How F1 drivers feel about the Lawson/Tsunoda swap -
Thu 03-Apr-25
Lewis Hamilton believes it was “pretty tough” on Liam Lawson to be dropped by Red Bull after just two races – but said he was not surprised to see the team act so swiftly.
Lawson struggled to get to grips with the RB21 in both the Australian and Chinese grands prix and was ultimately demoted back to Racing Bulls as a result, with Yuki Tsunoda swapped in to replace the New ...
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Albon impressed with Thailand GP plans after meeting prime minister -
Thu 03-Apr-25
Alex Albon insists Thailand is taking its pitch “very seriously” to host a Formula 1 grand prix in the future after the Williams driver travelled to the country to discuss plans with the prime minister.
Following in the footsteps of F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, Albon held talks with Paetongtarn Shinawatra before heading to the Japanese Grand Prix and was impressed by what he saw from the ...
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Sainz 'unlearning Ferrari habits' as he adjusts to Williams F1 car -
Thu 03-Apr-25
Williams driver Carlos Sainz says he is expecting to adapt to his new Formula 1 car within "five to 10" races while he tweaks his driving style.
Sainz joined Alex Albon at Williams after four years at Ferrari and has thus far had two low-key weekends for his new team in Australia and China, grabbing his first point of the campaign in Shanghai after others were disqualified. A large part of ...
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A Suzuka corner’s hidden history -
Thu 03-Apr-25
‘Spoon’, ‘130R’, ‘Hairpin’, ‘S Curves’. The corner names at Suzuka have prescriptive, unembellished quality. Except for… Degner.
For a brief time in the 1960s Ernst Degner was a proverbial thorn in Honda’s side, helping Suzuki develop a series of 50cc racing motorcycle engines capable of screaming beyond 17,000rpm, and enabling Mitsuo Itoh to become the first (and so far ...
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Norris: McLaren now has target on its back as rivals talk “crap” about team -
Thu 03-Apr-25
“Nonsense,” “random” and “crap”. The three words Lando Norris used to describe recent comments made about McLaren by its rivals as the squad adjusts to life as the hunted rather than the hunter.
After ending a 26-year wait for a constructors’ championship last season, McLaren has continued where it left off – Norris winning in Australia before team-mate Oscar Piastri took ...
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Verstappen: Red Bull's main issue is F1 car, not drivers -
Thu 03-Apr-25
Max Verstappen has suggested his Red Bull Formula 1 team needs to focus on fixing its troubled 2025 car rather than worry about the identity of his team-mate.
After two difficult weekends alongside Verstappen, Red Bull has demoted Liam Lawson to Racing Bulls, with Yuki Tsunoda moving in the other direction from this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.
While Red Bull has the remit to move its four ...
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Haas looks to fix aero issues with fast-tracked floor update -
Thu 03-Apr-25
Haas has introduced a small upgrade to its VF-25 Formula 1 car's floor for the Japanese Grand Prix in a bid to solve its aero oscillation issue in high-speed corners, which emerged at the Melbourne season opener.
The team struggled at the season opener, with team principal Ayao Komatsu estimating that Haas was six tenths away from the rest of the field as it battled against bouncing in the ...
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Leclerc: Ferrari China disqualification came from "playing with the limit" -
Thu 03-Apr-25
Ferrari aims to learn from the “pain” of having both its cars disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix but its key challenge is to make up the gap to McLaren, says Charles Leclerc.
While Leclerc’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton won the sprint race in Shanghai, Ferrari regards that result as an outlier and is expecting its form at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend to be more where it was on ...
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