What Tsunoda must do to become a success at Red Bull

The man himself frames it as fate. After an often frustrating four-year Formula 1 apprenticeship with Red Bull’s junior team, during which the prospect of promotion diminished and then seemed to vanish entirely, Yuki Tsunoda is now where he thinks he always should have been.
Trouble is, that’s what the driver he is replacing thought. And the one before him. And – rinse and …Keep reading

Martins joins Williams after Alpine Academy exit

Victor Martins has joined the Williams Racing Driver Academy following his recent exit from Alpine’s counterpart.
Martins had been part of the Enstone-based programme in 2018-19, then from 2021-24, with a one-year hiatus when he narrowly lost the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup title – and his spot in the academy – to Oscar Piastri.
Although he was eventually crowned in FR Eurocup, as …Keep reading

Aston Martin to sell F1 team stake as Stroll invests more money

Aston Martin is set to sell a stake in the Aston Martin Formula 1 team in order to commit an extra £52.5million into the car business.
The company cut 170 jobs last month after fewer cars were sold in 2023. This was put down to production delays and it eventually led to debts of over £1billion.
Stroll’s investment has been done through his Yew Tree Consortium, which bought a stake in …Keep reading

Has Russell’s start to F1 2025 been underrated?

There’s another common denominator beyond Lando Norris on the first two grand prix podiums of 2025: George Russell. He was third in both the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix – and yet, as with Orson Welles in The Third Man, the spotlight has flitted over him briefly before alighting on other targets.
Principally that’s because he extracted the maximum from his Mercedes in both races …Keep reading

Why the FIA can’t be too confident F1’s flexi-wing saga is over

The FIA has given a further clarification over its decision to keep tightening Formula 1’s rear wing deflection tests, and defended the delay of its stricter front wing tests until the Spanish Grand Prix.
Over the last few years exploiting aero-elasticity has emerged as a key tool to keep this generation of ground-effect cars balanced between faster and slower speed corners, so much so that …Keep reading