Formula 1 - Motorsport

Alpine F1 team principal Oliver Oakes and Alpine F1 driver Jack Doohan at F1 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain

Oakes praises Doohan for being “punchy” amid Alpine F1 driver switch speculation

Magdalena Put4 months ago4 months ago07 mins

Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes commended Jack Doohan for standing his ground amid media speculation regarding his future at the team following Franco Colapinto’s arrival. The 2025 F1 season hasn’t even started yet, but rookie driver Jack Doohan already finds himself under intense scrutiny. Earlier this year, Alpine signed Colapinto from Williams on a multi-year…

Ferrari wins legal case against Aston Martin over Cardile’s start date

Nicolas Lopes4 months ago4 months ago03 mins

Ferrari has won a legal case in Italy, blocking their former technical director, Enrico Cardile, from starting work at Aston Martin until July 18. Cardile, who signed with Aston Martin as chief technical officer in July, has been at the center of a dispute over his start date. Cardile’s career and the legal dispute Cardile…

Fred Vasseur, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc in Scuderia Ferrari HP garrage

Vasseur: I’ve got the “two drivers I dreamed of having” at Ferrari F1 in 2025

Rohit Bhaskar4 months ago4 months ago06 mins

With pre-season testing wrapped up and the first race in Albert Park just around the corner, Ferrari heads into the 2025 season with a renewed sense of optimism, and team principal Fred Vasseur has pulled off one of the biggest coups in F1 history, securing seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton to join Charles Leclerc in the…

The FIA has amended the 2025 F1 sporting regulations to close loopholes related to pitlane starts and the retirement of significantly vehicles.

FIA rule changes close loopholes ahead of 2025 F1 season

Jonah Presser4 months ago4 months ago06 mins

As the 2025 F1 season approaches, motorsport’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has adjusted its rules regarding pitlane starts and damaged cars to close loopholes that teams have exploited at past events. These changes aim to ensure that teams compete under a rigorous set of rules to maximise fair, honest and competitive…

Antonelli at the Bahrain Pre-Season Test

Kimi Antonelli: Work to be done on maximising a qualifying lap ahead of F1 debut

Lena Ferle4 months ago4 months ago06 mins

Young Italian driver Kimi Antonelli has completed his first official pre-season test as a Mercedes Formula 1 driver ahead of his highly anticipated debut at the Australian Grand Prix. The 18-year-old, who has risen rapidly through the junior ranks, described the test as a “positive” experience overall, despite some disruptions along the way. A smooth…

Carlos Sainz in Williams Racing FW47 car 55 in Bahrain testing

Sainz on “ridiculously little” F1 testing and his “proposal” for the budget cap

David Coath4 months ago4 months ago010 mins

Carlos Sainz recorded the fastest overall time of F1 pre-season testing last week in Bahrain. The Spanish driver spoke about his ‘ridiculously little’ testing and his “proposal” for the budget cap in the press conference last week in Bahrain. Sainz was recently announced as director of the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers’ Association) Already, he has…

Yuki Tsunoda Isack Hadjar, drivers for Racing Bulls assess F1 Bahrain testing of 2025

F1 Testing | Racing Bulls labels Bahrain as a “successful” test after “very high mileage”

Nicolas Lopes4 months ago4 months ago010 mins

Racing Bulls left pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season with the third-highest lap count of the 10 teams, as Yuki Tsunoda and debutant Isack Hadjar logged 454 laps between them over the three days of running, just four shy of Mercedes’ chart-topping 458. And that, along with the fact that there weren’t any…

Exclusive: Steve Hallam reflects on his time as F1 race engineer for Ayrton Senna at Lotus

Lenny Sundahl4 months ago4 months ago06 mins

Pit Debrief had a chance to talk with longtime Formula 1 race engineer Steve Hallam, whose tenure included three years as Ayrton Senna’s race engineer at Lotus. From Hallam’s first glimpse, at a tyre test in 1982, it was clear that Senna was going to make a name for himself. Hallam watches Senna from afar…

New FIA mandated cooling system is “unusable” says Haas F1 driver Esteban Ocon

Shermaine Wong4 months ago4 months ago09 mins

The FIA released a new wearable-tech shirt that will act as a cooling vest for the drivers that will be implemented from the 2025 season onwards. While it may be optional for drivers to use it this season, it will be mandatory from 2026 onwards as part of the new race regulations. However, Haas driver…

Aston Martin F1 is building the enviroment to “harness” the creativity of Adrian Newey, says Andy Cowell

Cowell: Aston Martin F1 building the enviroment to “harness” the creativity of Newey

Marika Petracca4 months ago4 months ago07 mins

New season, big changes in the line ups, but also around the garage as Adrian Newey and Andy Cowell appear. Aston Martin is approaching 2025 with big dreams, supported by yet another reshuffle in personnel. Quite a few new faces in Silverstone, but certainly the one under the spotlight belongs to a certain Adrian Newey,…