| 1. Threat or big break? What Sainz's Williams arrival means for AlbonВс, 09 фев[-/+]Категория(?) In one very small way, pairing Alex Albon with Carlos Sainz is a gift from Williams team principal James Vowles to the designers of his squad’s 2025 Formula 1 car. Both appendix-less these days, that’s a rough 9g saving per car no other team can make. Handy, given car weight problem was what really held Williams back last year. The team now has something else more subjective, but ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
2. Red Bull’s F1 juniors: Where are they now?Сб, 08 фев[-/+]Категория(?) While it’s easy to be cynical about the up-or-out nature of Red Bull’s young driver programme and the scars its abruptness has often left, no other enterprise has done more to promote young talent in motorsport. To assemble an exhaustive where-are-they now on paper of everyone who has been through the system would require something akin to the size of a telephone directory – if such ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
3. Could Netflix’s involvement in F1 change how it is broadcast?Пт, 07 фев[-/+]Категория(?) News that Netflix could be entering the race to bid for Formula 1 rights in the US is not unexpected, however, it could have massive repercussions on how the series is broadcast in the UK and elsewhere. The current platform sees F1’s rights holder, Liberty Media, sell TV contracts across the globe. It was a business model established by Bernie Ecclestone during the 1980s where a broadcaster ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
4. Does F1's 2026 silly season have silliness in store?Пт, 07 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Lewis Hamilton's move from Mercedes to Ferrari wouldn't be described as "shocking" or "historic" if such transfers happened every year, and F1 is unlikely to see anything like it anytime soon. Not only has the most successful driver in history joined the most iconic team in the championship, but the official announcement also kicked off one of the most extensive games of musical chairs in the ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
5. Haas to clarify Ocon and Bearman “rules of engagement” before 2025 F1 seasonПт, 07 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu will clarify “rules of engagement” for new drivers Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman to follow in the 2025 Formula 1 season. The American squad has a history of flashpoints between team-mates – with former drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean colliding several times in 2019, while Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin regularly tried to occupy the same ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
6. Netflix set to enter race for F1 broadcast rights in the United StatesПт, 07 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Netflix is emerging as the potential new home for Formula 1 in the US as a bidding process for the live broadcast rights from the 2026 season onwards is due to begin. The streaming service already plays a key role in growing the championship, with its seventh series of the Drive to Survive documentary series airing from 7 March. But Autosport understands Netflix is now strongly considering ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
7. How Pirelli is testing 2026 F1 tyres without 2026 carsЧт, 06 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Pirelli has entered the next stage of preparing its smaller tyres for the 2026 Formula 1 season, with Ferrari and McLaren testing its harder compounds in Barcelona this week. A lot of attention has gone to Lewis Hamilton continuing his preparations with his new Italian employer alongside team-mate Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Lando Norris, but it cannot be stressed enough that lap times from ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
8. First Mercedes apparel created by adidas launched ahead of F1 testingЧт, 06 фев[-/+]Категория(?) The first Mercedes team wear designed by adidas has been unveiled, while fans of the squad can now also get hold of the latest merchandise. It is the first time adidas has entered F1 and the company has claimed its involvement will “break new ground” by designing each piece of team kit for the individual requirements of the person wearing it. More details have now emerged on the ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
10. Aston Martin reveals launch plan for 2025 F1 challengerСр, 05 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Aston Martin will unveil its AMR25 car on 23 February in an online launch, a day before it gets its first on-track run at Bahrain. This will follow the team's livery reveal at F1's 75th anniversary launch event at London’s O2 Arena on 18 February, and imagery will be released across Aston Martin's media profiles. Both Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will then drive the 2025 car in a ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
11. Hamilton back in action as Ferrari and McLaren complete Pirelli F1 testСр, 05 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Lewis Hamilton was back on track with Ferrari for the Pirelli Formula 1 tyre test that took place this week at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with Charles Leclerc fastest overall. As the new technical regulations for 2026 make F1 cars smaller and lighter, the tyres will also be narrower – by 25mm at the front and 30mm at the rear – and have a slightly smaller diameter, though wheel size is ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
12. Zhou joins Ferrari as reserve driver after losing Sauber seatСр, 05 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Zhou Guanyu will join Ferrari as one of its reserve drivers for the 2025 Formula 1 season, taking the role alongside current incumbent Antonio Giovinazzi. Zhou recently ended a three-year stint as a race driver in F1 with Sauber (previously Alfa Romeo), having become the first Chinese race driver in the F1 history. He scored his first championship point on his debut in Bahrain in 2022, and ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
