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Oscar Piastri handed McLaren a clean sweep of F1 Spanish Grand Prix practice by comfortably topping FP3 in Barcelona. Saturday's final practice session got off to a sluggish start, with little meaningful running early on in the searing midday heat. Carlos Sainz drew applause from his Spanish fans as he led the early running aboard the Williams, which hadn't looked at its very best on the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Tqz6KXG via IFTTT

It’s no secret that Max Verstappen dreams of competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours. And now, after his GT3 test with Emil Frey Racing at the Nurburgring Nordschleife – where he drove under the pseudonym Franz Hermann – there is growing speculation that the Nurburgring 24 Hours is also on his wishlist. A specific FIA license is required for these kinds of endurance races, and Verstappen has ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Zj43oOm via IFTTT

“It clearly slowed McLaren down a lot,” said Mercedes’ George Russell, voice freighted with sarcasm. “So, yeah, good news.” Ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix the issue of aero-elasticity had acquired so much momentum that it was virtually the only show in town. To look out on the panoramic vista of the pitlane from the media centre on Friday morning was to see TV ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mB8ioyC via IFTTT

Factory Honda rider Luca Marini has dislocated his hip in a fall while testing for the Suzuka 8 Hours. The Italian crashed heavily on his second day of testing at the legendary Japanese venue, where the classic endurance race will take place on 3 August. Apart from the dislocated hip, Marini also suffered left knee ligament damage as well as fractures in his sternum and left collarbone. He ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/QSHYo2R via IFTTT

Nico Hulkenberg didn’t mince his words when discussing potential changes to the Monaco Grand Prix track. The Sauber driver told critics to “stop crying” about the historic track, which plays host to notoriously dull races given how difficult it is to overtake there. “I don't always understand that drama around it,” he told reporters in Barcelona on Thursday. “People know it's going ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/VKCnHb6 via IFTTT

Formula 1's current rules have gradually led to the closest grid in history, which means a minor upgrade can make the difference between scoring points and being out in Q1. Paired with tricky ground-effect cars and limitations on spending and aerodynamic testing, it has made the margin for error in the development process even smaller, with every update carefully considered and requiring total ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/2kZgJdI via IFTTT

Carlos Sainz Sr’s hopes of ousting current FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem have taken an early blow after a hefty number of automobile clubs signed a letter throwing their weight behind the incumbent. While there had been plenty of suggestion Ben Sulayem would run uncontested in the presidential election later this year, Autosport broke the news that two-time world rally champion and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/hR4MijE via IFTTT

Flavio Briatore’s presence in the Formula 1 paddock may split opinion – but the Italian knows how to win and now he insists Alpine has “no excuses” to not target victories in 2026 and titles following season. The controversial 75-year-old is an executive advisor to Alpine, but has taken on more responsibilities since Oliver Oakes left his role as team principal earlier this month. It ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xd9BoIS via IFTTT

In his memoirs, Monaco Grand Prix founder Antony Noghes detailed the days and weeks he spent wandering the streets of the Principality, trying to work out a route for his proposed motor race. “Today,” he concluded with a flourish, “the roads comprising this circuit look as though they were made for the purpose.” Those racing in modern Formula 1 might agree to disagree. In recent ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/yCdnXKl via IFTTT

After ninth place in Sunday’s DTM race at the Lausitzring, Lucas Auer’s lead in the overall standings has shrunk to six points. And from the Landgraf Mercedes driver's point of view, two-time champion Marco Wittmann is clearly to blame. Read Also: DTMDTM Lausitzring: Aitken snatches victory from Rast “That was a write-off; a shitty race,” the Austrian grumbled ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/26k3Uo4 via IFTTT

In Imola, Sauber celebrated its 600th grand prix, from its humble Formula 1 beginnings in 1993 through a rollercoaster of manufacturer and independent stints before morphing into the Audi works team next year. One man was there for every single race, and as Sauber celebrated its anniversary, so did long-time sporting manager Beat Zehnder. Zehnder has seen it all: Mercedes, BMW and Red Bull all ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8Q7cFhR via IFTTT

