With F1’s current regulations now in their fourth year, the performance gaps that gave front-runners comfortable advantages are shrinking fast. Teams that were once struggling to keep pace have had enough time with these cars to catch up on the learning curve. (See: Ferrari and McLaren’s surge last year .)

During a test drive of Ferrari’s new 2025 SF-25 vehicle at the Fiorano test track, a fan took things too far by cutting down a tree to get a better view of Lewi

The countdown continues to the start of the new Formula One season and one driver who has his eyes set on the prize of World champion is Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Season by season the the 27-year-old has inched closer and closer to fulfilling his childhood dream but never quite getting over the line and taking the chequered flag.