The qualifying session was highly difficult, but the Oscar Piastri set the pole position at the sprint race during the Belgian Grand Prix at Formula 1, showing tremendous strength. After some early misfortune, when his lap time was cancelled after running off track at the Raidillon corner, Piastri did enough to make it through to the final part (SQ3), but only by 0.041 spinning. After an exit in...
The Formula 1 world was truly shocked by the sudden resignation of the Red Bull Racing team manager Christian Horner days before the Belgian Grand Prix. Hardly anybody could see it coming. When the news broke on July 9 you could almost sense the shock having ripped through team garages and to the grandstands. The stand-in has been announced shortly later, Laurent Mekies, most recently of Racing Bulls,...
The Formula 1 sport is in the process of one such change to which under its 2026 overhaul, Alex Albon, the main man at Williams, is frank about its changing world. As in the new rules insist on 50/50 balance between internal combustion engine and electrical systems, and controversial DRS will be ditched in favour of a Manual Override Mode, Albon thinks the new 2026 cars will put...
Carlos Sainz has recently talked about the move by Red Bull to reject signing him as teammate to Max Verstappen to the 2025 Formula 1 season. At a Chiringuito Inside podcast appearance, Sainz confirmed the candidly that indeed discussions were made with Red Bull but the two parties failed to find an agreement. He clarified that old news regarding bad relationship between him and Verstappen had no influence...
The name of Mick Schumacher is currently again being associated with the possibility of a permanent comeback to Formula 1 and this time the discussion has assumed a different element. As Andretti Global owner General Motors proposed to enter Formula 1 under the Cadillac banner, Schumacher has already stated that he is in talks with the project in a very positive way, which opens the door to the...
Millions of people know a name of Valtteri Bottas as a Formula 1 race winner and an ex-Mercedes teammate of Lewis Hamilton. However beneath the shiny race suits and the champagne covered front steps lies an even greater story the one that began miles away in Finland well distant to the reaches of the world stage. Recently in an interview Bottas shared about how obsessed he used to...
Alain Prost, the former Formula 1 champion has been the figurehead behind the curtains in Oscar Piastri at the highest rung of motorsport and now, according to him, the McLaren driver is a serious candidate within a world title in 2025. Prost, who is now an adviser and pundit, had a crucial role in the early stages of the career of Piastri, having referred him to the driver...
The paddock of the Formula 1 has always been the pressure cooker and Sergio Perez is one of the drivers feeling the heat most. With the rumours mill about his future with Red Bull still rife, a shocking supporter of the driver has come out of his own garage. Sporting Director Jonathan Wheatley at Red Bull has also been seen publicly supporting Perez, thus providing an indication that...
The axing of Christian Horner as Red Bull team principal after close to two decades is a paradigm shift in Formula 1-a seismic shift, to actually explain it. When Jaguar, the then struggling team was acquired by Red Bull in 2005, Horner was put on the driver seat and after two decades gave it a new form with strength. With him, the team won six Constructors titles and eight...
In a surprisingly but more and more audibly sound decision the FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has expressed the desire to reintroduce V8 engines into Formula 1 which is now gaining popularity among those in the paddock and fans alike. It is an open message that the sport should adjust its priorities in keeping the main identity in order to be able to fit into the more sustainable...