McNish appointed Audi F1 racing director with immediate effect
Audi’s Formula 1 team has announced Allan McNish as its new racing director, assuming many of the responsibilities held by team principal Jonathan Wheatley before his unexpected departure in March. Following that move, Audi’s F1 CEO Mattia Binotto confirmed that he would Audi F1 boss may have revealed why Wheatley quit and discharge most of the […]
The F1 Commission discusses preventing massive 2026 engine performance gaps and grass fires
The FIA, Formula 1 and its teams have discussed mechanisms in the 2026 engine regulations to allow trailing manufacturers to catch up, while investigating solutions to avoid a repeat of the Japanese Grand Prix grass fire incidents. The 2026 engine rules were a key point on the agenda of the latest meeting of the F1 […]
Williams wary F1 rivals may catch up with limited upgrades planned for 2025
Alex Albon is having a great start to the 2025 Formula 1 season, picking up points at four out of five grands prix. Now, the Williams driver says his team is making the most of its current form, as it knows that in F1 an advantage doesn’t usually last forever. The British squad is currently in […]
Do the McLaren drivers’ opposing mindsets signify strength or weakness?
Poker players have a word for Lando Norris’s response to adversity: “leaky”. In a game of bluff and counter-bluff, allowing emotions to manifest outwardly is certainly a disadvantage and a weakness. Is it also the case in a Formula 1 driver? There are those who would argue so, saying this is a brutal dog-eat-dog world […]
JA on F1 Podcast: Is Hamilton’s malaise set to last the whole season?
The first triple-header of the season is done and some tired faces have headed back from the Gulf for a short Easter break before attacking the standalone Miami GP next week, then another triple-header: Imola, Monaco and Spain.We get into why Max Verstappen is heaping praise on Oscar Piastri, despite their Turn 1 incident, Piastri’s […]
They’re the spice of the sport
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has suggested he’d like to see more contention over the technical regulations in the championship, labelling a handful of examples from his own time at Ferrari as moments of «spice». In his previous role at the Maranello company, which encompassed roles in the commercial department before he became sporting director […]
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 […]
How unwanted triple-headers became a fixture on the F1 calendar
The upcoming Miami Grand Prix will be the first Formula 1 race not to be part of a double- or triple-header since last year’s Canadian Grand Prix on 9 June 2024. That is a consequence of the expansion of the calendar, which averaged 16 races per season in the 1980s and 1990s but gradually increased […]
2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix review
The 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was arguably decided by the lap one incident between Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, which prompted a controversial penalty for the Red Bull driver. Piastri attacked down the inside of Turn 1, leading to Verstappen going off at the second part of the chicane to protect his lead thinking […]