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 […]

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

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 […]

The level of degradation seen on the long runs today is lower than expected, which could suggest that a one-stop strategy might be more competitive than a two-stop […]

Max Verstappen found himself slower than both Racing Bulls on Japanese GP practice day […]

The Spaniard was one of the two drivers to suffer a crash in a heavily-disrupted Fp2 session at Suzuka […]

Lewis Hamilton shares positive update on his adaptation to Ferrari's F1 car […]

McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri believe Mercedes will be their biggest opponent in this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.After winning one race apiece in Australia and China, Norris and Piastri are the favourites to win in Japan and Friday's practice running did little to suggest otherwise - Norris topped Fp1 and Piastri headed a disjointed Fp2 punctuated by […]

Who is looking fast and who is in trouble after an unusual first day at Suzuka? […]

Ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton had read comments regarding a threat of him "losing faith" in Ferrari […]

Overall it was a positive day […]

Edd Straw goes in-depth on Yuki Tsunoda's driving and radio feedback to assess his first day as Max Verstappen's Red Bull team-mate […]

Max Verstappen makes Red Bull F1 car admission after 'difficult' Friday practice in Japan […]

Yuki Tsunoda admitted Red Bull's car is trickier to drive in real life than it is in the simulator, after his first run in it today […]

Alpine critiqued for decision to remove Jack Doohan from Fp1 at F1 Japanese Grand Prix […]

McLaren dominated the opening two rounds of the season, but the British team is expecting a sterner challenge this time around […]

An update on Jack Doohan following his huge crash in Japanese Grand Prix practice has been provided […]

Ferrari and Aston Martin are off to see the stewards at Suzuka, following alleged practice transgressions ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix […]

Red Bull chief Helmut Marko delivers judgement on Yuki Tsunoda […]