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1 month ago | 
the-race.com | Samarth Kanal
Haas was sent crashing back down to earth in qualifying for the 2025 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix which left Ollie Bearman ruing a seemingly easy choice and Esteban Ocon hoping for respite after his wreck. Bearman qualified last and made an unusual admission on Saturday night at Sakhir. The rookie gave up first practice in Bahrain for Haas’s new reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa. This seemed a simple decision for Haas.
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1 month ago | 
motorsportmagazine.com | Samarth Kanal |Nigel Roebuck
Page 9 ‘Eddie Jordan was a one-off’ The last time I saw Eddie Jordan he was running late and brusquely apologetic.
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2 months ago | 
the-race.com | Samarth Kanal
Kimi Antonelli’s Formula 1 debut at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix might fall under the radar given it was such an eventful race, but it really shouldn’t. This wasn’t a faultless weekend from the hyped-up debutant, nor would it ever have been given the conditions and the context: warm on Friday; hot on Saturday; rainy and cold on Sunday. The rookies were being run through the gauntlet.
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2 months ago | 
the-race.com | Jon Noble |Samarth Kanal |Edd Straw
Oscar Piastri has admitted the error that cost him a podium finish in Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix will "hurt" for a while, admitting his late race spin was the result of him pushing too hard for the conditions. The Australian was locked in a tight lead battle with McLaren team-mate Lando Norris when the pair both ran off the track at Turn 12 with 13 laps to go amid a downpour.
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2 months ago | 
the-race.com | Samarth Kanal |Matt Beer
Isack Hadjar may now hold the unhappy record for the shortest ever Formula 1 race debut having crashed at the first corner of the formation lap ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. The Racing Bulls rookie spun on the way out of Turn 1 in the slippery Melbourne conditions, breaking his car's rear wing on the barrier and causing the race start to be delayed. "Just embarrassed and sorry for the team," said Hadjar.
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2 months ago | 
the-race.com | Jon Noble |Samarth Kanal
Wet weather brings an added degree of uncertainty for Formula 1 races, but the expected rain set to hit the Australian Grand Prix could have a bigger impact than normal. A combination of teams and drivers having no experience of their cars in the rain, uncertainty surrounding a new-for-2025 wet tyre, a bunch of rookie drivers, and a track that offers quite low grip, has left F1 figures wary about how things will play out. As Charles Leclerc said: “It's going to be interesting.
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2 months ago | 
the-race.com | Scott Mitchell |Edd Straw |Samarth Kanal
We look ahead to the Australian Grand Prix, and discuss home hero Oscar Piastri’s new McLaren deal, in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. Scott Mitchell-Malm and Samarth Kanal join Edd Straw in Melbourne on the eve of the season to look ahead to what should be a dramatic weekend. We reflect on how Piastri’s deal impacts the driver-market landscape and what it says about McLaren approach to drivers.
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2 months ago | 
the-race.com | Samarth Kanal
Mercedes has revealed the paint scheme for Kimi Antonelli and George Russell’s 2025 W16 Formula 1 cars. The livery for the W16 was unveiled at the F1 75 launch event at the O2 venue in London alongside the other nine F1 teams - but we'll have to wait until February 24 to see renders of the 2025 Mercedes F1 car.
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2 months ago | 
the-race.com | Samarth Kanal
Aston Martin has unveiled the paint job for Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll's 2025 AMR25 Formula 1 car at F1's official season launch in London. The team continues with its racing green colours into 2025, carrying over the white stripe on its airbox for new mining sponsor Ma'aden and a lime green stripe running over the engine cover.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
the-race.com | Samarth Kanal
The road to Formula 1 is an expensive and punishing one. For Zak O’Sullivan, that reality became clear even after he'd achieved results at a high level - but the brutal costs of the FIA single-seater pyramid soon bit. O’Sullivan was a Williams junior driver with a competitive CV: runner-up in the 2020 British F4 Championship, winner of the 2021 GB3 Championship and runner-up in the 2023 Formula 3 championship to eventual F2 champion and Sauber F1 driver Gabriel Bortoleto.
