What we know about Flavio Briatore's Paris meeting, Enstone visit, and Renault/Alpine F1 future (short-term assurance, long-term uncertainties): www.the-race.com/formula-1/wh...

Max Verstappen isn’t in Miami yet, he’s been at home due to the birth of his first child. Will be here for Friday. Totally understand buying as much time as possible. Best wishes to him and Kelly Piquet. The juggling act of being a new father and an F1 driver begins! www.the-race.com/formula-1/ma...

Before our interview with Ollie Bearman runs this weekend, here’s a little bonus for our Members’ Club on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/127447...

Detailed look at the first real Hamilton/Leclerc Ferrari comparison here: www.the-race.com/formula-1/wh...

George Russell just told us in the pen that McLaren is so fast they can afford to switch focus to 2026 now with an advantage like this. Says the order and margins are as expected. Reckons it’s “all tyres” and they are doing “something pretty special” - look at final sector margin.

Flavio Briatore playing F1 reserve driver Tinder with help from only 4 of the 6 drivers under contract already at Alpine

I’ve been quickly won over by Gabriel Bortoleto off-track early in his #F1 career and he made a very strong impression again today dealing with a Helmut Marko appraisal of him: www.the-race.com/formula-1/ga...

Australia for the #F1 season opener just feels right. Here is an early video for The Race Members’ Club (90% off your first month at the moment) answering a bumper batch of questions we’ve had already: www.patreon.com/posts/we-ans...

New video for the Members Club here. 90% off your first month on our Patreon at the moment! www.patreon.com/posts/how-we...

Good week in Bahrain. Pleasure and a privilege to see #F1 this up close and try to turn that access and opportunity into worthwhile insight. Next stop: Australia!

After a two-hour trip trackside to end testing, here's a quick final report on our Patreon covering every team - if you're not part of the Members Club, it's 90% off your first month at the moment! www.patreon.com/posts/final-...

Early trackside impressions not to be read into too much beyond building an initial reference point for the week. I liked how the Red Bull looked, strong front end, especially being on a harder compound. Hamilton experimenting a little in the Ferrari, which looked good but not quite as consistent.

Good to be back. #F1

The new Red Bull looks just like the old Red Bull. And not in a normal 'evolution not revolution' kind of way. "It looks very similar," the team admits. But will that be the case by Australia - or even the end of the week? www.the-race.com/formula-1/sh...

I’ve left food for Mrs Mitchell-Malm and our son, I’m on my way to Bahrain, and I’m rejoicing at having an empty seat next to me on the plane. Must mean #F1 is back! What do you want to know from testing?

Lewis Hamilton knew he needed a change. But after arriving at Ferrari he realised just how much he needed it. Now he says he's revitalised - and F1 rivals think this could turn into a title challenge: www.the-race.com/formula-1/le...

What did you think of the F1 75 season launch event? www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1...

Big change coming for the Monaco Grand Prix. F1 rulemakers have discussed having Monaco-specific regulations and it’s been agreed that the number of mandatory pitstops will be increased for that race only. More details to come in the next few weeks.

Carlos Sainz hits the track in the 2025 Williams FW47 #F1 car

Some shots of the actual Williams FW47 now, in its one-off shakedown livery, from the launch live stream.

An early look at the one-off Williams livery showcasing new title sponsor Atlassian although that's on an older car. The 2025 car will be revealed shortly. You can hear it in the background of the launch stream warming up ready for its shakedown.

Bringing together various lessons from McLaren's 2025 #F1 car launch: www.the-race.com/formula-1/wh...

McLaren’s dropped the first #F1 car reveal of 2025 with a special camouflage livery for a Silverstone shakedown. Clever getaround as the real liveries have to be saved for next week’s F1 75 event with all 10 teams. Williams is doing the same tomorrow - one-off livery on its actual 2025 car.

A low-profile McLaren genius has signed a multi-year contract extension. This is proof the team is finally maximising someone it actually re-hired more than a decade ago. Piece here: www.the-race.com/formula-1/mc...

Williams has a new #F1 title sponsor, technology partner and collaboration software partner in Atlassian. It’s called “the biggest partnership deal” in Williams’s history. Team will officially be entered as Atlassian Williams Racing. James Vowles says it will help modernise team’s way of working.

As a marker for the irrelevance of the laptimes, though it remains an amusing detail to include, after an equal number of 74 laps each today Leclerc was 1.8s faster than Hamilton. Pirelli even notes itself the times “have no real significance given the different work programmes” they carried out!

