Dec.8 (GMM) Oscar Piastri ultimately did play the loyal wingman – and McLaren’s strategy team finally came alive – as Lando Norris sealed the 2025 world championship in Abu Dhabi by just 2 points. Dr Helmut Marko confirmed that Verstappen’s plan from pole had been obvious – back the field up, trigger chaos, and hope […]
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Hamilton rejects freshest retirement rumours
Dec.7 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton’s season from hell hit a new and final low in Abu Dhabi – but the seven-time world champion insists he is not about to walk away from Formula 1. Hamilton crashed in FP3, triggering visible frustration among Ferrari mechanics, and then slumped to a third consecutive Q1 exit. He cut an […]
Marko defends promotion of ‘mature’ teen Lindblad
Dec.7 (GMM) Helmut Marko has explained why 18-year-old Arvid Lindblad has been fast-tracked into a 2026 F1 seat despite a patchy mid-season in Formula 2. The teenager ended the year with a sprint year in Abu Dhabi so far – and even drove Yuki Tsunoda’s Red Bull on Friday, finishing FP1 in P15 with 26 […]
Hamilton almost drove for Sauber, says founder
Dec.7 (GMM) Peter Sauber and his wife Christiane – the ‘C’ behind every Sauber chassis name for three decades – have travelled to Abu Dhabi for one final goodbye to the team that will disappear forever at the end of Sunday’s race. From 2026, Sauber becomes Audi. And as Blick reports, the 82-year-old founder wanted […]
Alonso hints at ‘favourites’ as Max hunts allies
Dec.7 (GMM) Fernando Alonso has openly admitted he has favourites on track – adding intrigue to a title decider in which Max Verstappen may need friendly cars behind him as much as his own pace. L’Equipe put it bluntly ahead of Sunday’s Abu Dhabi nail-biter: “Victory alone will not be enough – Max Verstappen needs […]
Newey insists he can handle team boss role
Dec.7 (GMM) Adrian Newey’s increasingly visible presence at Aston Martin – first in Qatar, now in Abu Dhabi – is being taken as the clearest sign yet that he is ramping into his new role at full speed ahead of the 2026 rules revolution. Having attended only one other race all year, the design legend […]
Verstappen tipped to ‘go slow’ for unlikely title
Dec.7 (GMM) Formula 1’s most dramatic three-way title decider in years has been set up perfectly in Abu Dhabi – Max Verstappen on pole, Lando Norris alongside, Oscar Piastri right behind. “McLaren hasn’t been under this much pressure in a long time,” warned former team driver and F1 legend Gerhard Berger. The strain showed on […]
McLaren eyes ‘papaya orders’, Max ‘not quick enough’
Dec.6 (GMM) Championship leader Lando Norris ended Friday in Abu Dhabi looking the fastest man on track – and McLaren has now performed what media are calling an eleventh hour U-turn, openly abandoning its season-long “Papaya Rules” policy of intra-team fairness. Despite Norris being able to seal the title even with P3 on Sunday, team […]
Doriane Pin insists ‘final destination is F1’
Dec.6 (GMM) Newly-crowned F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin is in Abu Dhabi this weekend for meetings that will determine the next step of her career – but the 21-year-old admits nothing is settled yet. Backed by Mercedes, Frenchwoman Pin said the team has been “giving me as many options as possible so I can make […]
More sprint races coming in 2027, Domenicali confirms
Dec.6 (GMM) Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says the sport will expand its sprint format from 2027 onward, as part of a broader plan to refresh race weekends. “Will the number of sprints increase each year? Yes,” he told Sky Italia at the 2025 finale in Abu Dhabi. “I think the drivers will like it. […]
Why Hulkenberg skipped Hamilton’s driver dinner
Dec.6 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton invited all 19 fellow Formula 1 drivers to a season-ending dinner in Abu Dhabi on Thursday – but three were absent – Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, and Nico Hulkenberg. Hamilton posted a group photo on social media, praising the respect and camaraderie within the grid. “Class of 2025,” he captioned. “We’re […]
Hamilton rumour erupts, Ralf says he should ‘move on’
Dec.6 (GMM) Rumours of a shock and sudden Lewis Hamilton retirement have erupted in the Abu Dhabi paddock – despite the seven-time world champion insisting only days ago that he had no intention of walking away after his disastrous first season with Ferrari. The 40-year-old, who has endured the worst campaign of his long career, […]
Franco Colapinto ends season irritated
Dec.6 (GMM) Franco Colapinto’s difficult end to the 2025 season has been matched by a noticeable shift in tone – the once irrepressibly upbeat rookie now sounding increasingly irritated off the track. The Alpine driver, who has been retained by 2026 after a period of uncertainty, has struggled for form and in Las Vegas erupted […]
‘No problem’ after Albon’s anonymous season – boss
Dec.6 (GMM) Williams boss James Vowles says the team’s unexpected rise to fifth in the 2025 constructors’ championship came despite the FW47 being developed for only “a few weeks” last winter as focus shifted almost entirely to the all-new 2026 regulations. “If you had asked me a year ago what the best possible scenario for […]
Max mocks Norris as McLaren tighten media access
Dec.5 (GMM) Championship tension bristled in Abu Dhabi on Thursday as McLaren quietly restricted both of its drivers from any non-mandatory media duties – a move interpreted by many as an attempt to shield Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri from an increasingly conspiracy-filled paddock. Norris, asked in the official FIA press conference whether losing the […]
Hamilton vows to push for Ferrari shake-up
Dec.5 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton says he remains fully confident in his abilities despite a disastrous first season at Ferrari, insisting he will continue pushing the team to make structural changes – even if those suggestions have irritated management earlier in the year. Speaking to Sky Italia, Hamilton said he “still believes in my abilities” and […]
Antonelli reveals Verstappen’s sweary support
Dec.5 (GMM) Kimi Antonelli says Max Verstappen and Lando Norris both reached out privately after the 19-year-old Mercedes rookie was bombarded with online abuse over false claims that he deliberately let Norris past in Qatar. The controversy erupted after Dr Helmut Marko and Verstappen’s race engineer Giampiero ‘GP’ Lambiase suggested Antonelli had helped Norris in […]
Zhou weighing Ferrari continuity vs Cadillac chance
Dec.5 (GMM) Zhou Guanyu admits he still doesn’t know where he will be in the Formula 1 paddock next season, as interest from newcomer Cadillac complicates what had looked like a straightforward continuation as Ferrari’s reserve. Reports in Japan’s as-web.jp claim both Ferrari and Cadillac have offered the 25-year-old roles for 2026. At first, it […]
Verstappen calls Tsunoda axe ‘logical’
Dec.5 (GMM) Max Verstappen says Yuki Tsunoda has handled his shock demotion “normally” as the Japanese driver prepares for what may be his final Formula 1 start for some time. Tsunoda, Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar all confirmed they learned the 2026 driver decision immediately after the Qatar GP. Verstappen, asked if the news affected […]
Marko admits he’s ‘fully betting on Max’ for title
Dec.5 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has revealed he has placed his usual wager in Abu Dhabi – and, unsurprisingly, the 82-year-old is backing Max Verstappen to complete Red Bull’s extraordinary late-season charge. “There are always bets, and this time is no exception,” the Red Bull figure told Kleine Zeitung. Asked what he’d put money on, […]