Venue: Silverstone Dates: 4-6 July Race start: 15:00 BST on Sunday
Lando Norris led home team-mate Oscar Piastri in a fourth McLaren one-two this season, after a race-long battle in Austria.
Formula 1 now heads to the UK for round 12 at the British Grand Prix this weekend.
Is it conceivable that Mercedes could ditch George Russell in favour of Max Verstappen for 2026? Irrespective of Max’s pedigree as a multiple world champion, bringing him in to replace George would be incredibly harsh on a driver who has performed pretty much flawlessly so far this year. – Ieuan
Yes, it’s conceivable. We have summed up the situation with Mercedes in an earlier piece.
It was already well known that Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was likely to explore his options with Verstappen this summer – as he did last year. And it was Russell who broke this situation out into the open before the Austrian Grand Prix, by saying it was “only normal that conversations with the likes of Verstappen are ongoing”.
Russell has driven an exceptional season so far. But Verstappen is regarded as the best driver in the world. Wolff is talking to him and his management to work out whether a deal is do-able and desired by both parties.
If the answer to that is yes, Wolff then has to decide who would be Verstappen’s team-mate. It would likely be Kimi Antonelli, in the interests of creating the best balanced team.
Relations between Verstappen and Russell are tense, and it’s hard to imagine them working as team-mates.
Yes, that would be harsh on Russell – just as it was harsh on Carlos Sainz when Ferrari decided they preferred to sign Lewis Hamilton for 2025. But it would also be understandable from Mercedes’ point of view.
As for Red Bull, team principal Christian Horner has emphasised that Verstappen has a contract until 2028.
“The rest,” as Horner put it, “is all noise that’s not coming from him. “
Will Lewis Hamilton have any authority to change the engineering structure around him at Ferrari? It seems like he’s overruled strategically in almost every race, and very rarely (in his eyes at least) for the better. – Alex
This is a topic that keeps coming up a lot with regard to Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari – the perceived tension between him and his engineer Riccardo Adami on the radio.
But whenever Hamilton is asked about it, he dismisses it.
In Spain last month, Hamilton said: “Our relationship is great, no problems. We’re constantly learning more and more about each other. We’re constantly adapting to the way both of us like to work.
“He’s worked with lots of different drivers before. We don’t have any problems whatsoever. “
Of course, you would expect him to say that, but it is also what is being said by Ferrari, and by insiders behind the scenes.
Team principal Frederic Vasseur characterises what is sometimes broadcast from the team radio as the standard to and fro between driver and engineer.
And Hamilton feels his messages are regarded differently from those of other drivers – he has pointed out how stroppy Max Verstappen sounds from time to time with Red Bull, for example, but that people don’t react the same way to that.
As for the specific situation in Austria on Sunday and Hamilton saying he wanted to stay out longer rather than pit when he was called, deputy team principal Jerome d’Ambrosio said there was no fundamental disagreement over strategy.
“It was more a matter of setting, so staying a few more laps,” D’Ambrosio said. “It’s nothing out of the norm. What we tried to do was our optimal strategy. Try to optimise your race time. That’s what we did with both drivers.
“There was no incentive to do anything different because the McLarens were clearly far ahead and George quite far behind. So we just did the standard optimum strategy and that was the best thing to do.
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Do you think Alex Dunne will get a seat in F1 next season and what potential does he have? – Ralph
Alex Dunne has certainly put himself on the radar of F1, first with his strong showing in Formula 2 in his debut season, and then with his accomplished performance in first practice in Austria at the weekend with McLaren.
Of that, team principal Andrea Stella said that the Irishman had been “very precise” when doing the data acquisition work, and on performance runs later “not short of impressive”.
Dunne, 19, ended the session just 0. 069 seconds slower than race driver Oscar Piastri, although his time was set later in the session, when the track was quicker.
The question is, what do McLaren do with him next?
If Dunne doesn’t win F2, he can stay there for another season. If he does win F2, he will have to move on. But where to?
McLaren don’t have an available seat in F1, and there are not many he could take.
Farming him out to another team is an option, but that’s always complicated because teams are not always that keen to have a driver who is on a piece of elastic to a rival.
McLaren do have other options – they have an Indycar team, for example. Dunne could possibly go there for a couple of years. But if his ultimate trajectory is F1, which it seems now it might be, that might not be considered a desirable option.
What are Cadillac’s chances of survival in F1? Especially considering they are starting from scratch rather than taking over an existing team like Audi with Sauber. – Adam
Cadillac – the luxury brand of US car giant General Motors – is entering F1 next year with a new team, in partnership with the US investment group TWG.
They have set up a team from scratch and will use a Ferrari customer engine until a bespoke GM engine is ready. GM has been accepted by the FIA as a power-unit supplier from 2029.
The media was given a tour of the Cadillac factory site at Silverstone last week by team principal Graeme Lowdon.
He said: “You will not see this team over-promising in any way. But we do want to convey the fact that the ambitions are really limitless, as they should be. “
Lowdon, who previously worked in F1 with Manor/Marussia, said the team were realistic about what they can achieve next year.
