Paul Monaghan responded to claims the Red Bull is "twitchy" by saying that will be "relative", with all cars facing differing degrees of it […]

Dear Counsel for Mr. Flavio Briatore, Agreed the image of Mr. Flavio Briatore behind bars was ambitious. It is a graphic (photo montage) but to avoid any detraction from the key issue in the post, we agree to remove the prison image. The truth is always paramount here on GRANDPRIX247. The issue that must not be clouded, is the grave neglect and undeniable injustice that Jack Doohan has been subject to by the Alpine F1 Team. Which by all accounts […]

Round three of the new Formula 1 season travels to Japan, one of fans' and drivers' favourite venues. Watch F1 via live stream or on Tv: dates and start time for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix […]

Ferrari is the most famous and celebrated name in motorsport, but how much do you really know about its founder, Enzo Ferrari? […]

Both McLaren drivers pointed to Mercedes as potential challengers, with Oscar Piastri admitting the team needs to remain "on our toes" […]

F1's creative designers have come up with the first one-off liveries of the 2025 F1 season. But the standard car designs are more inspired than you might think […]

No one but Jack Doohan was to blame for his crash in second practice but he shouldn't have been forced to skip the first hour of running at Suzuka […]

"i think the people at Racing Bulls were a bit surprised themselves by the good car they've built this year," Max Verstappen told reporters on Thursday at the Japanese Grand Prix.Two weeks ago in China, the world champion made it clear that his struggling team-mate Liam Lawson would be faster in the Racing Bulls car than in Red Bull’s Rb21, mainly because the Vcarb 02 is “easier to […]

Some inside F1 Japanese GP paddock claim Red Bull made "right decision" over Liam Lawson […]

Liam Lawson said the Vcarb 02 feels "different" compared to the Red Bull Rb21, but perhaps not as advertised […]

Delving into another batch of technical images that have arrived from Free Practice at the Japanese Grand Prix […]

Mercedes continued with their quiet progress in the new Formula 1 season at the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday with George Russell among the pacesetters on the opening day at the Suzuka circuit, prompting Andrew Shovlin to reveal how the 27-year-old Briton has embraced the role as team leader. Russell is P3 in the 2025 F1 drivers’ standings after finishing P3 in Australia and China, while Italian rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli has backed up his teammate with a P4 and […]

Alpine's Jack Doohan endured a terrifying crash early in second practice at Suzuka, flying off the road at Turn 1 into the tyre barriers […]

Red Bull relegated Liam Lawson to its second team - but Racing Bulls is once again threatening to get in among the top teams in qualifying […]

Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso was left confused by his spin during second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix and suggested it may have been caused by a gust of wind. The Aston Martin driver lost control at the entry to Suzuka's Turn 8 and spun across the gravel resulting in his Amr25 becoming beached with FP2's second red-flag period subsequently happening. Alonso was the […]

Christian Horner clarifies a claim about Adrian Newey […]

Lewis Hamilton put in serious air miles to attend a meeting […]

Valtteri Bottas will have further outings in F1 cars this year as he looks to secure a full-time return to the sport […]

F1 teams are set to reject a planned proposal to bring V10 engines back to the sport, a report has claimed […]

Jack Doohan escaped unscathed after his Alpine car spun off the tarmac and crashed into a trackside barrier at unforgiving Suzuka, seven minutes into Fp2 for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday. 22-year-old Formula 1  rookie, Doohan, who had been [inexplicably] replaced by reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa for Fp1, looked badly shaken as he was led away from his mangled car having asked his team “What happened?” over the radio. Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes later expressed his relief that […]

Two fires during second practice had curtailed the running at Suzuka, so the FIA is taking action to avoid a repeat […]

Jack Doohan had a huge crash on Friday at Suzuka and footage reveals he did not close the Drs, which led to his shunt; watch final practice for the Japanese GP on Saturday from 3.30am before qualifying at 7am, live on Sky Sports F1 and Main Event […]

Pictures from the first day of practice for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka […]

Organisers are investigating the spontaneous trackside grass fires that disrupted Fp2 at the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday and taking measures to ensure there is no repeat over the rest of the Suzuka weekend. The second practice session at the Suzuka racetrack was stopped four times by red flags, twice because of small grass fires apparently started by sparks emitted from the back of the cars as they passed. They were quickly extinguished. “While we continue to look into the […]

Yuki Tsunoda finished just over a tenth behind Max Verstappen in fifth in their first session together as Red Bull teammates […]

Alpine rules out mechanical problems after analysing Jack Doohan’s Suzuka crash […]

George Russell plays down Mercedes' chances at Suzuka […]

Our F1 team on the ground has learned plenty from the first day of on-track action at Suzuka […]

