Formula 1 How Williams’s best F1 performance in two years was achieved Williams reached Q3 for the first time in the 2023 Formula 1 season in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix, leading the midfield pack thanks to a performance founded on Alex Albon’s excellence and getting the best from the tricky Pirelli rubber
Formula 1 Errors, tow blunder and no rain – Leclerc’s rare qualifying blip Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc said he cannot remember the last time he felt so unhappy with his own performance in qualifying after managing only seventh on the grid for the Australian Grand Prix – but what went so wrong? Edd Straw takes an in-depth look
Formula 1 Red Bull’s weakest F1 track? Don’t be fooled by Melbourne jinx On paper Red Bull and Max Verstappen have a relatively woeful Formula 1 record at Albert Park – but don’t expect that to stay the same for long
Formula 1 FIA clarifies F1 pitstop penalty rules after Alonso controversy The FIA has issued a rules clarification clarifying what constitutes the car being “worked on” during a penalty pitstop after Fernando Alonso was hit with a 10-second penalty following the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that was later rescinded
Formula 1 Ferrari’s first hint it too may need bigger F1 concept change Carlos Sainz admits “the capacity of development’ of Ferrari’s Formula 1 car concept is lower than that of the dominant Red Bull RB19
Formula 1 If F1 wants to slash practice, drivers will back it Grand Prix drivers support Formula 1 CEO’s Stefano Domenicali’s aspiration to reduce the amount of practice sessions with nothing at stake on race weekends in future
Formula 1 F1 mustn’t target Red Bull’s dominance for sake of its integrity Three teams’ dominance of 21st century F1 – broadly speaking – reflects wider problems, but ones that are being tackled. But endlessly adjusting rules can’t be used to shortcut that; doing so would be no sporting contest at all
Formula 1 Ex-BAR boss’s plans for ‘equal gender’ F1 team entry Former BAR Formula 1 team boss Craig Pollock has revealed a project to create a “gender-equal team” that is bidding to join the grid as part of the ongoing new-teams process.
Formula 1 Where Hamilton’s currently losing out to Russell Lewis Hamilton is ahead of Mercedes F1 team-mate George Russell after two races, but that’s not indicative of how comfortable the two have been – certainly not in Jeddah. There’s one limitation in particular that Russell appears to be dealing with better
Formula 1 Sainz rebounded from his F1 nadir – but now faces a new problem Carlos Sainz’s 2023 Formula 1 season hasn’t got off to a great start, but he’s come a long way since the mess he was in at the time of last year’s Australian Grand Prix
Formula 1 Red Bull supremacy doesn’t mean F1 has failed Formula 1 has a cost cap, sliding scale aero development restrictions designed to peg top teams back and rules that should help overtaking. So why is Red Bull so dominant?
Formula 1 This point-less 2023 F1 driver might be saving his career Yuki Tsunoda hasn’t got a hope of hitting the targets his team boss set for his 2023 Formula 1 season unless AlphaTauri gives him a better car. Amid that, Tsunoda’s own performances are everything you could ask for
Formula 1 One-team title fights can be F1’s messiest – watch out Red Bull If Sergio Perez can properly take the fight to Max Verstappen and create an all-Red Bull 2023 Formula 1 title fight, it’s likely to be even more fractious than if drivers from rival teams were going head to head
Formula 1 ‘We can’t be happy with this’ – Alpine’s blunt self-appraisal Alpine is well aware its step forward in F1 2023 hasn’t been enough – as Esteban Ocon and Alpine sporting director Alan Permane explain
Formula 1 Mercedes may need ‘6-12 months’ to close F1 knowledge deficit Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says it will take “between six and 12 months” to catch up with Red Bull’s depth of understanding of the fine aerodynamic detail needed to maximise the performance of the current generation of Formula 1 cars
Formula 1 ‘Red Bull more dominant than Mercedes was’ – Is Hamilton right? Lewis Hamilton says he’s never seen a Formula 1 car as fast as Red Bull’s 2023 car – but are his comments short-sighted given Mercedes’ previous dominance? Edd Straw assesses his claims
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix F1 driver rankings The second race of the 2023 Formula 1 season was another Red Bull whitewash, but that doesn’t mean its two drivers were the only ones to turn in great performances. Here’s Edd Straw’s rankings from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Formula 1 Verstappen’s rivals think he can still win Saudi GP. Can he? Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 rivals are sure he can still win the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from 15th on the grid. We assess his chances
Formula 1 How an F1 rookie’s ‘perfect weekend’ spiralled into a mess A weird track limits infraction, a spin, a wall hit and last on the grid added up to a disastrous Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying for Logan Sargeant. But up to then, he’d been impressing in Jeddah and on course to outperform team-mate Alex Albon
Formula 1 Mercedes: F1 development gains already ‘much bigger’ after shift Mercedes is working on new developments that already show a big gain relative to its current Formula 1 car, according to team boss Toto Wolff
Formula 1 Hamilton ‘doesn’t feel connected’ to Mercedes F1 car Lewis Hamilton says he “doesn’t feel connected” to Mercedes’ 2023 Formula 1 car after he qualified four places behind his team-mate George Russell at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Formula 1 Villeneuve Pironi doc may shift your view of F1’s tragic feud The tragic tale of Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi is well known. But the new documentary about them may change your perception of it
Formula 1 Alpine bullish for Jeddah after seeing ‘pace to annoy’ Mercedes Alpine expects a stronger Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend and hints it could even have the pace to threaten Mercedes, with Pierre Gasly saying “there would have been the pace to annoy them” in the Bahrain Grand Prix given a better grid position. Ocon started ninth in Bahrain, but his race was ruine
Formula 1 F1’s modern street circuit master? Perez’s reputation assessed All eyes will be on Sergio Perez in Jeddah after his two F1 wins in 2022 underlined his reputation for street circuit mastery. What is it about his style that works so well between the barriers?
