Category: Formula 1

Mercedes hasn’t favored any driver as number one publicly since 2013 when Nico Rosberg, Valtteri Bottas, and now Russell raced alongside Hamilton. Hamilton will leave Mercedes for Ferrari after this season. However, Russell, a long-time…

Red Bull is having some problems. They might lose their star driver, Max Verstappen. This was something no one thought could happen just a short while ago. It seems like Verstappen might use his contract…

The start of the 2001 Formula 1 season hinted at a time of great success for Michael Schumacher and Ferrari. Schumacher had defeated Mika Hakkinen in the previous year and was expected to continue dominating…

The recent races show that Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, and Aston Martin are leading the pack in both qualifying and races. This means other teams have to fight hard for a chance to get…

Mercedes is getting ready for a two-day test starting from April 16th for their talented young driver in Austria. During this test, the 17-year-old will drive the 2021 Mercedes W12 car. This will be his…

The company that owns Formula 1, Liberty Media Corp., is buying another racing league called MotoGP World Championship. They’re getting it from Bridgepoint and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a deal worth $3.8 billion…

Even though Ferrari hasn’t been as close to Max Verstappen’s pace this season, they had a good result in the Australian Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz led his teammate Charles Leclerc and the McLarens in a…

Verstappen and Red Bull have been doing well since the middle of 2022. Verstappen won the first two races of the 2024 season easily, but he had to retire early in the Australian Grand Prix…

Sainz was unable to participate in the race in Jeddah. He had to take two weeks to recover before he could get back behind the wheel for the Friday practice session at Albert Park. During…

The RB team is having an all-Japanese line-up for the first free practice session. Iwasa will be joining regular driver Yuki Tsunoda in the VCARB 01 car during their home round. Iwasa is a Red…

Sainz had surgery for appendicitis, but he still won the race in Melbourne. He overtook Max Verstappen, who was in the lead because Verstappen had trouble with his brakes. Verstappen had to retire from the…

Steiner used to be the head of the Haas team from the start of 2016 until last winter. His contract ended after Haas finished last in the 2023 constructors’ championship. But soon after, Steiner was…

Alonso got a penalty after the race in Melbourne’s Albert Park. He had to do a drive-through penalty, which turned into a 20-second penalty. This was because he drove in a strange and possibly dangerous…

When it was announced that Hamilton would leave Mercedes and join Ferrari in 2025, Verstappen seemed like he would stay with Red Bull until the end of his contract in 2028. However, because of the…

During the race in Melbourne, Max Verstappen had a problem with his right rear brake. This issue started bothering him right from the beginning, and he had to retire from the race early. Meanwhile, Carlos…

Red Bull decided to keep Daniel Ricciardo on their team for the 2024 season instead of choosing Liam Lawson. Lawson had performed well when he substituted for Ricciardo in five races last season while Ricciardo…

During the Formula 1 race, Carlos Sainz started from the second position and managed to overtake Max Verstappen, who had started from pole position, on the second lap. Verstappen had difficulties from the start of…

Ferrari made a simple change to their car in Melbourne. They added small winglets on each side of the exhaust surround and rear wing pillar mounting of the SF-24 car. This is the first time…

Ocon had to change his tires for the first time on lap 9, just before a piece of tear-off got stuck in one of the brake ducts of his Alpine A524 car. This caused the…

Komatsu said that the team made a mistake by calling Magnussen into the pits at the wrong time during the race. This decision cost Magnussen two places. Just like in the last race, in Saudi…

In 2022, Mercedes faced problems with their racing car. It was bouncing and swaying, making it hard to control. Even in 2024, with new car called W15, things didn’t get much better. The Mercedes’ racing…

During the qualifying session, Ricciardo started off doing well, but he got a penalty for going outside the track limits. This made him drop down to 18th place, even though he could have made it…

Norris and Oscar Piastri did well in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. Norris qualified fourth and Piastri sixth, but they’ll move up a spot because Sergio Perez got a penalty. Norris was close to…

