Verstappen penalised for crossing pit exit but keeps fifth place at F1 Miami GP
Max Verstappen has been handed a five-second penalty for crossing the pitlane exit line at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix but retains his fifth place due to an even bigger penalty for Charles Leclerc. Verstappen, who had dropped down the order after spinning at the start, made an early pitstop on lap 6, capitalising on an […]
Hadjar to be excluded from Miami GP qualifying over technical breach
Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar is set to be thrown out of qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix for falling foul of the Formula 1 technical regulations. During scrutineering Hadjar’s RB22 was found to be illegal due to the dimension of the floor board, which was found to be protruding two millimetres beyond the dimension defined in […]
Red Bull’s Miami GP updates have «almost halved» gap to F1 frontrunners
Max Verstappen believes that Red Bull’s wealth of upgrades for the Miami Grand Prix have so far «almost halved» the gap to the leaders, but still sees weaknesses in this year’s RB22 to work on. Red Bull caught the eye with its own interpretation of the «Macarena» rear wing; when the active aero system is […]
F1 rule changes for Miami GP are «just a tickle»
Max Verstappen has described the Formula 1 regulation changes as “just a tickle” in terms of the impact it will have, but sees the greater communication and interaction between the drivers and rules makers as a positive development. The FIA and F1 used the April break, as planned, to review the technical regulations. The consensus […]
F1’s long-term future could suit Verstappen – but will it come soon enough?
When the media gathered at Red Bull’s hospitality unit during the first week of winter testing in Bahrain, most colleagues were wondering how Max Verstappen would respond to the new regulations. After all, the Dutchman had already warned about this engine formula in the summer of 2023 and had openly stated that, in his view, it […]
Red Bull shakes up its F1 technical team
Red Bull has promoted its long-time head of performance engineering Ben Waterhouse into a more senior role, grabbing Racing Bulls’ deputy technical director Andrea Landi as his replacement. On Friday, Red Bull announced Waterhouse would move to the role of chief performance and design engineer, bridging the design and vehicle performance departments and reporting to technical […]
How every F1 2026 team has performed so far
Having raced on three very different circuits in Melbourne, Shanghai and Suzuka, the early stages of 2026 have provided a first look at which teams hit the ground running in Formula 1’s bold new era and who has missed the mark. Mercedes came out swinging with a clean sweep of the first three races, while questions […]
Lambiase set for McLaren switch in F1 2028
Max Verstappen’s long-time Red Bull race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase is set for a switch to McLaren, Autosport understands. Lambiase has long been the subject of intense interest across the paddock, as the 45-year-old weighed up his options last winter. Amid links with Aston Martin and Williams, Lambiase ultimately chose to remain in place at Red […]
Could Verstappen really leave F1? The two factors that are different this time
After another disappointing Formula 1 qualifying session, Max Verstappen appeared in the Suzuka media pen on Saturday afternoon. Of course, being knocked out in Q2 did not help, but he found what he had experienced an hour earlier even more disappointing. A qualifying session that, despite an FIA intervention that made things slightly better, was in […]