Formula 1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli tested the latest version of its new, narrower tyres for next season at the Circuit de Catalunya today. Ferrari and McLaren supplied cars for the test. Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc drove last year’s SF-24 which had been modified to suit the tyres intended for use on cars which
Ferrari and McLaren have been testing tyres for Pirelli for the 2026 season, and the opening day saw Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc in action on behalf of Ferrari. On the Spanish track, the seven-time world champion was just slightly quicker than the Monegasque.
With a month and a half to go before the 2025 Formula 1 season gets underway, Juan Pablo Montoya looks ahead to what is to come. The former F1 driver thinks he can predict who will be world champion: he would put his money on McLaren driver Lando Norris.
Despite winning the constructors’ championship with McLarens during the 2024 Formula 1 season, the driver’s title was not on the cards for Lando Norris. Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal Christian Horner thinks that this is due to the Briton’s own mistakes. He also thinks that Norris has learned from them heading into 2025.
Newey comments on Red Bull, Johnny Herbert lands a new job, and Hamilton talked about what he expects in a more ’emotional’ Ferrari environment. Together with GPblog’s exclusive interview with Alpine team boss Oliver Oakes and McLaren’s Pirelli tyre test in France, we bring you the best news of the day from the world of
After Oscar Piastri sit in the McLaren on Wednesday, today it was Lando Norris’ turn as Pirelli conducted the first test of the season at the Paul Ricard circuit in France. Pirelli’s Director of Motorsport classified the test ‘useful’, and talked about what’s next for the Italian brand this season.
While Ferrari was testing an old F1 car in Barcelona this week, McLaren was a few hundred kilometres away testing the MCL60, the car driven in the 2023 season by Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. The latter was in action on Wednesday at the Paul Ricard circuit, where a tyre test did not go as
Lando Norris refused to entertain suggestions he had blown a chance to win the world championship immediately after Max Verstappen sealed last year’s championship. Red Bull may not have repeated its consistent dominance of previous seasons, he acknowledged, but it was still the team to beat, most notably at the beginning of the year. But
Rob Marshall has probably been McLaren’s best acquisition in recent years. The Chief Designer came over from Red Bull Racing and is, according to many, a key reason behind the current success of the British team. In an exclusive interview with GPblog, Marshall explained how the move came about.
Every Formula 1 driver on the grid heads into the new season with the goal of fighting for the world championship. While Max Verstappen prevailed again last year, his closest rival for the title had never previously been involved in a championship fight. In his sixth full season in the sport, all with McLaren, Lando
Sky Sports reporter Martin Brundle believes that Max Verstappen will be “the man to beat” for the 2025 F1 season. However, Brundle, along with many others, believe that this could be one of the more open seasons the premier class of motorsport has seen in a long time, with McLaren and Ferrari also vying for both drivers’ and
Lando Norris is bound to have woken up over the winter months bathed in sweat, realising that he has missed out on a prime opportunity to become a Formula 1 world champion in 2024. Indeed, the McLaren Briton may never get another chance to take the title, particularly if the challenge is greater in 2025
