The 2024 season saw four different teams and seven different drivers take home multiple wins, as Red Bull Racing’s edge on its competitors dissapeared at the beginning of last year’s campaign, yielding the closest racing to be seen under the current regulations. McLaren’s CEO, Zak Brown, now braces himself for what he claims will be
News broke on Wednesday that controversial steward Johnny Herbert will no longer serve as a part of the FIA for the new F1 season. On the same day that news came out, Zak Brown announced that he would like to see a completely different system for stewards, saying that McLaren would be keen to contribute to that.
Frits van Amersfoort, the owner of team Van Amersfoort Racing (VAR), knows exactly what Liam Lawson needs to do when driving alongside teammate Max Verstappen in Formula 1. The Dutchman is currently the best driver in the series, making it hard for his teammates to even keep up with him. However, Van Amersfoort thinks he
Last season in Formula 1, it showed how important it is to have good reserve drivers. Oliver Bearman was allowed to step in three times (coincidentally) after respective Ferrari and Haas drivers were suddenly unavailable in 2024, with fine performances coming in all three Grands Prix. Next season too, drivers are on standby to fill in, with
The F1 season is ever closer, and GPblog brings you the round up of the most fresh batch of Formula One related news.
In 2016, Carlos Sainz was passed up on a promotion to Red Bull Racing in favour of Max Verstappen, leaving him in the “shadow” momentarily. However, the Spaniard kept pressing on and managed to build himself quite a career in F1. His father, Carlos Sainz sr. claims he knows how his ‘undervalued’ son did this,
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.
While Alex Palou is competing at the 24h of Daytona event, he already has his next programme set. The Spaniard will have to travel to London on Tuesday to begin a mediation process with McLaren.
Formula 1 released several breaking news graphics regarding driver’s and team personnel’s movement across the grid. The one that is arguably the most important was Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari. Not only did it start what many F1 fans dubbed as a ‘silly season’, but it also created a domino effect that reached several teams.
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
In a week when McLaren appointed Alessandro Alunni Bravi (ex-Sauber) as chief business affairs officer, a top brass man has just announced that he is leaving the organisation. Steve Atkins, in recent years serving as chief communications officer, has himself decided to take up another challenge after February. It is still unknown what his new job
