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There is a sound you are not meant to hear in the hurricane of a Formula 1 race car. It is the sound of silence. It is the calm, steady rhythm of a driver’s breathing, the complete absence of panic as the world blurs into a kaleidoscope of speed and G-force. To listen to the team radio of Oscar Piastri is to hear this sound. It’s the sound of a problem being solved, not a car being wrestled. The…

On paper, it was just a standard Friday practice for the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix. On screen, it was a dizzying ballet of errors. One after another, the most sophisticated racing cars in the world were turned into pirouetting heaps of carbon fibre, kissing the gravel traps at Zandvoort with alarming frequency. From rookies to world champions, almost no one was spared a heart-stopping moment. The…

Listen closely to the conversations around the Formula 1 paddock, and you will hear a consistent story about the Scuderia Ferrari. You’ll hear world champion Nico Rosberg declare their car is likely the most difficult to drive on the entire grid—a “brittle” machine that operates on a knife’s edge. You’ll hear the pained radio messages from Charles Leclerc, a man wrestling to find the car’s sweet…

It was Max Verstappen who continued his splendid run of form this weekend, just shy of the first ever F1 sprint race grand slam – missing out on the fastest lap of course. But a conversion from pole in the sprint and feature race means the Dutchman has made significant inroads into the Papaya championship lead. For the first time this season, I’m sure the McLaren boys will have to divert their…

Hello everyone, and after a few weeks, F1 is back! This week the circus arrives in Zandvoort for what will probably be one of the last races here for a while. Although the on-track action might have been a bit dull with a severe lack of overtaking opportunities, there was plenty of off-track moments (I’m talking to you Stroll – well and Hamilton). Without further ado, lets dive in. Cadillac…

What Makes Verstappen’s Dominance So Inevitable? To call Max Verstappen fast is to call a tsunami “wet.” It is a woefully inadequate description of the force at hand. Many drivers in Formula 1 are fast. Many are talented. But only a handful in the sport’s seventy-plus year history have possessed the singular, overwhelming aura of inevitability. Verstappen is one of them. He has become the…

The summer break is a moment of quiet reflection, a chance for teams to analyze not only the data on their screens, but the stories unfolding in their garages. The Drivers’ Championship tells one tale, but the Constructors’ standings reveal the truth about a team’s engineering prowess, strategic acumen, and operational strength. Here’s how the constructors have graded out in a season that has…