This Week – 19/01/2025
Analysis and a round-up of the weeks news stories, looking at what they mean for F1, both on and off track
News & Analysis
This Week – 12/01/2025
Analysis and a round-up of the weeks news stories, looking at what they mean for F1, both on and off track
Liam Lawson chosen to partner Max Verstappen at Red Bull
Red Bull announced on Thursday that Liam Lawson will replace Sergio Perez as Max Verstappen’s teammate next season. The New Zealander was chosen over RB teammate Yuki Tsunoda to partner the four-time champion, less than 24 hours after Perez’s exit had been confirmed. Lawson will go into his first full season with the works team
Sergio Perez announces Red Bull departure
Red Bull and Sergio Perez have agreed to terminate his contract at the end of the year. The Mexican who has been with Red Bull has spent much of the last eighteen months under increased pressure after failing to match Max Verstappen and was the only driver from the top four teams who failed to
Welcome to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – 2024
Hamilton unlikely to have positive Mercedes send-off Lewis Hamilton says his final race with Mercedes is unlikely to be the positive send-off he and the team would have wanted. The seven-time champion will end his twelve years with the team, which resulted in six championships him becoming the most successful driver of all time in
Jack Doohan set to make Alpine debut in Abu Dhabi
Jack Doohan is likely to make his debut for Alpine a race early as he replaces Esteban Ocon for this weekend’s season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Australian was already due to replace Ocon, who will join Haas for 2025 and next week’s test has been let go as part of an agreement to allow
QATAR GP – Lando Norris beats Carlos Sainz to sprint pole by six hundredths in another close qualifying
Lando Norris has beaten Carlos Sainz by six hundredths to take sprint pole for the final sprint race of the season at the Qatar Grand Prix. The McLaren driver set a 21.012 on his first attempt in SQ3 before ‘making too many mistakes’ on his second run but was unchallenged by the Ferrari on his
QATAR GP – Charles Leclerc ahead of both McLarens by four-tenths in practice
Charles Leclerc was fastest in practice for the Qatar Grand Prix the Ferrari driver set a 21.965 to put himself just over four tenths faster than the McLaren’s of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. The two leading teams were comfortably quickest though Leclerc set his fastest time on the soft tyre while the McLaren was
Welcome to the Qatar Grand Prix – 2024
The latest news and analysis behind the headlines ahead of this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, looking at the biggest talking points going into this race at Lusail International Circuit, Lusail
General Motors to enter the sport in 2026, before becoming a power unit manufacturer in 2028
F1 and General Motors have reached an agreement in principle for it to enter the sport as a works team and the eleven team taking the number of works teams to six and entries to eleven from 2026. The move comes just ten months after F1 rejected a joint bid by GM and US-owned Andretti