Grand Prix
From Thursday’s media day to Sunday night: practice, qualifying, strategy, pit stops, team radio, the safety car and the stewards’ decisions, as seen by four columnists without a single paddock pass. The facts are real, the reactions are theirs.
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Double Red Bull podium in Baku: Philippeville statement lands ahead of the stewards
Red Bull placed Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar on the podium of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, won by George Russell; Laurent Mekies called it the team’s best weekend of the season so…
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Ten seconds for Colapinto, already out: Nathan looks for where to apply them
The stewards of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix handed Franco Colapinto a ten-second penalty, ruling him responsible for the restart collision that eliminated Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris and himself. According to Formule1.nl, the…
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Sainz loses five places for a yellow flag at Baku: Josiane slows by sector
Ninth in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Williams’ best grid slot of the season, Carlos Sainz was handed a five-place grid penalty for not slowing enough under yellow flags in Q3…
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Lawson chases “time that isn’t really there”: Nathan found some in his sim
Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) qualified 12th for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and believes the right tow would have put him into Q3. His team-mate Arvid Lindblad, last of those eliminated in Q2,…
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Cable ties on the Baku McLaren: Josiane recognises the post 14 toolkit
McLaren fixed a crack found on an MCL40 part with cable ties during Friday practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, explained Rob Marshall, the team’s technical director. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri…
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Alonso’s 25-place penalty at Baku: Nathan’s sim crashes at P23
Fernando Alonso has been handed a twenty-five place grid penalty and Lance Stroll a twenty-place penalty ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after several Honda power unit components were replaced on their…
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A top-three finish called ‘a huge result’: the philosophy lands in Philippeville
Lewis Hamilton reckons a top-three finish in the championship, even second ahead of George Russell, would be a huge result for Ferrari, winless in 2025. Fabienne Racing responds from Philippeville.
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A 24-degree banked corner where the drivers lift off: Josiane notes the slope
The Madring hosted its first Spanish Grand Prix the weekend before 18 September. Its turn 12, the “Monumental”, banked at 24 degrees, did not produce the advertised action: short of available energy,…
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Virtual safety car on lap 15: at post 14, the flag is made of cloth
On lap fifteen of the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, Lance Stroll’s retirement brought out the virtual safety car. Starting from pole, Lando Norris pitted a lap after his rivals and his…
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Antonelli won’t say the word “championship” in the car: procedure, not superstition
Kimi Antonelli, 20, leads the 2026 world championship after wins at Monza and Madrid. In a long interview with the Italian outlet Automoto Italie, the Mercedes driver says he refuses to speak…
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Wolff and his “couch warriors”: your correspondent writes from the sofa
Toto Wolff says he does not want his drivers colliding the way the two Ferraris did at Monza, admits Mercedes came close to the same incident at the same corner late in…
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Norris told off over a can: a remark isn’t something you can wave a flag at
After the Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring, where he finished second behind Kimi Antonelli, Lando Norris was told off by an official as he was about to drink a Coca-Cola in…