News, views and updates about four-time F1 World Champion Max Verstappen. The Dutch driver will be in a Red Bull car in 2025 as he looks to secure a record-equalling fifth consecutive Drivers’ Championship.
Ahead of a new Formula 1 season, Pit Debrief writers are predicting who will come out on top in the 2025 F1 World Drivers’ Championship. Max Verstappen — Rachel Stephens Let’s talk about our most recent world champion, shall we? With a great (but not the best!) car in 2024, Max Verstappen still managed to…
Max Verstappen and George Russell are ready to put the tensions of 2024 in the rearview mirror and focus on racing as the 2025 Formula 1 season kicks off. After a heated end to last year, the duo now focus solely on-track performance, not their past squabbles. When probed about his previous clashes with Russell,…
Red Bull Racing has unveiled their 2025 livery at the F1 75 event in London on Tuesday evening as they look to regain the Constructors’ Championship with the RB21. In 2023, Red Bull Racing dominated F1. They won both the World Drivers’ Championship and the Constructors’ Championship by a landslide, with reigning champion Max Verstappen…
In the first part of an exclusive interview with Pit Debrief, former F1 engineer Steve Hallam discussed his time with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren, and his hopes the Ferrari driver will make it eight Drivers’ Championships at the Scuderia. At the 2021 F1 Abu Dhabi GP, the now 105-time race winner looked set to win…
Isack Hadjar, the latest Red Bull junior to graduate to F1 with Racing Bulls team in 2025, has been the subject of criticism for his fiery temperament on team radio, and his emotional outbursts over the radio have drawn comparisons to future teammate Yuki Tsunoda and even warnings from Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko. The…
The FIA has recently updated its guidelines in the International Sporting Code, and there is now harsher punishment if drivers end up swearing, or other language the FIA deems harmful — former F1 driver and GPDA chairman Alex Wurz has given his thoughts on it. If Max Verstappen used an expletive in a press conference,…
The recent decision that Johnny Herbert will no longer serve as a F1 steward has reignited discussions about professionalism in stewarding — a topic Christian Horner, Zak Brown and Alex Wurz talked about with Sky Sports. The move raises important questions about whether officials should be allowed to straddle both regulatory and media roles in…
Three-time Grand Prix winner Johnny Herbert will no longer be a steward at Grand Prix races, the FIA confirmed on Wednesday morning. Over the last number of years, the former British driver has combined his role as a steward at some races with media work. Previously it was with Sky Sports until he left the…
With only 7 weeks left before lights out in Melbourne, eyes are setting back on the 2025 drivers lineup, especially the rookie drivers. Liam Lawson is not technically a rookie, having replaced Daniel Ricciardo in VCARB in 2023 after his injury, and in 2024 after being ousted of the team. However, Lawson will drive alongside…
The FIA has introduced revisions to the International Sporting Code, outlining new misconduct guidelines that could lead to severe penalties, including full suspensions and points deductions. The draconian new guidelines have caused quite a stir within the Formula 1 community, raising questions about the governing body’s relationship with drivers and its leadership under FIA president…