A court decision made on Wednesday said that the European Union (EU) couldn’t justify keeping Nikita Mazepin, a former Haas F1 racer, on a list of people facing sanctions because Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.…

Austin Cindric, who is 25 years old, thinks the upcoming race at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a chance for his team to start fresh. He said, “The last couple of weeks have been…

Usually, the race in Melbourne is thought of as one where drivers only stop once to change tires. But this time, Pirelli, the tire supplier, decided to bring softer tires than before – the C3,…

After showing some really good speed during the first practice day for the Australian Grand Prix, Leclerc thinks Ferrari is doing well with its SF-24 car. Even though he knows that Red Bull is still…

Piastri is doing much better this time at his home race in Melbourne compared to last year. Back then, it was only his third race in Formula 1, and the team he drove for, McLaren,…

Due to a crash in practice at Albert Park, Albon’s Formula 1 car got badly damaged and couldn’t be fixed. Williams, the team Albon drives for, didn’t have an extra car ready. So, they made…

This year, Red Bull Racing got a new start with new leaders hoping for better results on the track. However, the team has had a tough beginning to the season, struggling to keep up with…

Leclerc had a mixed day during the practice and qualifying sessions for the Australian Grand Prix. While he felt good during Friday’s practice, things didn’t go as smoothly on Saturday. In the final practice session,…

Controversies are causing a stir in Formula 1, even as the races continue as usual. The latest news involves the FIA’s president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who was cleared of any wrongdoing at two F1 events…

In the last practice session, Verstappen beat Carlos Sainz by a very tiny gap of 0.057 seconds. Sainz had been doing well throughout the hour because he was the fastest on the medium tires earlier…

Verstappen managed to secure pole position at the Australian Grand Prix despite not leading any session throughout the weekend’s practice sessions. Despite the initial setbacks, he gradually improved his performance during the qualifying rounds, eventually…

Sainz couldn’t race in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix two weeks ago because he had appendicitis. But he recovered just in time from the surgery to come to Australia for the Melbourne event. In the…

The leader of the championship, Verstappen, clinched his third pole position of the season. Despite Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz leading both Q1 and Q2, Verstappen managed to secure the pole, denying Ferrari a chance to lead…

During the qualifying session, Perez was driving slowly on his warm-up lap when Hulkenberg, who was going fast, had to swerve around him on Turn 13. Perez didn’t know Hulkenberg was behind him until very…

Albon faced a challenging start to the Formula 1 weekend when his car sustained significant damage in a crash during the opening practice session on Friday. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a spare chassis available for him…

The seven-time F1 champion, Hamilton, didn’t make it to the top 10 shootout in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. He missed out to his teammate George Russell by just 0.05 seconds. Hamilton felt the…

Williams lacks a backup chassis at the track, but team leader James Vowles has indicated the team might consider moving Albon to Logan Sargeant’s vehicle on Saturday, potentially leaving the American without a drive. Albon…

Carlos Sainz had surgery in Saudi Arabia to remove his appendix two weeks ago. He says he’s not completely better yet, but he’s hopeful he can still race this weekend. Even though he hasn’t been…

Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, Susie Wolff, the managing director of the F1 Academy, revealed that she has taken legal action against the FIA, the governing body of Formula 1, in French…

During the race in Jeddah two weeks ago, the McLaren driver, Norris, moved his car slightly before the lights turned green, which usually means a jump start. Some other drivers, like George Russell, thought he…

Kevin Magnussen had a tough time during the race in Jeddah. First, he got a penalty for touching Alex Albon’s car. Then, he passed Yuki Tsunoda while driving off the track, which got him another…

The teenager did well in his race for Ferrari in Jeddah. People are now thinking he might get a seat with Haas in 2025. Last year, Bearman drove for Haas twice. This year, he has…

Fernando Alonso says he will not let others decide his fate in Formula 1. He mentioned, “I’ve been always that way. Sometimes it did help me, sometimes it did hurt me, to be the owner…

Mercedes tried something new with their car design in 2022, but it didn’t bring them much success. They only won one race that year. So, they made changes for 2023, raising the car’s platform. However,…