Long-time Formula 1 fans will cherish the evocative memory of the Jordan 191 with its bright green and blue colour scheme, resplendent with PepsiCo’s 7Up logos. That partnership ended after a year – Pepsi blew the marketing budget on Michael Jackson’s world tour of the Dangerous album – but 7Up briefly returned in 2002 as ‘official soft drinks partner’ of the Williams team, albeit ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/KAzqN6W via IFTTT

The 2025 Monaco Grand Prix was another Formula 1 race that left Ferrari in fire-fighting mode afterwards, owing to apparent tensions in radio traffic between Lewis Hamilton and his engineer. Hamilton was fifth and team-mate Charles Leclerc came second, yielding Ferrari’s best combined points score from a non-sprint weekend this season. And yet, neither driver was in a particularly ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/x1qTGwa via IFTTT

Indy 500 runner-up Marcus Ericsson is one of three drivers to have been disqualified from this year's race after failing technical inspections. IndyCar announced on Monday that the Andretti-run cars of Ericsson and Kyle Kirkwood, who finished sixth, along with Callum Ilott's #90 Prema entry that had crossed the line in 13th were all found to have irregularities.  PLUS: How Palou joined ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/gvjqWZY via IFTTT

After last year's Monaco “procession” – as Red Bull team principal Christian Horner called it – Formula 1 and the FIA felt the need to try ‘something’ for this year's grand prix. ‘Something’ turned out to be a rule change aimed at adding strategic intrigue to the race. The FIA mandated that each driver must use three sets of tyres, which – barring a red flag – would mean two ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9eAtiYT via IFTTT

Sitting in the Monaco Grand Prix media centre towards the end of Sunday’s Formula 1 race, the press pack were trying to decide just how we each felt about the introduction of the mandatory two-stop rule and if it had worked or not. One of them hit the nail firmly on the head when he suggested that it worked for teams who played it smart with strategy and punished those who did not – and in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/cXrGpDy via IFTTT

George Russell thinks a radical Monaco Grand Prix format change might be needed after a failed Formula 1 rules experiment. After years of suffering through Monaco processions, F1 and the FIA agreed to trial a rules experiment by mandating the use of three tyre sets, effectively turning the 78-lap race into a two-stopper. The idea was to create more strategic variance and jeopardy, but in the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/TreLycl via IFTTT

Pirelli motorsport chief Mario Isola is concerned a long safety car period during the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix could lead to issues in the pitlane, suggesting it will take a "genius" rather than a strategist to work out how best to attack the race, now that using at least three tyres sets is mandatory. F1 will enter the unknown when the lights go out on Sunday afternoon, with the decision to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Y2x6OQK via IFTTT

“This has nothing to do with racing,” concluded Max Verstappen after last year’s Monaco Grand Prix. It fits a pattern: Saturdays are spectacular in the principality, but Sundays tend to offer limited to almost no action. This is obviously due to overtaking with today’s large F1 cars being virtually impossible around the streets of Monte Carlo. In the 2024 race, an early red flag ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/a8Ef1sH via IFTTT

Trackhouse MotoGP rider Ai Ogura will not take part in any further sessions at the British Grand Prix after suffering a possible fracture to his right tibia. The Aprilia satellite squad released a statement this morning after Ogura crashed during Friday’s FP1 session, and the Moto2 world champion is unable to continue racing this weekend at Silverstone. "Following the accident that Ai ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/2VPcrt4 via IFTTT

For the first time in its illustrious history, the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix has a title sponsor, with TAG Heuer claiming the distinct honour. As one of LVMH’s ‘maisons’, the luxury watchmaker was announced earlier this year as F1’s new official timekeeper and also as the main partner of arguably the most iconic race on the calendar. LVMH has a 10-year deal in place with F1 that ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/CFsvhHX via IFTTT

Aston Martin's tech guru Adrian Newey believes the best way the Formula 1 squad can attract Max Verstappen in the future is by simply building the best car. Newey started his role of Managing Technical partner on 3 April, forming part of a superteam Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll is building in a brand-new Silverstone headquarters. Newey joins CEO Andy Cowell and former Ferrari tech chief ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3HwZdlA via IFTTT

