Author: Fleur Rogerson

After a difficult weekend in Australia, Liam Lawson’s woes continue into China with an SQ1 elimination that he attributes to problems with the tyres. There were a lot of eyes on Liam Lawson coming to Shanghai. With Q1 exit at the Australian Grand Prix, which ended earlier after a crash in the rainy conditions playing on Red Bull’s mind. Overall the Red Bull had struggled through the practice session round the Shanghai international circuit, finishing 16th and 18th. But Lawson was just over 3 tenths off his teammate – which was a far closer gap then seen in Melbourne. However,…

Red Bull admitted that they had concerns ahead of the F1 sprint qualifying in China and with mixed results they are cautious of the potential across the weekend depite Verstappen’s P2 qualification. In the first and only free practice session of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, Red Bull finished 16th and 18th with Max Verstappen maintaining an advantage over Liam Lawson. This left Red Bull with questions about the car’s pace and low expectations for sprint qualifying. In the F1 sprint qualifying, Red Bull managed to pull out some performance from the RB21 with Max Verstappen clinching a P2 start…

Roman Biliński made history for Poland in the F3 Sprint Race at the Australian Grand Prix as the first Polish driver to stand on the podium since F3’s inception in 2019. Beyond the significance of the podium for Poland, the result is a show of Biliński’s determination and perseverance after an injury in 2024. Biliński started third in the Melbourne F3 Sprint Race under reverse-grid conditions and avoided the chaos behind him to take a maiden podium. Unfortunately, due to safety cars, the Polish driver missed out on an opportunity to challenge for the win. Ahead of the 2025 season,…

With the rain coming down in Australia, the F2 cars were lined up on the grid ready to embark on the first feature race of the season for the Australian Grand Prix. As the cars lined up on the grid, Richard Verschoor’s MP Motorsport had an issue that caused a ten-minute delay at the start of the race. Verschoor had to start from the pit lane due to the delay or take on a drive-through penalty. The 22 drivers embarked on the formation lap, with Victor Martins on pole leading the field around the track. The rain was streaming down,…

F3 prepared for the first feature race of the season at the Australian Grand Prix. The rain was coming down around Albert Park which put a further challenge on the 30 drivers. Without any running in Australia in the rain, drivers were all going in blind. Rafael Câmara, the decorated rookie, was starting on pole alongside Noah Strømsted. With the rain flooding the track, the Formula 3 grid opted to have four laps behind the safety car, into a rolling start to avoid any collisions or issues from the conditions. The rolling start The lights went out on the safety…

The 2025 F2 season began around Albert Park, in the second year of the new regulation cars rookies are looking to make a name for themselves, and veterans with something to prove ahead of the Australian sprint race. With a host of penalties handed out across the Formula 2 grid, Victor Martins’ ART inherited pole from his rival in Gabriele Minì’s PREMA. However, it is the 2024 F3 champion, Leonardo Fornaroli, who started on pole for the sprint race after qualifying in tenth for the feature. Alongside Fornaroli, Joshua Dürksen lined up in second – Dürksen impressed consistently throughout the…

The 2025 Formula 3 season began around Albert Park, with 30 drivers on the grid desperate to start the F3 season with the opening sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix. Rafael Câmara in the Trident took pole on Friday, but with a reversed top 12 for the sprint race, Santiago Ramos found himself starting on the front row with his VAR car. Alongside him, Matías Zagazeta’s DAMS Lucas Oil. 2025 marks the first year that Formula 3 has begun its season in Melbourne with many drivers being new to the track and the series. With new cars also being…

In an undisturbed Free Practice 2 session, Charles Leclerc led the field at the Australian Grand Prix weekend, followed by the two McLarens with Piastri ahead of Norris. Just a few hours after the season’s first session, cars were back on track for Free Practice 2 around Albert Park, looking to gather all the necessary data ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. FP1 gave fans the first sense of what each team is capable of with Lando Norris leading from Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. Drivers wasted no time getting up to scratch around Albert Park in FP1, with a…

Despite comments to the contrary from Lando Norris, Fernando Alonso remains steadfast in his belief that it will be ‘difficult’ to see any outside the top four wins in 2025. Last year saw seven different race winners across the 24 race season. With each of the top four teams managing to make it to the top step. Though it was the most competitive season F1 had seen in years, the gap between the top four teams and the rest of the grid was massive. Mercedes finished fourth in the season with 468 points and Aston Martin in fifth had 94…

Alex Albon admits that William’s focus is on 2026, which means the team will be bringing limited upgrades to the FW47 as they prioritise the new regulations. Since James Vowles’ move to become team principal of the Williams Racing team, he has been open about how much at the Grove-based team wasn’t working. He began by restructuring the team completely, removing waste – notably a 20,000 cell Excel spreadsheet with all of the parts of the car listed. In 2024, this meant that the team arrived in Bahrain for testing, late and incredibly overweight. Although they managed to fix a…