After Baku brilliance, here's why Singapore GP is key for Max Verstappen's F1 title hopes

Flying in the face of the opinions expressed by both Ferrari and BMW over the past week, Ross Brawn has thrown his support behind the FIA's new optional ?40 million budget cap in Formula 1, warning that without it the top flight risks 'turning [engineers] into Swiss watchmakers' - but equally underlining that it will only be workable if it is embraced by all.

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella doesn't think Lando Norris could have done much better than seventh in Baku's Formula 1 race after being stuck in traffic.After a difficult qualifying in gusty conditions, Norris qualified a lowly seventh after looking fast all weekend, not helped by a slip-up in Turn 15 on his best Q3 lap.On Sunday Norris couldn't manage to move up, losing seventh to ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella doesn't think Lando Norris could have done much better than seventh in Baku's Formula 1 race after being stuck in traffic.After a difficult qualifying in gusty conditions, Norris qualified a lowly seventh after looking fast all weekend, not helped by a slip-up in Turn 15 on his best Q3 lap.On Sunday Norris couldn't manage to move up, losing seventh to ...Keep reading

Who impressed and who had a race to forget at the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?

Bubba Wallace and Shane van Gisbergen spent a good part of the summer racing Legends cars alongside IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin. Taking part in the mid-week Summer Shootout Series, Wallace would share their weekly adventures through YouTube vlogs.A part of the fun included a friendly bet about qualifying with the slowest of the group forced to buy lunch/dinner. Wallace also made a comment ...Keep reading

Sam Osborne claimed an emotional maiden win in the British Touring Car Championship in the finale at Silverstone while team-mate Ash Sutton trimmed his points deficit to Tom Ingram.Osborne, who started his 200th BTCC race earlier in the day, was drawn on reversed-grid pole position, and his Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford Focus ST was the only car in the top 10 on soft-compound Goodyear ...Keep reading

Who performed best across the 2025 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend?

In finishing seventh, Lando Norris failed to capitalise on the crash which eliminated team-mate and world championship rival Oscar Piastri from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Of that there is no doubt.But could he have finished two places higher, but for the wheel gun issue which delayed his pitstop?Probably not, in fact.The circumstances of qualifying – Piastri crashing in Q3, Norris ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is still not getting carried away by talk of a fifth Formula 1 world championship in 2025 after a remarkable turnaround for his Red Bull squad.The reigning champion has won the previous two grands prix in Monza and Baku from pole, leaving him 69 points behind leader Oscar Piastri, whose McLaren team-mate Lando Norris splits the pair with seven rounds remaining. It marks a ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is still not getting carried away by talk of a fifth Formula 1 world championship in 2025 after a remarkable turnaround for his Red Bull squad.The reigning champion has won the previous two grands prix in Monza and Baku from pole, leaving him 69 points behind leader Oscar Piastri, whose McLaren team-mate Lando Norris splits the pair with seven rounds remaining. It marks a ...Keep reading

Winner: Carlos SainzBefore we shower Max Verstappen with more praise - that kid is surely going to go far - Williams driver Carlos Sainz deserves his time in the sun after having been in the shadow of Williams team-mate Alex Albon during a tough first season for his new employer.Sainz needed more time than expected to get up to speed at Grove after his unwanted Ferrari swap, but the team ...Keep reading

“For a P8 or a P9 it’s not going to be a big talking point.”

Lewis Hamilton left disappointed by Ferrari's poor performance in Baku.

Was the Azerbaijan Grand Prix a big missed opportunity for Lando Norris?

British Touring Car Championship leader Tom Ingram was invincible in the second race of the penultimate round at Silverstone.The 2022 champion started his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N Fastback from seventh on the grid, the only driver in the top 10 on the soft option Goodyear tyres, and also had a surfeit of TOCA Turbo Boost over the half-dozen in front of him on the grid.Ingram was ...Keep reading

Mercedes nearly had to call upon Valtteri Bottas in Baku.

Lando Norris has rubbished suggestions that he has missed an opportunity to significantly close down the gap to Formula 1 world championship leader Oscar Piastri in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Norris finished seventh in Baku, meaning he is now 25 points behind McLaren team-mate and title rival Piastri, who crashed on the opening lap to cap off a mistake-riddled weekend. The Baku event ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has rubbished suggestions that he has missed an opportunity to significantly close down the gap to Formula 1 world hampionship leader Oscar Piastri in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Norris finished seventh in Baku meaning he is now 25 points behind McLaren team-mate and title rival Piastri, who crashed on the opening lap to cap off a mistake-riddled weekend. The Baku event ...Keep reading