Scott Mitchell

Stockholm

Formula 1 Writer at The Race

Formula 1 Journalist at Freelance

#F1 journalist and content creator living in Sweden. Contributor to The Race, GQ, Viaplay, Formula E, Podme, and others. Patiently awaiting a #CAFC revival.

Articles

Russell: Verstappen crash ‘felt deliberate’, antics let him down

6 days ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

George Russell accused Formula 1 rival Max Verstappen of letting himself down with “totally unnecessary” driving that he likened to bad online racing, after their controversial clash in the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen hit Russell at Turn 5 late in the Barcelona race, attempting to re-pass the Mercedes driver immediately after complying with an instruction from Red Bull to let Russell go by after Verstappen had previously stayed ahead of him by going off-track at Turn 1.
Verstappen on brink of F1 race ban after Russell clash punishment

6 days ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

Max Verstappen is on the brink of a Formula 1 race ban after his collision with George Russell in the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen picked up a 10-second time penalty and a heavy sanction of three licence penalty points for hitting Russell late in the Barcelona race.
Verstappen's Russell hit was needless act of self-sabotage

6 days ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

Max Verstappen’s frustrated lunge on George Russell was a needless act of self-sabotage in Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen was left vulnerable in the final stint of the Barcelona race as during the late safety car period Red Bull opted for a pitstop and a change to hard tyres - a compound universally avoided by the rest of the grid in this race after its poor performance in practice.
Aston Martin warned over Stroll breach caused by his injury

6 days ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

Aston Martin has been formally warned by the FIA over Lance Stroll’s failure to comply with Formula 1’s driver weighing procedure after Spanish Grand Prix qualifying, despite Stroll subsequently withdrawing from the race altogether. Stroll was eliminated in Q2 at Barcelona and was therefore required to be weighed immediately at the end of that segment of qualifying.
Stroll withdraws from F1's Spanish GP to undergo surgery

1 week ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

Lance Stroll has withdrawn from Sunday’s Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix and will undergo a procedure with an undisclosed recovery time. The Aston Martin driver had qualified 14th at Barcelona, where team-mate Fernando Alonso was 10th fastest. However, Stroll - who has scored all 14 of the team's points so far this season - will not take part in Sunday’s race.
'Suddenly it drops like hell' - Tsunoda's alarming Red Bull decline

1 week ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

A baffled Yuki Tsunoda has said it does not stack up that his feeling in Red Bull's Formula 1 car translated into last place in Spanish Grand Prix qualifying, as he feels he has been making "good progress…and suddenly it drops like hell". Tsunoda was slowest in Q1 at Barcelona, six tenths behind team-mate Max Verstappen despite the four-time F1 world champion only completing a single run earlier in the session when the track was slower.
Why Williams's prospects are suddenly so bleak in Spain

1 week ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

Williams is braced for a bleak Spanish Grand Prix by its current standards as even its much-improved 2025 Formula 1 car is proving incompatible with the Barcelona circuit. A revived Williams is comfortably fifth in the championship, has qualified in the top 10 with at least one car at every race this season, and scored points every weekend except for Bahrain where both drivers were compromised by factors out of their control.
Why Red Bull's a huge threat to McLaren in Spain (and it's not about flexi-wings)

1 week ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

McLaren is braced for a much bigger threat from Red Bull at the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend, but it won't be down to Formula 1's flexi-wing clampdown. Red Bull and Ferrari are convinced that tightening up what teams can do with flexi-wings will have an impact on the pecking order. They have been firm believers that McLaren and then Mercedes have exploited this area of the rules more than others, and taken it too far.
What you should know about F1's flexi-wing clampdown at Spanish GP

1 week ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix marks the start of a potential reset in the pecking order as the first race where new tests to clamp down on flexible front wings are in force. Flexing bodywork has become a major talking point in F1 again over the last year or so, amid McLaren’s rise to being the benchmark team.
Everything we learned from F1's 2025 Monaco GP weekend

1 week ago | the-race.com | Scott Mitchell

An experimental Monaco Grand Prix didn’t quite fire into life as Formula 1 hoped, but it was a fascinating weekend and a storied race. Here are eight things we learned from Monte Carlo. More to come from ‘smarter’ NorrisLando Norris scored pole position and won a grand prix for the first time since the season opener in Australia. In Monaco, one does tend to lead to the other, so this was an ideal place for Norris to banish his qualifying hoodoo.