Listening to the McLaren team at the launch of its new Formula 1 racing car, the MCL60, there was a definite sense of controlling expectations for the season ahead. “There…

Michael Andretti recently upped the stakes in his attempts at taking his team Andretti Global into Formula 1 with the announcement that GM was part of the bid and the…

Even if only the 2022 victories of Max Verstappen counted, he’d still be comfortably in the top 20 of all-time career race wins in the sport’s history. That’s how statistically…

The only thing of significance left to settle as the Formula 1 circus descended on Abu Dhabi for the final race was who would be championship runner-up to the dominant…

Toto Wolff’s English is sometimes just a little way short of where he’s trying to get to as he speaks, but occasionally that optimistic reach results in a brilliant new…

Of course George Russell was brilliantly quick in his first season at Mercedes. Just as he’d been brilliantly quick in his Williams – recall that front row in the wet…

In theory a turbocharged engine as used in Formula 1 should be immune to the performance loss suffered by a naturally aspirated engine at high altitudes because the turbo can…

The effects of the high-altitude location of Mexico’s Hermanos Rodriguez track are many and varied – and not always predictable. That extends even to its impact upon race strategy. The…

The FIA released a report on the events behind the safety car in Japan, when a rescue vehicle on track with cars still passing amid heavy spray caused serious concern,…

During the US Grand Prix weekend Red Bull’s breach of the 2021 cost cap was confirmed as was a $7m (£6m) fine and a reduction in its aero simulation of…

The opening of this three-race sequence featured Red Bull reeling from the loss of its inspirational founder Dietrich Mateschitz and having its cost cap breach penalty formalised. But on track…

Dietrich Mateschitz passed away without the Formula 1 world ever getting to know him, because his shunning of the limelight was so extreme. He did not do interviews, didn’t really…