Supercars has announced that it will have two events in New Zealand from next year. Ruapuna Raceway, 15km west of Christchurch, will host the first-ever Supercars event on New Zealand’s South Island — part of a groundbreaking NZ double-header. The length of the deal means that there will be three years of twin events: the ongoing round at Taupo and Ruapuna Raceway. “We’ve always ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/MWI0kti via IFTTT

"A real strange one," is how Autosport's Nigel Roebuck opened his report for the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix, offering a fitting precis for a chaotic race with a chaotic finish. It is widely remembered as being the race that nobody wanted to win. Monaco, the jewel in the crown, the one trophy all drivers would surely covet above all others, was there for the taking. And in the space of the final ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wt2oPSv via IFTTT

The Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix showed Red Bull is making progress with its 2025 Formula 1 car, but Max Verstappen doesn't believe the team's form will carry over to this weekend’s race in Monaco. Verstappen was pipped to pole last weekend in Italy, but passed polesitter Oscar Piastri at the start before comfortably controlling the race. Beneath him was a Red Bull that was much stronger on ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/bHt4mJP via IFTTT

Carlos Sainz believes the “lottery” of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix will only be made bigger this weekend following the introduction of a mandatory two-stop race. In an attempt to spice up racing around the tight, twisty streets of Monte Carlo, the FIA World Motor Sport Council confirmed in February that each driver must make a minimum of two pitstops during the race. Read ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HIJ7Nv2 via IFTTT

It is all change at the top of the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings this week as Ali Bray takes over at the head of a radically altered leaderboard. Alongside Bray jumping up from second to first, there are four new drivers inside the top 10, while another has moved further up the table after a busy weekend of club motorsport that featured nine race meetings across the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/rtzIYKm via IFTTT

Aston Martin has announced a new partnership with AI specialists CoreWeave to streamline its Formula 1 operation by moving infrastructure to cloud-based technology. The deal will also support Aston Martin with car design, with AI engineering and cloud infrastructure speeding up the process. “We’re thrilled to welcome CoreWeave to the team,” said Aston Martin executive chairman ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7HFN5a8 via IFTTT

Aprilia has stood firm over Jorge Martin’s push to be released from his contract early and expects the defending MotoGP world champion to remain at the team at least until the end of 2026, it has said in a statement. The Italian manufacturer has remained silent on the matter since Autosport exclusively revealed Martin intended to invoke a clause in his contract to be released from the second ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/giOl35T via IFTTT

Formula 1 has urged social media platforms to take further steps to curb online abuse after Yuki Tsunoda and Jack Doohan were on the receiving end of toxic comments. Franco Colapinto's F1 return with Alpine has reignited a swell of passionate support from his Argentinian homeland, but over the past months a minority of fans have repeatedly crossed the line by harassing Doohan, who was ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/UPXj3G7 via IFTTT

Star MotoGP rookie Fermin Aldeguer is targeting a factory Ducati ride for 2027 but admits to being surprised to have already scored a maiden podium. The Spaniard celebrated his first podium in the premier class two weeks ago at Le Mans, in just his sixth MotoGP Grand Prix. However, it was a result that had been building for some time, as the Gresini rider had already impressed with a fifth ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7rFCazS via IFTTT

Sky Sports pundit Bernie Collins and long-serving Aston Martin Formula 1 team sporting director Andy Stevenson have been appointed trustees of the Grand Prix Trust. The trust was founded by three-time world champion Jackie Stewart in 1987 and is a benevolent fund that helps support those who either currently or have previously worked in F1 and have fallen on hard times. The organisation is ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/hiv8dUw via IFTTT

Jose Maria Lopez will be on standby at next month’s Le Mans 24 Hours as a Toyota Hypercar reserve driver for the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event.  Toyota Gazoo Racing has formalised the role the 2021 Le Mans winner played last year when he replaced the injured Mike Conway at short notice ahead of the test day. Lopez, who since last season has been part of Toyota sister ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/azIUG4N via IFTTT

