Verstappen Finally Wins in Singapore, Ferrari Misplaces a Podium, and McLaren Keeps Bumping Into Itself

Ten attempts. It took Max Verstappen ten attempts to win in Singapore, a circuit with walls so close you could pass a sandwich to the marshals. Now that he has, it was his first Marina Bay win, on his 250th Grand Prix start and the 73rd of his career. A man who has won everywhere else finally got round to…

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Pain, Rain and a not so Bahrain

Bahrain. It has sand, a motorway-flat horizon and rain on roughly four days a year. So when Formula 1 announced a Bahrain Grand Prix, I assumed we'd get a procession of cars going round in the sun while everyone tried to stay awake Instead we got thunderstorms, a software meltdown, a tyre blunder of historic stupidity and a Ford-powered Red…

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Spa Did Spa Things

Spa-Francorchamps. Seven kilometres of tarmac that somehow has its own weather system, its own religion, and its own way of making grown men in fireproof suits look silly. This weekend it did what it always does — handed out chaos like it was going out of fashion. Kimi Antonelli walked off with win number six and a fatter championship lead,…

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Charles Ditches Brembo for Hamilton

Ah, Monaco. The crown jewel of Formula 1. Sun-drenched streets, superyachts, celebrity cameos (yes, Kim Kardashian was there, because of course she was), and — if you're Charles Leclerc — yet another opportunity to be absolutely betrayed by your own car while the entire principality watches in stunned silence. If there's a more poetic form of torture than being a…

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