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“Not an easy car to drive”: Two other drivers Red Bull dropped on Lawson’s exit | Formula 1 - Thu 03-Apr-25
Alexander Albon and Pierre Gasly, who were dropped from Red Bull earlier in their careers, gave their views on Liam Lawson's demotion and Yuki Tsunoda's promotion.

Hamilton says he’s playing catch-up with 2025 tyres after testing disruptions | Formula 1 - Thu 03-Apr-25
Lewis Hamilton began the season still learning how to get the best from Pirelli's 2025-specification tyres because of disruptions to his pre-season testing programme.

Verstappen keeps a lid on his dissatisfaction over Red Bull’s Lawson shambles | Formula 1 - Thu 03-Apr-25
Max Verstappen's silence over Red Bull's decision to drop Liam Lawson after just two rounds spoke volumes. The car's performance remains his major concern.

Red Bull made it clear to Tsunoda “the main priority is Max” | Formula 1 - Thu 03-Apr-25
Yuki Tsunoda says his role is to support Max Verstappen but doubts his team mate would "say the truth" to him about the Red Bull's tricky handling.

Ferrari not fearing for championship despite falling to fifth in points – Leclerc | Formula 1 - Thu 03-Apr-25
Ferrari remains hopeful about its championship chances this year despite its poor start to the season, says Charles Leclerc.

Lawson’s rapid ‘downgrade’ doesn’t surprise Sainz: ‘Just the way things are in Red Bull’ | Formula 1 - Thu 03-Apr-25
Carlos Sainz Jnr said the news Red Bull had dropped Liam Lawson after just two rounds came as no surprise to him.

Tsunoda expects his driving style will work at Red Bull “otherwise I wouldn’t be here” | Formula 1 - Thu 03-Apr-25
Yuki Tsunoda is confident he will be able to cope with the Red Bull car's unusual handling following his sudden promotion to the team after the last race.

Lawson determined to “prove why I belong here” after ousting from Red Bull | Formula 1 - Thu 03-Apr-25
Liam Lawson is determined to prove he belongs in F1 after Red Bull demoted him to their second team just two rounds into his first full season.
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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 ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading
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