Although the 2024 season is now history, the F1 machinery is constantly churning in preparation for the start of the 2025 season, which will resume in Australia at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit between March 14 and 16.
Rest assured, there will be plenty of gossip to report. I look forward to the opportunity to keep you updated.
♖ Lewis Hamilton is learning to speak Italian to understand how to integrate into the Ferrari culture.
♖ Christian Horner appreciates the possibility of Daniel Ricciardo returning to Formula 1 with Cadillac in 2026.
♖ Evidently, Daniel may face competition from Sergio Perez.
♖ Recently, Max Verstappen discussed his 2024 season, the internal team issues, and the possibility of leaving Red Bull.
♖ Martin Brundle, F1 commentator and ex-F1 driver, is included in the 2025 New Year Honours List.
♖ South Africa challenges Rwanda for an African F1 race venue.
♖ Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton has a ‘magic’ which makes him stand out in F1.
♖ Eddie Jordan wants F1 to ditch DRS, calling it ‘fundamentally false’ and a ‘stupid rule.’
♖ George Russell feels that Lewis Hamilton’s leaving Mercedes will ‘spark a lot of motivation’ and remind the team that they are the same team that was there during Lewis’s glory years.♖ Lando Norris’s superb F1 performance allowed McLaren to end a 16-year absence from the Constructor’s Championship.
♖ Jenson Button has been inducted into the Motorsport Hall of Fame.
♖ Lando Norris is Motorsport’s F1 Driver of the Year.
♖ Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari is only the second time he’s changed teams since joining the F1 circus 18 years ago.
♖ Christian Horner wisely changed his engineering team following Ferrari’s offer to Adrian Newey in 2014.
♖ Lando Norris’s former number one mechanic at McLaren, Marc Cox, is leaving McLaren to join Aston Martin as chief mechanic.
♖ Red Bull admits it cost ‘several million’ to terminate their contract with Sergio Perez.
♖ The £119 million contract between Red Bull and crypto exchange Bybit has ended ahead of the 2025 season.
♖ Helmut Marko said, ‘Tsunoda is definitely faster than Lawson, but he lacks consistency and continues to make mistakes.’
♖ A feeling exists that McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri deserve to head into F1 2025 with equal status. What is your view?
♖ Max Verstappen’s wet-weather skills in Brazil have been compared to Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna.