Formula 1 and Disney have announced a new collaboration that will result in some of the media company’s most iconic characters entering the world of motorsport. Mickey Mouse, and several other internationally recognised figures, will feature in F1 “experiences, content, and merchandise” beginning in 2026, it was revealed on Monday night. F1’s chief commercial officer, Emily Prazer ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/DFRj4MG via IFTTT

Like Christmas, it only comes once a year. However, unlike Christmas, the British Automobile Racing Club-bannered Bishopscourt event lasts only two days, and presents a unique opportunity for car racers to sample the Northern Irish track that is otherwise exclusively a motorcycle venue. For many it’s a chance to really extend their machinery – and themselves – on a circuit that probably ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BElCmei via IFTTT

A fabulous three-way battle in the dry and dusty forests of North Wales was won by David Crossen in round three of the British Historic Rally Championship last weekend. The Plains Rally featured a mighty contest between Crossen/Ben Teggart, David Henderson/Chris Lees and Dan Mennell/John Roberts as the three Ford Escort Mk2s battled furiously across the dustiest stages experienced for several ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kGbtEyN via IFTTT

Star car: Wade’s 500bhp Mini-Honda For Classic Thunder racer Neil Wade, last weekend’s triple-header at Pembrey was “the first time I’ve actually felt like I could drive” his self-built 500bhp Honda turbo-powered Mini Cooper S R50. It’s been a long process for the former Royal Air Force engineer who has returned to racing after a five-year hiatus. Wade’s heavily-modified Mini ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/dfeWSmh via IFTTT

TOM'S driver Sho Tsuboi scored his first Super Formula victory of the season at Autopolis, ending Dandelion Racing's winning streak. Up from fifth on the grid, Tsuboi made a lightning start to run second on the opening lap of the 41-lap race behind poleman Tomoki Nojiri, with Ayumu Iwasa making a similarly strong getaway from seventh to jump up to third. Racing Bulls Formula 1 reserve driver ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/yfgXPA1 via IFTTT

A smart tyre choice helped Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll qualify a shock fifth and sixth for Imola's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. But how genuine is Aston Martin's upgraded performance? Imola saw the introduction of Pirelli's new-for-2025 C6 compound, an even softer tyre than its C5, which is in turn designed to spice up the action on street circuits and avoid races in which one-stopping is ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7s2dY3F via IFTTT

Among Formula 1’s most famous ones that got away is the 1988 season, where McLaren would have won every single race had Ayrton Senna not tangled with Jean-Louis Schlesser’s tardy Williams in the closing laps of the Italian Grand Prix, is Michael Schumacher’s 2004 season in what was also among the most dominant F1 cars ever: the Ferrari F2004. The German won 12 of the first 13 races of the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/XVRDgwp via IFTTT

Motorsport UK CEO Hugh Chambers says British Formula 4’s non-championship races on the British Grand Prix support bill will be “an international festival of F4” with teams reporting huge interest. Two 25-minute contests will be held at Silverstone in July as F1, F2, F3 and F4 will all appear at the same event for the first time. Being part of such a high-profile fixture has been a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/rtEeOUH via IFTTT

On Episode 1, we have former F1 driver, turned historic racer and broadcaster, Karun Chandhok and his favourite season - 1997. It was a season likely to be most remembered with one of F1's most intense rivalries as Ferrari's Michael Schumacher went head to head with Williams' Jacques Villeneuve. The season-defining crash at Jerez and the incredible triple tie in qualifying is mentioned, as ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/OImqico via IFTTT

Max Verstappen says it is unrealistic to expect Red Bull to close its race pace deficit with McLaren in the short-term despite a range of upgrades coming to the 2025 Formula 1 car. Verstappen finished 40 seconds behind McLaren's race winner Oscar Piastri at the most recent Miami Grand Prix, having beaten both McLarens to pole but then slumped back in the race as the Woking team's superior race ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/km3Npi9 via IFTTT

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen provoked rampant intrigue in the motorsport community last weekend when he drove a Ferrari – of all things – in a test at the Nurburgring Norschleife. Now, Haas team boss Ayao Komatsu has put his foot down and says his team’s driver’s won’t be following the Red Bull racer's example. Verstappen took advantage of the gap between the Formula 1 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/DuTvs2H via IFTTT

