At just 18 years of age, Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli scored his maiden ‘pole position’ in F1 on Friday at the Miami GP, as he secured the top spot in Sprint Qualifying by just four hundredths of a second from championship leader Oscar Piastri. Antonelli “did not see” Sprint pole coming Although both he and team-mate…
Max Verstappen was left “positively” surprised by Red Bull’s turn of speed that helped him to a second-place finish at the 2025 F1 Saudi Arabian GP. However, the Dutchman could not hide his frustration at the penalty he received for his first lap incident with Oscar Piastri. Verstappen was given a 5-second time penalty for…
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri managed to secure his third win of the 2025 F1 season at the Saudi Arabian GP, but admitted it wasn’t the “easiest” of his career, after fending off the threat from pole-sitter Max Verstappen. The Australian had a good start from second place, and pulled alongside Verstappen as the pair reached the…
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli will start the 2025 F1 Saudi Arabian GP from fifth on the grid, after an impressive qualifying session from the young rookie around Jeddah – but he believes more was on the table, as he made a costly mistake in his final Q3 run that cost him up to a third of…
Charles Leclerc was left “disappointed” after qualifying in fourth place for the 2025 F1 Saudi Arabian GP. In fact, the Monegasque felt he just didn’t have the ultimate performance to challenge for pole in his Ferrari depite setting a lap that he felt was on the absolute limit of grip in his SF-25. Leclerc is…
Full race report and results from the 2025 F1 Bahrain GP, as Oscar Piastri scored a dominant lights-to-flag victory in his 50th start of McLaren, ahead of George Russell and Lando Norris. The top eight drivers started on the soft compound tyres, apart from Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari in second place, who went for the mediums,…
Pole-sitter last time out at the Japanese GP, Max Verstappen could only manage seventh on the grid for the 2025 F1 Bahrain GP, after experiencing “very poor” grip levels in his Red Bull RB21 and struggling with the brakes throughout the qualifying hour. After hustling his Red Bull to a surprise pole and win in…
The FIA has admitted to have made a mistake by taking over 45 minutes to delete a lap time from Nico Hulkenberg’s last Q1 attempt in qualifying for the 2025 F1 Bahrain GP. The German had set a time of a 1:31.998, good enough for 15th place in his final run in Q1, and was…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has defended some of the strategic decisions made by the during the 2025 F1 Japanese GP, suggesting it’s “unclear” whether there would’ve been any major benefits in pitting Lando Norris earlier than eventual winner Max Verstappen. Norris pitted at the same time as Verstappen – and even had a dramatic…
Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto will line up 16th and 17th on the grid, respectively, for the 2025 F1 Japanese GP, after a somewhat disappointing qualifying session in which both Sauber drivers believe more was on offer if the laps had been executed better. Hülkenberg was the lead Sauber on the grid for a second…
