Formula 1

“You might have seen me in some interviews mention it before, but for me, what was fundamental was not so much the short-term,” said Sainz, as he opened up on his decision-making process. “At the beginning, when I was having to take such an important decision, I was very focused on which team was going

“They are so mature, the regulations, so there’s only so much you can gain,” Wolff stressed. “I think we’ve recognised where our car was weak, in certain areas of cornering, but having said that, no one has really got on top of how to establish a basis that the car is fast at all the

The two cars of every Formula 1 team carry a distinctive livery, the design turning them into mobile billboards that zip around the world’s racing circuits. As you might expect in F1, achieving that paint job is a meticulously precise and co-ordinated process that continues non-stop throughout each season. So how does it work? In

Tom Hutchings, Executive Producer at the show’s Box to Box Films production company, said: “We’re really excited for fans to watch the new season of Drive to Survive. The 2024 season was incredible both on and off the track, with the action well and truly underway before the first race in Bahrain. Expect more drama

One interested onlooker was Stella, the Italian having spent a significant amount of his F1 career at Ferrari in various engineering roles, working with the likes of Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. “Observing from a distance, I can say that I think how this has been reported, it was a great introduction of

Elsewhere, Ollie Bearman – another driver to impress as a super sub last year – will go up against Ocon at Haas, while the 2024 F2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto and runner-up Isack Hadjar are each set to become team mates with Nico Hulkenberg and Yuki Tsunoda at Kick Sauber and Racing Bulls respectively. All in

The 2025 F1 season will see a host of new names arrive onto the grid, with six drivers set to embark on their first full-time season in the sport. To mark this exciting moment, a new documentary on F1 TV – Rookies – takes a closer look at this new generation of talent bursting onto

“I just did a little mistake on the theory, one mistake, but overall it went pretty well,” he explained. “I’m not going to lie, I was really nervous. “I was really scared because I knew I had only that shot to do it, because otherwise once the season starts I don’t really have time to

To cross the line and take a victory is the ultimate goal of every F1 driver – but sometimes even making it to the chequered flag first is not enough to become a race winner. This is a scenario that has happened on 11 occasions in the history of the sport, with the driver who

For any racing driver, reaching Formula 1 is the fulfilment of a life-long dream, the culmination of years of hard work, dedication and commitment to the craft. Often, even the great drivers have to start their F1 careers with smaller teams while they learn their trade in the big leagues – after all, any team

“It was a very useful session, particularly when it came to providing a comparison between the various different constructions for next season, as well as experimenting with some compounds from the harder end of the range,” reflected Pirelli Motorsport Director Mario Isola. “The Barcelona circuit is known as one of the most demanding for the

Aston Martin have announced that their 2025 F1 car will break cover on February 23, just days after the team unveil their livery for the campaign during the F1 75 Live season launch event at London’s The O2 on February 18. The AMR25 will be launched across the squad’s digital channels before it hits the

Scheckter and Villeneuve Jody Scheckter had a wild reputation in his early F1 days, not helped by triggering an enormous pile-up at the 1973 British Grand Prix, but he worked on those rough edges to become a race winner with Tyrrell and a championship runner-up with Walter Wolf Racing. Ferrari liked what they saw from

Lewis Hamilton completed his latest outing at the wheel of a Ferrari Formula 1 car on Tuesday when he took part in Pirelli tyre testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Ferrari’s new signing – who was also in action at the Spanish Grand Prix venue last week – shared a modified 2024-specification SF-24 with team

George Russell has set out his goals ahead of the 2025 season, with the Mercedes driver citing improving his race pace as one of his key targets for the upcoming campaign. Despite mixed fortunes for the Silver Arrows in 2024, Russell enjoyed particularly strong form in Qualifying, having beaten team mate Lewis Hamilton 18-6 thanks

Most team mates in a season It is not unheard of for an F1 team to make changes to their driver line-up during a season, meaning that some names on the grid have adapted to more than one team mate in a campaign; Yuki Tsunoda, for example, raced alongside three different team mates at Racing

