Adam Cooper

1 week ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Adam Cooper |Mark Hughes

Strap in tight, there’s a lot happening off-track as the Formula 1 circus gathers in Bahrain. Amid more controversy within the FIA – vice-president of sport Robert Reid handed in his resignation yesterday – there’s also today’s summit meeting between F1 management, the FIA and the engine manufacturers. Ostensibly, the meeting is to discuss the future direction of F1 power units. But that makes it sound like just some routine bit of forward planning.

3 weeks ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Adam Cooper |Mark Hughes |Katy Fairman |Dominic Tobin

Having hosted 34 grands prix since its debut on the F1 calendar in 1987, the 5.807 km (3.608 mi) Suzuka circuit has welcomed some of the best talent motorsport has to offer. Set in an amusement park, Suzuka’s figure-of-eight layout is unique in Formula 1. Since first hosting the Japanese Grand Prix, it has been widely recognised as one of the sport’s finest circuits, with drivers like Carlos Sainz “officially” calling it his favourite track.

4 weeks ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Adam Cooper |Mark Hughes

Intuitively feeling that point where the rotation needs to be checked, with just the smallest inputs of brake and steering, allows outrageous speed to be taken in without the penalty of time-consuming slides. Watching Lawson desperately try to make sense of the Red Bull in Shanghai, he would take the speed in and turn, only to then find himself correcting big snaps of oversteer. That sensitivity to a demanding car just wasn’t in the same league.

1 month ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Adam Cooper |Mark Hughes

As Piastri rebuffed the challenging Russell very firmly into Turn 1, it allowed Norris to swoop around the Mercedes, putting McLaren 1-2. Piastri eased himself out of DRS range and then just drove to the gap back to his team-mate, keen not to take any more than necessary from the supposedly delicate front medium compound tyres. But with each passing lap it became clearer that the tyre behaviour was very different to that of the previous day.

1 month ago | motorsportmagazine.com | James Elson |Cambridge Kisby |Damien Smith |Adam Cooper

It couldn’t have been a worse start to the season. Lap one of the first race of the 2025 F1 world championship, and Jack Doohan’s car lay in pieces after a fifth corner smash at his home race. The Australian, whose place is rumoured to be under threat from Alpine third driver Franco Colapinto, needed the best possible performance to show it’s him the team wants – not its Argentinian reserve. The word is he has five races to prove himself to Enstone, and it’s not going well so far.