“We saw that when McLaren was pushing, we were between seven tenths and a second behind. For the first time, we saw their pure speed,” was Red Bull driver advisor Helmut Marko’s verdict after the Miami Grand Prix, offering a clear, raw picture of McLaren’s superiority. Of the six rounds held in Formula 1 2025 so far, the most recent one is the first in which the papaya team fully ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zFdyLYE via IFTTT

For the second time in two seasons Argentina's Franco Colapinto has found a way onto the Formula 1 grid during the season. But the circumstances could hardly be more different. Replacing Logan Sargeant at Williams, the team's junior driver was very much a left-field pick, having impressed team boss James Vowles during a wet and tricky Silverstone FP1 session as well as simulator work. This ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZFCbXLk via IFTTT

Behind the scenes, work is already in full swing at all engine manufacturers for 2026, with Red Bull Powertrains and Ford no exception. Mark Rushbrook, boss of Ford Motorsport and Ford Performance, already stated that most internal goals are being met, although he emphasised that it’s impossible to hit all milestones straightaway. Rushbrook also acknowledged that the competition is difficult to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/tZ2sbBu via IFTTT

Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 3 and Formula 4 will appear at the same event for the first time after non-championship British F4 races have been added to the British Grand Prix bill. This will be the maiden appearance for the British category on the British GP undercard, an aspiration that championship promoter Motorsport UK has long harboured. Two races are due to be held across the 4-6 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/CTmWudi via IFTTT

This weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is poised to spell an end to Imola as a grand prix venue, at least for now, with the classic track south east of Bologna running down its contract and no more room on the 2026 calendar to renew it. The undulating 4.909km circuit can boast a storied history about as long as the official name of the 2025 edition, perplexingly dubbed the AWS Formula 1 Gran ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZIJFPtA via IFTTT

Aston Martin managing technical partner Adrian Newey says he has been pleasantly surprised by the scope for innovation in F1's new-for-2026 ruleset. Newey has come on board at Aston Martin following his Red Bull exit to help establish the ambitious squad as a frontrunner for 2026 and beyond, focusing almost exclusively on the new chassis ruleset that will be introduced at the same time as a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/K4ZyDrk via IFTTT

This weekend Franco Colapinto will compete in his first grand prix since Abu Dhabi last year, having taken Jack Doohan’s race seat at Alpine. The Enstone-based organisation has acquired a reputation for operational chaos since Renault reacquired it in 2016, having gone through one total rebrand and a litany of technical directors and senior management. Most recently, the former team principal ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/P7w1Avg via IFTTT

Williams team principal James Vowles has backed any potential FIA presidential campaign from Carlos Sainz Sr, stating that the two-time World Rally champion would be a 'good fit'. Father of current Williams Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz, Sainz Sr is mulling over the prospect of running against incumbent Mohammed Ben Sulayem for the FIA presidency – as first revealed by Autosport last ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/2drpDTJ via IFTTT

Mercedes World Endurance Championship squad Iron Lynx will run a special livery at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours to celebrate the German marque’s victory of the famous enduro in 1989. The customer team will deck its three Mercedes GT3s in the popular Silver Arrows scheme that was used when the manufacturer claimed a dominant 1-2 at Circuit de la Sarthe 36 years ago. This is being done to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SY96gNC via IFTTT

Pirelli’s greatest challenge since becoming Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier in 2011 has been to reconcile its brief – to deliver tyres whose performance drops off sharply beyond a given point – with the drivers’ desire to have rubber which they can push on through an entire stint. These two requirements might not be mutually exclusive but the ‘sweet spot’ between them is hard to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4Q9hVdf via IFTTT

Jorge Martin intends to leave Aprilia at the end of this season, invoking a clause in his contract that releases him from the second year in 2026 if he is not among the top riders in the world championship standings after the French Grand Prix, Autosport has learned. The agreement signed by Aprilia and the reigning world champion last year at the Italian GP currently holds no binding effect for ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ENWh8Vp via IFTTT

