How Liam Lawson landed a 2025 Red Bull F1 seat with six great drives
Liam Lawson staked his claim for a Formula 1 seat with Red Bull over the course of two short reserve driver stints. We analyse what made his best drives so impressive
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Ferrari said goodbye to Carlos Sainz and invited his father for a family F1 test, before team boss Fred Vasseur explained why he has full confidence in Lewis Hamilton, ahead of a frantic start to 2025
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By 2002, Ferrari’s axis of power – shaped by Rory Byrne, Ross Brawn and Michael Schumacher – had gone full supersonic. The F2002 was dominant – too much unless you…
I worked for Bernie Ecclestone at the Brabham Formula 1 team back in the 1980s and then in 1995 he asked me to look after his cars. The collection was…
Created in short order after an outrageously late change to Formula 1’s aerodynamic regulations, Gordon Murray conjured his most beautiful creation – a contender for the most aesthetically pleasing racing…
A quarter of a century before Jean Todt oversaw Ferrari resurgence with Brawn, Byrne and Schumacher, Luca di Montezemolo set the template of how it should be done with Mauro Forghieri…
Liam Lawson staked his claim for a Formula 1 seat with Red Bull over the course of two short reserve driver stints. We analyse what made his best drives so impressive
Ferrari said goodbye to Carlos Sainz and invited his father for a family F1 test, before team boss Fred Vasseur explained why he has full confidence in Lewis Hamilton, ahead of a frantic start to 2025
Lewis Hamilton’s last race for Mercedes after 84 grand prix victories and six world titles was a neat summation of his desultory last three seasons there. Quick in the practices…
Five of this year’s Formula 1 drivers still have no contract for next season, and at least three look certain to leave the grid: here is every F1 driver out of contract at the end of 2024
Controversial? Yes, but only because it was so brilliantly clever. Gordon Murray’s marvel would have changed the game, which is why his boss – with one eye already trained on…
By 2002, Ferrari’s axis of power – shaped by Rory Byrne, Ross Brawn and Michael Schumacher – had gone full supersonic. The F2002 was dominant – too much unless you…
I worked for Bernie Ecclestone at the Brabham Formula 1 team back in the 1980s and then in 1995 he asked me to look after his cars. The collection was…
Created in short order after an outrageously late change to Formula 1’s aerodynamic regulations, Gordon Murray conjured his most beautiful creation – a contender for the most aesthetically pleasing racing…
A quarter of a century before Jean Todt oversaw Ferrari resurgence with Brawn, Byrne and Schumacher, Luca di Montezemolo set the template of how it should be done with Mauro Forghieri…
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
McLaren has quietly acquired a significant part of the human architecture behind Red Bull’s F1 dynasty
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