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Ben Hunt: Norris’s reaction will be telling for his 2025 F1 title bid Is it denial, ignorance, or a positive mental attitude? Whatever it is, Lando Norris is refusing to give up hope of winning this year’s drivers’ championship.That is, at least, according to the press release issued by McLaren ahead of this weekend’s Las…

Why Vegas’s Monza and Baku similarities aren’t good news for Ferrari and McLaren in 2024 Based on previous results on similar circuits, Ferrari and McLaren are the pre-race favourites as Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas, but two key factors could yet trip them up.This is also notwithstanding a rather resurgent Red Bull after Max…

Flat Chat podcast: Verstappen’s F1 future and Komatsu’s climbing  In this month’s episode, we ask whether Max Verstappen will be ‘four and done’ with Red Bull – and, indeed whether Red Bull will be able to win another world championship in the foreseeable future as their driver academy might not be holding up as well…

Glenfiddich and Aston Martin toast new partnership Aston Martin will be hoping to raise a glass to a successful Las Vegas Grand Prix after announcing a new global partnership with whisky brand Glenfiddich ahead of the race weekend.Both Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso secured points finishes in Vegas last season and a repeat would certainly…

Submit your F1 questions to the Autosport podcast Autosport readers are invited to submit their questions on Formula 1 and the wider world of grand prix racing for inclusion in our new weekly show, the Autosport Q+A Podcast.Presented by host Bryn Lucas and with regular guest Kevin Turner – Autosport’s chief editor – the show…

Barely a month goes by without a senior departure from the FIA it seems, but the latest exit raises some serious concerns. Niels Wittich leaving immediately as F1 race director follows a worrying trend at motorsport’s governing body and one wonders what is causing it.Wittich had held the position since 2022, when he replaced Michael Masi…

Formula 1’s 75th anniversary season will begin in unprecedented and unfamiliar surroundings as all 10 teams launch their 2025 liveries alongside one another at London’s O2 Arena on 18 February.The event will bring together all 20 drivers and their team principals, giving fans a first look at how the F1 grid will appear for the…

Back in 2019, Formula 1 bosses held a season-opening event in Australia to kick off the new campaign. All the drivers attended the show that was held on a big stage in Melbourne’s Federation Square, which incidentally was free, and it was a standout success.For whatever reason, it was never repeated – presumably due to…

Ferrari will be hoping its fans will be entertained by a new collaboration with Paramount Pictures ahead of the release of Gladiator II.A sequel to the 2000 smash hit starring Russell Crowe, Gladiator II is due for release this Friday (15 November) and the film is set to temporarily swap the Amphitheatre of Rome for…

Formula 1 has announced a multi-year partnership with Nestle, with its KitKat brand named “the Official Chocolate Bar” of the championship.The new deal will mean KitKat branding will be present at F1 races in the form of trackside advertising, with an F1 press release announcing the deal also claiming fans “can look forward to consumer…

Both Aston Martin and Red Bull have access to good wind tunnels and have produced – certainly in Red Bull’s case – some exceptional machinery over the past couple of years. Choosing to throw millions at a new wind tunnel, since a new facility doesn’t guarantee performance, is something of a calculated risk. If an old…

Mohammed Ben Sulayem found himself the subject of a damning letter from the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association last week at a crucial time as he is rapidly approaching another election year.During his tenure as FIA president, Ben Sulayem has trodden the political minefield while wearing magnetic boots.From his preposterous attention to banning jewellery and insisting…

Ferrari and IBM have announced a new multi-year partnership aimed at improving the experience for fans of the Scuderia.The deal begins in 2025 with IBM signing on as Ferrari’s premium partner in IT consulting. While no specifics have been announced on what IBM will produce for Ferrari, the main strand of the partnership is clearly…

The 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix witnessed Max Verstappen deliver a champion-like performance that put him on the cusp of a fourth consecutive Formula 1 world title. Verstappen won from 17th as a disastrous qualifying saw him finish 12th, before an engine change penalty dropped him five places. But the Red Bull driver delivered a masterclass in the…

As Formula 1 departed from a wet and windy Brazilian Grand Prix, the forecast was looking decidedly brighter for one team in particular, with Alpine’s cargo including two podium trophies.In a season which has seen Renault planning to pull out of its F1 engine programme, its drivers colliding in Monaco and another change of team…

Johnny Herbert has insisted he is entitled to his opinions on reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen as a response to criticism from the Dutchman’s father, Jos.The two former F1 drivers are at loggerheads after Herbert initially remarked that the time penalties dished out to the Red Bull driver during the Mexico Grand Prix “would…

You can build the most impressive factory and fill it with all the latest equipment and computer software. Construct the most sophisticated in-house wind tunnel, boosting the potential of your team’s development rate. You can hire the most successful F1 designer of all time, paying him £30 million a year to design your cars.But it…

Former Formula 1 driver turned FIA steward Johnny Herbert does not expect a pair of 10-second sanctions at the Mexico Grand Prix will stop Max Verstappen from being aggressive in combat with title rival Lando Norris.One week on from a controversial off-track overtake from Norris, which saw the McLaren driver handed a five-second penalty in…

McLaren has instigated a right of review request into Lando Norris’s penalty in Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix – the first step in trying to get the sanction overturned.Norris was hit with a five-second penalty for overtaking Red Bull’s Max Verstappen off the track as they duelled late in the race at Austin.The right…

Lando Norris maintained his opposition to the stewards’ call to penalise him for passing Max Verstappen off-track at the United States Grand Prix, stating that he was no longer the attacking driver in that scenario.The incident between Norris and Verstappen earned the Briton a five-second penalty as he was deemed to have left the track…

Max Verstappen feels the current Formula 1 racing guidelines are over-regulated, as he refuted claims that he never intended to make Turn 12 in his United States Grand Prix fight with Lando Norris.Both Verstappen and Norris went off at Turn 12 on the 52nd lap of the race at Austin when Norris was attempting to…