It’s been over three decades since a Formula 1 team dropped a driver as hastily as Red Bull got rid of Liam Lawson.
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Eddie Jordan, 1948-2025
Formula 1
Posted onEddie Jordan, who has passed away at the age of 76, founded a much-loved Formula 1 team which defied their doubters by winning.
Ranked: Sergio Perez’s 10 best drives in Formula 1
Top ten
Posted onSergio Perez’s Formula 1 career appears to be at an end following Red Bull’s decision to replace him for 2025. We picked 10 of his best drives.
Ranked: America’s 13 Formula 1 circuits, from worst to first
Formula 1
Posted onAmerica has had more world championship race venues than any other country. Which were best – and worst? We ranked them all.
The mark of a ‘true great’? The 10 drivers who won titles when their teams failed to
Formula 1
Posted onOnly one driver in Formula 1 history has twice won a title in a season when his team failed to. But Max Verstappen could become the second this year.
Magnussen is tenth F1 racer to receive a ban for a driving infringement
Formula 1
Posted onNine other F1 racers were suspended before Kevin Magnussen last weekend, but the decision to ban a driver has always been controversial.
F1 now has 13 race-winning drivers – but when were there more on the grid?
Formula 1
Posted onThere were 13 Formula 1 race winners on the grid at the Belgian Grand Prix. But the same race 46 years earlier saw a record 15.
Norris did as he was told but which other drivers obeyed – and disobeyed – their teams?
Formula 1
Posted onNot every Formula 1 driver has been as obedient as Lando Norris when told to give up a win. Here’s who obeyed and disobeyed their teams.
Hamilton called his last race ‘one of his worst’ – but is it among his 10 poorest?
Top ten
Posted onLewis Hamilton called his last race one of the worst he’s driven. Was he being too hard on himself – and were these 10 races weaker performances?
40 years ago today: How a tyre war prompted Senna’s unfinished Monaco masterpiece
Grand Prix flashback
Posted onThe 1984 Monaco Grand Prix is remembered as the race Ayrton Senna should have won, but what he did before the race was arguably more important.
“So emotional – very, very special”: Gasly drives Senna’s first Formula 1 car
Formula 1
Posted onThe car Ayrton Senna made his Formula 1 debut in 40 years ago fired back into life at Silverstone earlier this month with Pierre Gasly at the wheel.
Fourth time lucky? Why Ferrari’s first three attempts to hire Newey failed
Formula 1
Posted onFerrari first tried to sign Adrian Newey when founder Enzo still ran the team. Will they finally lure him to Maranello 40 years later?
Netflix reveals first trailer for new “Senna” miniseries
Formula 1
Posted onNetflix has revealed the first trailer for its new series based on the life of Ayrton Senna.
How you rated F1’s 12 sprint races so far – and why two outscored the grand prix
Formula 1
Posted onRaceFans readers gave Formula 1 sprint races consistently lower scores than grands prix. Why has the new format failed to impress?
Alonso set to become F1’s oldest driver for more than 50 years
Formula 1
Posted onFernando Alonso will be Formula 1’s oldest driver since Graham Hill in 1975 by the time his new contract ends. Why are more drivers racing for longer?
From ‘Flying Pig’ to Senna’s heroics: The short, incredible history of Toleman
F1 history
Posted onTed Toleman’s team never won a grand prix but deserves its place in Formula 1 history having introduced several future stars including Ayrton Senna.
From farcical to fantastic: Formula 1’s 14 title-deciding Japanese races ranked
F1 history
Posted onJapan has seen more championship-deciding F1 races than any other country. But that ends this year, so we ranked all 14 of them.
Benched: The five other drivers who stood down for team mates in last 50 years
F1 history
Posted onLogan Sargeant gave up his car for his team mate in Australia last weekend – something very few other Formula 1 drivers have done in recent decades.
The great go-slows: 10 times F1 drivers threw out the anchor – for different reasons
Formula 1
Posted onHaas did nothing new by telling Kevin Magnussen to slow down last weekend – Formula 1 drivers have had many other reasons to back off before.
F1’s largest entry, announced 35 years ago today, had twice as many drivers as now
F1 history
Posted onFormula 1 announced its largest ever field for a new season 35 years ago today. Here’s a look at the grid which was twice the size of this year’s.