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After the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix turned out to be a Red Bull benefit, attention now turns to the second round of the 2023 F1 season in Saudi Arabia. With the super-fast sweeps of the Jeddah Street Circuit likely to present teams and drivers with a very different challenge to that which they faced in Bahrain, will we see Red Bull’s rivals reel in the drinks-backed outfit? Joining Michael...

With pre-season testing completed, attention soon turned to the first race of the 2023 Formula 1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit on Sunday. And while many F1 fans may have looked at the start of a new season as reason enough to be hopeful of a close championship fight, there was a depressingly familiar look to proceedings once the race settled down. Ferrari struggled with reliability,...

With three days of pre-season testing having been completed, Formula 1 now turns its attention to the 2023 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on March 5. But who is likely to be standing atop the winner's dais, and who will be plumbing the depths of dispair after next Sunday's race? Joining Michael Butterworth to discuss F1's likely formbook after testing is Dieter Rencken, Editorial...

The interminable winter break is almost over, and F1 engines will roar in anger for the first time in 2023 at this week's three-day pre-season test in Bahrain. But while there may have been no on-track F1 action since Max Verstappen eased to victory in Abu Dhabi last November, there has certainly been no shortage of off-track mud-slinging and intrigue to pique the interest of F1 fans the worl...

In another special edition of the RacingNews365.com F1 podcast, journalists Dieter Rencken and Michael Butterworth discuss the performance of each of the ten F1 teams that competed in the 2022 season. Red Bull and Max Verstappen may have cantered to both Championships, but which other teams also deserved praise for their 2022 efforts?  Which teams punched well below their weight this year and will...

In a special edition of the RacingNews365.com F1 podcast, journalists Dieter Rencken and Michael Butterworth take a deep dive into the 2022 F1 season and the key issues that emerged from it. The first year of a new era of technical regulations saw F1 cars look vastly different in 2022 from those that had gone before. Did the new rules succeed in tightening up the field and producing closer racing?...

One of the worst-kept secrets in Formula 1 over the past week was finally revealed on Tuesday, as Ferrari announced that Team Principal Mattia Binotto would leave the team at the end of 2022. Rumours that Binotto’s place at Ferrari was in jeopardy had started to circulate during the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, and grew ever more prominent until the announcement that Binotto and Ferrari are to pa...

The final race of the 2022 Formula 1 season followed a similar pattern to several others this year, with Max Verstappen leading away from his pole position to score a record-extending 16th win of the season. Behind Verstappen, Charles Leclerc took advantage of a good strategy call from Ferrari to leapfrog Sergio Perez into second place, thereby finishing runner-up in the Drivers' Championship...

In a special edition of the RacingNews365.com F1 podcast, Michael Butterworth and Dieter Rencken delve into the sport’s financials, and explain how F1’s revenues trickle down to the ten teams. How has F1’s distribution of income changed since the new Concorde Agreement came into force in 2021? What is the total prize pot, and how is it divided up between the teams? And why do some teams receive sp...

George Russell took a fairy-tale debut F1 win in Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, dominating the afternoon to finish ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz. But there was trouble brewing at Red Bull, where, after an uncharacteristically low-key weekend, Max Verstappen ignored team orders to let Sergio Perez through for sixth place, as the Mexican seeks to secure second spot in the Drivers&apo...

Max Verstappen took a record 14th win in a single F1 season with a consummate victory in Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez and George Russell. But with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc looking out of sorts all weekend and finishing a full minute behind Verstappen, will alarm bells be ringing at Maranello? Joining Michael Butterworth to discuss the key...

Following a two-race Asian swing in Singapore and Japan, the Formula 1 circus moved westwards last week for the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. While reigning World Champion Max Verstappen surprised few observers by taking victory and equalling the record of 13 Grand Prix wins in a single season, the Dutchman had to work hard for it, with a slow pit stop d...

Following the previous Grand Prix in Singapore, Formula 1 moved onto the second of its Asian double-header last weekend for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. As often happens in Japan, heavy rain greeted the drivers on race day, with the race being halted after just two laps of action to allow conditions to improve. Once we did get some racing, Max Verstappen surprised nobody by leading from the...

