Formula One champion McLaren will start the season next week "playing a bit defensively" with Ferrari and Mercedes expected to be setting the pace, team boss Andrea Stella said on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/02/27/more-sports/mclaren-new-f1-season/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #formulaone #mclaren #andreastella
Four-time Formula One world champion Max Verstappen declared his new Red Bull not much fun to drive and more like "Formula E on steroids." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/02/13/more-sports/verstappen-new-f1-car/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #formulaone #maxverstappen
Aston Martin Aramco Formula One team owner Lawrence Stroll has tempered expectations for the upcoming season, indicating that winning races will require time following the recent rule changes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/02/10/more-sports/aston-martin-expectations-stroll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #formulaone #lawrencestroll #astonmartin
Red Bull was forced to reconsider its preseason testing schedule at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya after new recruit Isack Hadjar crashed in wet conditions on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/28/more-sports/hadjar-red-bull-crash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #isackhadjar #redbullracing #lewishamilton #ferrari #formulaone #laurentmekies
Christian Horner's absence from Formula One may be short-lived, with the famed former Red Bull boss among a group eyeing a possible investment into F1 team Alpine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/27/more-sports/horner-alpine-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #christianhorner #alpine #formulaone
Lewis Hamilton is braced for the "massive challenge" of adapting to the seismic change in technical regulations facing the 2026 Formula One grid as Ferrari unveiled their new car on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/24/more-sports/hamilton-ferrari-challenge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #formulaone #lewishamilton #charlesleclerc #ferrari
Helmut Marko, a mentor and major ally of four-time Formula One world champion Max Verstappen, is leaving the Red Bull team after 20 years as motorsports consultant to the energy drink brand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/10/more-sports/helmut-marko-leaving-red-bull/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #redbull #helmutmarko #formulaone #maxverstappen
Fresh off claiming his first world championship, Lando Norris has confirmed that he will drive with the No. 1 on his McLaren in 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/09/more-sports/norris-number-one/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #landonorris #formulaone #mclaren
Max Verstappen said he had never driven better than this season after conceding the Formula One title to McLaren’s Lando Norris at Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/08/more-sports/max-verstappen-no-regrets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #maxverstappen #redbull #formulaone #landonorris
Lando Norris sobbed tears of joy and relief as he won the Formula One championship for the first time and ended Max Verstappen's four-year reign with a third place finish at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/08/more-sports/norris-wins-formula-one-title/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #landonorris #maxverstappen #oscarpiastri #formulaone #abudhabigrandprix
McLaren has made a point of treating its drivers fairly, but CEO Zak Brown says one may be asked to move aside for the other with the title on the line at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/06/more-sports/mclaren-driver-orders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #landonorris #oscarpiastri #mclaren #maxverstappen #redbull #zakbrown #formulaone
Japan’s Yuki Tsunoda said he was "disappointed” but "okay” about losing his Red Bull seat alongside four-time Formula One champion Max Verstappen next season. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/05/more-sports/tsunoda-no-regrets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #formulaone #yukitsunoda #isackhadjar #redbull #racingbulls
Formula One will crown its champion in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, with McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both seeking to dethrone Red Bull's Max Verstappen and deny the Dutchman his fifth title in a row. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/04/more-sports/formula-1-title-chase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #landonorris #maxverstappen #oscarpiastri #mclaren #redbull #formulaone
After Yuki Tsunoda’s demotion from Red Bull, does he have a future in Formula One? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/03/more-sports/tsunoda-red-bull-demotion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #yukitsunoda #redbull #racingbulls #formulaone #isackhadjar #laurentmekies
Isack Hadjar will replace Yuki Tsunoda in the hot seat as Max Verstappen's Red Bull teammate next season with Arvid Lindblad joining Liam Lawson at Racing Bulls, the Formula One teams announced on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/03/more-sports/tsunoda-replaced-hadjar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #isackhadjar #yukitsunoda #maxverstappen #redbull #racingbulls #formulaone #laurentmekies #alanpermane
Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix, while McLaren blew it, to set up a three-way showdown for F1 crown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/01/more-sports/verstappen-wins-qatar-grand-prix/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #redbull #maxverstappen #qatargrandprix #mclaren #formulaone #landonorris #oscarpiastri
Max Verstappen's quest for a fifth world drivers' title suffered a setback on Friday when he was out-qualified by a Red Bull teammate for the first time in 440 days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/29/more-sports/verstappen-sprint-qualifying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #maxverstappen #yukitsunoda #formulaone #redbull
Lewis Hamilton on Thursday declared he had no regrets about joining Ferrari this year and dismissed his earlier comments as having been said in the "heat of frustration." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/28/more-sports/hamilton-ferrari-no-regrets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #lewishamilton #ferrari #formulaone
Adrian Newey, Formula One's star designer and top technical boffin, will take over as Aston Martin team principal next season with Andy Cowell moving into a strategy role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/27/more-sports/newey-aston-martin-principal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #adriannewey #andycowell #astonmartin #lawrencestroll #formulaone
An undecided World Drivers' Championship with three races remaining gives the third Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix a level of intrigue the previous editions lacked, as Lando Norris hopes to exorcise his demons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/21/lando-norris-preserve-lead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #sports #landonorris #formulaone #lasvegasgrandprix