May 18, 2025

Red Bull boss Christian Horner hailed Max Verstappen’s sensational opening lap overtake on pole-sitter Oscar Piastri as a turning point for the team. The move, which he labelled a “win it or bin it” manoeuvre, secured the lead for Verstappen and paved the way for Red Bull to win its 400th race in Formula 1.  Verstappen swooped past Piastri around Tamburello to power into the lead …Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli was forced to retire from his first F1 race around his home circuit after his Mercedes had a throttle failure.The Italian pulled to he side on lap 46 when he was running in eighth place, having made up from 13th on the grid.Antonelli, who has otherwise impressed this season, also admitted he was overcome by the occasion of competing in his home race for the first time …Keep reading

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was the first time he felt at one with his Ferrari Formula 1 car since his China sprint win.Hamilton’s shock pole-to-flag victory in Shanghai proved to be an outlier in what has otherwise been a difficult campaign that has not brought the results he was hoping to achieve on his fresh start in a new …Keep reading

George Russell delivered a damning assessment of his Mercedes team’s performance in the F1 Imola Grand Prix – saying they were “dead slow” and lucky to finish as high as they did.Russell came home in seventh place while his team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli retired from the race, as the team battled against rising temperatures.Russell says the heat is causing him and Mercedes a headache as …Keep reading

Colton Herta made headlines on Saturday, but not for good reasons. The driver of the No. 26 Andretti Global Honda spun out in turn one on his first flying lap, going completely upside down in a frightening crash. Fortunately, he was unharmed, but the race car was not salvageable. The wreck occurred at 12:05 pm EST. With IndyCar’s rules preventing teams from having backup cars fully prepared …Keep reading

Lando Norris climbed from fourth to second in Formula 1’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but admitted that the leading Red Bull of Max Verstappen was simply too “fast” around the Imola GP circuit. McLaren won five of the last six races, but conceded defeat to the Red Bull of Verstappen after the Dutchman took the lead of the race in the opening lap. Despite a late charge from Norris after …Keep reading

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won Imola’s Emilia Romagna Grand prix, interrupting a McLaren victory run by brilliantly snatching the lead at the start.Lando Norris was second after passing polesitter Oscar Piastri late on, with two safety car situations mixing up the order.From second on the grid Verstappen attacked Piastri into the first braking zone of Tamburello, going late on the …Keep reading

Red Bull still has fire – at least in Max Verstappen’s handsAfter the Miami GP, Helmut Marko called the gap to McLaren “depressing.” But just two weeks later, Red Bull showed it is still very much a force in this F1 season – well, at least one Red Bull. Max Verstappen once again demonstrated his brilliance in the RB21 and this time, it wasn’t a surprise pole lap, but a decisive …Keep reading