F1's Summer Break Shopping List

F1’s easily forgotten driver mess needs resolving

When Franco Colapinto’s testing crash added a postscript to Alpine’s disappointing sign-off for Formula 1’s summer break, it brought an easily forgotten driver saga back into focus.Colapinto’s Hungaroring crash this week sparked plenty of comments online about his grand prix weekend performances relative to predecessor Jack Doohan, who was dropped after six races of 2025 back in May.At the time, that change was stated to be a temporary evaluatio…

F1's summer break shopping list

We did it, gang! We made it to the summer break built into the F1 season, the innovation that gives team members from top to bottom a much-needed break in their astoundingly hectic calendar.