Formula 1 Quick upgrades, ‘mega room for improvement’ – Ferrari’s plan Ferrari believes its current F1 car already has “mega room for improvement”, but is also pursuing an aggressive early-2023 update plan
Formula 1 Williams’s tech leadership instability is stunting revival hopes Look at the number of technical director changes at Williams over the 12 years and its slide down the F1 pecking order, and it’s not hard to spot the correlation. That’s not to say those who’ve been there have done badly, but it does suggest the instability is hurting it
Formula 1 Red Bull rivals’ whitewash fears won’t be realised (probably) The way Red Bull dominated the F1 season opener led George Russell to predict it “should win every single race” in 2023. That was a point about Red Bull’s supremacy rather than a serious bet, but such a feat – one never achieved previously – seems incredibly unlikely
Formula 1 Latest London GP talk continues an irritating F1 ‘tradition’ The all too familiar talk of a Formula 1 race in London has resurfaced. Edd Straw examines the latest claims
Formula 1 Remember – race one usually doesn’t reflect the F1 season to come Max Verstappen and Red Bull strolling to Bahrain GP victory made it easy to fear the 2023 season is doomed to go by without much intrigue. But F1, for all its history of dominance, usually doesn’t work that way
Formula 1 Video: Every F1 team’s 2023 strength and weakness With one F1 2023 GP, on a fairly varied track, now in the books, here is the early picture of where each team has (and hasn’t) excelled
Formula 1 Mercedes hints at imminent ‘visible changes’ to 2023 F1 car “Visible changes” to Mercedes’ 2023 Formula 1 car are likely within the next few grands prix, but the mooted “bigger departures and more radical changes” remain some way off
Formula 1 What Hamilton saying Mercedes ‘didn’t listen’ to him means It’s not hard to see why Lewis Hamilton’s suggestion Mercedes “didn’t listen” to his complaints about its 2022 F1 car will prompt questions about his future. But it doesn’t mean there’s a game-changing element to those comments
Formula 1 Alfa’s Alpine-foiling tactic was impressively ruthless Alfa Romeo started 2023 how it ended 2022 – with clever tactics to prevent a Formula 1 rival from scoring extra points
Formula 1 Mercedes deficit may have ‘tripled’ – could Aston be its saviour? Mercedes’ deficit to Red Bull hasn’t stayed as it was at the end of the 2022 Formula 1 season – it’s up to three times as bad. Does a team that it shares parts with offer some solace?
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix F1 driver rankings A new Formula 1 season has started and there’s a new way we are assessing the 20 drivers – ranking their weekend performances from best to worst, starting with yesterday’s Bahrain Grand Prix
Formula 1 ‘A second off’ – Leclerc despondent at poor Ferrari pace and DNF A failure coupled with being “very far” on pace anyway meant Charles Leclerc was in no mood for finding positives in Ferrari’s Bahrain GP
Formula 1 Mercedes’ Bahrain GP silver linings amid F1 car concept gloom Mercedes’ startling F1 car concept admission suggests a bleak outlook – and rightly so. But its Bahrain GP weekend hasn’t been all bad
Formula 1 Mercedes concedes it was wrong to keep 2022 car concept this year Toto Wolff’s conclusion after Mercedes qualified sixth and seventh for the Bahrain Grand Prix was emphatic – and damning of its chances. He conceded it was a mistake to remain with fundamentally the same car concept that it struggled with last year
Formula 1 Vowles sets out criteria in Williams F1 tech chief search Williams is looking to recruit a new technical director with Formula 1 experience, although team principal James Vowles is open to hiring a newcomer to the role. Vowles said during pre-season testing that recruiting a technical director and head of aero following the respective departures of Francoi
Formula 1 ‘Unprecedented talent’ – Why Alonso and Aston expected this step Existing ‘Team Silverstone’ talent and massive investment means Aston Martin’s 2023 rise is no surprise for the team or newcomer Fernando Alonso