13. On the bubble – Moet & Chandon returns as F1 champagne providerСр, 05 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Moet & Chandon has become the latest LVMH brand to partner with Formula 1 as the luxury champagne makes its return to the podium this season - while also becoming title partner of the Belgian Grand Prix. F1 and LVMH signed a 10-year global partnership last year, worth around $1billion, which has seen a number of ‘maisons’ enter the series as part of the agreement. Last week, it was ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
14. JA on F1 Podcast: How Brown turned McLaren into a title-winning outfitВт, 04 фев[-/+]Категория(?) When Zak Brown joined McLaren as its CEO in 2018, it was a completely different operation to it is now having won the 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship. It was McLaren’s first teams’ crown since 1998 and came after several management and structural changes from the moment Brown first walked through the door. The American has developed into a strong leader and on the podcast, he ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
16. Sauber launches UK engineering hub ahead of Audi F1 takeover in 2026Вт, 04 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Sauber is set to establish a United Kingdom base as it prepares to morph into the Audi Formula 1 factory team in 2026. The team’s headquarters will remain in the Swiss municipality of Hinwil, while running its power unit operation in Neuburg, Germany. But it will now open a third location in the UK’s ‘motorsport valley’, which covers England’s South East and Midlands regions where ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
17. Why Haas F1 won’t use Toyota’s wind tunnel despite technical partnershipВт, 04 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Haas will continue to work in Ferrari’s Formula 1 wind tunnel despite signing a high-profile technical partnership with Toyota last year. Although Toyota's F1 team came and went expensively during the 2000s without securing a single victory, its wind tunnel in Cologne was once considered so cutting edge that other F1 outfits used it in preference to their own. However, Haas has decided ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
18. Why the FIA's F1 flexi wing U-turn might backfireВт, 04 фев[-/+]Категория(?) The FIA has changed its stance by imposing stricter tests on F1's controversial flexing wings to avoid the topic causing more drama over the 2025 Formula 1 season, but by delaying their introduction it is guaranteed to remain a talking point. Until late last season the FIA's single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis said the FIA was satisfied with the current - if admittedly imperfect - static ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
19. Las Vegas GP brought forward by two hours as F1 2025 race times revealedПн, 03 фев[-/+]Категория(?) The start time of the Las Vegas Grand Prix has been brought forwards by two hours to an 8pm slot for the 2025 edition - meaning the Formula 1 race will now start at 4am in the United Kingdom. This is different from the first two races held on the city’s Strip Circuit street track, with Vegas returning to the F1 calendar following a 41-year absence in 2023 and that grand prix plus the 2024 ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
20. Lawson gets new race engineer for 2025 F1 seasonПн, 03 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Red Bull has named Sergio Perez's former performance engineer Richard Wood as the new race engineer for incoming Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson in 2025. Wood garnered experience on the Red Bull pit wall several times during 2024 when Perez's regular race engineer Hugh Bird was on paternity leave. A long-term Red Bull employee, Wood joined the team as a strategist before moving into race ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
21. The Russell vs Verstappen spat isn't over and that’s good for F1 2025Пн, 03 фев[-/+]Категория(?) It was rather unexpected. George Russell, atop the sun-soaked Mercedes hospitality/engineering building in the Abu Dhabi paddock ahead of the 2024 season finale, about to unleash 15 minutes just savaging Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Russell’s agitation even shone through his dark-tinted sunglasses. This clearly wasn’t a path he found comfortable, and there were awkward missteps in his ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
23. Gasly gives Alpine ambitious top-five goal for 2025 F1 seasonВс, 02 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Pierre Gasly has set a bold target of a top-five finish for Alpine in the 2025 Formula 1 constructors' championship. Alpine endured a difficult campaign last year, partly down to its A524 car being overweight at the start of the season. The team languished in ninth place until its position in the standings was substantially boosted by a double podium finish in Brazil, which vaulted it to ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
24. Sainz's ideas already bring "real momentum" to Williams – VowlesСб, 01 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Carlos Sainz's impact is already being felt within the Williams Formula 1 squad, team principal James Vowles has stated. Sainz has moved to Williams alongside Alex Albon this year after racing for Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren and Ferrari during his first 10 seasons in F1, having been replaced by Lewis Hamilton at the Maranello-based outfit for the 2025 season. The veteran actually made his ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
25. Horner: Removing Herbert as FIA F1 steward "the right decision"Сб, 01 фев[-/+]Категория(?) Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes Formula 1's governing body the FIA was right to part ways with steward Johnny Herbert. On Wednesday the FIA stated that Herbert, a long-time driver steward as the veteran of 160 grand prix starts, would no longer act as a steward at race weekends. The FIA felt Herbert's media activities, especially those as a pundit for gambling websites, were ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
