F1 Gossip

♖ McLaren unveils staggering list of FIVE new sponsorship deals.

♖ The new team kit Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will wear during the 2025 F1 season has been launched.

♖ Peter Crolla, former Haas team manager, will assume a comparable role in the new Cadillac Formula 1 operation.

♖ The Australian Grand Prix will witness 10 driver changes compared to the 2024 season.

♖ Given that the FIA’s stance on the flexi-wing decision has changed, this suggests some behind-the-scenes pressure being applied.

♖ Adrian Newey feels that the budget cap is why people leave the sport for better-paid jobs elsewhere.

♖ Toto Wolff and Fred Vasseur were summoned to see the stewards after using the F-word during the 2023 Las Vegas GP press conference.

♖ Toto Wolff has backed the FIA’s controversial changes to penalties for F1 drivers for swearing.

♖ According to Oliver Oakes, Alpine’s team boss, Franco Colapinto, who works as Alpine’s reserve driver, it is not to pressure Jack Doohan.

♖ At last season’s Qatar GP, Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz tyres failed; despite numerous theories, Pirelli has confirmed the reason was tyre wear.

♖ After a few races, Ferrari will decide who the number one and two drivers will be.

♖ The FIA has released the start times for all 24 Grands Prix on the 2025 calendar. British fans must bestir themselves at 4 a.m. for the Australia and Las Vega GPs.

♖ Max Verstappen heads into the season with a chance to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of five successive Drivers’ Championship titles.

♖ Will Max achieve his aim, given that Red Bull ended the 2024 season with the third-fastest car in the field

♖ Was Lewis Hamilton’s departure from Mercedes due to a short contract offer or the plan to bring Kimi Antonelli in?

♖ A general feeling is that Lewis may only quit Ferrari if he wins the title and retires as an eight-time world champion.

♖ Pundits feel that Lando Norris has the pace and the machinery to win the 2025 F1 drivers’ championship.

♖ James Vowles says, ‘the dynamic in the room is tangentially different’ since Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz work together behind the scenes.

♖ The change to the Formula 1 flexi-wing position takes effect from the ninth race of a 24-race season, giving specific teams a significant advantage.

♖ Christian Horner has dismissed suggestions that Max Verstappen was involved in the FIA’s decision to axe Johnny Herbert as one of its stewards.