Jacques Villeneuve has torched the idea that Red Bull’s 2025 RB21 is tailored to Max Verstappen. The numbers, the quotes and the design philosophy all point to a harsher truth: it’s a team-first weapon only one driver can truly master.
Isack Hadjar’s admission that he only began earning a living from racing in 2025 exposes how F1’s booming economics still leave rookies repaying junior debts on six‑figure salaries while stars collect tens of millions. The data shows why the sport has a rookie pay problem.
Reports out of the Netherlands and across the F1 media link Christian Horner with a consortium eyeing Otro Capital’s 24% stake in Alpine. With a $100m Red Bull exit and a 2026 gardening‑leave window, this is a long game that could redraw Enstone’s power map.
After leading the 2025 F1 championship for six months only to lose it to Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri insists the lessons will "only make me stronger". Inside Abu Dhabi and McLaren’s end‑of‑season celebrations, Zak Brown and Andrea Stella delivered a brutally honest – but deeply backing – verdict...
Max Verstappen has lifted the lid on the psychological warfare behind his 2025 title duel with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, admitting he used pointed comments for “fun” while relying on a hardened mental approach as McLaren – and Norris’ psychologist – chased him down to a two‑point defeat.
Honda has circled 20 January 2026 for the public unveiling of its new Aston Martin-exclusive F1 power unit in Tokyo, a rare standalone engine launch that underlines how seriously both partners are treating the sport’s 2026 rules reset and their factory alliance.
Honda has fixed January 20 in Tokyo for the public unveiling of its all‑new 2026 Formula 1 power unit, the first created for its exclusive works partnership with Aston Martin. The standalone engine launch, a rarity in modern F1, will reveal the Japanese marque’s 50/50 hybrid V6 ahead of the...
Formula 1 has confirmed a two-year deal that will bring the Portuguese Grand Prix back to the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão for 2027 and 2028, replacing Zandvoort on the calendar and reviving one of the modern era’s most spectacular driver circuits.
Lewis Hamilton’s bleak Abu Dhabi debrief – talking of binning his phone and disconnecting from the “Matrix” – has been read by some as a farewell speech. But as retirement rumours flare around Ferrari’s winless star, the seven-time champion insists he still has a dream to chase.
Lando Norris’ first F1 crown was not just about a quick McLaren – it was forged in debrief rooms and on a psychologist’s couch, where a mid‑season decision to lean fully into mental coaching turned a fragile title bid into a two‑point masterpiece.
From ninth to fifth, three podiums and a 120‑point leap: inside the season James Vowles says proved Williams is "a different team" while still gambling on a 2026 reset.
Toto Wolff has confirmed Mercedes will cut back its F1 engine customers in the next cycle after 2030, hinting that at least one of McLaren, Williams or Alpine will lose its works‑level Mercedes power – a strategic move born from 2026’s complex rules, production strain and the sting of being...
Helmut Marko has confirmed he will leave Red Bull at the end of 2025, explaining that Max Verstappen’s agonising title defeat and a changing power structure left him feeling “something had been lost” inside the team as F1 heads into a new 2026 era.
