2025 F1 reserve drivers: the hopefuls on standby for each GP team
Every F1 team’s reserve and test drivers for the 2025 season: Felipe Drugovich will replace Fernando Alonso in FP1 for the 2025 Hungarian GP after the Spaniard had back issues
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Max Verstappen has sought to end speculation about his F1 future with Red Bull by announcing that he will stay with the team in 2026
F1 drivers have been complaining about the heavy, technical cars they’ll be racing from 2026. Now a tantalising glimpse of a smaller alternative has emerged
Racing will pause for F1’s summer break after the Hungarian GP Grand Prix, giving team members a chance for a holiday before the season run-in. Here’s why it happens, how long it lasts and details of the summer shutdown that forces factories to close
New Ferrari F1 contract offers stability for its team principal, but the real test is yet to come for Fred Vasseur
The 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix delivered one of the most bizarre moments in F1 history – a restart with just one car on the grid. Here’s how that happened
F1 returns to the Hungaroring for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the final race before the summer break. Here’s your quick guide to the start time, how to watch, live stream options, full F1 schedule, and weather forecast
The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend will feature the intense McLaren title battle and the risk of rain shaking up the race. Here are the main storylines ahead of the Hungaroring race
Oscar Piastri’s masterful Spa-Francorchamps win was reminiscent of Daniel Ricciardo’s finest F1 drive back in 2014, writes Mark Hughes
Every F1 team’s reserve and test drivers for the 2025 season: Felipe Drugovich will replace Fernando Alonso in FP1 for the 2025 Hungarian GP after the Spaniard had back issues
Max Verstappen has sought to end speculation about his F1 future with Red Bull by announcing that he will stay with the team in 2026
F1 drivers have been complaining about the heavy, technical cars they’ll be racing from 2026. Now a tantalising glimpse of a smaller alternative has emerged
Racing will pause for F1’s summer break after the Hungarian GP Grand Prix, giving team members a chance for a holiday before the season run-in. Here’s why it happens, how long it lasts and details of the summer shutdown that forces factories to close
New Ferrari F1 contract offers stability for its team principal, but the real test is yet to come for Fred Vasseur
The 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix delivered one of the most bizarre moments in F1 history – a restart with just one car on the grid. Here’s how that happened
F1 returns to the Hungaroring for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the final race before the summer break. Here’s your quick guide to the start time, how to watch, live stream options, full F1 schedule, and weather forecast
The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend will feature the intense McLaren title battle and the risk of rain shaking up the race. Here are the main storylines ahead of the Hungaroring race
Oscar Piastri’s masterful Spa-Francorchamps win was reminiscent of Daniel Ricciardo’s finest F1 drive back in 2014, writes Mark Hughes
Formula 1 history shows that success and failure alike can rupture partnerships. Could Ferrari and Leclerc be next? Mark Hughes wonders
In a race where McLaren colluded with Williams against Ferrari, David Coulthard was ordered to move over for team-mate Mika Häkkinen — a raw wound reopened three decades on by Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris’s Monza switch
A slow pitstop for Lando Norris left McLaren tripping over itself at Monza, turning a straightforward race into another uneasy team orders dilemma, as Mark Hughes explains
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
McLaren’s F1 dominance in 2025 has been underpinned by a deceptively simple factor that none of its key challengers has been able to replicate.
From Red Bull’s potential resurgence to McLaren’s title duel, tyre strategy gambles, Bearman’s race-ban threat and renewed scrutiny on driving rules, Baku promises another weekend of intrigue
Formula 1’s sprint races have added some drama to the calendar, but with rumours of the format expanding to as many as 10 or 12 weekends, the series faces a key question: is more always better?
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