After two weekends without a race, Formula 1 engines roared again last weekend at the Singapore Grand Prix. With a slippery surface and the tight confines of the Marina Bay Street Circuit catching out the likes of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, victory went to Sergio Perez, who controlled the race from the front after snatching the lead from Charles Leclerc at the start. But Perez’s victory wa...

F1 took in the final leg of its latest triple header with the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Despite delighting the home crowd on Saturday with pole position, Charles Leclerc and Ferrari had to be content with second place, as Max Verstappen roared to his 11th win of 2022 to put himself within touching distance of his second World Championship title. Joining Michael Butterworth to discuss the Italia...

With only a week having passed since the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, F1 engines roared again last weekend for the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Max Verstappen took his tenth win of 2022 and the 30th of his career to the delight of a partisan crowd, but had to work harder for his win than he had at Spa, with Mercedes proving to be tough opposition on an alternate tyre strategy. Joining Michael Butt...

After a four-week summer break, Formula 1 engines finally roared again at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen taking a supremely commanding win to further tighten his grip on the 2022 F1 World Championship. In the lead-up to the Spa event, though, F1 news was dominated by the long-awaited announcement that Audi would be joining the sport in 2026 as a power unit supplier. Joining...

In this special edition of the RacingNews365.com F1 podcast, Michael Butterworth and Dieter Rencken are joined by Cedric Selzer, former chief mechanic to Jim Clark in his championship-winning year of 1963. Looking back over the pages of history, Cedric provides a fascinating insight into the inner workings of life as a mechanic at Team Lotus during what was a vastly different era of F1. What was C...

F1 teams may currently be on their summer break, but there are still many stories from within the paddock to be told. In a special edition of the RacingNews365.com F1 podcast,  Dieter Rencken and Michael Butterworth are joined by Haas Team Principal Guenther Steiner. The Italian provides a fascinating insight into the inner workings of his team, and comments on the current state of play in F1 rega...

On a week of bombshells in F1, Max Verstappen took his eighth and arguably his finest win of the 2022 season, climbing from tenth on the grid to take victory in Hungary. By contrast, Ferrari had another poor showing, with Charles Leclerc losing the race lead and ultimately finishing only sixth following a botched tyre strategy. With Ferrari's operational errors having now cost Leclerc three p...

Max Verstappen took his seventh win in the 2022 F1 season with victory in Sunday's French Grand Prix - but his win was almost overshadowed by title rival Charles Leclerc spinning out of the lead and into the barriers on Lap 18. With the Monegasque now 63 points behind Verstappen in the title race, is Leclerc making too many mistakes to stake a claim for the World Championship title? Joining M...

Carlos Sainz took his maiden F1 victory in an enthralling British Grand Prix that featured fantastic wheel-to-wheel racing, dramatic accidents, and some drivers finishing in surprising positions. To discuss the key issues from Silverstone, Michael Butterworth is joined by RacingNews365's Editorial Director, Dieter Rencken.  Charles Leclerc was again the victim of a questionable strategy call...

Max Verstappen established a commanding lead in the F1 Drivers’ Championship with victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, but the Dutchman was made to work for his sixth win of the season, with Carlos Sainz breathing down his neck for the final 15 laps. With Sergio Perez retiring and Charles Leclerc finishing only fifth after starting from the back following a grid penalty, Verstappen now has a 46-poi...

Max Verstappen seized the initiative in the F1 Drivers’ Championship with a dominant win in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez finishing second for a perfect result for the drinks-backed squad. But it was a nightmare race for Ferrari as both Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc retired with mechanical issues, with Leclerc also falling to third behind Perez in the Drivers’ s...

Rain before the start of the Monaco Grand Prix caused chaos on the grid and in the pit lane, with mechanics scrambling to fit wet tyres on their cars. There followed a delayed start procedure, a formation lap behind the Safety Car, and finally a Red Flag before the race finally got underway – with a rolling start – over an hour later than billed. In only his second appearance in the role, should R...