Rating every 2025 F1 driver so far: the good, the bad and the lovely
James Elson runs the slide rule over the performances of the 2025 F1 grid so far – who’s impressed, and who’s flopped?
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Scalextric’s 1963 Monaco Grand Prix Twin Car Pack revives the legendary duel between Jim Clark’s Lotus 25 and Graham Hill’s BRM P57 in 1:32 scale
So often treated as an afterthought among Britain’s Formula 1 champions, Damon Hill’s story proves he was anything but, as Matt Bishop explains
Lewis Hamilton’s first season at Ferrari has been tougher than expected – but his focus is already on shaping a 2026 car he says will carry “my DNA”
McLaren will make motor sport history by auctioning three future competition cars – including a yet-to-be-raced Formula 1 chassis – before they even hit the track
Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz’s death didn’t just change the company. It marked the begining of the end for Christian Horner’s two-decade reign at the head of the F1 team
At the 2025 Formula 1 season reached the summer break, clear winners and losers have emerged in a campaign defined by McLaren’s dominance
Vittorio Brambilla won just a single grand prix in his Formula 1 career but, writes Matt Bishop, it was a spectacularly skilful and determined victory at an Austrian race blanketed by rain and tragedy
The Monterey Motorsports Reunion returns to Laguna Seca this August with four days of historic racing, rare machinery, and a special celebration of Formula 1’s 75th anniversary
James Elson runs the slide rule over the performances of the 2025 F1 grid so far – who’s impressed, and who’s flopped?
Scalextric’s 1963 Monaco Grand Prix Twin Car Pack revives the legendary duel between Jim Clark’s Lotus 25 and Graham Hill’s BRM P57 in 1:32 scale
So often treated as an afterthought among Britain’s Formula 1 champions, Damon Hill’s story proves he was anything but, as Matt Bishop explains
Lewis Hamilton’s first season at Ferrari has been tougher than expected – but his focus is already on shaping a 2026 car he says will carry “my DNA”
McLaren will make motor sport history by auctioning three future competition cars – including a yet-to-be-raced Formula 1 chassis – before they even hit the track
Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz’s death didn’t just change the company. It marked the begining of the end for Christian Horner’s two-decade reign at the head of the F1 team
At the 2025 Formula 1 season reached the summer break, clear winners and losers have emerged in a campaign defined by McLaren’s dominance
Vittorio Brambilla won just a single grand prix in his Formula 1 career but, writes Matt Bishop, it was a spectacularly skilful and determined victory at an Austrian race blanketed by rain and tragedy
The Monterey Motorsports Reunion returns to Laguna Seca this August with four days of historic racing, rare machinery, and a special celebration of Formula 1’s 75th anniversary
Corner-cutting, confusion, and chaos – the Mexican Grand Prix’s first laps summed up F1’s rulebook issues, Mark Hughes says
A closer look at the data shows Piastri’s recent struggles have everything to do with tyre dynamics, and nothing to do with team bias, as Mark Hughes explains
Lando Norris delivered a flawless Mexico City Grand Prix to take a one-point lead in the title chase, as Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri struggled to find the balance that defined the winner’s dominance, as Mark Hughes explains
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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
Some circuits resemble corporate theme parks, but that could never be said about Interlagos: wild, untamed and challenging to its core, the Brazilian GP venue is a monument to the F1 greats past and present
Franco Colapinto’s steady rise has narrowed the gap to Gasly, but with Alpine still adrift in F1, even progress risks feeling pointless
Felipe Massa is claiming the 2008 Singapore GP should be annulled due to the ‘Crashgate’ scandal – we look at whether his and Ferrari’s litany of errors that year did just as much damage to his title challenge
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