After coming within a second of victory in Melbourne, Max Verstappen had a disappointing Chinese Grand Prix, finishing 16 seconds off the winner in fourth place. Red Bull were clearly less competitive around the freshly resurfaced Shanghai International Circuit. However, as Verstappen noted during the race, there were times he gave away more ground than
From last on the grid, Liam Lawson laboured to a 16th place finish on the road in Shanghai. It was a result no team would have been pleased with. But for a front-running team like Red Bull it was an alarmingly poor showing from their new driver, and has prompted speculation they might even take
The youngest driver on the grid at the Australian Grand Prix faced high expectations as well as difficult conditions on his debut. Mercedes had nurtured Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s career for years. But while his team mate George Russell got to make his Formula 1 debut in the relatively low-pressure environment of Williams, Antonelli was thrust
Lewis Hamilton’s first race as a Ferrari driver came to a frustrating end as a strategy gamble in the rain-hit race failed to pay off and he sank to 10th place at the finish. It was also clear he and Ferrari were still refining their communication as he made his debut for them. And as
McLaren drew criticism from some last year for declining to impose team orders on their drivers when doing so could have helped Lando Norris in the championship. So their decision to impose team orders during the first race of 2025 was a clear departure from what they’ve done before. It came in the form of