He said: “Can you imagine if you’ve owned a Formula 1 team for 10 years and then another team rocks up and beats you? You would be apoplectic. You would be so annoyed.
“And so you have to assume that any new team coming in is going to be last, otherwise, you know, what’s gone wrong somewhere else? We know how difficult it is. “
The team is currently spread over six units at Silverstone. This will be rationalised down to four, in addition to the main new TWG base being constructed in Fishers, Indianapolis, and due to be finished next year, and the GM engine plant in Charlotte, North Carolina.
To deal with this disparate set-up, Lowdon says they have developed a “very flat management structure, highly modelled on the Apollo project. We’re not putting a man on the moon, but it feels like it sometimes. “
He added: “Race teams are often described in military terms, organised in a kind of pyramid and you have one person at the top. And the typical military structure is command and control. So you issue commands, people do things.
“When it’s multi-site like this, that becomes a massive challenge. So instead, it’s a different structure where it’s mission control instead of command and control.
“Engineers are able to talk directly to each other. And the thing that’s heavily imparted on them is the mission itself. “
TWG and GM are massive companies and say they are in it for the long haul. Survival is not really the question. It’s how successful they can be and in what timeframe that is more the unknown.
Nearly three decades after the moment that ended her cycling career and changed her life forever, every day is a gift for Sarah Rowe.
The Scot’s story may not be one with which a lot of people are familiar, but it is a powerful tale of happiness, heartbreak and return to happiness that deserves to be told again.
In the mid-1990s, Sarah [then Phillips] very much had the cycling world at her feet.
Aged 29, she competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, finishing 19th in the women’s individual road race and 21st in the individual time trial.
“The next event would have been the Commonwealth Games two years later, two years before the Olympics again, so the aim would have been to do the Commonwealths and plan for the next Olympics. “
However, there would be no other major championship outing, or any other race for Sarah.
Less than a year after hitting the heights in Atlanta, during a training run on her bike near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, she was hit by car “from behind at great speed and smashed up my lower leg”.
She admits: “I am incredibly lucky to be here, I know that. Somebody was looking down on me that day.
“If it had been an inch further over, I wouldn’t be here. I honestly don’t know how I survived it. “
Rowe says “deep down, I knew how bad the injury was” as she embarked on a gruelling recovery journey during which she was unable to walk for a year and endured “10 or 12 operations”.
“It was very difficult,” she says. “I was living with my parents at the time because I couldn’t do a lot for myself.
“My parents were very supportive, I swam in the outdoor pool in Stonehaven every day, I rode on a turbo trainer with a piece of skirting board as a pedal, all sorts of innovations I could.
“I just took it in my stride. It was a new challenge ahead and I took each day of physio and each day of learning to walk again – that was my goal. “
Having gone from the highest of highs, to the lowest of lows, did Rowe believe her cycling career was finished, or did she think she could complete a remarkable comeback by competing once again?
“I always hoped I would ride again,” she states. “I worked hard to ride again – I rode again, I never raced again.
“The Olympics was the last race I ever did. I was never able to get back to training because of the limitations in the movement of the ankle.
“I tell people now, ‘enjoy it while you are doing it because you never know what is round the corner’. I didn’t dwell on it – I just moved on.
‘Heart in mouth when kids are on road’
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Now 57, Rowe, who subsequently got involved with cycling coaching, still feels the effects of the injury in terms of her mobility.
Keen to accentuate the positive, she says: “I can do things in adapted form and I just thank my lucky stars I am here. “
While Sarah may have been lost to the sport, in a competitive sense at least, far too early, her two children are showing plenty of signs that they, like their mum, could be heading to the top.
Her son, Elliot, 19, has been signed by cycling giants Team Visma Lease a Bike, as part of their development team, and won a bronze medal in June’s British under-23 individual time trial.
Her daughter, Melanie, 16, recently finished first in the under-17s race in the prestigious Tour of Flanders event.
“I have to say my heart is in my mouth every time they go out on the roads, but that is part of life and they just have to get on and enjoy it and be careful and be safe as best they can,” Rowe says.
“It is lovely seeing what they are doing because I can relate to it. I just love to see them enjoying the journey – it is such a special thing what the bike can give you. “
Elliot and Melanie were not born when their mum was competing at Olympic level.
However, her knowledge and experience is clearly a huge help as they aim to make their own way in the sport, with Elliot suggesting: “My mum is really modest.
“She never bigs it up too much, but we get little stories here and there, which is pretty cool, because it is just a reminder that it did happen and it is something that you will always remember and something that me and my sister would both want to work towards in the future. “
Melanie adds: “I find it really helpful because she always knows exactly how I feel about everything because she has done it before. “
After President Donald Trump claimed that US negotiations with Tehran might resume as soon as this week, Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi has ruled out a prompt resumption of talks with the country.
The G7’s foreign ministers issued a statement calling for dialogue on a deal to end Iran’s nuclear program on Monday, following Araghchi’s comments on CBS Evening News.
Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure while Iran and the US were negotiating about Tehran’s nuclear program. On June 21, the US bombed the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan sites in an effort to counteract Israel’s attacks.
Tehran insists that its nuclear program is peaceful, but Israel and the US claim to make it impossible for Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran first needs assurances against further attacks, according to Araghchi, who claimed that negotiations won’t begin as soon as Trump had suggested.
The minister said that we must first ensure that America does not target us again during a military attack while we decide to reengage.
He said, “I think we still need more time given all of these considerations,” but that “diplomacy will never shut its doors.”
After his first term, the US president abandoned a 2015 agreement his predecessor signed with Tehran that curbed the nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, the Trump administration is pursuing discussions with Iran. Iran was permitted to enrich uranium that was less than 3.67 percent pure for use in commercial nuclear power plants in accordance with that agreement.
Iran responded by producing uranium that was 60% enriched, above the legal threshold for civilian use, but still below the level of a nuclear weapon.
Iran’s nuclear programs would almost certainly not be able to be resurrected, according to Trump, who has claimed that the US attacks have “obliterated” its nuclear sites.
However, Araghchi refrained from making that claim.
He told CBS, “One cannot obliterate science and technology for enrichment through bombings.” We will be able to quickly repair the damage and make up for the lost time if there is a will on our part and a will that exists in order to once again advance in this industry.
Iran has suspended its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since the US and Israeli attacks, which came after the ceasefire.
Iranian-based Resul Serdar, a reporter for Al Jazeera, reported that Iran and the IAEA are experiencing growing tensions.
According to Serdar, “They] Iranianians are saying that they will only allow the inspectors to come back once they have secured the nuclear sites” that the US and Israel have bombed.
Meanwhile, Group of Seven foreign ministers praised the ceasefire between Iran and Israel and demanded that Tehran and Washington resume its negotiations.
The G7’s foreign ministers on Monday urged the resumption of negotiations to lead to a comprehensive, verifiable, and long-term agreement that addresses Iran’s nuclear program.
Before the Oasis Live comeback performances this week in Cardiff, Liam Gallagher spoke with Burberry.
Liam has been speaking as the Oasis tour is just days away from starting(Image: GETTY)
Liam Gallagher has given a mini interview ahead of the Oasis comeback tour – explaining what he thinks makes a great frontman.
The Oasis singer was modelling a new Burberry jacket when he answered a series of questions for the designer brand just days before he will take to the stage with brother Noel Gallagher in Cardiff. The pair and the rest of Oasis have already been rehearsing in the Principality stadium in the Welsh capital.
Asked what makes a great frontman, Liam said: “I mean being able to sing is good. Just getting on with your job and doing it, and trying to get a vibe going and looking cool.”
He has previously acknowledged Ian Brown’s influence on him as a young person and asked for the money to change his life when he said, “I’m having a bit of that” when I went to see the Stone Roses in 1989 in Manchester.
Liam was also asked about the things he couldn’t live without, and some of these things he will undoubtedly miss whilst on tour, especially his pet. He said: Football, my family, my missus, my kids, my dog. In no particular order by the way. My dog’s called Buttons.”
Liam, a Manchester City fan, recalls wearing one when the former home of Man City, Maine Road, was playing on it on stage, and that he had a few opportunities to praise Burberry for their “good jackets.” He has made no commitment to do so in Cardiff this week, but he did say, “I like the jackets. I actually had a blue check one similar to a Harrington when I first got one when it was in Maine Road, and I still have it.
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Oasis have arrived in Cardiff ahead of the the start of their sensational reunion tour – which will finally see Noel and Liam Gallagher on stage.
The band could be heard on Monday having rehearsals inside the Principality stadium. The countdown is now on for the first show of the world tour on Friday, with the band having got back together several months ago to begin jamming.
In May, the band’s first images of rehearsals in London were released. Noel Gallagher, Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, Gem Archer, and Andy Bell, who will play guitar in the massive sold-out shows, were shown. Andy on bass and Andy on guitar.
Liam joined on June 3 after initially being on vocal rest. Christian Madden, a keyboardist, and Joey Waronker, a drummer, both join the band on drums. He has previously performed on tour with Liam, but never with Oasis.
Noel and Liam will walk on stage for the first time together in public, since the band split nearly two decades ago, on July 4. There will also be dates in Manchester, London and Dublin as part of the tour.
Noel, 57, left the Manchester rock band on August 28, 2009, saying he “poised to go on working with Liam a day longer.” The brothers had been making disparaging remarks about one another for more than a decade.
That all changed when the tour was announced in August of last year. The pair exchanged several photos to confirm the band’s long-awaited reunion on Tuesday, saying, “The great wait is over.
In a new poll released in advance of the band’s eagerly awaited reunion tour this summer, Live Forever by Oasis was named the best British song of all time in April.
Noel and Liam Gallagher’s Manchester band placed 16 incredible tracks in Radio X’s top 100 results. The top 10 also included “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” “Slide Away,” and “Champaign Supernova.” The 10th annual Best of British, hosted by B& and Q poll, was on Radio X.
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