Organisers are investigating the trackside grass fires that disrupted second practice at the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday and taking measures to ensure there is no repeat over the rest of the weekend […]

Red Bulls Yuki Tsunoda was just one tenth behind Max Verstappen in the most representative practice session on Friday in Japan but was not fully satisfied; watch final practice on Saturday from 3.30am before qualifying at 7am, live on Sky Sports F1 and Main Event […]

The FIA has provided an update after two grass fires during Fridays running at the Japanese Grand Prix; watch final practice on Saturday from 3.30am before qualifying at 7am, live on Sky Sports F1 and Main Event […]

F1 rookie Jack Doohan was found to blame for the accident that caused a red flag in Japanese GP practice […]

Alpine driver Jack Doohan has said he was "caught by surprise" by his heavy crash in Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix second practice, with team boss Oliver Oakes labelling it a "misjudgement".The rookie spun off entering the high-speed Turn 1 in the opening stages of the one-hour session, smashing heavily into the barriers. Due to the severity of the impact, Doohan was checked at the medical […]

Franz Tost gives a brutally honest response to Red Bull's F1 driver swap decision […]

Fernando Alonso said his beaching in the gravel during practice at the Japanese Grand Prix was "weird", which he will look to review […]

I’m astounded. I am dismayed. After witnessing Jack Doohan crash during Free Practice 2 for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, the writing was on the wall. I wrote about it. I was ignored. That was then. Now I’m seething. I’m beyond angry. But I’m relieved that Doohan is uninjured—albeit highly shaken—after one of the most preventable incidents that struck a nail in the coffin of his Formula 1 career. Why? Simply because the scumbags who run Alpine have […]

Today's team representatives press conference with Laurent Mekies, Andrew Shovlin and Ayao Komatsu […]

Jack Doohan’s spectacular flat-out crash in practice for the Japanese Grand Prix was caused by the rookie driver failing to close the Drs system […]

Two separate grass fires during the second practice at Suzuka have resulted in the FIA taking pre-emptive measures to prevent a repeat […]

Big questions hang over F1 Fantasy choices for the 2025 Japanese GP. Here are our predictions; tips on drivers to avoid; which chips to play and further analysis […]

The FIA is attempting to prevent a repeat of the grass fires that derailed the second practice outing at Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix.Friday’s session was thrown into disarray by four red flags, two for offs by Jack Doohan and Fernando Alonso and another two for grass patches lining the Suzuka track catching fire.The dry grass approaching Turn 8 first caught fire with 13 minutes […]

We are all relieved to see Jack walk away from his incident in Free Practice 2. It was a misjudgement of not closing the Drs into Turn 1 […]

Measures have been introduced to prevent further grass fires at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix […]

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc believes McLaren is on a "different planet" to its rivals, after a strong showing in Friday practice at Suzuka […]

Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix weekend kicked off with second practice being stopped twice because of the grass by the side of the Suzuka circuit catching fire […]

The FIA is taking measures to prevent further disruption to the Japanese Grand Prix weekend following the grass fires which occured during second practice […]

Liam Lawson said he has enjoyed his return to Racing Bulls at Suzuka despite his harsh demotion from Red Bull, feeling at ease in the team's vastly different Formula 1 car.After two difficult race weekends Lawson's Red Bull stint was cut short by the team's management, which opted to try his former Racing Bulls team-mate Yuki Tsunoda instead.Having felt he needed more time to get used to […]

After the expectation comes the reality. Yuki Tsunoda’s first day actually driving Red Bull's diva-ish Rb21 Formula 1 machine, as opposed to piloting an ersatz version of it in a simulator, answered some questions while leaving others hanging.Very few of those matters outstanding were Tsunoda’s fault, though, owing to the second practice session being punctuated by four red-flag periods […]

Lewis Hamilton and Lance Stroll escape penalties for overtaking rivals in the Suzuka F1 pit lane […]

Liam Lawson describes Racing Bulls F1 2025 car […]

The Red Bull recruit gives his verdict on the Rb21 after Friday practice at Suzuka […]

Yuki Tsunoda impressed Max Verstappen in his first day driving the Red Bull Rb21 at the Japanese Grand Prix […]

While Fp2 was truncated, Mark Hughes has unearthed some longer runs in the first practice session at Suzuka on Friday to give an indication of the competitive order as things stand […]

The struggles of Red Bull's litany of second drivers is similar to that faced by Ducati almost 20 years ago, as Karun Chandhok explains in this month's magazine […]

The stewards have issued formal warnings to Lewis Hamilton and Lance Stroll for overtaking their rivals in the pit lane during practice […]

As this generation of Formula 1 regulations comes to a close, teams are finding the trade-off between low and high-speed configurations to be as tricky as it is important, as Mark Hughes explains […]