Alpine splitting with Otmar Szafnauer and Alan Permane gave Gary Anderson deja vu of how his own stint at a manufacturer-owned Formula 1 team ended and why. He’s got some blunt warnings for Alpine
When two of their drivers publicly spurned them, Alpine F1 chiefs sounded sure they’d have the last laugh. Instead, their tenures are over and those drivers are thriving in their 2023 homes
Lando Norris’s worst fears over how slow his McLaren Formula 1 car would be on the straights were instantly and painfully realised at Spa – and his radio reaction was borderline “surly”, says Scott Mitchell-Malm. But Norris and McLaren did at least salvage their race and can learn lessons
Max Verstappen claimed his 45th Formula 1 victory at the Belgian Grand Prix – but was he the best-performing driver of the weekend? Edd Straw gives his verdict as he ranks the field
The Race F1 Podcast delves into Max Verstappen and Gianpiero Lambiase’s “edgy” Belgian Grand Prix exchanges, a potentially demoralising podium return for Sergio Perez and much more
Max Verstappen’s tense radio exchanges with engineer Gianpiero Lambiase were an attention-grabbing element of a dominant Belgian Grand Prix weekend. Mark Hughes gives his take on the Max and GP relationship, and what it says about Verstappen
Carlos Sainz firmly blamed Oscar Piastri for their Belgian Grand Prix collision, saying the McLaren Formula 1 rookie was showing his inexperience. Our writers disagree
A wild Spa weather weekend led into a fairly straightforward Belgian Grand Prix with a very dominant winner. Who else impressed us? And who didn’t?
