Laurence EdmondsonFeb 5, 2025, 01:15 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Two days of Pirelli tyre testing — featuring Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri — have come to an end at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. The test represented a
Month: February 2025
Laurence EdmondsonFeb 5, 2025, 05:42 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Zhou Guanyu became the first Chinese F1 driver in 2022. Getty Former Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu has been confirmed as one of Ferrari’s reserve drivers for the 2025 season alongside Antonio Giovinazzi. The pair will
Feb 4, 2025, 03:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions George Russell won the 2024 Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix. Photo by Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Las Vegas Grand Prix will start two hours earlier in the 2025 season than it has done previously in a shift likely to boost the U.S. television
Laurence EdmondsonFeb 4, 2025, 11:22 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Sauber’s chief technical officer Mattia Binotto at F1 testing in Abu Dhabi in December. Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images In preparation for its relaunch as the Audi F1 team next year, Sauber will open a base
Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton has returned to testing duties for Ferrari in a Pirelli tyre test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton’s blockbuster move to Ferrari has dominated off-season headlines. Last week the seven-time world champion crashed during a private three-day test at the same circuit, while he and new teammate Charles Leclerc were
Feb 2, 2025, 06:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A streamlined Mercedes raced by Formula 1 greats Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955 set a record for a grand prix car on Saturday, selling at auction for €51.2 million ($53m). The sleek, silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen, one of only four complete examples in
Jan 31, 2025, 01:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula 1’s governing body is introducing new load tests to ensure bendy front and rear wings are no longer a talking point this season. The FIA said on Friday that the scope of rear wing tests on cars would be increased from the start of the
Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tim Cindric, president of Team Penske and Roger Penske’s longtime right-hand man on competition, will step back as the overall leader of the organization but remain president of the IndyCar program. Cindric joined Penske in 1999 and oversaw the operations in
Jan 31, 2025, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ex-racing driver Johnny Herbert will no longer serve as an FIA race steward. Joe Portlock – Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images Formula 1’s governing body was right to drop Johnny Herbert as a steward because of the former racer’s media work, according to Red Bull