Autosport Podcast: Reviewing the Chinese GP

Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording wrap up their coverage of the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix as McLaren dominated proceedings with its 50th 1-2 finish, as Oscar Piastri took victory ahead of Lando Norris.
Alex gives a review of the action, why he agreed with Piastri calling it his “most complete” weekend in F1 and how the race converted into a one-stopper. Also discussed is the link between the …Keep reading

Ferrari’s errors tour: what went wrong at the Chinese GP

Stop the count!
Donald Trump’s peculiar Tweet during the 2020 United States presidential election has long since become a meme. You can imagine, given Ferrari’s double disqualification from the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix, that the Scuderia will be wishing fervently that everyone had just packed up and flown home on the Saturday, after Lewis Hamilton won the sprint race.
Events in China then …Keep reading

Ferrari: One-stop tyre wear behind Leclerc’s underweight car in China

The Ferrari Formula 1 team says excessive tyre wear from the Chinese Grand Prix’s surprise one-stop race is behind Charles Leclerc’s car being found underweight, while it admitted “misjudging” Lewis Hamilton’s skid wear.
Leclerc and Hamilton finished fifth and sixth at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday, but soon after the race the Ferrari pair were disqualified due to failing …Keep reading

Red Bull to crunch numbers amid Lawson/Tsunoda switch talk

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner might not be aware of it, but he was channelling his inner William Edwards Deming as he discussed Liam Lawson’s future following another disappointing outing at the Chinese Grand Prix.
 “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion,” the American statistician and business theorist once said – and now Horner is seemingly hanging …Keep reading

Lawson accepts he ‘won’t be around’ at Red Bull if he doesn’t perform, but wants time

Liam Lawson accepts that he must perform to keep hold of his Red Bull Formula 1 seat, but notes that he needs time he doesn’t necessarily have to get acquainted with the team’s 2025 car.
The Kiwi racer qualified last for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, which Red Bull used as an opportunity to break parc ferme and kit him out with a series of changes to his RB21 – and he thus ran a different aero …Keep reading

Leclerc, Hamilton and Gasly disqualified from Chinese GP

Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have both been excluded from the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix for falling foul of the technical regulations, with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly also thrown out of the results.
During post-race scrutineering, Leclerc’s and Gasly’s cars were both found to weigh 799kg after fuel was removed, 1kg below the minimum weight limit. In Leclerc’s case, his …Keep reading

Haas boss hails “amazing reaction” to secure double points in China

Haas Formula 1 boss Ayao Komatsu has hailed the “amazing reaction” from his team to recover from a disastrous Australian weekend to achieve a double top-10 Chinese Grand Prix finish.
Esteban Ocon finished seventh in China, while Oliver Bearman made the most of an alternate tyre strategy to reach 10th from 17th on the grid.
This was in contrast to Haas’ Australian struggles where the team …Keep reading

Why Leclerc opted to continue throughout Chinese GP with broken wing

Charles Leclerc has explained that the decision to soldier on with a broken front wing throughout the Chinese Grand Prix after contact with Lewis Hamilton was to preserve track position.
The two Ferraris made light contact at Turn 3 on the first lap as Hamilton tried to assume the apex line and clipped Leclerc, which knocked the endplate off his front wing.
Race engineer Bryan Bozzi told …Keep reading

Norris had “sketchy” end to Chinese GP with brake issue

Lando Norris admits he was lucky to finish the Chinese Grand Prix having taken second place despite a worsening brake issue to remain at the top of the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.
While his team-mate Oscar Piastri secured victory in Shanghai, Norris had to manage a brake problem in the closing stages and kept George Russell at bay after twice passing the Mercedes on track.
Having won …Keep reading

Red Bull considers immediate swap of Lawson and Tsunoda for Japanese GP

Liam Lawson could be replaced at Red Bull by Yuki Tsunoda as early as the Japanese Grand Prix, Autosport understands.
Amid a difficult start to the season for Lawson, Red Bull is already considering changing its driver line-up ahead of Suzuka, with Tsunoda named by paddock sources as a potential replacement.
Although no final decision has been taken, discussions about such a scenario have …Keep reading