Zhou Guanyu and Antonio Giovinazzi are Ferrari’s official #F1 reserve drivers for 2025. Bumps Dino Beganovic down the list. I still wouldn’t be surprised if Ollie Bearman steps in for Ferrari though, should Lewis Hamilton or Charles Leclerc be unavailable. Then Zhou/Giovinazzi could go in at Haas.

According to Pirelli, Hamilton set a slightly faster lap time than Leclerc (1m15.930s to 1m16.060s) - Norris more than seven tenths faster, such data largely meaningless. The programme focused on slicks with various combinations of construction and compound tested at the hardest end of the range.

Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel of a 2024 Ferrari #F1 car, in adapted form to simulate 2026-style car characteristics, at a Pirelli test for Ferrari (Charles Leclerc also pictured) and McLaren.

Kul att vara tillbaka på Viaplay F1-podden med Marcus Ericsson, Janne Blomqvist och Erik Stenborg. Vi pratar om Dino Beganovic och det ‘hemliga’ Ferrari F1-testet, Arvid Lindblad och mer. Back on the Viaplay #F1 Podcast talking Dino Beganovic and Arvid Lindblad: www.podme.com/se/avsnitt/6...

At our recent live shows, the audience overwhelmingly sided with Charles Leclerc for the 2025 #F1 title. It could happen: www.the-race.com/formula-1/wh...

On Dino Beganovic’s Ferrari #F1 test - which the team has deliberately not shared pictures of or public information about, at least for now: www.the-race.com/formula-1/th...

Pictures from Ferrari of day two at Barcelona. Obviously before Hamilton crashed. According to reports in Italy, the shunt meant Leclerc didn’t get on track as visibility was poor by the time the car was repaired. Hamilton/Leclerc work over. Giovinazzi and Beganovic (fun!) drive on Thursday.

Had a 🦋 login shunt but I’m back now! Need to move away from The Bad Place. By the way, Lewis Hamilton crashed his Ferrari today. But you probably saw that hours ago now 😔 www.the-race.com/formula-1/le...

Lewis Hamilton met team boss Fred Vasseur and Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna at Fiorano. At Maranello he met Ferrari management team and vice chairman Piero Ferrari before his “total immersion programme” began by visiting all the departments. More technical meetings and briefings scheduled for Tuesday.

You always knew the first Lewis Hamilton/Ferrari image would be punchy. Here’s what to expect from his first few days at his new #F1 team including test plans: www.the-race.com/formula-1/wh...

Absolutely buzzing after our London live show. To have that much support for what we do is so surreal. Took a while to follow up our first attempt but so glad we were finally able to. Thank you to everyone who showed up - it was unbelievable. Birmingham next! podlifeevents.com/event-detail...

They tried to keep me out. Who are they? The DARK FORCES that diverted my plane to Amsterdam. #F1 live show sabotage? We can only assume such malice. But I made it. I’m ready. London Thursday night. Birmingham Friday night. See you there?? LAST TICKETS GOING: podlifeevents.com/home/the-rac...

#F1 story time with Oskar. Much better storytelling at our live shows this week. More consistent audio quality too hopefully. Oskar didn’t want you to hear the crucial info: London on Thursday January 16 and Birmingham on Friday January 17. Hope to see you there! www.the-race.com/formula-1/th...

Expecting Williams 2024 driver Franco Colapinto to get an Alpine #F1 role soon. Not as race driver, Jack Doohan safe for the start of the season. Beyond that, option will be there. Alpine clearly keen to make it possible. Here's what we know for now: www.the-race.com/formula-1/fr...

LONDON CALLING! The Race F1 Podcast LIVE on January 16. Ending my social media break the way I started it: with a shameless live show plug. Want to scratch your #F1 itch in the off-season? Join us next week! podlifeevents.com/event-detail...

Need a late Christmas present for an F1-loving friend or family member, or just looking to treat yourself because it's been a long year and you deserve it? How about our #F1 live show! London, January 16: podlifeevents.com/event-detail... Birmingham, January 17: podlifeevents.com/event-detail...

Sergio Perez’s reached an agreement to leave Red Bull. He's confirmed it. Terms of exit (two years left on his contract!) unsurprisingly not disclosed. Still expecting Liam Lawson as his replacement although don’t anticipate that being confirmed today.

Lewis Hamilton’s big farewell event with Mercedes partner Petronas went down well in Malaysia. 1000+ staff attended, then there was an event with more than 3000 fans.

Ferrari announces "multi-year agreement" to supply engines and gearboxes to the Cadillac F1 team from 2026, subject to entry being fully agreed. The deal is actually with Andretti Formula Racing, for "the racing team led by TWG Global and General Motors". A rare admission of Andretti existence...