26. Australian GP track tweaked after heavy 2024 crashesПт, 31 янв[-/+]Категория(?) The FIA and local organisers have made safety changes to Melbourne's Albert Park circuit following heavy crashes in last year's Australian Grand Prix. In the 2024 race, Russell was caught out by Fernando Alonso braking earlier than expected for Turn 6, leading to the Mercedes car going off and suffering a heavy crash before his car was spat back onto the racing surface. Turns 6 and 7, which ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
27. FIA to clamp down on F1 wing flexing in 2025 after U-turnПт, 31 янв[-/+]Категория(?) The FIA will clamp down on the manner in which Formula 1 teams can bend their wings after introducing new load tests for both the front and rear wings throughout 2025. From the start of the new F1 season in Australia, the FIA will expand the static deflection tests measuring the rear wings, and it will also be introducing additional front wing tests from the Spanish GP at the start of ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
28. Red Bull to debut RB21 car at Bahrain filming dayПт, 31 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Red Bull has set a date for the debut of its RB21 Formula 1 car, with Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson pressed into action at a filming day in Bahrain on Tuesday 25 February. Autosport understands Red Bull will shake down its 2025 challenger one day before the new season properly gets underway with three days of official testing at the Sakhir circuit. World champion Verstappen will log his ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
29. Red Bull "open-minded" over addressing Verstappen's rear wing concernsПт, 31 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Red Bull says it will keep an open mind about developing low-drag rear wings for 2025 after Max Verstappen voiced his frustration over not having a bespoke design. In 2024 Red Bull did not develop a bespoke low-drag rear wing and instead trimmed its existing design for low downforce circuits like Monza and Las Vegas. That left it on the back foot at those venues, as there was only so much ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
30. Newey: "I felt I wouldn't be true to myself if I stayed at Red Bull"Пт, 31 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Aston Martin's incoming managing technical partner Adrian Newey has delved into the reasons why he left Red Bull and took up a new challenge in Formula 1. After an 18-year stint in Milton Keynes, which yielded eight drivers' titles and six constructors' crowns, Newey decided last April to call time on his successful partnership with the team, just one year on from signing a new contract. The ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
31. Formula 1 drivers with the most converted pole positions to race winsПт, 31 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Lando Norris became the latest driver to have achieved the accomplishment, taking pole at the Dutch, Singapore and Abu Dhabi GPs before taking the race wins. Norris took a lights-to-flag victory in both Singapore and Abu Dhabi, and was on target for a Grand Slam before the fastest lap was taken by Daniel Ricciardo, raising concerns from McLaren about RB’s relationship with Red Bull. Mercedes ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
32. The class of 2025 - What to expect from F1's huge rookie intakeЧт, 30 янв[-/+]Категория(?) The new Formula 1 season will see the largest rookie intake in years, with five youngsters slotting in up and down the grid from Mercedes to Sauber. Here's what to expect from the class of '25. Andrea Kimi Antonelli - Mercedes' long-term protege handed an early start Leading the 2025 rookie intake in terms of fan and media attention is Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who after an intense preparation ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
35. Louis Vuitton becomes Australian GP's title sponsorЧт, 30 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Formula 1 has announced luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton will become the Australian Grand Prix's title sponsor from this year. Louis Vuitton is part of the LVMH group with which F1 signed a 10-year global partnership deal last year that could be worth up to $1 billion. The deal with Louis Vuitton means the company will have prominent trackside signage at the Albert Park circuit in ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
36. Analysis: How Haas arrived at an F1 budget milestone in 2025Чт, 30 янв[-/+]Категория(?) As it enters the 2025 Formula 1 season, the Haas team has achieved a milestone moment regarding its budget and overall funding sources. Team principal Ayao Komatsu said in a recent roundtable interview attended by Autosport that squad owner Gene Haas for the “first time…doesn’t have to put his money in – it’s great.” While a noteworthy statement alone, a certain amount of ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
37. Hamilton shunt causes Leclerc's Ferrari run to be scrappedСр, 29 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Ferrari’s second Formula 1 test day in Barcelona has been cut short, with Lewis Hamilton’s early shunt bringing the running to a premature end. The Scuderia has been running in Catalunya to make the most of the new, more restrictive regulations surrounding ‘Testing of Previous Cars’ for current Formula 1 racers. Each team is entitled to a yearly allowance of 1000km over four days ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
38. How "crazy" F1 test brought back the love for Award winner LoakeСр, 29 янв[-/+]Категория(?) With the usual chill in the characteristically breezy Silverstone air, Joseph Loake arrives at the home of the British Grand Prix ready to fulfil a childhood dream: finally, he is going to get behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car, with Aston Martin. Following in the footsteps of drivers who began with David Coulthard in 1989, and include such names as Jenson Button, Paul di Resta, George Russell ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
