F1 drivers rates Verstappen as best of 2025; Russell pips Piastri
F1 drivers have picked up Max Verstappen as the best driver of 2025 season, as George Russell pips Oscar Piastri in Top 3.
Max Verstappen's extraordinary end-of-season comeback may have ultimately come up short in...
Alonso says he doesn’t want to use his brain to finish only P6/P7
Fernando Alonso is not sure if his style and experience will help him with the 2026 F1 car, as he would want to use his brain to win and not finish P6 or P7.
No...
Antonelli recalls Monza meet which helped regain lost confidence
Andrea Kimi Antonelli says meeting in Monza helped regain confidence after feeling that he will never get back on track due to European slump.
It started decently for Mercedes’ Antonelli in his rookie season. He...
F1 team bosses choose Verstappen over Norris as best of 2025
F1 team bosses - only eight of them - have chosen Max Verstappen as the best of 2025 season ahead of champion Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
Max Verstappen has been voted driver of the...
Sainz expands on things he could do to improve Williams in 2025
Carlos Sainz expands on what work he could do with Williams in the course of F1 2025 to extract performance amid stablised regulations.
Having joined Williams in the last year of the bygone era, Sainz...
F1 2025: Teams categorised in tier system for their performances
With the 2025 F1 season done and dusted, FormulaRapida.net decided to draw out a ranking system in a ‘Tier’ system, moving away from a traditional, individual ranked order.
The long 2025 F1 season had its...
Lindblad acknowledges swift move from feeder series’ to F1
Arvid Lindblad notes the swift jumps he has had to make in the feeder championships and embracing it in F1, as he recalls the moment with Lando Norris.
Before his jump to F1, outside his...
Bearman reveals managing back issues due to bouncing in F1 ’25
Oliver Bearman has revealed of back issues during the 2025 F1 season due to the generation of cars which resulted in heavy bouncing.
One of the key ailments of the cars in the generation gone...
Mekies says F1 2025 turnaround huge boost for technical team
Laurent Mekies says the turnaround in F1 2025 is a huge boost for its technical team and it has built confidence in its team and tools for 2026.
They did not get things right to...
Colapinto admits work needed to do better in F1 sprint weekends
Franco Colapinto says he has to work upon sprint F1 weekends after identifying weakness in the course of 2025, where he couldn’t get up to speed.
Having started his F1 season after six rounds, Colapinto...
Hulkenberg, Wheatley heap praise on Bortoleto for solid F1 season
Nico Hulkenberg and Jonathan Wheatley praise Gabriel Bortoleto for a solid rookie F1 season and his capabilities behind the wheels and off it.
Of all the rookies that made their debut in 2025 F1 season,...
Norris, Piastri share admiration of each other despite F1 title fight
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri shared about their admiration for each other as colleagues, teammates and even F1 rivals, after a grueling title-fighting season.
Having been teammates for three seasons now, McLaren pair of Norris...
Alonso sure of Aston Martin success in F1 but not sure when
Fernando Alonso is certain that Aston Martin will succeed in the future, but he doesn’t know when it will be, as he says F1 2026 won’t be cakewalk straightaway.
When Alonso joined the Aston Martin...
Albon hails work done by Vowles; knows Williams can bounce back
Alexander Albon hails work done by James Vowles and the change he has seen at Williams, where he reckons the F1 team can bounce back even from a slow start.
Having joined Williams when the...
Vasseur says drivers, team taken into confidence on ’25 dev stop
Frederic Vasseur says the Ferrari drivers and the whole team was taken into confidence and informed about their development stop on F1 2025 for 2026.
After the early setback for Ferrari, especially when it suffered...
Mekies saw Hadjar do things after learning in handful of F1 races
Laurent Mekies says Red Bull saw Isack Hadjar do things in the car that he was not doing before which prompted to promote him in F1 2026.
After the troubles that Yuki Tsunoda faced at...
Ocon reckons Haas could have scored more points in F1 2025
Esteban Ocon reckons Haas should have scored a lot more points in second half of F1 2025 than it did, as he says beating rivals should be priority.
Having scored 79 points in all of...
F1 drivers share thoughts on era gone by and if regs were good
F1 drivers share thoughts on end of the regulations era which started in 2022 and saw through three seasons, ahead of a big change in 2026.
After the dominance of Mercedes from 2014 onward, the...
Gasly focused on driving without expecting returns in F1 2025
Pierre Gasly focused on driving aspect in F1 2025 without expecting too much in return, as he feels he performed strongly throughout the year.
It wasn’t the year that Alpine’s Gasly hoped for but from...
Bortoleto expands on learning on technical side as a F1 rookie
Gabriel Bortoleto pins his main highlights of F1 2025, while noting on the learning especially the technical side of things as a rookie.
Having had a slow start to his F1 2025 campaign, Sauber’s Bortoleto...
Wolff reckons bad start to F1 2022 era derailed Mercedes chances
Toto Wolff reckons Mercedes got off to a bad start in the F1 2022 era and no matter how much they tried to solve one issue, they only put itself in another one.
Having dominated...
Pirelli shares stats related to tyres used, pit stops, stints of F1 2025
Pirelli has shared stats from F1 2025 in relation to tyres used, kilometers done, pit stops and stints by drivers, among others.
Throughout the season that has just finished, Pirelli’s Formula 1 tyres covered enough...
Stroll says uncompetitive AMR25 made things difficult in F1 2025
Lance Stroll says Aston Martin was uncompetitive for majority of F1 2025 season, with only pockets of performance and with not a quick car, they were far behind.
Unlike Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin teammate Stroll...
Verstappen felt better at end of F1 2025 than 2024; has no regrets
Max Verstappen has no regrets about how F1 2025 panned out, highlighting that he was in the final race with better feeling than 2024 when he won.
From 104 points to losing by two points...
Sainz proved doubters wrong after good first season with Williams
Carlos Sainz reckons he proved doubters wrong after good first F1 season with Williams following on from Ferrari, as he stressed on growth.
Having finished inside the Top 10 with two F1 podiums when he...
Lawson says break will allow him to reflect on Red Bull’s ‘shit time’
Liam Lawson says the Red Bull situation was a ‘shit time’ for him and now that F1 2025 is over, he has time to reflect on what transpired with him.
After another half year at...
Piastri highlights mentality change from feeder title fight to F1
Oscar Piastri says getting through feeder series one has to show one’s talent to make it in F1, but when racing in the pinnacle, there’s nothing more than winning.
In the lead-up to F1, McLaren’s...
Bearman expands on learning driving for midfield team as a rookie
Oliver Bearman will make changes after learning in rookie F1 season, as he expands on first year in a midfield team as opposed to big team.
Having had handful of runs in 2024, Haas’ Bearman...
Colapinto admits it was tricky to keep motivation amid troubles
Franco Colapinto felt much better in second half of F1 2025 but the last few races were a downer, as he admits motivation was difficult to find.
After he got the chance at Alpine replacing...
Vasseur has no issues with drivers’ outbursts during F1 2025
Frederic Vasseur has no issues in managing drivers amid troubled F1 2025 season and the frustration shown by Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc at times.
By the end of F1 2025, both Hamilton and Leclerc...
