’s stricter front wing tests, which will be introduced at the Spanish Grand Prix […]
F1 signs PwC as official consulting partner from Miami GP onwards
PwC has become Formula 1’s official consulting partner meaning it will offer its services to the series in exchange for branding opportunities from the Miami Grand Prix onwards. One of the United Kingdom’s «big four» accounting firms, PwC — also known as PricewaterhouseCoopers — has signed a multi-year deal with F1 and will provide ‘strategic […]
Where Lawson and Tsunoda stand three races into their Red Bull/Racing Bulls switch
For the reasons previously explored in this writer’s column last week, the RB21 has performance available to be extracted — but largely in a certain, admittedly narrow, window. When comparing how the drivers occupying Red Bull’s rotating second seat had got on, it was evident that was something that Liam Lawson struggled with, while Yuki […]
Piastri «more conscious of his strengths» after Miami F1 race
Piastri had the better start of the two McLaren drivers in Miami, muscling his way past Norris, Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez after the latter went straight on in the first corner. In a McLaren that didn’t receive all the upgrades that Norris’ MCL38 had equipped, Piastri nevertheless showed great pace early on and passed […]
RB could catch F1’s top five teams
The Faenza-based team enjoyed its most competitive outing of the year in Miami last weekend, with Tsunoda scoring twice thanks to an eighth-place finish in Saturday’s sprint followed by a strong drive to seventh in Sunday’s race. Team-mate Daniel Ricciardo had a strong Saturday as well, qualifying and finishing fourth, before a rather anonymous grand prix in […]
Ricciardo performance in F1 Miami sprint «had been coming»
Ricciardo endured a tough start to the 2024 season, being outperformed by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in the opening race while struggling to get comfortable aboard the VCARB01. The Australian’s difficulties dashed the momentum of him being considered for a 2025 Red Bull seat, but in recent races, he has been working his way back to […]
Who is Lando Norris, F1’s newest grand prix winner?
The McLaren driver crossed the line 7.6 seconds clear of the all-conquering Max Verstappen, converting a strategy in which he went long on the medium-compound tyres and pouncing on a safety car to cycle out ahead of the three-time world champion. Dispelling the disappointment of his 2021 near-miss at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, […]
Miami F1 win a weight off McLaren’s shoulders, not just Norris
Norris finally broke his duck in F1 on his 110th start, taking a convincing win at the Miami International Autodrome albeit with help from a well-timed safety car. It was Norris’ first win in a motor race in over 2200 days, having previously claimed 15 podiums in F1 before climbing the top step. Norris admitted […]
Sainz penalised for Piastri contact in F1 Miami GP, drops to fifth
The Ferrari driver had finished the race around the Hard Rock Stadium in fourth position, trailing team-mate Charles Leclerc, but falls one place behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the revised classification after being hit with a five-second penalty. Sainz had reached fourth place after a lengthy battle with McLaren driver Piastri, who had passed […]