75 years ago this week, when Giuseppe Farina roared across the finishing line to win the first world championship grand prix at Silverstone, he did so in an Alfa Romeo 158 weighing – depending on fluids and which sources you use – between 650 and 700kg. When F1 adopted a minimum weight for the first time in 1961 the figure was set at 450kg. Under the most recent ruleset, teams have been ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/76RLWOh via IFTTT

Jake Hill kickstarted his bid for a second successive British Touring Car Championship crown by sailing to victory in the first race of the day at Brands Hatch. Hill led home his team-mate within the West Surrey Racing-run BMW stable, the extremely impressive rookie Charles Rainford, to claim the honours by 0.662 seconds. From pole, it was no surprise that rear-wheel-drive traction propelled ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Pbcr5Bn via IFTTT

Reigning British Touring Car champion Jake Hill has warned that his BMW is still lacking pace despite leading a team 1-2 in qualifying for the second round at Brands Hatch. The West Surrey Racing team and its 330i M Sports were disappointing in the opening round at Donington Park, the first since the removal of the hybrid. Although this has lightened the cars by 55kg, it has negatively impacted ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/cJNC02v via IFTTT

Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s rookie Formula 1 season has so far reassured Mercedes in terms of raw speed and potential, but team boss Toto Wolff and his driver do expect a noticeable step forward as far as race pace is concerned. Antonelli had a breakthrough weekend in Miami as he outqualified highly rated team-mate George Russell twice, even claiming pole position for the sprint. Previously, his ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/36cDOgb via IFTTT

Fabio Quartararo set himself up for a perfect home race weekend by snatching a second consecutive MotoGP pole position from Marc Marquez at Le Mans on Saturday morning. The Yamaha rider repeated his Jerez performance by defeating the factory Ducati fair and square in Q2. Alex Marquez will start third for Gresini Ducati, while Francesco Bagnaia could only manage sixth on the second factory ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mzIqNo4 via IFTTT

Broc Feeney has returned to the winners’ circle with two convincing wins at the Symmons Plains Supercars round. The Triple 8 Chevrolet driver started from the front row in both races, and even if he had to fight hard, emerged with maximum points in the two 50-lap races at the historic Tasmanian track. As a result, he replaces team-mate Will Brown as the championship leader. Feeney ran away ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xGa0oHp via IFTTT

“Pretty shocking.” That’s how Liam Lawson assesses his results, four grands prix into his newest stint as a Racing Bulls driver, following his demotion from Red Bull. “We have no points,” Lawson said matter-of-factly after another forgettable race in Miami. “Obviously Formula 1 is a lot of variables and to put a full race together could be quite tough. The speed's been there for ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/gY5J8GK via IFTTT

An updated version of the World Rally Championship 2027 technical regulations is being finalised to be presented to the FIA World Motor Sport Council next month. A number of refinements to the WRC27 regulations were discussed by the WRC Commission when it met on Thursday. According to an update issued by the FIA, the biggest update pertained to bodywork while further details regarding “how ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NXyfM6H via IFTTT

When Formula 1 adopted turbocharged hybrid power units for the 2014 season, one manufacturer – Mercedes – had been ploughing resources into its project longer and more intensively than anyone else. The result was almost five seasons of total dominance while rivals struggled to catch up – and in the case of Renault, you could argue it never did. The thought that the forthcoming shift to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9ABLvpi via IFTTT

“That doesn't make so much of a difference.” Jamie Chadwick was quick to shrug off the significance of becoming the first female driver to win outright in the European Le Mans Series at Paul Ricard on Sunday. After all, she had won the LMP2 class in her only previous category start at Barcelona last month. Together with IDEC Sport team-mates Mathys Jaubert and Dani Juncadella, she was only ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Jsgy4wh via IFTTT

The pattern after the first six Formula 1 weekends of 2025 is clear: Max Verstappen can compete with McLaren over a single lap and compensate for some weaknesses himself, but on most Sundays he and Red Bull simply don't have the tools to fight the papaya cars over a full race distance. The explanation for the smaller gaps in qualifying is twofold. First, Verstappen extracts everything from the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/i67NtSu via IFTTT

