| | 2. What really happened with Ferrari’s “joke” team orders sagaПн, 24 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Ferrari had a day to forget at Formula 1's Chinese Grand Prix with a double disqualification for Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, but fake team order drama further added to team boss Fred Vasseur's misery.
Hamilton and Leclerc were running fourth and fifth respectively after their pitstops around lap 20 when fans were first alerted to team orders being in play, and the seven-time world ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
3. Following the puck – Kiro’s ownership team at home in Formula EПн, 24 мар[-/+]Категория(?) “We’re coming at this with a fresh perspective and unconventional thinking,” explains Forest Road managing director Jeremy Tarica as he talks to Autosport Business about acquiring a Formula E team.
Tarica is the first to admit he does not have experience in the motorsport arena, nor, until buying ERT, had he much interest in it.
In October, The Forest Road Company – a Los ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
4. How Evans followed in the footsteps of WRC Safari masters McRae and BurnsПн, 24 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Elfyn Evans is now a member of an exclusive club of three, joining Colin McRae and Richard Burns as British winners of the World Rally Championship’s toughest event - Safari Rally Kenya.
For a spell, British drivers ruled the African classic with McRae and Burns unlocking the secret to conquering this gruelling test of driver and machine by winning five of six editions from 1997-2002; McRae ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
5. Palou continues unbeaten start to IndyCar 2025 with Thermal victoryПн, 24 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Alex Palou continued his perfect start to the 2025 IndyCar Series season by winning the Thermal Club Grand Prix in California.
The reigning champion, who is chasing a fourth title this year, has now won the opening two rounds of the year after pipping Scott Dixon at the St. Petersburg opener.
Palou beat Pato O'Ward to the chequered flag by 10 seconds while Christian Lundgaard completed the ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
6. Shepherd the early leader of TCR UK flock after Donington Park successПн, 24 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Adam Shepherd marked himself out as a title favourite in the eighth season of TCR UK touring cars with two wins and another podium over the opening weekend at Donington Park.
Shepherd led the way for the opening half of last year’s championship before a wretched run of mechanical gremlins derailed his challenge. But, having finally identified the culprit – a faulty fuel tank – over the ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
7. How Antonelli earned 'driver of the day' status in Chinese GPПн, 24 мар[-/+]Категория(?) When Formula 1 revealed that Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli had won its driver of the day poll, having crossed the finishing line in eighth place, this news generated the customarily sneering response. When team boss Toto Wolff congratulated his driver over the team radio, the eye-rolling was almost palpable.
And yet, while the results of the social media poll are often fatuous, in this ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
8. How the prospect of V10s has triggered a complex debate on F1's futureПн, 24 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Like many things in the modern world, it all started with a social media post.
Three days after Formula 1’s season launch in London, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem posted a message on Instagram, saying that, inspired by “positive discussions on the future of the sport”, the motorsport world should explore “a range of directions” for its top category – “including the roaring ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
9. Lawson, Tsunoda or even Colapinto? Why Red Bull has tough decisions to makeПн, 24 мар[-/+]Категория(?) The second Red Bull seat alongside Max Verstappen has long been considered one of the toughest roles in Formula 1. Still, speculation about a driver change after just two races is extreme, even by Red Bull standards.
Liam Lawson began his full-time Red Bull campaign with optimism, but by now admits that he is struggling more than expected. The New Zealand driver has finished 18th, 20th, and ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
10. Katsuta loses fifth place after dramatic final-stage Safari Rally rollВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) A dramatic final-stage roll has forced Takamoto Katsuta to retire from fifth position at Safari Rally Kenya after failing to reach the final time control.
Katsuta appeared to be on course to finish a highly commendable fourth in Kenya before drama struck on the 21st and final stage of the event.
Pushing for Super Sunday points, the Japanese driver lost control of his Toyota GR Yaris which ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
11. Autosport Podcast: Reviewing the Chinese GPВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) 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 readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
12. Ferrari's errors tour: what went wrong at the Chinese GPВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) 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 readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
13. Ferrari: One-stop tyre wear behind Leclerc's underweight car in ChinaВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) 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 readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
14. Evans wins brutal Safari Rally to boost WRC title bidВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Toyota’s Elfyn Evans clinched a second win of the World Rally Championship season to boost his title hopes after surviving the toughest Safari Rally since the event rejoined the calendar.
