Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #13 Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri enjoyed a great second F1 season and made a valuable contribution to the end of McLaren’s long wait for a constructors’ title. Autosport · Dec 19, 2024
Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #11 George Russell Qualifying was where George Russell gained an important edge at Mercedes in 2024, which he put down to his confidence rising in situations where the pressure is on. He ended up with a small but still significant 0.148s advantage over a driver with 104 F1 poles in Lewis Hamilton. Autosport · Dec 19, 2024
Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #3 Lando Norris Undoubtedly, his best Formula 1 season to date – with the statistics proving so. In 2024, Lando Norris finished as championship runner-up (his previous best finishing position was sixth in 2021 and 2023), he took four wins in breaking his GP victory duck (along with a sprint win too) and… Autosport · Dec 19, 2024
Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #2 Charles Leclerc If 2024 was a year when Ferrari made it clear exactly how much Charles Leclerc means to the team – signing him to a new contract and leaving Carlos Sainz exposed when Lewis Hamilton became available – then he too showed how much the Prancing Horse means to him. Autosport · Dec 19, 2024
Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #1 Max Verstappen “A Schrodinger’s season for Max Verstappen. Concurrently his best and not his best.” That’s how we’ve described the world champion’s campaign in our Formula 1 driver rankings. And that’s because there are two ways of looking at Verstappen’s performance over the past months. Autosport · Dec 19, 2024
Are there enough reasons to justify Lawson's Red Bull deal? It's somewhat explainable how Red Bull ended up here. You don't necessarily have to agree that Christian Horner and Helmut Marko have made all the right decisions regarding their team's driver line-up over the past year and a half, but you can still find some logic in how they came… Motorsport · Dec 19, 2024
A hope and a prayer: Are there enough reasons to justify Lawson's Red Bull deal? It's somewhat explainable how Red Bull ended up here. You don't necessarily have to agree that Christian Horner and Helmut Marko have made all the right decisions regarding their team's driver line-up over the past year and a half, but you can still find some logic in how they came… Autosport · Dec 19, 2024
Sergio Perez’s next move after Red Bull exit revealed by Christian Horner Perez has been axed by Red Bull after a torrid season in which he finished 285 points behind teammate Max Verstappen The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024
Liam Lawson news LIVE: Red Bull latest as Kiwi replaces Sergio Perez as Max Verstappen’s teammate RB’s Liam Lawson has taken Sergio Perez’s spot alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing next season The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024
The 10 F1 2024 moments that cost Perez his Red Bull drive Sergio Perez’s Red Bull career haul now ends at five wins, three poles and 932 points. That he only added to the last of those three categories in the 2024 Formula 1 season is one of three key reasons why he’s finally been cast off as Max Verstappen’s team-mate. Autosport · Dec 18, 2024
Sergio Perez loses Red Bull seat after frustrating 2024 campaign The Mexican finished a whopping 285 points behind team-mate Max Verstappen as Red Bull surrendered their constructors’ championship title to McLaren. The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024
Sergio Perez confirms Red Bull exit after disastrous F1 season Christian Horner has axed the Mexican as Max Verstappen’s teammate following a torrid 2024 season The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024
Help wanted: The least useful team-mates in F1 history Red Bull's Sergio Pérez had a horrible 2024 season, but where does he stack up among the worst #2 drivers on good teams? Motorsport · Dec 18, 2024
Glock to make DTM comeback in 2025 with McLaren Timo Glock will return to the DTM for the first time in three years after signing a deal with Dorr Motorsport for the 2025 season. Autosport · Dec 18, 2024
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024 Max Verstappen tears apart McLaren’s ‘papaya rules’ after F1 title win The four-time world champion labelled the McLaren call as ‘nonsense’ in a post-season interview
Motorsport · Dec 17, 2024 The management culture that has helped McLaren’s push to F1 title glory McLaren CEO Zak Brown thinks a management team that is "constructively critical" of itself has been a cornerstone of his team's success in Formula 1.
Autosport · Dec 17, 2024 Verstappen: People who criticise me crossing the line don't have a champion mentality Max Verstappen has insisted he will keep crossing the line racing in Formula 1 if he has to and suggested those who do not understand do not have the "world champion mentality".
Motorsport · Dec 17, 2024 Verstappen: People who criticise my driving don't have a champion's mentality Max Verstappen has insisted he will keep crossing the line racing in Formula 1 if he has to and suggested those who do not understand do not have the "world champion mentality".
Autosport · Dec 15, 2024 Alonso: Abu Dhabi repaid Stella for our 2010 F1 title miss Fernando Alonso says McLaren's Formula 1 title in Abu Dhabi has repaid team boss Andrea Stella for Ferrari's title loss in 2010.
Motorsport · Dec 15, 2024 Why Genesis evaluated F1 programme but chose WEC Luxury car brand Genesis says it did evaluate a potential entry into Formula 1 prior to deciding that it would commit to an LMDh programme for the 2026 World Endurance Championship instead.
Autosport · Dec 14, 2024 Ferrari to improve every pillar of performance in 2025 Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says his team will have to improve "every single pillar of performance" to catch McLaren in 2025.
Motorsport · Dec 13, 2024 Backfired: The top F1 free agent moves that flopped The freedom of being a free agent in the F1 world can be refreshing, but a wrong choice can make for a long season, or a slow burn to your career.
Motorsport · Dec 13, 2024 Ferrari needs to focus on "every pillar of performance" for 2025 Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says his team will have to improve "every single pillar of performance" to catch McLaren in 2025.
Motorsport · Dec 13, 2024 Why McLaren thinks it can overcome its 2025 wind tunnel deficit McLaren believes that the reduction in wind tunnel time that it faces as a result of winning the Formula 1 constructors’ championship will not be as big a handicap as some think.
Motorsport · Dec 12, 2024 Alonso ready to accept lack of Aston Martin progress in 2025 Fernando Alonso knows Aston Martin may not be a frontrunner in Formula 1 next season, but expects his team to jump forward with the new regulations in 2026.