Amid all the talk about 2026's hybrid engines and how they will be deployed, getting to F1's lower weight limit may well cause teams the biggest headache of all. The minimum car weight for F1's new rules era has been set at 768kg, 32kg down on the current limit of 800kg. This has largely been achieved by reducing the size of the cars, with the maximum wheelbase cut by 200mm to 3400mm and the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9qxWyFu via IFTTT

Jack Doohan says losing his race seat at the Alpine F1 team to Franco Colapinto is "a tough one for me to take" after it was confirmed he would step back, six races into the 2025 season. Doohan was yet to score points for the Alpine squad, and after another challenging weekend in Miami, which showed some strong one-lap performance but also ended after a Turn 1 collision, the team has now pulled ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/hvtUEek via IFTTT

The Alpine Formula 1 team has officially confirmed Franco Colapinto will replace Jack Doohan for the next five races of the 2025 season, starting at next week's Emilia Romagna GP in Imola. Doohan has been relieved of his duties after six difficult race weekends over which the Australian showed flashes of one-lap pace but struggled to deliver consistent race weekends. Doohan outqualified ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ECHah5b via IFTTT

Jochen Mass disproved the saying that nice guys finish last. A charming man who was universally liked, the German was a race winner in Formula 1 and one of the top sportscar drivers of his generation, claiming a victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours. But perhaps the German, who has died aged 78 from complications following a stroke, was indeed too nice to truly make his mark at the pinnacle of the sport ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/M1UhxVE via IFTTT

As if there was any doubt, McLaren's crushing 1-2 win in Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix further confirmed that the papaya team remains well on top in racing conditions, especially when rear tyre wear is critical. But why is Max Verstappen regularly beating Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to pole as well? Piastri led Norris home for his third consecutive win, and McLaren's fifth out of six races so ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/tJQCTP2 via IFTTT

Jimmy Piszcyk claimed the British Formula 4 points lead with a double victory around Silverstone’s Grand Prix circuit last weekend. Having inherited his first triumph of the season due to rivals’ penalties during round one at Donington Park, Piszcyk left nothing to chance this time. The Rodin driver controlled two safety car restarts to win the opener in Northamptonshire, while pre-event ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ToVenOH via IFTTT

Lewis Hamilton may be the second most experienced Formula 1 driver in history with 362 grand prix starts, but he insists he remains as motivated as ever – and says his feisty radio comments are just proof of this. Ferrari’s strategy was highly scrutinised again in Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix as Hamilton and team-mate Charles Leclerc ended up hindering one another, quibbling over the same ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3IEK9Sw via IFTTT

Alpine is considering switching Jack Doohan with reserve driver Franco Colapinto ahead of Formula 1's next race in Imola, Autosport understands. Doohan's disappointing run of results and incidents have moved Alpine's management to seriously consider whether it should make a driver change immediately rather than hand the Australian rookie more time to make the seat his own. Doohan has endured ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/RvJe6d4 via IFTTT

Alex Albon locked down a top-five result at Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix with a pass on Andrea Kimi Antonelli, and faced relatively little competition over the race's second half. That rather defined the progress that Williams has made this season with its FW47. The Grove-based squad is 17 points clear of Haas in the battle for fifth in the constructors' championship, has scored points in five ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Ds5oKrV via IFTTT

MotoGP teams have surprisingly agreed to tweak the championship’s strict testing regulations to allow riders coming back from long injury breaks to test ahead of their return to race action. Such tests were a hot topic of debate among teams ahead of Jorge Martin’s ill-fated MotoGP comeback at April’s Qatar Grand Prix. This followed an unsuccessful request from Martin’s Aprilia team to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/bh5Ufxe via IFTTT

GEDLICH Racing has announced its calendar for the 2026 Winter Series, which will once again visit Portugal and Spain’s finest circuits. The 2025 edition of the GEDLICH Racing Winter Series is now in the rear-view mirror, and the German organisation is at full-speed preparing the best package for teams wishing to get a head start in 2026. The outgoing season has been well-received by its ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/14Vhj9i via IFTTT