Formula 1 has announced its race start times for the 2025 season. Kicking off with the Australian Grand Prix from March 14-16 and concluding with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the weekend of December 5-7, the sport will visit 21 countries across five of the world’s seven continents. F1 75 LIVE: All you need

A Mercedes Formula 1 car raced by World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio and F1 legend Stirling Moss has sold at auction for a record £42.75m. The 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen – one of just four of the model to feature the Streamliner coachwork as well as being the first of these to be

Ferrari have confirmed that their upcoming F1 challenger will be called the SF-25. Set to be presented on February 19, a day after the sport’s inaugural season launch at London’s The O2, it will be new signing Lewis Hamilton’s first car as a Ferrari driver. READ MORE: Hamilton crashes during second F1 test for Ferrari

Narain Karthikeyan became India’s first Formula 1 racer when he joined Jordan in 2005, and returned for another two-year stint with backmarkers HRT in the early 2010s. In our latest Lights To Flag feature he recounts his unlikely path towards Formula 1, the times he spent struggling to stay afloat at the back, and his ambition to assist

Juan Manuel Fangio and numerous teams For decades, Juan Manuel Fangio’s achievement of winning five World Championships remained unmatched – indeed, it is a record beaten only by Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. A factor that remains unique to Fangio, however, is that his titles were achieved with four different teams. The Argentine driver was

Aurelia Nobels will be back on the F1 ACADEMY grid in 2025, as the 18-year-old continues to represent PUMA for her sophomore season. Nobels returns to the all-female series after a solid rookie campaign in which she achieved a best result of fifth in Zandvoort Race 2, alongside five further points-scoring finishes. The Brazilian driver

So there is some much-needed stability heading into 2025 on the technical side, with Technical Director Andrea de Sordo, Head of Aerodynamics Davide Raganelli, Chief Designer Tom Coupland and Deputy Chief Designer Jonathan Heal impressing Komatsu. Attention then turned to the trackside operation, which Komatsu admitted was “one of the weakest areas”. Sweeping changes –

Maya Weug has become the 12th full-time driver to be locked in for the 2025 F1 ACADEMY season, with Ferrari confirming that the Dutch driver will continue representing the Prancing Horse in the all-female series. Weug enjoyed a strong campaign in 2024, scoring eight podiums with PREMA Racing, including her maiden win in single-seaters at

A host of rookies are joining the Formula 1 grid this season as all but two teams shake-up their driver pairing from last year. All the young drivers stepping up to the sport have impressive junior careers behind them – but Formula 1 is the toughest prospect any of them will ever have faced. So

“I’m super happy with the position I’m [in]. There’s a lot of hype around, because [there’s] another new Italian on the grid. Then, of course, such a figure like Lewis joining Ferrari is an incredible thing. “I think during the Italian Grand Prix there’s going to be a lot of excitement around!” READ MORE: Throwing

“When that realisation kind of sets in of ‘it’s gone’, it’s a tough one,” the 25-year-old explained. “This is what I’ve done since I was a kid, this is all I want to do. So, as soon as that kind of candle is gone and it’s over, it hurts.” However, Norris remains proud of how

Formula 1 drivers have been enjoying a well-earned break over the winter after a busy 2024 season – but where have they gone and what have they been up to? F1.com provides a round-up with varied results… Lando Norris Following his most successful season in F1 to date, McLaren driver Norris has enjoyed a combination

The first test this year aimed at development of the 2026 wet weather tyres has taken place at Paul Ricard, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri hitting the track for the opening day of running on Wednesday. At the wheel of a McLaren MCL60, Piastri was initially unable to complete the planned number of laps owing to

Now seems like as good a time as any for Antonelli to get his road car licence ahead of what will be a busy few weeks during the build-up to the first race of the 2024 season. The Italian will join his fellow drivers at the spectacular F1 75 Live season launch to be held