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What really triggered F1's flexi-wing U-turn
The biggest tech intrigue at the start of the Formula 1 season has revolved around flexi wings, concerning both a looming clampdown on movement at the front and controversy over mini-DRS designs at the rear.It is all a world away from how things ended last season, when the FIA seemed to have drawn a line under the topic after teams pushed the boundaries throughout 2024.Changes to the regulations a...
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Everything we learned as Red Bull opens up on Lawson-Tsunoda swap
Red Bull had already offered some justification for its decision to drop Liam Lawson from its main Formula 1 team and replace him with Yuki Tsunoda just two races into the 2025 F1 season.But Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has now expanded on its rationale in Red Bull's first press comments since it announced the swap.
You can typically rely on Marko for an interesting quip and, while ...
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Why Bottas has been driving for McLaren
Mercedes reserve driver Valtteri Bottas has been back behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car - but it wasn't in one of the Silver Arrows' machines.Instead, Bottas had seat time in a McLaren MCL60 from 2023 at Barcelona on Thursday.Nice to be back with Mercedes power today 👀 pic.twitter.com/ph9m2cAS6S— Valtteri Bottas (@ValtteriBottas) March 27, 2025
Bottas drove the McLaren under F1's testing of prev...
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Senna's first F1 winner returns to Estoril - The full story
Ayrton Senna’s legendary first grand prix win at Estoril in 1985 has rightly gone down in Formula 1 folklore for its sheer brilliance.Now, the 40th anniversary of it is set to be marked by the exact Lotus Type 97T he drove that soaking day running at the former Portuguese Grand Prix venue once again.The Race can reveal that Classic Team Lotus has invited the three times F1 world champion’s nephew ...
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What's stopped McLaren from crushing dominance so far
McLaren has established a competitive edge over its Formula 1 rivals across the first two weekends of 2025 but it’s far from bulletproof. Only the rain shower and Oscar Piastri’s subsequent off denied it a 1-2 finish in the Australian Grand Prix, but the team's execution throughout the Chinese GP weekend was far from flawless.
The sprint format at Shanghai initially did not play to the strengt...
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Three F1 teams would have no engines if 2026 rules scrapped
McLaren, Williams and Alpine would have no engines next year if the planned 2026 Formula 1 regulations were to be scrapped, their supplier Mercedes has warned.The ongoing discussions in F1 about a potential change to V10 power units from 2028 has prompted a parallel debate about whether it’s even worth still going ahead with next year’s new turbo hybrids at all if they will be replaced so soon.
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Red Bull is wasting its unique, controversial F1 driver advantage
Liam Lawson's shortlived Red Bull career is fertile ground for much in the way of reflection. One particular side it reflects on is Red Bull's Formula 1 ecosystem, and specifically how it's made use of having four seats on the grid.Red Bull's ownership of two separate F1 teams is supposed to be a big advantage. Certainly, McLaren chief Zak Brown has banged that particular drum for a couple of year...
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Red Bull rationale for brutal Lawson-Tsunoda U-turn explained
Red Bull's decision to swap Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda after just two race weekends is a drastic measure it feels is needed to turn around its season and troubled 2025 Formula 1 car.Lawson has been sent back to Red Bull's second team, Racing Bulls, with Tsunoda replacing him immediately for the next F1 race in Japan next weekend.
Red Bull's stakeholders have collectively agreed this is necess...
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Red Bull replaces Lawson with Tsunoda - what you need to know
Yuki Tsunoda will become Max Verstappen's Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate with immediate effect as Liam Lawson is relegated back to Racing Bulls.Rumours of Lawson's seat being at risk gathered momentum across the Chinese Grand Prix weekend with Red Bull holding crisis talks after the race.
Now there's confirmation a decision has been made and Tsunoda will replace Lawson in the senior team immediat...
Is Tsunoda doomed to fail at Red Bull too?
Contender number five step forward. Yuki Tsunoda is the latest Formula 1 driver attempting to walk into Max Verstappen’s perilous backyard and prove that he can handle it.Red Bull’s search for a reliable second driver alongside Verstappen since Daniel Ricciardo’s shock exit at the end of 2018 has been patchy at best and a horrendous failure at worst.
