March 14, 2025

George Russell felt confident with his Mercedes W16 on the harder compounds during practice for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix, but thought the car was struggling to get more out of the softs during the qualifying simulations.Russell placed 10th overall in the FP2 timesheets, although displayed good levels of projected race pace during the end-of-session long runs, as he felt more …Keep reading

Oliver Bearman apologised to his Haas mechanics after a crash during first practice for the F1 Australian Grand Prix saw the British rookie forced to sit out the second hour on Friday.With a little over 20 minutes remaining of FP1, Bearman took too much kerb and ran wide at Turns 9 and 10, running onto the gravel and ultimately slamming into the wall, bringing out a red flag.Read …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says he has spent the early part of Formula 1’s 2025 Australian Grand Prix adjusting his driving style to suit the requirements of the Ferrari car package he is currently exploring.In the other SF-25, Charles Leclerc ended the opening day in Melbourne at the head of the times, but also with a big 0.42s gap to Hamilton in FP2, with the Briton having been adrift by 0.6s in FP1 …Keep reading

Liam Lawson’s maiden grand prix weekend with Red Bull got off to a shaky start as he closed out Friday’s second practice session 17th fastest of the 19 drivers who took part – and over half a second slower than team-mate Max Verstappen on the same soft tyre compound.“Comfortable, just too slow,” said Lawson to Sky Sports F1. “We obviously have a lot of work to do …Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has revealed he will visit Thailand after the Australian Grand Prix for talks over a potential race in Bangkok.The current F1 calendar is the most packed it has ever been, with 24 grands prix slated for the 2025 season which gets under way in Melbourne this weekend.However, the recent interest boom in the series has seen many potential new hosts seek a spot …Keep reading

Red Bull is pinning its Australian Grand Prix hopes on Sunday’s forecast rain and Max Verstappen’s proven ability to drag maximum performance out of whatever car he’s driving.That was the verdict of the team’s long-time ‘driver advisor’, Helmut Marko, after a practice session in which both Red Bull drivers were dogged by handling issues. The RB21 had a troubled pre-season test in …Keep reading

Hyundai insists it has made the “better choice” to contest next week’s Safari Rally Kenya without its much anticipated 2025 car update package that debuted in Sweden last month.The South Korean manufacturer will head to Africa for the toughest event on the WRC calendar with a trio of i20 N Rally1 cars competing in the specification that ended the 2024 campaign (minus the hybrid unit and …Keep reading

The Australian Grand Prix has long been considered one of the best races on the F1 calendar for fans to attend. There’s no shortage of GA areas with a great view of the track, bathroom lines are short, the dining options are plentiful and public transport to Albert Park is incredibly well-run. But as the sport’s demographic has shifted over the past decade – viewing figures now skew younger …Keep reading

“Impressive; fast and no mistakes.” Praise doesn’t get much better coming from Helmut Marko when we ask him to evaluate Isack Hadjar’s first day of school as he made his full grand prix debut for Racing Bulls in Australia.Hadjar was the last debutant to be confirmed for a 2025 F1 seat, and the Frenchman of Algerian descent certainly hasn’t arrived in the series with the level of expectation …Keep reading

You know his voice, even if you’ve never seen his face. It’s warm yet urgent, authoritative yet inviting with an unmistakable timbre like the hum of a V8 engine before it roars to life. When the race is calm, his voice is steady and measured, but as the action reaches a fever pitch, he crackles with excitement while delivering each syllable with the confidence of someone who has spent decades …Keep reading