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Rally Saudi Arabia marked Ott Tanak’s final outing with Hyundai after the 2019 world champion announced plans to take a sabbatical earlier this month to reset and spend more time with his family.  Tanak had been in the victory hunt in Saudi Arabia before a series of punctures on Friday ended any hopes of a podium to sign off his time in the WRC.   While the 38-year-old ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/EVYjWOp via IFTTT

Matt Payne took a strong win in the final Supercars race of the season on the streets of Adelaide, but all eyes were on the battle for the championship, which was ultimately taken by Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert.  Payne and his Grove Racing Ford Mustang dominated what was a dramatic race for seemingly everyone but him. He took the lead from the front row of the grid and simply ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/lsO4mUb via IFTTT

Max Verstappen reckons his Spanish Grand Prix clash will not be the reason he misses out on the 2025 Formula 1 world championship should a McLaren driver claim it.  The Red Bull racer is level with second-placed Oscar Piastri and 24 points off leader Lando Norris with 58 available across the remaining Qatar and Abu Dhabi weekends.  It’s actually quite remarkable that Verstappen is even ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ijxyrVn via IFTTT

Alpine managing director Steve Nielsen says the Enstone-based team needs “patience, common sense and consistency” for the foreseeable future as it tries to find its way back to the front in Formula 1.  Nielsen arrived at Alpine in September to take on the managing director role left vacant by Oliver Oakes, who suddenly departed the team in early May after the Miami Grand Prix.  His ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/XRp6ftA via IFTTT

The varying fates of the championship contenders dominated the headlines after qualifying for the Formula 1 sprint in Qatar as Oscar Piastri annexed pole while Lando Norris could do no better than third and Max Verstappen's bouncing Red Bull consigned him to sixth. Behind the scenes there was a more disturbing technical development as F1's tyre supplier identified serious damage caused by ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/94oQzAc via IFTTT

Forget the effect of McLaren’s double disqualification in Las Vegas on the three-way battle for the drivers’ championship. Adrian Newey’s appointment as team principal of Aston Martin F1 was the hot topic on opening day in the Losail paddock. This may indeed have been the point: rumours that Andy Cowell was to be removed from his position as CEO and team principal had been gathering pace ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/eE7iZwN via IFTTT

There will be no immediate changes to the driving standards guidelines document for the final two rounds of the championship, the governing body confirmed in its statement. The list of recommendations for FIA stewards will remain as is for now. The much-anticipated meeting took place at the Losail circuit on Thursday night ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix. As expected, the discussion centred ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/AW8CvhP via IFTTT

McLaren boss Andrea Stella says the team will not change its approach of supporting both drivers equally in the title fight. The stance comes after a major setback in the championship, with both McLaren cars excluded from the Las Vegas Grand Prix results – a penalty that allowed Verstappen to close up again. Ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix, the Dutchman is now just 24 points behind Lando Norris ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/dUFZtI2 via IFTTT

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella has provided answers to the main questions following its double disqualification last weekend, after the Woking team completed its internal investigation. Both McLaren drivers were removed from the final classification of the Las Vegas Grand Prix following post-race technical checks, resulting in Lando Norris losing his second-place finish and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/vt49KGH via IFTTT

Mercedes Formula 1 boss and co-owner Toto Wolff says he sees "no reason" for the series to not keep growing amid soaring team valuations. Wolff recently concluded the sale of 15% of his holding company to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, which represents a 5% share in the Mercedes outfit Wolff co-owns with Mercedes-Benz and Ineos. The deal saw the Mercedes F1 team's value pegged at a record ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7tnKWMS via IFTTT

For the past few months a phoney war has been brewing in the Formula 1 paddock, as gossip has circulated about the state of preparations for the all-new regulations coming next season. Specifically, well-connected sources have repeatedly claimed that Red Bull’s new in-house engine project is some way short of where it needs to be, while Mercedes is said to be in the best shape. Although ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/UDcRK0a via IFTTT

The World Rally Championship will feature mandatory rest periods next year following approval for amendments to the sporting regulations by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. Rally itineraries have been a hot topic within the WRC for some time, with the matter brought into sharp focus at this year’s Rally Portugal. The event’s itinerary, which featured 15-hour days without midday ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/cG9qaQB via IFTTT

