The Williams F1 drivers have reflected on their contact at the 2026 Dutch GP that resulted in Alex Albon retiring from the race and Carlos Sainz receiving a 10-second penalty. With fresher tyres, Albon had closed right onto the back of his teammate, and the pair went wheel-to-wheel into Turn 1 on Lap 67. On…
Daniel Ricciardo has been away from F1 since the 2024 United States GP, when he was unceremonioulsy dropped from Racing Bulls and replaced by Liam Lawson. Since then, Ricciardo has been mostly away from the spotlight, living a quiet life in Australia and the US with his family and friends, which he believes makes his…
McLaren Racing’s CEO Zak Brown has opened up about the impact of multi-team ownership on sporting fairness in F1, what the acceptable level of partnership between teams should be, the existing alliance between Red Bull Racing and Racing Bulls, whether the FIA has taken any steps to prevent the further growth of A/B squads, and…
Before the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was given its name, the Baku City Circuit hosted its maiden F1 race in 2016 under the name the F1 European Grand Prix. The 2016 European GP marked the eighth round of the Formula 1 World Championship and remains the most recent race to carry the European GP…
Daniel Ricciardo has opened up about life away from Formula 1, describing the past year as “a bit of self-exploration” and admitting he is “trying to figure out who I am” outside the world of racing. The Perth-born driver walked away from the F1 grid after last season’s Singapore Grand Prix, closing the book on…
Speaking to Speedcafe, Liam Lawson opened up on how key his stint in Super Formula was to understand F1 cars, highlighting the issues youngsters have in F2 regarding lock set-ups. It has been announced that Liam Lawson is going to Red Bull in 2025, replacing Sergio Perez who’s parting ways with the team. The young…
Daniel Ricciardo’s tenure in the Red Bull family ended abruptly after the Singapore Grand Prix, leaving him in P19 in our F1 Driver Rankings. It was an exit that shocked most of his fans, but why did his performance drop? Tough seasons After parting ways with Renault, Ricciardo joined McLaren in 2021. His tenure there,…
The Singapore Grand Prix was the final Formula 1 race, Daniel Ricciardo participated in, and RB CEO Peter Bayer revealed that the team agreed with the Australian to not communicate his departure. Ricciardo raced in 257 grands prix in his career and won eight of them. His early departure from RB left the F1 world…
RB team principal Laurent Mekies has acknowledged that the team harbours a sentiment of regret over how Daniel Ricciardo’s departure from Formula 1 was handled last month. Although no official announcement came until days after the Singapore Grand Prix, media reports about Ricciardo being replaced by Liam Lawson for the remainder of the 2024 season…
After a tough few seasons, Daniel Ricciardo’s future has finally been decided—he’s out of a drive, effective immediately. Yet, while the decision itself may not have come as a shock to many, the way Red Bull Racing and Visa Cash App RB chose to announce it was nothing short of a PR misstep. It’s not…
