Excitement builds for Norris's home weekend with even more powerful MCL39? The Briton reveals.
Norris wants to impress the Landostand and McLaren fans.
1 Jul 2025
Savannah Lenz
GPblog.com

After being asked if he is expecting to have the new upgrades perform at Silverstone, Norris said, "Our strengths here were the high speed, so I want to hope it's a similar case next weekend, but it's still a very different track. It's a different layout. We're not going to take anything for granted. But the upgrades were working as they should have done today, and that's certainly a good sign."

"We give a lot of credit to everyone back in MTC and to the whole team for giving us another very, very good car, upgrades that we just can put on – they've been a little while and we've been pushing with things – but we put them on the car, and they worked as they should. We're satisfied. The team is satisfied and excited for next weekend. The best race weekend of the year, in my opinion. To have my own grandstand, to have the British fans for McLaren and for myself is something I'm looking forward to for sure."

‘Excitement builds’;

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/excit...briton-reveals


Hamilton ready for ‘really special’ Silverstone first with Ferrari
02/07/2025
Michael Delaney
F1i.com

Lewis Hamilton returns to his home Grand Prix this weekend, but this time with a twist history has never seen: he’ll be wearing red. “Silverstone has always been more than just a race track for me,” Hamilton said ahead of his homecoming.

“I’ve had some of the most unforgettable highs with the crowd right there behind me, but coming here with Ferrari for the first time is something really special. There are a few sections that really stand out, but Copse into Maggots and Becketts—that’s just something else. It’s so fast and, when you get it right, it feels like you’re flying. But what makes Silverstone so special for me is the atmosphere. There’s a reason I’ve stood on the podium so many times there, and that’s the love from the fans."

‘Silverstone first’;

https://f1i.com/news/542966-hamilton...h-ferrari.html


Alex Albon fears ‘disaster’ at British Grand Prix if Williams do not stop making the same mistake
2 July 2025
Kyle Archer
F1 Oversteer

Williams have set their expectations high for the 2025 F1 British Grand Prix, but Alex Albon warns his Grove team that they may face a ‘disaster’ at Silverstone on Sunday. Williams will now try to put their recent flurry of retirements in their rear-view mirror in this week’s British GP. Yet while sport.de claims that the Grove crew are going to Silverstone with high expectations for taking points, Albon fears a ‘disaster’ if Williams overload their engine.

Albon admits that Williams are not sure why they have endured a host of retirements due to their Mercedes power unit, brakes and overheating issues. But if their mistake of putting too much stress into an engine which cannot take it continues, then the British GP will be tough. “It feels like Canada. Same engine, same symptoms,” Albon lamented. “We’re not just losing points, we’re also losing important test kilometres. And if it hits our home track at Silverstone, it would be a disaster.”

‘Alex Albon fears disaster’;

https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/ale...-same-mistake/


Adrian Newey has helped Aston Martin ‘optimise’ one upgrade for Fernando Alonso’s car before the British Grand Prix
2 Jul 2025
Kyle Archer
F1 Oversteer

Adrian Newey made F1’s 2026 regulations his priority upon joining Aston Martin, but he has now helped to give Fernando Alonso upgrades for the 2025 British Grand Prix. Aston Martin will hope to boost Alonso’s chances of scoring points in the British GP, with the Silverstone natives producing upgrades for their AMR25. That is according to MARCA, which reports that updates are due at Silverstone and then at the Belgian Grand Prix on July 25-27.

Aston Martin intend to debut a suspension upgrade at the British GP that the team designed with the 2026 F1 regulations in mind. As the suspension elements, especially at the rear, will not be massively different next year, Aston Martin want to fine-tune their package this term. But the engineers in Silverstone are also working on further refinements to the floor update that Aston Martin first ran at Imola, which Newey has helped them ‘optimise’. The upgraded floor and new bodywork were a part of Aston Martin’s first major update package this term.