The development of Toyota’s revamped Le Mans Hypercar contender is on track, with early testing leaving the squad cautiously optimistic for the 2026 World Endurance Championship. Debuting in 2021 under the new LMH regulations, the GR010 Hybrid is now easily the oldest car on the Hypercar grid. Early updates during the life cycle of the car in 2022 and ‘23 allowed Toyota to hold its own ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/J0WF8h9 via IFTTT

McLaren's double disqualification at Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix has opened the door ajar for Max Verstappen in the 2025 title fight. In Qatar, Lando Norris can slam it shut again. After a long stewards' hearing on Saturday night, McLaren was finally excluded from the Las Vegas Grand Prix for excessive plank wear. It was a minimal transgression – we're talking tenths of a millimetre ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/5QJBx6P via IFTTT

Yuki Tsunoda has claimed everything is going against him, following further hardship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix amid a tough Formula 1 season. Tsunoda qualified 19th after Red Bull made a mistake with his tyre pressures in qualifying, and the team decided to breach parc ferme to tweak his set-up and give him a new power unit for the race. Starting from the pitlane, the Japanese racer pitted ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kWQatEL via IFTTT

Johann Zarco has doubled down on his criticism of MotoGP’s prototype radio system, saying the static noise renders it practically “pointless”. Inspired by team radio used in Formula 1 and other series, MotoGP has been developing its own two-way communication system to enable riders and the pitwall to interact with each other in real time. Several riders have tested the device in the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/sytOuEV via IFTTT

Ferrari’s Formula 1 team boss Fred Vasseur has responded to Lewis Hamilton’s extreme pessimism following the Las Vegas Grand Prix, saying everybody must “calm down”.  The seven-time world champion crossed the line in 10th on Saturday night after starting on the back row following a disastrous qualifying, in which he failed to set a lap at the end of a wet Q1.  Although Hamilton ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3kZo9fd via IFTTT

Newly crowned Super Formula champion Ayumu Iwasa has the potential to perform in Formula 1 at a higher level than Yuki Tsunoda, believes his race engineer. Tomohiko Koike made the claim in the wake of last weekend's Suzuka finale, where two pole positions and victory in the final race were enough to propel Team Mugen’s Iwasa ahead of defending champion Sho Tsuboi in the drivers’ ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/FE8GXlY via IFTTT

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko had a laugh when McLaren told Lando Norris to attack the dominant Max Verstappen during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The four-time world champion won from second on the grid after overtaking poleman Norris at Turn 1, as the McLaren driver went wide having defended the inside too aggressively.  George Russell also overtook Norris at race start ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HeApzrv via IFTTT

Lewis Hamilton delivered arguably his most downbeat interviews of the 2025 Formula 1 season, saying he took “zero” consolation from his comeback drive at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion finished 10th after a disastrous qualifying, in which he came 20th having failed to cross the line in time to set a final flying lap in the wet Q1.  It came amid a horror debut ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/EXI2KqN via IFTTT

Max Verstappen kept his Formula 1 title hopes alive with victory at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, capitalising from Lando Norris' wide moment at the start of the race. Verstappen's fast start forced Norris into an aggressive defence into the opening corner, but the Briton ended up outbraking himself in the short run to Turn 1 to extinguish any momentum. The reigning champion broke past to lead the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BXtj40d via IFTTT

Oscar Piastri has conceded that his poor qualifying result at the Las Vegas Grand Prix has ‘complicated’ his bid for a maiden Formula 1 world championship. The McLaren driver will start the race in fifth while team-mate and title rival Lando Norris is on pole, having gone quickest by three tenths in the wet. Piastri simply got caught out by a late yellow flag caused by Charles ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/RIA9Wpq via IFTTT

Lando Norris overcame a wet Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying to secure his third consecutive Formula 1 pole, rescuing his car from a slide to beat Max Verstappen to the front of the grid. The McLaren driver had set off on an impressive pair of sectors on his final lap, sitting almost a second up on Verstappen at the close of the second sector; Verstappen himself had just put 0.04s over Carlos ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/DKgjmF8 via IFTTT

Formula 1 is set for its final triple-header of the 2025 season with this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix where the drivers’ title is still in the balance. Lando Norris leads his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri by 24 points, while reigning world champion Max Verstappen is third and 49 off top with Vegas the first time the Red Bull driver could be put out of contention. For that to happen ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Mst17nB via IFTTT

