How Sainz’s Miami F1 team radio anger emulated that of Hamilton

It’s somehow appropriate that Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton should have banged wheels at the penultimate corner on the last lap of the Miami Grand Prix, because they were occupying a similar space elsewhere too.
Such was the length and volume, though, of Hamilton’s tirade against his team over the radio that Sainz’s similar angst went almost unnoticed at the time.
“Obviously, if …Keep reading

Miami GP radio controversies are latest in F1’s complex history with team orders

Drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz let their disdain for their respective teams show over team radio at the Miami Grand Prix, with the latter falling foul to a team orders mix-up that meant he lost out to his team-mate in the race.
Sainz was assured that he wouldn’t be passed by team-mate Alex Albon just as the Thai driver passed him under DRS. The Spaniard was left feeling …Keep reading

Thermal images and McLaren’s brakes: How big is Red Bull’s challenge in F1 2025?

The pattern after the first six Formula 1 weekends of 2025 is clear: Max Verstappen can compete with McLaren over a single lap and compensate for some weaknesses himself, but on most Sundays he and Red Bull simply don’t have the tools to fight the papaya cars over a full race distance.
The explanation for the smaller gaps in qualifying is twofold. First, Verstappen extracts everything from the …Keep reading

Why F1 teams are braced for battle to hit “very aggressive” 2026 weight limit

Amid all the talk about 2026’s hybrid engines and how they will be deployed, getting to F1’s lower weight limit may well cause teams the biggest headache of all.
The minimum car weight for F1’s new rules era has been set at 768kg, 32kg down on the current limit of 800kg. This has largely been achieved by reducing the size of the cars, with the maximum wheelbase cut by 200mm to 3400mm and the …Keep reading

JA on F1 Podcast: Emergency Podcast – Sainz set to challenge Ben Sulayem for FIA presidency

In this emergency JAonF1 podcast we discuss why Carlos Sainz Sr is set to take on Mohammed Ben Sulayem for the FIA presidency and what happens next.
Motorsport Network’s Global Editorial Director Rebecca Clancy, who broke the story on Autosport and Motorsport earlier today, joins James Allen in the studio to discuss the bombshell news and to report what Sainz Sr has told her about his …Keep reading