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DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)2 –  Lando NORRIS (McLaren)3 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Davide Valsecchi)  Q: Oscar Piastri, third position. Congratulations. How was your race? Hard battle at the beginning with Leclerc, who was very fast on the straight. And then how do you judge your race?Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, difficult beginning, definitely. I think maybe […]

Difficult Italian Grand Prix at Monza George Russell finished P5 and Kimi Antonelli P9 in today’s Italian Grand Prix. Both drivers lined up on the third row of the grid on the Medium tyre, George P5 and Kimi P6. George maintained his position on the opening lap but Kimi unfortunately dropped to P10 having suffered […]

McLaren’s Lando Norris went quickest in a closely competitive final hour of practice for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by just two hundredths of a second as championship leader Oscar Piastri finished third in the other McLaren.  At the start of the session it was Yuki Tsunoda who […]

Max Verstappen roared to a new outright lap record Monza to take pole for the Italian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren rivals Lando Norrris and Oscar Piastri.  In the final runs of Q3 it looked like Norris had done enough to take pole with a strong lap of 1:18.869 that left a tenth clear of […]

DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren)3 –  Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren)  PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Nico Rosberg) Q: Oscar, that’s P3 in the end. I’m sure not exactly what you were hoping for. What went wrong there?Oscar PIASTRI: No, nothing major. Turn 1 was a little bit average, but the rest of the lap felt […]

Armstrong was locked in an intense battle with M-Sport Ford World Rally Team stablemate Romet Jürgenson throughout Saturday’s seven tricky asphalt stages as the Pirelli-equipped Ford Fiesta Rally2 pair pulled away from the chasing pack. Championship leader Miko Marczyk boosted his title aspirations to hold third, 20.9sec behind Armstrong as his nearest points rival, Andrea […]

An ultimate lap of 1:57.665s in the Hyperbole session was good enough for the 24 Hours of Le Mans winner to take pole at the track he and the #83 crew won at 12 months ago. The earlier qualifying session to discover the top ten that went through to the Hyperpole shootout saw Proton Competition […]

Intriguing Saturday sets up fascinating Italian Grand Prix George Russell will line up P5 and Kimi Antonelli P6 for tomorrow’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza. In a thrillingly close qualifying session, several teams and drivers threatened for pole position. George progressed through Q1 as the fastest driver on the Medium tyre, which enabled him to […]

Forming the penultimate round of the all-action title chase from September 5-7, JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion provides a spectacular Tarmac test for the ERC season regulars and their counterparts from the Probite British Rally Championship. In the race to become ERC champion for 2025, Michelin-equipped top seed Miko Marczyk heads Andrea Mabellini by 11 points. […]

Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton have the Monza tifosi something to cheer about by taking top spot in the opening practice session for this weekend’s 2025 FIA Formula Italian Grand Prix, with team-mate Charles Leclerc in second place ahead of Williams’ Carlos Sainz. The Ferrari pair set the pace on Medium tyres in the opening five minutes of the […]

McLaren’s Lando Norris went quickest in the second practice session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc just eight tenths of a second off the Briton as Williams’ Carlos Sainz took P3 ahead of championship leader Oscar Piastri.  After handing his car over to McLaren test driver Alex Dunne […]

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Laurent MEKIES (Red Bull Racing), Frédéric VASSEUR (Ferrari), Ayao KOMATSU (Haas)  Q: Fred, please, if we could start with you. It feels like it’s been a bit of a roller coaster of a week for Ferrari. On the evidence of FP1, just what is the mood in the camp at this stage?Fred VASSEUR: Well, the mood is positive, honestly. […]

AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ON TOP FROM THE OFFThe #12 Cadillac headed the FP1 times on home soil at COTA, with an American manufacturer likewise to the fore in LMGT3 courtesy of a TF Sport Corvette one-two. The first track running of the 2025 Lone Star Le Mans weekend began with a 90-minute session held in hot […]

Mixed Friday in Monza The Italian Grand Prix weekend got underway on Friday at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in beautiful September sunshine. The team opted to run all three compounds across the day, with the C4 Medium and C5 Soft deployed in FP1 and the C3 Hard and the Soft once again in use in […]

Top Fuel – Erbacher claims victory In Top Fuel, reigning FIA European champion Jndia Erbacher delighted the fans by storming to victory. The event saw a reduced field after Susanne Callin, championship leader coming into Hockenheim, was forced to withdraw following damage sustained in qualifying. As a result, the semifinals were decided on bye runs, […]

PART ONE – Franco COLAPINTO (Alpine), Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes), Fernando ALONSO (Aston Martin) Q: Fernando, welcome to Monza. It’s a place, of course, that you know very well. How hopeful are you coming into this race? Because the last two races in Hungary and Zandvoort, the car has been performing very well. Do you think it’ll translate to […]

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, has today confirmed that the inaugural FIA Karting Arrive and Drive World Cup will be one of the most inclusive, accessible and affordable motor sport events on the international calendar. Following the close of applications […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 4 September 1430hrs  1500hrs Franco Colapinto (Alpine)Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)Carlos Sainz (Williams) Friday, 5 September Press Conference: 1530hrs TV Pen: 1600hrs Ayao Komatsu (Haas)Fred Vasseur (Ferrari)Laurent Mekies (Red Bull) Saturday, 6 September Post-Qualifying Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 7 September Post-Race First three finishing […]

  The second leg of the double header takes place in Monza, Italy.   Toto Talks Italy We head to Monza aiming for a more consistent and straightforward weekend than at Zandvoort. At times, we looked to have decent pace that would enable us to fight for the podium. Despite starting P11, Kimi progressed through […]