Max Verstappen jokingly made clear that he would run Formula 1’s racing guidelines through a shredder if it were up to him.  Following Oscar Piastri’s penalty in Brazil, debate over F1’s racing guidelines has resurfaced. Carlos Sainz called the penalty handed to the McLaren driver “unacceptable” and added that the guidelines will be discussed in Qatar. These documents outline what ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/H7TCiej via IFTTT

Lando Norris headlined Formula 1's second practice session for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, which was interrupted twice in the final 20 minutes by red flags for a suspected loose manhole cover at Turn 17. In a session preceded by light rain, it took five minutes before the drivers elected to brave a presumably slippery circuit - and it took much of the opening half to build up towards Charles ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/d4oGs9V via IFTTT

Yuki Tsunoda has admitted he is nervous about his Formula 1 future as a final announcement of Red Bull's 2026 driver line-up is still not forthcoming. Red Bull is widely expected to promote standout Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar to the main team next year as Max Verstappen's new partner, with 18-year-old Arvid Lindblad set to be promoted to Racing Bulls. That decision would leave either ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/R1FNx9A via IFTTT

The results of the Brazil Grand Prix might have been inked into the record books but that hasn't prevented the events of that weekend remaining a hotly debated topic in Formula 1. For the majority of F1's drivers, the most contentious element was Oscar Piastri's 10-second penalty for his part in triggering a collision which eliminated Ferrari's Charles Leclerc from the race. Leclerc's ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/YcfLxPu via IFTTT

It all seemed doom-and-gloom on the 31 August. An oil leak had just put Lando Norris out of the Dutch Grand Prix meaning the McLaren Formula 1 driver was now 34 points behind Oscar Piastri, who won at Zandvoort, in the championship. The outcome of the 2025 title therefore seemed inevitable. Piastri was the driver in form, he’d just scored his seventh win of the year after five podiums on the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/boAsaZE via IFTTT

Lancia has shed more light behind the reason it is making its anticipated World Rally Championship comeback in the second tier Rally2 class.  The iconic Italian manufacturer that won a record 10 WRC manufacturers’ title will return to the WRC stages next year courtesy of a WRC2 programme with its all-new Ypsilon HF Integrale Rally2 car. It is also anticipated that the brand will be present ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wPbK20u via IFTTT

EA Sports has announced it will not release a new Formula 1 game for the 2026 season. Instead, the company will provide a “paid expansion to F1 25”, featuring 2026 cars, teams and regulations. Autosport has approached EA Sports as to whether the content will include the Madrid street track that will debut next year, called Madring. Meanwhile, EA Sports will focus on revamping its game ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kn4De6f via IFTTT

Fabio Quartararo has identified the areas where Yamaha’s new V4-powered M1 is still lacking following this week’s official MotoGP test at Valencia. The 2021 world champion got his first opportunity to test Yamaha’s 2026 challenger since the Misano test, where he had felt the new bike was “worse” than the outgoing inline-four version. Completing 46 laps around the Circuit Ricardo ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/CkJUGom via IFTTT

The Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend will kick off a three-race run that goes all the way to the end of the 2025 season on 7 December in Abu Dhabi. Over this period, the Formula 1 drivers’ championship will be decided, as well as many positions in the constructors’ standings, which equates to a lot of prize money for the teams.  However, while almost every F1 squad still has things to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/64O8pj3 via IFTTT

Genesis has signed Jamie Chadwick as its reserve driver for the 2026 World Endurance Championship after she completed her first test in the GMR-001 Hypercar. Chadwick, who was already a part of Genesis’s Trajectory Programme this year, will step up to the role after finishing third in the 2025 European Le Mans Series in an IDEC Sport Oreca 07. As the team’s official reserve, Chadwick ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/f02bsBQ via IFTTT

After rain put a dampener on proceedings last year, there was plenty of thrilling action in this year’s Macau Grand Prix. With the Guia circuit’s unforgiving nature catching out even the most highly rated of talents, it continues to provide a true test of drivers in single-seater, sportscar and tin-top machinery.Here are the drivers who stood out the most from this year’s entertaining ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/WmAJGVi via IFTTT

Francesco Bagnaia says he still wants to ‘believe’ that he and Ducati can turn things around after what he described as “maybe the worst” year of his MotoGP career. Bagnaia made that comment following the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix, after an ill-judged move from LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco sent him into the gravel just four corners into the race. It marked the fifth consecutive ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/71FkGVR via IFTTT

