Jun.10 (GMM) Oscar Piastri is impressive, but he’s “not yet” eye-to-eye with 2025 world championship rival Max Verstappen. That’s the view of Dr Helmut Marko, the long-time F1 advisor at Red Bull who has increasingly been naming championship leader Piastri as the stand-out driver at McLaren. He told Kronen Zeitung recently: “Piastri has learned incredibly […]
Month: June 2025
Former boss backs F1 comeback for Sergo Perez
Jun.10 (GMM) Sergio Perez’s former boss has backed the sidelined Mexican to make a successful return to Formula 1. The 35-year-old was dropped by Red Bull at the end of last year for poor performance, but his successors Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda have also notably struggled alongside Max Verstappen. Perez, who is heavily backed […]
Racing Bulls CEO says Hadjar not ready for promotion
Jun.10 (GMM) The CEO of Red Bull’s second Formula 1 team, Racing Bulls, has pleaded with the energy drink company to leave Isack Hadjar in the junior cockpit for now. As Max Verstappen teeters on the brink of a potential race ban, De Limburger newspaper reports that Red Bull Racing has drawn up a plan […]
Hamilton will ‘maybe not’ win eighth title
Jun.9 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of an eighth world championship are slipping away. That’s the view of former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard, after a disappointing first third of the 2025 season for 40-year-old Hamilton following his switch from Mercedes to Ferrari. Bild newspaper told Coulthard that Hamilton appears to have “gambled and lost” with […]
Stroll in ‘good condition’ for Canadian GP
Jun.9 (GMM) Lance Stroll looks set to return to the wheel of his Aston Martin this weekend in Canada. The 26-year-old’s participation in his home race in Montreal is in doubt after he sat out Barcelona at the last minute with a flare-up of his 2023 cycling accident injury. Stroll, the son of team owner […]
Newey attracting talent to Aston Martin â de la Rosa
Jun.9 (GMM) The ‘Adrian Newey effect’ is already happening at Aston Martin, according to team ambassador Pedro de la Rosa. The Spaniard and former Formula 1 driver is not talking about actual on-track performance, as Newey’s contributions to the 2025 car so far have actually been minimal. Rather, de la Rosa says talented engineers are […]
F2 driver says new fans don’t understand racing
Jun.9 (GMM) Many new fans of top-level single seater racing do not understand “how motorsport works”. That’s the view of a Formula 2 driver who finds himself at the centre of the latest episode of the FIA’s fight against online “hate” â Richard Verschoor. In the wake of F1’s latest hate campaigns against Jack Doohan […]
Red Bull ‘opposed’ to Briatore’s budget cap idea
Jun.9 (GMM) Flavio Briatore thinks Formula 1 should include driver salaries in the budget cap. The 75-year-old Italian, who after a long break and even a ban returned to the sport as Alpine’s executive advisor, agrees that limiting the amount teams can spent is “good”. However, Briatore added: “I also believe the salary of the […]
Three F1 stars predict Piastri title in ’25
Jun.9 (GMM) Three former Formula 1 drivers agree that Oscar Piastri has become the clear favourite to win the 2025 world championship. With Red Bull and the Dutchman beginning to acknowledge that Max Verstappen beating the dominant McLarens is now unlikely, the contest is slowly becoming a clear Piastri versus Lando Norris affair. Christian Klien, […]
Russell linked to Red Bull and Aston for 2026
Jun.6 (GMM) George Russell could have a couple of top options if he is dropped by Mercedes. Although Toto Wolff is happy with the on-form 27-year-old, who is the highest ranked F1 driver this year behind the McLaren duo and Max Verstappen, there is no doubt the Mercedes boss is leaving a door open for […]
Vettel not only candidate to replace Marko
Jun.6 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko says retired quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel is not the only candidate to replace him as Red Bull’s key motorsport advisor. Weeks ago, it seemed clear that Vettel was the ideal successor for 82-year-old Marko, with the pair exchanging pleasantries over a peaceful handover of power. But now, the Austrian […]
FIA could green-light Lindblad for F1 next week
Jun.6 (GMM) Arvid Lindblad could be on the Formula 1 grid soon. Red Bull sent the British-Swedish teenager to race in New Zealand over the winter to collect the final points he needs to qualify for an F1 super license. The only missing piece now is special dispensation from the FIA – because the rules […]
Hamilton ‘only missing the details’ at Ferrari – boss
Jun.6 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton thinks it may be time for Ferrari to shelve the 2025 car project in order to focus on next year. Team boss Frederic Vasseur revealed after Barcelona that “visible” and “invisible” developments are still en route for the current car, even though McLaren is increasingly out of reach. Charles Leclerc’s pace […]
Developments still coming for 2025 Ferrari – boss
Jun.5 (GMM) Ferrari is not yet giving up on the 2025 season. German newspaper TZ is reporting that an increasingly downbeat Lewis Hamilton and the Maranello based team are at loggerheads over whether to keep developing the current car, or switch all resources to the radical new 2026 regulations. Team boss Frederic Vasseur thinks there […]
Hamilton, Sainz have bad F1 ‘habits’ – Hadjar
Jun.5 (GMM) Just a third of a season into his Formula 1 career, Isack Hadjar seems destined for a future at Red Bull Racing. Early this year, Liam Lawson was full of confidence after being promoted from the junior Racing Bulls team to serve as Max Verstappen’s new teammate. His two-race fate at Red Bull […]
Red Bull needs ‘stable’ teammate for Verstappen – Marko
Jun.5 (GMM) The jury is out as to just how long Yuki Tsunoda will survive alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing. When a seat vacancy arose with Sergio Perez’s ousting at the end of last year, the Japanese was overlooked by the team in favour of the much less experienced Liam Lawson – whose […]
Verstappen ‘slowly giving up’ on 2025 title – Marko
Jun.5 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko admits Max Verstappen is slowly giving up the fight for his fifth consecutive drivers’ world championship. Indeed, the Red Bull driver seemed nonplussed with his FIA penalties in Barcelona that dropped him to P10, almost 50 points behind Oscar Piastri, and on the brink of a race ban. When asked […]
Keke Rosberg, 75, admits his health is failing
Jun.4 (GMM) Formula 1 legend Keke Rosberg admits he is not in good health. The 76-year-old Finn may be the 1982 world champion, but to a younger audience he is arguably better known as the father of fellow title winner Nico Rosberg. When Finland’s Apu magazine correspondent arrived at Rosberg’s Monaco apartment building for the […]
Angry taxi drivers hit back at Mercedes’ Toto Wolff
Jun.4 (GMM) Italian taxi drivers have amusingly returned fire at Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. When asked to comment on Max Verstappen’s move on George Russell in Barcelona, which Lando Norris said reminded him of Mario Kart, Wolff told Sky Italia: “It was like certain taxi drivers in Rome or Naples, who go crazy in […]
Briatore ‘never spoke’ with Piquet about crashgate
Jun.4 (GMM) Flavio Briatore has reiterated his innocence some decade and a half after Formula 1’s infamous “crashgate” scandal. The 75-year-old recently credited F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali for allowing him to return to the paddock as Alpine’s executive advisor, having been banned for life in 2009 for ordering Nelson Piquet to crash on purpose during […]