MARCA adds that Alonso wants Aston Martin to focus on their car for F1’s 2026 rules, so he is willing to pass up on updates for their 2025 car. Yet Aston Martin see the floor as one area to refine, now with Newey’s support, along with suspension elements that can stay in 2026. He has also now helped to optimise the floor on their AMR25, with which Alonso scored his first points of the 2025 F1 season with P9 in Spain, P7 in Canada and P7 in Austria. Stroll has not taken points since his P5 in the Miami Sprint or in a Grand Prix since his P9 in China.

‘Optimise’;

https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/adr...sh-grand-prix/


Silver lining for Verstappen? Horner sees latest upgrade could perform better at Silverstone
2 Jul 2024
Kada Sárközi
Sandy van Wijngaarden
GPblog.com

According to the Red Bull Racing team principal, a possible great result is already up for grabs at the upcoming British Grand Prix. “Let's see it Silverstone. It's a different type of circuit, it'll probably be a different temperature although there's a heatwave in the UK at the moment. It's fast corners, it's shorter corners, it's a completely different challenge to this circuit so I think it will move again in terms of the competitive order."

Since the beginning of the season, the Red Bull doesn't seem to have really made progress with the RB21, and Verstappen's gap further expanded with his DNF to 61 points. Horner offered an explanation for this. “I think the thing is there are no silver bullets in this business and I think that progress takes time.”

"And you have to understand the issues and then address them. And of course I think partly this year has exposed some of the issues we have with some of our tools. And of course, we're working hard to understand that because we don't want to be in this situation moving forward and there's one team that's a standout, but the rest of them, it keeps moving from weekend to weekend of who the best of the rest is," Horner concluded in Spielberg.

‘A possible great result is already up for grabs’;

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/silve...at-silverstone


"I want to get this week right": Tsunoda aiming to end four race point-less streak at British Grand Prix
2 Jul 2025
Luke-John Buckle
GPblog.com

Yuki Tsunoda is struggling at Red Bull, as the Japanese driver is nowhere near his teammate, Max Verstappen. The Japanese driver is heading into this weekend's British Grand Prix looking to end a lacklustre run of four races without a point. The 25-year-old explained in the Red Bull press release that Austria was tricky and Tsunoda is working to step up.

Tsunoda said: "Austria was a tough weekend for us and I really had high hopes going into it. Unfortunately things didn’t turn out the way we wanted and we have to accept that and move on. I am feeling more and more confident in the car, which is why not being able to unlock the long run pace is frustrating for me.”

"The Team and I are working together to find a way to do that and to gain consistency across a weekend. The positive is I have shown and have felt that we have the potential to qualify well, it’s now about making sure set up is right and I can lock a good lap in, like in Canada before the grid penalty. I want to get this week right for everyone and show what I am capable of."

"I want to get this week right";

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/i-wan...ish-grand-prix


F1 legend drops fresh Max Verstappen bombshell as 'massive' claim made ahead of British GP
2 Jul 2025
SPORTbible

Red Bull Racing advisor Helmut Marko told ORF after the Grand Prix that there are 'performance-based clauses' in Verstappen's contract, but added that there was 'no reason' to suspect that he would leave the team. However, on Tuesday night, Sky Sports Italia reported that the Dutchman was in talks to sign for Mercedes from 2026.

That followed on from comments from Silver Arrows team principal Toto Wolff, who stated on Friday that he had held preliminary discussions with Verstappen's entourage over his future direction. Sky Sports F1 commentator Brundle has expressed his concern for the British driver and thinks he will already be 'ringing around' other teams for 2026.

Speaking on Sky Sports News on Wednesday, Brundle said: "I think George Russell is nervous and ringing around a little bit. There's no smoke without fire. "2026 is massive, biggest change ever in F1 for the chassis and power unit, and you guess Mercedes will be there or thereabouts. Would you put Red Bull [at the front], and can Max actually get out of his contract? Something is up."

‘Fresh Max Verstappen bombshell’;

https://www.sportbible.com/f1/max-ve...92388-20250702