Having reignited his Formula 1 world championship campaign after the summer break, Max Verstappen's momentum has sputtered and he could be definitively out after the Las Vegas Grand Prix. After the Dutch GP, the Dutchman trailed the then-leader, Oscar Piastri, by 104 points. Over the five races that followed, Verstappen managed to close the gap to first place – which Lando Norris claimed from ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BaCtcHO via IFTTT

McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andrea Stella says the team has "taken action" after last year's disappointing performance at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, which has been one of its worst circuits in recent years. McLaren finished sixth and seventh on the Las Vegas Strip street circuit last season, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri ending up 43 and 51 seconds behind Mercedes' winner George ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/lJvYUdc via IFTTT

Theo Nael scored victory in a thrilling Macau Grand Prix with a double pass into Lisboa, as polesitter Freddie Slater crashed out of second place. Pinnacle Motorsport driver Nael was running third behind his team-mate Mari Boya and Enzo Deligny at the final safety car restart with two laps to go, and catapulted ahead thanks to the slipstream on the long run down to Lisboa. With the safety ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/MVOc2Z1 via IFTTT

Broc Feeney reclaimed the Supercars points points lead with victory at Sandown Park near Melbourne, securing his place in the Final round in Adelaide in two weeks. Triple Eight’s Feeney, who started from pole position for the 16th time this season (equalling the record set in 2017 by Scott McLaughlin) played a cat-and-mouse game with fellow Chevrolet Camaro driver Anton De Pasquale ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8agwlq2 via IFTTT

Antonio Fuoco avenged his disappointment from last year by clinching a first win for Ferrari in Macau's FIA GT World Cup with a dominant performance. Fuoco tangled with Raffaele Marciello 12 months ago but the BMW driver never had a chance to challenge this time around as Fuoco's AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 maintained its superiority from both qualifying and the qualification race. Fuoco kept ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/R68rhHP via IFTTT

Lando Norris is openly expecting McLaren to struggle again at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, as the team gets a first chance to seal the Formula 1 drivers’ championship. Norris leads third-placed Max Verstappen by 49 points in the standings and needs to bring that gap to 58 points after the Las Vegas race for his Red Bull rival to be out of contention for the title. But the Nevada track ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/g8otbfP via IFTTT

Factory Ferrari driver Antonio Fuoco secured victory in the qualifying race for the FIA GT World Cup in Macau. Starting from pole, the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours winner delivered a controlled lights-to-flag performance in the #50 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 over twelve laps and was never seriously threatened. At the start, Fuoco immediately broke clear of the #83 Harmony Ferrari of fellow Ferrari ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/0RvfJcF via IFTTT

Chaz Mostert has thrown down the gauntlet in the chase for the 2026 Supercars crown after taking his third straight win in the opening race at Sandown Park near Melbourne. The Walkinshaw Andretti United took the lead at the first corner and thereafter was headed only by his team-mate Ryan Wood, who virtually waved him past and later played the role of tailgunner. Already eliminated from ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9xijWsD via IFTTT

“I don't recall that there was such a competitive pool of drivers in any other season.” McLaren team principal Andrea Stella is adamant the 2025 Formula 1 driver crop is the most competitive of all time; his drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are the main protagonists in this year’s title race, with the field comprising multiple world champions Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/a48wZA3 via IFTTT

Cadillac will give its first Formula 1 car a maiden run before the Barcelona pre-season test, which is taking place from 26-30 January, provided everything goes to plan. Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas’ Ferrari-powered machine is set for an initial engine fire-up “in less than 50 days”, team principal Graeme Lowdon said on Friday at the Brazil Grand Prix – in other words, before ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/z8WPLG4 via IFTTT

Penske IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin is looking increasingly likely to race for the team’s IMSA SportsCar Championship squad for the first time at next January’s Daytona 24 Hours. The inclusion of the seven-time IndyCar race winner on the Porsche Penske Motorsport driver roster for the three-day IMSA pre-season Daytona test starting on Friday has been described by team boss Jonathan Diuguid ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8F9rjph via IFTTT

Max Verstappen has admitted 'everything went red' during his clash with George Russell at the Spanish Grand Prix, as he reflected on the major "mistake" of his Formula 1 season so far. With three race weekends remaining, a fifth consecutive world title for Verstappen seems unlikely as after the Brazil GP the Dutchman finds himself 49 points behind championship leader Lando Norris. Read ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/MnfUEhW via IFTTT

