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'Struggling'? The truth about Honda's 2026 F1 engine challenge
A degree of mystery surrounds the works Formula 1 engine Honda is building for Aston Martin in 2026.Honda's success with Red Bull, winning 50% of the races that have been held since their partnership began in 2019, means sky-high expectations for the Japanese manufacturer's next partnership with Aston Martin.But very little has been said about the works deal since it was announced in May 2023, in ...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/struggling-the-truth-about-hondas-2026-f1-engine-challenge/
Who's already in trouble as F1 2025 begins
With Formula 1's season-opening Australian Grand Prix right around the corner, there’s nowhere to hide for any driver, team or organisation in trouble.
Three days of pre-season testing don't tell us everything about the 2025 pecking order; we'll only know properly when the lights go out in Melbourne. But you can tell who is already feeling the heat.And while the likes of McLaren can be quietly ...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/who-is-already-in-trouble-f1-2025-begins/
Steiner on Cadillac driver choice, Haas and F1's swearing debate
Few current or former Formula 1 team bosses could command the kind of public interest that enables Guenther Steiner to visit 37 UK venues in less than three months as part of the latest leg of his national tour later this year. Netflix’s Drive To Survive has made Steiner an unlikely household name and interest in what Steiner has to say remains high even though it's been over a year since he was r...
Ferrari's other big Mercedes signing - and how he's helped Hamilton
Jerome d’Ambrosio may be the lowest-profile of the Ferrari Formula 1 teams’s trio of recruits from Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton and, to a lesser extent, technical director chassis Loic Serra, triggering more headlines. But the man team principal Fred Vasseur describes as having “the perfect profile” to be his lieutenant is already having a big impact.
D’Ambrosio joined as deputy team principal...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/ferraris-other-big-mercedes-signing-and-how-hes-helped-hamilton/
Who's really fastest heading to Melbourne? Gary Anderson's analysis
There are many ways to attempt to work out the Formula 1 pecking order from pre-season testing.I prefer to use the laptimes as far as possible, which can be adjusted for factors such as tyre compounds and a team's typical fuel strategy in testing based on historical data to create a clearer - or should I say less muddy - method for adjusting the times.
When you are inside a team, you know exact...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/whos-really-fastest-heading-to-melbourne-gary-andersons-analysis/
Verstappen doubts Red Bull ready to win at start of 2025
Max Verstappen doubts Red Bull will be able to fight for victory in the Formula 1 season opener, having expected more from its 2025 car in pre-season testing.Red Bull’s goal was to make its car’s set-up window wider this year after encountering problems with its balance as it introduced upgrades through the 2024 season.
It had an inconsistent three days of testing in Bahrain, though - as it ran...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/verstappen-doubts-red-bull-ready-to-win-at-start-of-2025/
Cadillac's 2026 F1 entry gets final green light at last
Cadillac's entry on to the Formula 1 grid for 2026 has finally been approved by both the FIA and FOM.The decision brings to an end a long-running saga that stretches back to January 2023, when FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem first opened up the idea of expanding the F1 grid.Having whittled down a raft of applications from interested parties, what originally started out as an Andretti-led team h...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/cadillac-gm-general-motors-f1-2026-entry-approved/
How Tsunoda's responded to bitter Red Bull rejection
After the bitter blow of losing what was probably his last chance of a Red Bull Formula 1 seat, Yuki Tsunoda could have been forgiven for letting his chin drop and losing a bit of motivation.Having been well aware of the open opportunity to race alongside Max Verstappen in 2025, and impressed Red Bull with his technical feedback at the post-season Abu Dhabi test, the Japanese was understandably gu...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/yuki-tsunoda-red-bull-rejection-racing-bulls-2025/
The triggers and risks of F1's renewed V10 engine debate
When FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem gets an idea into his head, it's well known that he can commit to it and double down even when others are sceptical.At times it has put him on a collision course with people – such as his crusade against drivers swearing or Formula 1's jewellery ban.
But there are other occasions when what he has suggested has gathered some support, like his desire to exp...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/the-triggers-and-risks-behind-f1s-renewed-v10-engine-debate/
Podcast: An F1 engineer's take on rows, flexi-wings, testing and data
We hit the big news stories in Formula 1 and delve into the stories of pre-season testing with the help of Kimi Raikkonen’s former race engineer Julien Simon-Cheautemps in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. Along with Jon Noble and host Edd Straw, Cheautemps sheds light on the successful legal bid mounted by Ferrari to prevent Enrico Cardile starting work for Aston Martin before July, and ...
Podcast + video: The top 10 rivalries of F1's V10 era
For the finale of Season 11 of our classic Formula 1 podcast (and now also YouTube channel) Bring Back V10s we're debating the top 10 rivalries of F1's V10 era.
Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and Nigel Mansell all feature prominently as you'd expect, as do the main foes they encountered - and usually fell out with.Host Glenn Freeman is joined by the usual 'top 10' crew of Ben And...
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Three ways new FIA row could affect F1 2025 and beyond
David Richards’ criticisms of Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s FIA presidency have blown open clear political divides within the governing body.While there have been indications of internal disagreements about the way things are being run, senior figures within the organisation have generally kept their heads below the parapet.Sure, stories had leaked out about various conflicts and discontent, including mo...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/three-ways-new-fia-row-affect-f1-2025-and-beyond/
What you should know about Max Verstappen's own team's 2025 plans
Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen's own team - Verstappen.com Racing - enters its fourth season in 2025, and continues to grow in scope.A programme that began through backing Thierry Vermeulen - a friend of Max's and son of Verstappen's manager Raymond Vermeulen - in Germany's ADAC GT Masters back in 2022, it has since graduated into top-level international GT3 competitions DTM and now GT World Ch...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/max-verstappen-racing-team-gt3-world-challenge-dtm-2025/
The 'risky' McLaren design choice that caught Red Bull's eye
When McLaren revealed its new Formula 1 car last month, the team was pretty open that it had been quite aggressive with its design.Believing that it needed to make a step in performance if it was to build on its 2024 success, it felt a revolution rather than an evolution was needed over the car that had already helped it win the constructors’ championship last year.But while the team has patted it...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-2025-car-design-red-bull-front-suspension/
'Final straw' triggers public attack on Ben Sulayem's FIA presidency
FIA president Mohamed Ben Sulayem has come under attack for his “distinct failure” to live up to key election promises, as a row over barring key members from a recent World Motor Sport Council meeting has now escalated in public.David Richards, chairman of the UK’s national racing authority Motorsport UK, says the body is ready to take legal action against the FIA amid a growing controversy over ...
Can Lawson escape the Verstappen curse? The clues from testing
For six successive Formula 1 seasons, Max Verstappen has blown away every Red Bull team-mate he’s had, leading to the team discarding all three of them.Liam Lawson hopes to break that trend in 2025 but how has his preparation started? Lawson’s fastest lap in Bahrain placed him 11 out of the 20 drivers (six tenths slower than Verstappen) while only an illness-stricken Lance Stroll completed fewer l...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/red-bull-2025-f1-testing-liam-lawson-max-verstappen/
What Williams can learn from its last great F1 leap forward
Williams might look well placed to make a leap from the back to the front of Formula 1's midfield in 2025, but team principal James Vowles has long been clear that the team's resources are focussed on the opportunity presented by the new regulations to make an even greater leap forward in 2026. He can take inspiration from its dramatic upturn in form when F1's hybrid era began in 2014, as well as ...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/what-williams-can-learn-from-its-last-great-f1-leap-forward/