Evans and co-driver Scott Martin emerged from a gruelling 21-stage rally of attrition with victory by 1m09.9s from Hyundai’s Ott Tanak. Reigning world champion Thierry Neuville recovered to third, 3m32.0s ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
15. Red Bull to crunch numbers amid Lawson/Tsunoda switch talkВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) 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 readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
17. Leclerc, Hamilton and Gasly disqualified from Chinese GPВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) 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 readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
18. Haas boss hails "amazing reaction" to secure double points in ChinaВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) 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 readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
19. Why Leclerc opted to continue throughout Chinese GP with broken wingВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) 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 readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
20. Norris had “sketchy” end to Chinese GP with brake issueВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) 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 readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
21. Red Bull considers immediate swap of Lawson and Tsunoda for Japanese GPВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) 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 readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
22. Take part in the 2025 Global F1 Fan SurveyВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Formula 1’s 2025 Global F1 Fan Survey is your opportunity to tell the series what matters most to you.
The results of the last survey in 2021 saw Max Verstappen named as the most popular driver overall, with Lando Norris in second, though the Briton was the overwhelming favourite driver with fans under 24. McLaren was named as the fan favourite team.
But who will come out on top this time? ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
24. Rovanpera exits Safari Rally Kenya with technical issueВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Kalle Rovanpera will leave Safari Rally Kenya without scoring any World Rally Championship points after retiring on the final day.
The two-time world champion’s latest setback, in what has been a gruelling Safari Rally, occurred following the opening stage of Sunday morning.
Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen clocked the third-fastest time on stage 17 [Mzabibu], 3.7s adrift of ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
25. FIA considering F1 V10 return, doesn't rule out scrapping 2026 enginesВс, 23 мар[-/+]Категория(?) The FIA has confirmed it is seriously evaluating a range of future engine scenarios in Formula 1, including a potential return to V10 power units running on fully sustainable fuels.
According to FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis, discussions remain at an early stage, but no options are off the table – including shortening the 2026 power unit rules cycle.
During a media roundtable ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
27. McLaren F1 car quirks are "more of a penalty" for NorrisСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) A car that’s quick but difficult to drive: this has become a familiar refrain up and down the grid in the final season of Formula 1’s current ground-effect ruleset.
Lando Norris struggled with graining in the sprint race in China, labouring to eighth place after dropping three positions on the opening lap, and then had a messy qualifying en route to fourth on the grid. By contrast ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
28. Marko on Lawson's struggles: "A fast car is always difficult to drive"Сб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Patience is a virtue, but who has got the time? Not Liam Lawson, who suffered another disastrous qualifying session in which he finished last while team-mate Max Verstappen extracted fourth out of the difficult-to-handle Red Bull.
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Lawson knows this full well, being acutely aware of the chequered history of ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
30. How do you solve a problem like Red Bull? Our writers have their sayСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) The 2025 Formula 1 season is not even two rounds old and already Red Bull is facing the same questions it pondered for the majority of last season.
It has a peaky car that only Max Verstappen can master, while new team-mate Liam Lawson is already feeling the weight of expectation that comes with being a Red Bull driver.
So, how does Red Bull resolve the situation? Our writers offer their ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
33. What’s going wrong for Lawson at Red BullСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Red Bull is not a team in which to be struggling to unlock performance from a difficult car. Especially when your illustrious team-mate seems to be managing it.
Perception is everything in Formula 1 and the timesheets suggest Max Verstappen is making it look easy. Obviously the picture is different from trackside, where Max is patently deploying every ounce of his talent to keep the RB21 ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
34. Verstappen: "Too slow" Red Bull now fourth fastest team in F1Сб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Red Bull's Max Verstappen is worried his team has slipped to fourth in Formula 1's 2025 pecking order after enduring a sobering sprint race and qualifying session in China.
Verstappen struggled to keep up with Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in the 19-lap sprint on Saturday morning, having started alongside the Briton on the front row, and he was powerless to keep McLaren's Oscar Piastri behind due to ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
35. Hadjar: Better than seventh possible in China F1 quali without wind changesСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Isack Hadjar reckoned his Racing Bulls car had the potential to be even further up the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix after qualifying seventh for his second Formula 1 race.
The Frenchman eased into the final part of qualifying and outqualified team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, albeit as the Japanese driver aborted his final lap following an off at Turn 13.
Despite qualifying only 0.438 seconds ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
36. Norris rues latest mistakes in Chinese GP qualifyingСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Lando Norris is leading the Formula 1 drivers’ championship for the first time in his career after his victory in Australia – but given he has now made a trio of mistakes in China it seems as though this new pressure is something he is yet to come to terms with.
McLaren clearly has the fastest car this season, as proved by Oscar Piastri taking his first-ever grand prix pole for Sunday’s ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
37. F1 Chinese GP: Piastri grabs first pole as Russell splits McLaren pairСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Oscar Piastri took his first-ever pole position for an Formula 1 grand prix as he set the pace in China.
Starting from the front could prove to be vital given how badly the field struggled with tyre degradation throughout the sprint race.