Cadillac's journey to the 2026 Formula 1 grid has reached another milestone with its first in-person track outing as regular driver Sergio Perez took the wheel of a Ferrari SF-23 at Imola. Cadillac, which will become F1's 11th team next year, has been conducting simulation work with its development drivers for a long time, and has recently been able to feed 2026 racer Perez into its ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/PvfNapW via IFTTT

Toto Wolff is in discussions to sell around 5% of the Motorsport Investment Ltd holding company which controls his Mercedes F1 team shares, which would value the squad at a record $6bn. As first reported by sports business website Sportico, the sale is understood to be at an advanced stage as Wolff looks set to offload around 5% of the shares in his holding company, which owns one third of the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Uxtw4vj via IFTTT

Max Verstappen’s remarkable Formula 1 victory in last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix was on the same level as his 2025 Interlagos drive, Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has claimed. Verstappen’s last two races in Sao Paulo featured some of the most impressive recovery drives in recent history. In the wet 2024 race where many drivers made mistakes, the Dutchman jumped from 15th to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Ci57hHw via IFTTT

McLaren Formula 1 chief Andrea Stella has queried whether Red Bull's Brazil Grand Prix engine swap for Max Verstappen will be accounted for in the team's 2025 cost cap. Verstappen's car was pulled out of parc ferme after qualifying 16th, as Red Bull elected to change his car's set-up. He also received his fifth internal combustion engine, turbocharger, MGU-K, MGU-H, and third battery and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/RvUtiNj via IFTTT

Factory Ferrari GT driver Alessio Rovera is currently not under consideration for a move up to the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship with AF Corse in 2026 - according to the Italian manufacturer. A member of Ferrari’s factory stable since 2022, Rovera is seen as one of the hottest prospects in LMGT3, completing this season in the #21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 with Francois ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/B81IGy4 via IFTTT

The smoky issue on Francesco Bagnaia’s Ducati in the Japanese Grand Prix has sparked concern among MotoGP manufacturers, who are now calling for clear guidelines on how such cases should be handled. Bagnaia's extraordinary performance from pole position at Motegi on 4 October took a dramatic turn when, with five laps to go, the Italian’s Desmosedici began releasing smoke that grew thicker ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/B1GtI92 via IFTTT

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff doesn't believe Max Verstappen can still keep McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri from the 2025 Formula 1 title after falling 49 points behind following Brazil. Red Bull's reigning world champion Verstappen suffered a poor start to the Brazil Grand Prix weekend with fourth in Saturday's sprint and an unprecedented Q1 exit on pure pace. But from the pitlane ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NzFkJiE via IFTTT

Of all the race tracks on the Formula 1 calendar to visit with the aim of taking a clean sweep of poles and wins in both the sprint and grand prix, Sao Paolo is probably the one you could rely on the least. It is always circled in the calendar with “anything could happen” scribbled next to it. Over the years we have seen so many crazy things at Interlagos, led by the unpredictable weather ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/08SVZoD via IFTTT

Max Verstappen's progress from a pitlane start to the podium in the Brazil Grand Prix was remarkable, all the more so since Verstappen had been complaining about his car's poor performance all weekend – even on his way to fourth in the sprint race. Changes to the car the team made in response to those complaints actually made the car slower, resulting in Verstappen failing to progress from ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/MAhdPVx via IFTTT

Oliver Solberg will join Toyota’s World Rally Championship driver line-up for 2026, having secured a full-time drive with the Japanese manufacturer. The 24-year-old was named as part of Toyota’s five driver line-up for next year, alongside Elfyn Evans, Sebastien Ogier, Takamoto Katsuta and Sami Pajari, effectively filling the seat vacated by Super Formula-bound two-time world rally champion ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SI69Hlq via IFTTT

Toyota will head into the 2026 World Endurance Championship with an unchanged driver line-up across its two factory Hypercar entries. Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries will continue to share the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid next season, with Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa continuing in the sister #8 car. The announcement was made shortly after Toyota ended its ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/98FM4lz via IFTTT

Cadillac driver Sebastien Bourdais has lashed out at the stewards’ decision to penalise his team-mate Jenson Button in the World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain. One-time Formula 1 world champion Button, competing in his final professional race, was slapped with a 30-second stop/go penalty for causing a collision with the #54 Ferrari 296 GT3 of Thomas Flohr in the Bahrain 8 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ILiUQgX via IFTTT

