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Mercedes’ George Rusell won the Singapore Grand Prix from pole position, beating Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen to the flag by five seconds as third place for Lando Norris and fourth for team-mate Oscar Piastri was enough to hand McLaren the Constructors’ Championship title for the second year in a row.  Russell took the lead […]

Victory in Singapore George Russell took victory in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix with Kimi Antonelli coming home a strong P5. Starting from pole position, George controlled the race from start-to-finish on a Medium-Hard one-stop strategy, to take his second victory of the season and fifth of his career. The team was represented on the podium […]

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen went quickest in a tight final practice session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix in which the top five drivers were covered by less than a tenth of a second.  Verstappen’s time of 1:30.148 was just 0.017s ahead of championship leading McLaren driver Oscar Piastri, with the […]

George Russell grabbed a sensational Singapore Grand Prix pole position from under the noses of Red Bull’s Max Vesrappen and pre-weekend McLaren favourites Oscar Paistro and Lando Nortris with both his Q3 two laps being good enough to claim top spot in qualifying. Verstappen backed out of his final flyer and settled for P2 ahead […]

In a tightly contested final, 20-year-old Bertāns, who finished a close second to James Deane in 2021 when the FIA IDC last visited Latvia, produced a superb chase and lead run against 17-year-old Baumanis to secure his first-ever IDC crown at the wheel of his BMW based on a HGK Eurofighter chassis. “It’s a good […]

DRIVERS 1 –  George RUSSELL (Mercedes)2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 3 –  Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren)  PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS(Conducted by David Coulthard) Q: First of all, George, you put everything on the line there. You were hard into the wall coming out of the second last corner. Brilliant pole position.George RUSSELL: Yeah, thanks so much. Amazing to be on pole […]

But with Andrea Mabellini, second in the standings ahead of the Zagreb event, crashing out during a drama-filled Saturday, the championship fight has swung towards points leader Miko Marczyk. Fresh from his maiden ERC win on JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion last month, Armstrong and co-driver Shane Byrne continued their impressive form to win five of […]

Pole position and strong P4 on Saturday in Singapore George Russell claimed pole position for Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix with Kimi Antonelli lining up P4. FP3 focused on evaluating overnight changes and both drivers felt comfortable in the car, ending the final hour of practice P3 and P4. Both George and Kimi progressed to Q3, […]

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES James VOWLES (Williams), Steve NIELSEN (Alpine), Andy COWELL (Aston Martin) Q: Andy, can we start with you? A strong start to the weekend with Fernando in P1 in first practice. Without wanting to get carried away, can you just tell us why the car appears to be working better here than it has done at the last […]

Oscar Piastri went quickest in stop-start second practice session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, with the Australian outpacing Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar and Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen by a little over a tenth of a second as red flags twice halted running at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.  In the […]

The inaugural FIA Extreme H World Cup takes place in Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia, next weekend (9-11 October) with pioneering equality and a unique sporting format underpinning the foundations for the world’s first ever FIA-sanctioned Hydrogen powered racing event. Eight teams will scale the terrains of the Saudi Arabia desert with each outfit entering one female […]

The first day of competitive FIA IDC action since 2021 – also held at Bikernieki and organised by the Latvian Automobile Federation – determined the top 32 qualifiers for Saturday’s individual element of the event, with big names such as Daniel Brandner and Lwi Edwards failing to make the cut. Judged on three main elements […]

Jon Armstrong, Andrea Mabellini and Miko Marczyk can all be crowned this season’s ERC champion – and join an illustrious list of former winners – while seven other prestigious titles are up for grabs on the hugely challenging Tarmac event. After seven action-packed rounds, Michelin-equipped Polish driver Miko Marczyk holds the championship initiative ahead of […]

Chaotic first day of running in Singapore The timing screens proved largely unrepresentative on Friday in Singapore, with offset tyre strategies, run plans, and a helping of red flags disrupting the order. In FP1 both Kimi and George ran the Hard and Medium tyres, with the majority of the grid opting to utilise a set […]

Episode three of the PETRONAS ’Road to 2026’ technical content series explores the latest development in the use of advanced sustainable fuel being used in F1 from next season onwards. The full video can be viewed here, with downloadable assets including imagery here. All assets can be used rights-free. As F1 accelerates toward a more […]

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, and the Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) are proud to announce the selected teams for the FIA Formula Regional European Championship (FREC) 2026. Designed to deliver the next step in the Federation’s structured driver development pathway […]

PART ONE – Lando NORRIS (McLaren), Esteban OCON (Haas), George RUSSELL (Mercedes) Q: Lando, let’s start with you. After all, Singapore was a happy hunting ground for you last year. How confident are you coming into this weekend?Lando NORRIS: Confident. Because like you said, last year was a very good one here. We were very strong here last year. I […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 2 October 1830hrs  1900hrs Esteban Ocon (Haas)Lando Norris (McLaren)George Russell (Mercedes) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)Alex Albon (Williams) Friday, 3 October Press Conference: 1930hrs TV Pen: 2000hrs Steve Nielsen (Alpine)Andy Cowell (Aston Martin)James Vowles (Williams) Saturday, 4 October Post-Qualifying Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 5 October Post-Race First three finishing drivers

For the second successive edition in Latvia, a burgeoning market for the drifting discipline, a total of 45 drivers, representing 32 different countries and five continents will take part with 11 countries also contesting the Nations Cup, which runs in parallel to the individual competition. Leading the 45-driver strong entry list is the defending FIA […]