Why Verstappen will be «trying to survive» Qatar GP sprint after Red Bull set-up misstep
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen fears Saturday’s sprint race in Qatar will be about «trying to survive» after going with the wrong set-up direction on his Red Bull. In qualifying Verstappen started reporting crippling bouncing issues through the second sprint qualifying segment on the medium tyres, and in the final shoot-out on softs those woes […]
Piastri should tell McLaren to «F off» if asked to support Norris in F1 title battle
Max Verstappen reckons Oscar Piastri should have told McLaren to “F off” had he been asked to support team-mate Lando Norris in his bid to become Formula 1 world champion. The 2025 season has featured a year-long title battle between the McLaren pair, in which for most of it Piastri held the upper hand, until […]
Tsunoda pleads for answers from Red Bull after F1 Las Vegas GP blunder
Yuki Tsunoda has been having a tough Formula 1 season at Red Bull, and that makes his Las Vegas mishap all the more difficult to take. Tsunoda is 24-0 down on Max Verstappen in their qualifying head-to-head, but was a striking 3.340s slower than his team-mate in the wet Nevadan session. It emerged that Red […]
McLaren gifts F1 and Red Bull a season finale spectacle
In the old days, when different people ran F1, fans would be inclined to look at the dramatic double disqualification of the McLaren drivers from the Las Vegas Grand Prix with a knowing wink. Nothing like tightening up the field with two rounds to go to set up a thrilling climax to the season for […]
How Norris claimed pole on McLaren’s bogey circuit
In the Las Vegas night, against the background noise of American pensioners drip-feeding their life savings into the slot machines quarter by quarter, Lando Norris cashed in the experience gained through his early-season struggles to hit the jackpot at the crucial moment. That’s McLaren team principal Andrea Stella’s view – well, perhaps not of the shovelling […]
Through the shredder? Verstappen gives his take on F1’s racing guidelines
Max Verstappen jokingly made clear that he would run Formula 1’s racing guidelines through a shredder if it were up to him. Following Oscar Piastri’s penalty in Brazil, debate over F1’s racing guidelines has resurfaced. Carlos Sainz called the penalty handed to the McLaren driver “unacceptable” and added that the guidelines will be discussed in […]
F1 predictions for the 2025 triple-header finale
Three rounds remain in the 2025 Formula 1 world championship, which will decide who becomes the drivers’ world champion, plus a few other key honours. This weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix kicks off a triple-header finale, followed by the Qatar GP (plus a sprint race) and then the season closer in Abu Dhabi. With so […]
Verstappen’s warming advice for Antonelli
Andrea Kimi Antonelli finished a career-best second in the 2025 Formula 1 Brazil Grand Prix, although this was somewhat overshadowed by his role in a tangle with Oscar Piastri in which the Australian was controversially hit with a 10-second penalty. While Antonelli’s inexperience has shown on some occasions this year, he has been spectacular and […]
Tsunoda “didn’t even notice” collision with Stroll in F1 Brazil GP
Yuki Tsunoda was surprised to send Lance Stroll into a spin in Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix, a contact that led to his race unravelling. Tsunoda was in 16th following the race’s safety car restart on lap six when, exiting Ferradura behind Franco Colapinto, the Red Bull driver braked much later, swerved to avoid the […]