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier edged World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans to victory after an intense Rally Japan battle that ensured the title will be decided in the Saudi Arabia season finale. Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais claimed their sixth win from a partial 2025 campaign by a margin of 11.6s from Evans after a thrilling battle across 20 challenging asphalt stages. Toyota ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/uQTZ46q via IFTTT

After three consecutive Formula 1 grands prix ended up being straightforward one-stops, a mooted plan for mandatory two-stop strategies is failing to get traction. The Baku, Singapore and Austin races lacked strategic variety, hence the proposal was brought up in the Mexico Grand Prix drivers’ briefing and within the Sporting Advisory Committee; it is also on the F1 Commission’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/LvB012r via IFTTT

Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin does not expect the 2026 cars to suffer from the porpoising and bouncing issues that plagued the current generation of Formula 1 machinery - but says teams will have to remain vigilant against similar knock-on effects. Next year's floor geometry will align more closely with those used prior to 2022, with a largely flat floor between the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wlmrFPc via IFTTT

Elfyn Evans closed in on Sébastien Ogier as the fight for the Rally Japan lead and World Rally Championship title intensified on Saturday. Evans started the day in third, 10.2s adrift of leader and title rival Ogier and 2.3s behind fellow Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta, but the leaderboard began to shift through the morning loop. The Welshman was faster than both his Toyota rivals in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/0PxMOh5 via IFTTT

Pierre Gasly has explained he’s been trying to be “the main factor in motivation” amid Alpine’s current struggles, as his Formula 1 team has ‘drastically’ focused its efforts on 2026. Alpine has been enduring the worst form in its history, including its Toleman, Benetton, Renault and Lotus eras; its best result over the past five grands prix was Gasly’s 15th-place finish in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9rnidE8 via IFTTT

Sebastien Ogier has moved into a slender Rally Japan lead from World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans after fellow title contender Kalle Rovanpera hit trouble.  Ogier snatched the rally lead on stage four [Isegami's Tunnel 1,19.66km] taking a 1.0s advantage over Evans heading into the midday service, with Toyota’s Japanese star Takamoto Katsuta in third, 1.7s adrift.   Title ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/QEw4Zsz via IFTTT

“Well, he made all of us look pretty average there.” 2010 Formula 1 title contender Mark Webber’s reaction to Nico Hulkenberg’s sensational Brazilian Grand Prix pole position said it all. Coming into the Sao Paulo round, F1 was enjoying a five-way title fight between championship leader Fernando Alonso for Ferrari, Red Bull’s Webber and Sebastian Vettel, and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/d417bcU via IFTTT

Ott Tanak says he “more or less” knows his plans for 2026 as speculation continues to mount around the Hyundai driver's future in the World Rally Championship.  The 2019 world champion has emerged as a key player in this year's silly season, with the Estonian yet to reveal his plans for 2026. Another season at Hyundai is understood to be his only realistic option in Rally1.   Hyundai ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/iq5lyRM via IFTTT

Jack Doohan appears set for a place on Toyota’s Super Formula roster next year as part of a programme that could involve Formula 1 reserve duties outside of Alpine. The Australian driver, who was demoted to reserve status by Alpine after the first six races of the current F1 season in favour of Franco Colapinto, has been strongly linked with a seat at the Toyota-powered Kondo Racing outfit in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mC4olON via IFTTT

With four rounds to go in the 2025 Formula 1 world championship, Oscar Piastri will have to show he can overcome his late season slump as he battles Lando Norris for the world title. After Norris' calamitous retirement in Zandvoort, Piastri's lead ballooned to 34 points, meaning a drama-free end to the season for the Australian would have made it extremely difficult for Norris to come back ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/abQwB2z via IFTTT

When Marc Marquez announced his departure from Honda at the end of 2023, it sparked something in Luca Marini. It reminded him of his childhood dreams - riding in the same iconic colours once worn by his half-brother Valentino Rossi at HRC. Leaving behind the comfort and solid results of his family-run VR46 Racing Team, the Italian took a leap of faith to join Honda’s 'resurrection' project at ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/6ciehjS via IFTTT

After seven years with Red Bull and eight including Toro Rosso in 2018, the cooperation between Honda and Red Bull will come to an end after this season. Formally, the partnership ended in 2021, but because engine development was frozen, both Red Bull teams continued using Honda power units. Initially, Red Bull planned to take Honda’s engines in-house for four more seasons, but that changed ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/jKfRtDv via IFTTT

