Year: 2025

Alpine’s Spiral: Briatore’s Power Grab, Doohan’s Ouster, and the Ruthless Rise of Colapinto
- Chris Chen
- May 16, 2025
Alpine F1 has entered a volatile new phase, one shaped by rapid leadership changes, controversial driver decisions, and a growing disconnect between its public messaging and its internal maneuvering. The team is no stranger to upheaval, but in 2025, the chaos feels different. It feels strategic. Calculated. And, increasingly, like a gamble with its future […]
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FIA Shake-Up: Ben Sulayem’s Reforms, Carlos Sainz Sr.’s Ambition, and the Race for Control
- Chris Chen
- May 14, 2025
In the past two weeks, the FIA has gone into overdrive, unveiling reforms to driver licensing, aligning itself with technological innovation, and shoring up internal governance structures. Publicly, these moves are framed as modernization. Privately, they read as preemptive positioning from FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, whose grip on power may soon face its most […]
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F1 at 75: A Legacy Written in Rubber, Rivalries, and Records
- Chris Chen
- May 13, 2025
On May 13, 1950, a converted RAF airfield in Silverstone hosted the inaugural round of the Formula One World Championship. Seventy-five years, 1,131 Grands Prix, and thousands of stories later, Formula 1 has grown from a European curiosity to one of the most advanced, beloved, and enduring global sports. Whether you remember Fangio’s masterclass in […]
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F1 Turns 75: A 24-Hour Marathon Celebrates the Sport’s Legendary Legacy
- Chris Chen
- May 13, 2025
Formula 1 marked its 75th anniversary with a global celebration fit for motorsport royalty: a 24-hour YouTube marathon showcasing the most iconic moments in F1 history. The event, which streamed live on Formula 1’s YouTube channel, offered fans a cinematic journey through seven and a half decades of triumph, tragedy, and technological evolution. A Nonstop […]
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Fernando Alonso Mourns the Loss of Longtime Physio and Friend, Fabrizio Borra
- Chris Chen
- May 12, 2025
The world of Formula 1 has lost a quiet but iconic figure with the passing of Fabrizio Borra, longtime physiotherapist to Fernando Alonso, at the age of 64. More than just a member of the support team, Borra was a constant presence in Alonso’s career for over two decades, a fixture through championship highs, comeback […]
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From Spa to Speedway: Former F1 Drivers Shine Across the Globe in Endurance and Indy Action
- Chris Chen
- May 10, 2025
Motorsport fans were treated to a buffet of racing this past weekend, from the damp forest curves of Spa-Francorchamps to the flowing infield of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. And if there’s one message the global motorsport scene delivered loud and clear, it’s that Formula 1 might be the pinnacle, but it’s far from the only […]
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Max Verstappen Tests Ferrari 296 GT3 at Nürburgring — Under Red Bull Livery and a Fake Name
- Chris Chen
- May 9, 2025
Max Verstappen made waves across the motorsport world this week by testing a Ferrari 296 GT3 at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife, operated by Emil Frey Racing and featuring full Red Bull Racing and Verstappen.com Racing livery. Just as intriguing: the reigning Formula 1 World Champion attempted to fly under the radar using the pseudonym “Franz […]
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F1 2025 Game Driver Ratings vs Reality: Who’s Overrated, Underrated, and Just Right?
- Chris Chen
- May 8, 2025
As F1 25, the newest installment in Formula 1’s official video game franchise, gears up for release on May 30, Codemasters and EA Sports have revealed this year’s driver ratings, a highly anticipated and hotly debated list that aims to numerically rank each F1 driver’s ability. But as always, fans are asking: Do the numbers […]
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Alpine’s Rotating Door: Doohan Dropped, Colapinto Thrown Into the Fire
- Chris Chen
- May 8, 2025
What should have been a strategic mid-season driver change at Alpine has instead exposed a deeper crisis within the team, one that reveals a pattern of mismanagement, a culture of scapegoating, and a Formula 1 system increasingly hostile to rookie development. Jack Doohan is out. Franco Colapinto is in. But this isn’t about performance, it’s […]
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Jack Doohan, Franco Colapinto, and the Alpine Chaos Nobody Can Look Away From
- Chris Chen
- May 6, 2025
Jack Doohan’s rookie Formula 1 season was supposed to be a new chapter for Alpine and a breakthrough for the Australian talent. Instead, it’s become a high-speed case study in how unstable leadership and desperate decision-making can derail a young driver’s career before it even begins. A Fractured Debut: Doohan’s Underwhelming Results Doohan entered the […]
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