New Formula 1 rule introduces cooling systems to help drivers handle extreme heat

The first race of the 2025 Formula 1 season saw McLaren’s Lando Norris take victory at a wet and wild Australian Grand Prix on the weekend in Melbourne. But even in the relative cool of Sunday afternoon, drivers felt the heat. Formula 1 racing is awfully hot work at the best of times. From 2025, … Read more

Lewis Hamilton issues feedback on new Ferrari engineer after Australian GP chaos

Despite some of his exchanges with Riccardo Adami coming across as terse, if not testy, Lewis Hamilton says his Ferrari race engineer did a “really good job” in their first race together of the F1 2025 season. They will, however, need to “download” the Australian Grand Prix, including the comments made from both sides. From … Read more

Lando Norris Clinches Historic Win at 2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park!

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Are Ferrari still sandbagging? Rival bosses don’t take Aus GP qualy at ‘face value’

Despite suspicions of fuel loads and sandbagging in pre-testing, Ferrari fell well short of the benchmark time in the season-opening qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix. But even though the best-placed Ferrari of Charles Leclerc was almost seven-tenths down on Lando Norris’ pole position time, Andrea Stella is still taking Ferrari’s performance with a pinch, … Read more

Oscar Piastri fastest in final practice for Australian Grand Prix – The Irish News

Home favourite Oscar Piastri edged out Mercedes’ George Russell to finish fastest in final practice for the Australian Grand Prix. As the teams started to show their full potential with a series of low-fuel runs, McLaren’s Piastri saw off Russell’s challenge by just 0.039 seconds. World champion Max Verstappen took third spot, 0.081 sec off … Read more

New Lewis Hamilton fear raised after slow Ferrari start at Australian GP

Lewis Hamilton ended his first day in Ferrari grand prix action four tenths down on Charles Leclerc in Melbourne. However, while this should be “taken with a little bit of a pinch of salt”, according to Sky F1 correspondent Craig Slater, he also believes that it could well take Hamilton “a few races” to fully get … Read more

McLaren tell drivers ‘line we cannot cross’ with ‘no papaya rules’ in force

With McLaren aiming to fight right from the start of the F1 2025 season, how will Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris be allowed to battle? The teammate dynamic between Piastri and Norris is completely equitable, in contrast to the arrangements found at Red Bull and Mercedes this season. Andrea Stella: McLaren reviewed F1 2024 battles … Read more