Hyundai Motorsport has strengthened its resources by adding two valuable members of staff, which will oversee programmes in the World Rally Championship and World Endurance Championship. The Korean marque has created two new roles within its organisation in the form of Operations Director and Head of Engineering, which will be filled by the experienced Sebastien Metz and Massimo Carriero ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Jj0CQYm via IFTTT

Honda’s steady improvement in recent races has left the manufacturer just 19 points short of dropping out of MotoGP’s highest concession bracket. After the final two rounds of the 2025 season at Portimao and Valencia, the position of each of the five manufacturers in different concession tiers will be recalculated.  Since the system was reintroduced in November 2023 to balance ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/clkSOMq via IFTTT

Formula 1 has a packed calendar that takes in 24 tracks across 21 countries in five continents, but it takes more than a nice ribbon of tarmac to join the championship. F1 and the FIA have strict guidelines over what circuits can host a grand prix and they must be classified as Grade 1 to qualify. This is the top level of the FIA's seven-tiered system that covers everything from drag strips ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/k7lqDuT via IFTTT

Marco Bezzecchi and Raul Fernandez have hailed Aprilia’s new technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini following the marque’s impressive ascent towards the front of the field in MotoGP. Sterlacchini joined Aprilia at the end of the 2024 season after successful stints at KTM and, most notably, Ducati, where he worked closely with general manager Gigi Dall’Igna. Under the Italian ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/qAB7IsF via IFTTT

The result sheets state that Jason Smyth became just the third driver to win the Formula Ford Festival and the Walter Hayes Trophy in the same year. But the Team Dolan driver’s two victories could not have been more different. While Smyth was virtually unstoppable at Brands Hatch, utterly dominating the final, his path to success in the special 25th anniversary edition of the Hayes at ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9ikWNYq via IFTTT

After the United States Grand Prix in October, George Russell made a comment about the power of pole position in the 2025 Formula 1 season - or at the very least, the correlation between qualifying and race finishes this season. "Right now in F1, it's a race to Turn 1," he noted and, after getting boxed in at the start of the Austin contest, a recovery was scarcely on the cards. While ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/c4N3YmB via IFTTT

The way Oscar Piastri lost the Formula 1 world championship lead means he may have grown complacent, Jacques Villeneuve has suggested. Piastri led the standings for 15 consecutive rounds, with his advantage reaching 34 points over McLaren team-mate Lando Norris and 104 points over Max Verstappen after his Dutch Grand Prix win. Since then, the Australian has suffered a spate of mediocre ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/dEBDYK3 via IFTTT

Trackhouse wants to instil a winning culture in its burgeoning MotoGP squad while also bringing it closer to its American roots, says team principal Davide Brivio. Best known for its participation in the NASCAR Cup Series, Trackhouse expanded into MotoGP in 2024 by taking over the erstwhile RNF Racing team. The North Carolina-based squad proudly showcased its heritage by running a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/jZfzQ3x via IFTTT

While the Mexican Grand Prix offered a rare mix of strategies, many of the recent races have followed a familiar pattern. George Russell described F1 as a race to Turn 1, with dirty air becoming more of a factor again and teams favouring the most conservative strategy – the one-stop.  This year’s Pirelli tyres are more robust than in previous seasons, allowing drivers to push more, but ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/87vdetg via IFTTT

“It's just very difficult, super low grip. I feel like I could drive a road car quicker than we drive at the minute…” This is how unhappy Lando Norris was with his McLaren Formula 1 car after practice for the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Nevadan race turned out to be one of the worst in McLaren’s title-winning season, with Norris and Piastri out of the top five positions on both ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/VLt1m3F via IFTTT

Pol Espargaro says it is “painful” to watch Pedro Acosta unable to showcase his full potential due to the limitations of KTM’s MotoGP bike.  As the 2025 season has progressed, Acosta has grown increasingly consistent, having admitted to making too many mistakes early in the year. While his speed had never been in doubt, the newfound maturity and consistency have transformed him into a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9QAgleb via IFTTT

Four hours, four minutes, 37 seconds. The Canadian Grand Prix of 2011 is famed for two things: one, being Formula 1's longest-ever race (a record that will likely never be beaten), and two, Jenson Button's unlikely victory after falling to the back of the field. It's considered as Button's best race, one where he battled against the elements and a lack of care from his rivals to work his from ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/2LAvEco via IFTTT