Piastri had previously started on the front row on seven occasions but secured his first grand prix pole with an impressive time of 1m30.641s, with McLaren ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
38. How Hamilton rebounded in China from difficult first race with FerrariСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) They say a week is a long time in politics. It’s not that long in motor racing.
Straight after exiting his Ferrari following his sprint-race win in Shanghai, Lewis Hamilton took aim at the “people yapping” about his difficult maiden race for the Scuderia in Melbourne last weekend. They didn’t understand the challenges of adapting to a new team, he said.
Later, in the press ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
39. How tyre graining caught out McLaren in Chinese GP sprint raceСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) McLaren team principal Andrea Stella reckoned the Formula 1 squad took the wrong approach to managing tyre graining in the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race, despite claiming second through Oscar Piastri.
Tyre graining tends to rear its head in either colder track conditions or in situations where tyres are more prone to heating unevenly - and this is generally the case at the Chinese GP as the ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
40. “Worst nightmare” for Norris as Chinese GP struggles continueСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Having admitted to making a mistake that cost him in sprint qualifying on Friday, Lando Norris again took the blame for a poor outing in Saturday’s Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.
An error on his final qualifying run meant the McLaren man started sixth on the grid for the sprint race and he ran onto the grass at Turn 6, losing three places as a result.
The mistake left him in ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
41. Hamilton shuts down 'yapping critics' with China F1 sprint winСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Lewis Hamilton will 'not get ahead of himself' after a dominant sprint win at Formula 1's Chinese Grand Prix, but said the result shut down early critics after a tough Melbourne weekend with Ferrari.
Hamilton recorded his first sprint pole for Ferrari by narrowly edging out world champion Max Verstappen and McLaren's Oscar Piastri, and made a strong getaway on Saturday morning to fend off ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
42. F1 Chinese GP: Hamilton dominates for first Ferrari win in sprint raceСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Lewis Hamilton dominated the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix, winning from pole to take his first Formula 1 victory for Ferrari.
In a 19-lap race where tyre wear became talk of the town, Hamilton benefitted from driving in clear air to convert sprint pole into a win to add to his six grand prix successes in Shanghai.
Oscar Piastri was a distant second, almost seven seconds further down ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
43. Williams fined for wing footage breach at Chinese GPСб, 22 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Williams has been fined €50,000, with €40,000 suspended, for failing to install SD cards in onboard cameras after a mix-up with the FIA.
The British squad fell foul of "failing to provide the video files recorded by the wireless forward and rearward facing cameras in the specified timescale."
Specifically, this is a breach of Articles 12.2.1 i, after a technical directive was sent to ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
44. FIA appoints new WRC fuel supplier for 2025Пт, 21 мар[-/+]Категория(?) The FIA has confirmed TotalEnergies will take over as the World Rally Championship fuel supplier after P1 Performance Fuels went into administration.
The motorsport governing body has moved quickly to appoint a new supplier now that P1 Performance Fuels can no longer fulfil its contractual obligations to act as the WRC’s fuel supplier after being placed into administration.
As a result the ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
45. How extreme conditions once again triggered Hyundai’s Safari hoodooПт, 21 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Ott Tanak is hopeful of regaining the Safari Rally lead if his car can “stay together” as extreme conditions once again proved to be Hyundai’s downfall in Africa.
The 2019 world champion won four of Friday’s opening six stages to build up a 46.1s lead over Toyota’s Elfyn Evans, but will head into Saturday 55.4s in arrears.
Tanak’s i20 N suffered a front-right driveshaft failure ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
46. Turkington in surprise BTCC test returnПт, 21 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Four-time British Touring Car Championship title winner Colin Turkington has made an unexpected return to the West Surrey Racing BMW team for a Brands Hatch test.
The Northern Irishman is celebrating his 43rd birthday on Friday by filling in for reigning champion Jake Hill, who has a clashing commitment racing a Ferrari 296 GT3 in the Mugello 12 Hours.
The current commercial climate resulted ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
47. How Tsunoda has already put Lawson and Red Bull under pressureПт, 21 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | It’s very early days. F1’s 2025 season has only just started. But making an impression in a Formula 1 paddock is somewhat similar to a date: the initial impact really matters. You screw the first few lines during a dinner at a restaurant, and it’s almost impossible to recover. You get knocked out in the first segment in qualifying two times in a row while driving one of the best cars on the ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
48. McLaren car "may well" be slower if adapted to Norris's driving styleПт, 21 мар[-/+]Категория(?) Lando Norris seemed to roll a grenade under the door during a press conference ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix when he said he had effectively given up persuading his McLaren team to design a car which suits his preferred attacking style.
Since the MCL39 was the benchmark car at the season opener – Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri would likely have finished 1-2 had Piastri not spun – this ... Keep readingМедиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
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