39. Zak Brown calls for Formula 1 steward system shake-upСр, 29 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Zak Brown says he would welcome full-time FIA race stewards and would accept McLaren paying a percentage towards their wages. Currently, F1 stewards are unpaid volunteers and are only offered travel expenses to preside over races. It has led to calls for F1’s governing body to employ ‘professional’ stewards to help improve consistency in their decision-making. FIA president Mohammed ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
41. Hamilton crashes on second day of private Ferrari Barcelona F1 testСр, 29 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Lewis Hamilton has crashed on the second of his three days of private Formula 1 testing with his new Ferrari squad, which is taking place at the Barcelona circuit this week, Autosport understands. Hamilton is understood to be unharmed in the incident, which occurred as he was traversing the third sector of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya at around 11am local time. The seven-time world ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
42. South Africa extends deadline for F1 host bidsСр, 29 янв[-/+]Категория(?) The South African government has extended the deadline to submit host bids for a Formula 1 grand prix in the country. After a bid to revive the South African race at Kyalami fell through in 2023, the government continued efforts to end the 32-year hiatus of grand prix racing in the African country. As previously reported, the country's ministry of sport, arts and culture commissioned a ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
43. Herbert dropped as FIA steward due to “incompatible” media punditryСр, 29 янв[-/+]Категория(?) The FIA has announced that former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert will no longer act as a steward for grand prix racing events. The British driver has for many years formed part of the governing body’s pool of ex-professional racing drivers required to act as one of four stewards who serve to officiate incidents at F1 events. There has been significant interest in Herbert’s role with the ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
44. The two elements Ferrari will focus on in Hamilton's second testВт, 28 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Ferrari will focus on two key aspects as Lewis Hamilton returns to action to continue his acclimatisation to the Italian squad in Barcelona. The seven-time Formula 1 champion made his track debut with the Scuderia at Fiorano last week before embarking on a longer, more significant programme in Spain this week. Starting on Tuesday, Ferrari will spend three days of private testing at the ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
45. What each F1 team must nail in 2025 to improveВт, 28 янв[-/+]Категория(?) A new Formula 1 season is just around the corner, with teams preparing for the lifting of the covers from their final challengers under the current regulations at London's O2 Arena on 18 February. While everyone will be chasing the usual improvements over the winter - more speed, increased downforce, reduced drag etcetera - there are numerous areas that are perhaps not so obvious or ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
46. Madrid insists work to host F1 GP progressing "as planned"Вт, 28 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Madrid's mayor has insisted that the work to host a Formula 1 race in the Spanish capital is progressing "as planned" ahead of its debut in 2026. The city announced it had secured a 10-year contract with Formula 1 to host the Spanish Grand Prix on a purpose-built hybrid circuit. The track will feature street and non-street sections around the IFEMA convention centre and will have a length of ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
47. The attribute that Mercedes feels makes Antonelli "special"Вт, 28 янв[-/+]Категория(?) The youngest of Formula 1's rookie class, Andrea Kimi Antonelli is facing the daunting task of replacing Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, but the team is confident some of the attributes that made him stand out in karting will help him ease into the seat. Born in 2006, the year Fernando Alonso won his second world championship, Antonelli will be F1's youngest driver on the 2025 grid after being ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
48. Newey expects F1 2026 to be engine-dominatedПн, 27 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Adrian Newey thinks Formula 1's all-new technical regulations for 2026 may well lead to an engine-dominated series for the first few seasons, drawing parallels with 2014. Newey, who will join the Aston Martin team as managing technical partner in March, believes there is a "big chance" one of the engine manufacturers designing the more hybrid-oriented power units will steal a march on the rest ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
49. Buenos Aires the next stop for the Formula 1 ExhibitionПн, 27 янв[-/+]Категория(?) The Formula 1 Exhibition is heading to South America, with Buenos Aires confirmed as the first stop of a tour of the region. The Argentinian capital will welcome the award-winning experience from 22 March, on a run until 1 June. It will open a South American tour with other venues yet to be announced and with exclusive contributions from famous teams and drivers from the continent. Having ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
50. Mercedes reveals W16 F1 2025 car launch dateПн, 27 янв[-/+]Категория(?) Mercedes will unveil its W16 2025 Formula 1 car on 24 February, two days before pre-season testing commences in Bahrain. The W16 will be its first car since the 2012 W03 not to be raced by Lewis Hamilton, as it prepares for a season with its new line-up of George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Autosport had previously reported that the Brackley-based outfit would not be carrying ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
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