Championship leader Oscar Piastri collected the prestigious Lorenzo Bandini Trophy during a ceremony in the Emilia-Romagna hill town of Brisighella, days before the Grand Prix. The 24-year-old joins countrymen Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo as the only Australians to claim the award, bestowed for on-track achievement and sporting spirit. Stellar Start to 2025 Six races
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Mercedes driver George Russell has revealed that memories of childhood karting often ended “in tears” because of the financial strain on his family. In a candid interview the Briton said his father worked “from seven in the morning to nine at night” just to fund weekend racing. “My father was working every day … to
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Four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel has rolled back the years with a throwback Instagram post honouring Daniel Ricciardo’s famous comeback win at the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix. The pair shared the Red Bull garage that season, and Vettel’s latest black-and-white montage highlights the race in which a then-25-year-old Ricciardo out-foxed Fernando Alonso and Lewis
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Alpine has moved to end speculation about its chain of command after last week’s abrupt resignation of team principal Oliver Oakes. In a statement issued ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the Enstone outfit confirmed that executive adviser Flavio Briatore now “is fully in charge of the team, including duties previously held by Oliver Oakes,”
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Oscar Piastri’s composed victories have vaulted him into the championship lead, prompting ex-Haas boss Guenther Steiner to advise his McLaren team-mate. Blunt appraisal Steiner named Norris his “w*nker of the week,” adding: “Maybe there is an opportunity that makes him come back stronger.” Time to play the team game Steiner argued that if Max Verstappen
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Ferrari started 2025 targeting both championships but trail runaway leaders by 152 points after just six races. Lewis Hamilton, lured from Mercedes, has yet to finish higher than fifth. Engineering the relaunch Italian reports say a new rear-suspension layout will debut around the Austrian Grand Prix on 29 June, enabling “a more extreme mechanical setup.”
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Racing legend Mario Andretti has urged McLaren to designate a lead driver by the campaign’s halfway mark if it wants the Drivers’ Championship. Papaya parity under scrutiny Team chief Zak Brown insists Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri remain equal, but history suggests equal status can squander titles. “When you have two capable winners in the
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Yuki Tsunoda’s jump from Racing Bulls to Red Bull has produced only six points from four races, prompting the team to arrange a Silverstone TPC session. Weather plays spoiler British rain curtailed morning mileage, yet the Japanese driver still logged valuable laps with race-winning engineers. “It was just an opportunity for Yuki to spend a
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Five months after introducing fines of up to €10,000 for bad language, the FIA has revised Appendix B of its International Sporting Code. Controlled vs uncontrolled settings Drivers will now be judged differently depending on whether expletives are uttered in press conferences or in the heat of competition. Smaller penalties, suspended sentences The maximum base
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AI answer-engine Perplexity abandoned plans to back an entire Formula 1 team and instead signed an individual deal with Lewis Hamilton. The Silicon Valley firm valued at roughly $9 billion wants the seven-time world champion to accelerate global recognition for its search platform. ‘Hamilton effect’ in action Perplexity’s vice-president Ryan Foutty revealed the company held
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