There were glimpses of Alex Albon being good...
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Everything we know about new F1 25 game so far
The official video game of the current Formula 1 season, EA SPORTS F1 25, has been formally unveiled, including a multitude of updated features.Chief among the changes are updated track models using laser-scan technology, normally the reserve of dedicated simulation titles. Publisher Electronic Arts claims that this will enhance the authenticity of not just the track surface, but the surrounding e...
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F1 Tech Podcast: Gary Anderson on Ferrari's double blunder
Ferrari's Chinese Grand Prix weekend fell apart in embarrassing fashion when, after Lewis Hamilton's fine sprint race win on Saturday, both he and team-mate Charles Leclerc were disqualified from Sunday's grand prix for excessive skid wear and an underweight car respectively.But how did one of F1's biggest teams find itself in such a position?That's the key question answered by former F1 technical...
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Our verdict on Red Bull's plan to swap Lawson and Tsunoda
Liam Lawson looks set to be relegated to its 'b' team in favour of Yuki Tsunoda for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Our team give their take on a story that's understandably sparking a particularly passionate reaction about what it says about Red Bull's driver strategy and what it means for Lawson and Tsunoda. 'Madness and incoherence'Ben AndersonRed Bull’s descent into madness and incoherence continu...
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Why Lawson has paid the price for Perez's failings
That Red Bull is getting ready to drop Liam Lawson in a swap deal with Yuki Tsunoda just two races into the 2025 Formula 1 season is extraordinary - even for a team that loves to make a change.It points to something having gone catastrophically wrong between the high hopes that Red Bull had of Lawson's potential just a few months ago when it paid Sergio Perez off to go for him.
And while on pap...
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Honda's role as Red Bull prepares to replace Lawson with Tsunoda
Red Bull is widely expected to confirm this week that Liam Lawson will be replaced by Yuki Tsunoda at the Japanese Grand Prix.Finally giving Tsunoda a chance at its top team should come with keen support from Red Bull’s Formula 1 engine partner Honda, which is likely to throw financial backing behind the switch.
Honda has always been Tsunoda’s primary supporter and helped fund his seat at Red B...
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Why Haas's 'broken' 2025 F1 car still isn't fixed
It's hard to know what the biggest shock of the Formula 1 season has been so far for Haas.Was it that its car proved so bad in Australia that team boss Ayao Komatsu initially thought something must have been broken on it, or that just one week later in China his team produced an instant response to deliver one of the most impressive turnarounds of recent years?
From being well adrift of the fie...
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Red Bull axing Lawson would send Verstappen the wrong message
If there is anyone at the Red Bull Formula 1 team who thinks dropping Liam Lawson would be a mistake, it is almost certainly Max Verstappen.The prospect of another Verstappen team-mate biting the dust already seems real, despite Lawson only competing in two grands prix for Red Bull. This is for the crime of not being as good as Verstappen and not being able to rapidly get on top of a flawed car.
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11 things we learned from F1's Chinese GP weekend
Two different Formula 1 teams and drivers won at Shanghai on a Chinese Grand Prix weekend that proved surprisingly storied. While Sunday’s race itself was not a classic, it still threw up some in-race drama and plenty after it, giving us lots to learn from the event as a whole.Verstappen doesn't think much of this Red BullMax Verstappen is hanging onto the early pace in the championship despite cl...
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F1 responds to Ferrari ire over omitted Hamilton radio message
Formula 1 has spoken to Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur to clarify why certain radio messages weren’t broadcast in the Chinese Grand Prix.An irritated Vasseur branded Formula One Management’s [F1’s commercial arm] use of radio messages regarding the team orders debate between Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari “a joke” after the race. What irritated Vasseur Hamilton was struggling in the grand prix in Shan...
Edd Straw's 2025 Chinese Grand Prix F1 driver rankings
The first sprint weekend of the 2025 Formula 1 season left some drivers and teams particularly exposed - though by and large the latest crop of rookies coped well with both the format limitation and the particular demands of the Shanghai circuit.But how did they compare to the veterans - and was the race winner the true standout driver of the weekend?How do the rankings work? The 20 drivers will b...
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