The Miami Grand Prix has been a hectic weekend thus far, as Saturday witnessed Andrea Kimi Antonelli become Formula 1’s youngest driver to claim a pole position. The 18-year-old lined up in first for the sprint race, but a Turn 1, lap one incident, plus a collision with Max Verstappen in the pitlane, bumped him down the order. That is just one of many things discussed in the latest ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xqrCZGb via IFTTT

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen is bracing for a difficult Miami Grand Prix despite defeating his McLaren Formula 1 rival Lando Norris to pole position. Verstappen took his third pole of the season at the Miami International Autodrome on Saturday, defeating Norris by 0.065s and Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli by 0.067s in a thrilling qualifying session - with the second McLaren of Oscar ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/yz6aLfi via IFTTT

Lando Norris is aiming to make a move on Max Verstappen at the start of Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix, but doesn't anticipate a repeat of April's Suzuka race if he can't pass at Turn 1. The Briton was put in the shade by Verstappen in qualifying, as a botched entry to Turn 17 derailed his progress to overturn the Red Bull driver's advantage, which was largely carved out in the opening ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HQczplu via IFTTT

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Formula 1 rivals Red Bull are inventing a “narrative” that suggests it is achieving miracles just by competing for pole positions and wins this season. Max Verstappen sealed his third pole position of 2025 for Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix and will be aiming to convert it into a second victory of the campaign to remain in the fight for a fifth ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Nl6WfD3 via IFTTT

As revealed by Autosport, Red Bull Racing is phasing in a small but significant update package in three steps. In Jeddah, it introduced a few new components and bodywork tweaks, in Miami there are modifications to the floor, and further updates are scheduled for Imola. According to the FIA's technical document, Red Bull’s Miami package consists of modified floor fences and floor edges – in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Bw9bUX8 via IFTTT

Charles Leclerc was visibly disappointed after qualifying sixth for Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix sprint race, registering his 'annoyance' that Ferrari had lacked pace thus far this weekend. The Monegasque had arrived in Miami with the understanding that he was finding pace in Ferrari's SF-25 through a series of set-up tweaks that had ensured the car was handling more to his liking. After ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xIPFikU via IFTTT

Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen expects to be in for a tough time in the Miami Grand Prix sprint race, citing expected high temperatures and Red Bull's recurring understeer issues at low speed. Verstappen was the only driver to take two flying laps in sprint qualifying, where he improved on his second tour of the Miami International Autodrome to move ahead of George Russell - who ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ud7JcGZ via IFTTT

The FIA wants to increase the pit lane speed of select Formula 1 races to make them more strategically interesting, including the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort and the Singapore Grand Prix. This comes after the opening rounds of the 2025 campaign have raised concerns about relatively straightforward one-stop grands prix. So, to make contests strategically more interesting, Pirelli has opted ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/LbiVI8w via IFTTT

Oscar Piastri remains intent on not getting carried away now that he is leading the Formula 1 championship for the first time in his short career.  The McLaren driver leads the standings by 10 points having won three of the previous four grands prix including the last two in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. That is despite a poor season-opener in Melbourne, where for much of the race Piastri ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/jpyvsRn via IFTTT

Lewis Hamilton said he was delivered a “curveball” of a question at the Miami Grand Prix when he was asked about David Beckham turning 50 this weekend. The two are friends and previously shared the same agency and, having a few seconds to think of his answer, Hamilton spoke more about what Beckham has done since retiring from a football career that saw him win multiple trophies and captain ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/klBypHD via IFTTT

It is a quirk of Italian law that, if a fatality occurs, even on a race track, someone must be held responsible. The tragic deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix weekend resonated through the world and put Formula 1 under intense scrutiny. While Ratzenberger’s accident was clearly caused by front-wing failure, Senna’s became the object of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Be5LUZq via IFTTT

Jonathan Wheatley is aiming to install a big-team mentality at Sauber before it completes its switch to Audi from 2026 – although the former Red Bull sporting director admits it will take “years” to get to the top of Formula 1. Having left Red Bull two years ago, Wheatley has now started his new role as team principal of Sauber, which finished bottom of the constructors’ championship ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/bQksrXv via IFTTT