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1 week ago | 
straitstimes.com | David Tremayne
What on earth, I found myself wondering on June 15 night as we waited and waited for the outcome of what had seemed like a gripping Canadian Grand Prix to be decided by the stewards. What would the great Gilles Villeneuve have made of the race held at the circuit named in his honour? Well, just like us, he would have relished the five-way contest between George Russell, Max Verstappen, Kimi Antonelli, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
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3 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | David Tremayne
UPDATED Jun 02, 2025, 12:45 PM
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1 month ago | 
redhot.sg | David Tremayne
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton gestures to supporters before the 2025 Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix at the Imola autodrome.PHOTO: AFPThe tifosi, the super-enthusiastic followers of Ferrari’s racing fortunes, always crave solid results. But never more so than when their beloved red cars race on home ground. Thus the Emilia-Romagna GP at Imola is second only to the Italian GP at Monza in their hearts. And like most intense fans, they don’t take well to failure.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | David Tremayne
UPDATED May 19, 2025, 03:00 PM
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | David Tremayne
The Miami Grand Prix is an odd one. It’s one of those all-singing, all-dancing, slightly schizophrenic events that doesn’t quite know whether it’s a motor race or a music festival. That’s great if you’re a paying punter there for the noise of cars or the bray of jiggling singers of horribly repetitive lyrics backed by horribly repetitive chords. Not so great if you are there as a hack to report something and to do so preferably without a thumping beat echoing endlessly in your head.
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2 months ago | 
straitstimes.com | David Tremayne
Oscar Piastri’s triumph at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, his third success in 2025, not only lifted an Australian to the top of the drivers’ standings for the first time since his manager Mark Webber back in 2010, but it also made his McLaren team the only one ever to score victories at 50 different venues. But might we look back at the end of the year and see that this was also the race where the three title contenders inadvertently (or deliberately) revealed their true colours?
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2 months ago | 
redhot.sg | David Tremayne
Four races into the 24-event calendar, McLaren have won three, two with Oscar Piastri (left) and one with Lando Norris (right).PHOTO: AFPBe careful what you wish for – that is always very sound advice. McLaren wanted the best car, and two very fast drivers to do it justice. And now they have that. But when you finally bring together all the disparate factors that lead to domination, it comes with a price. Few blessings come without strings attached.
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2 months ago | 
straitstimes.com | David Tremayne
UPDATED Apr 14, 2025, 11:37 AM
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2 months ago | 
straitstimes.com | David Tremayne
Had they but known, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) could have saved the 10 teams a few hundred miles of power unit life and Pirelli 20 sets of tyres, plus lots of human time and energy, by handing out the trophies for the Japanese GP after qualifying on Saturday afternoon instead of running the race.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | David Tremayne
This was a weekend that began with red and ended with red, albeit of an altogether different shade, but it was the orange in between that painted the most vivid portrait of the 2025 Formula One world championship race thus far.
