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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 […]

Austin’s state-of-the-art COTA has hosted the WEC on seven previous occasions, first appearing on the calendar in 2013. The newest venue on the championship calendar is renowned for its challenging layout, featuring dramatic elevation changes, fast sweepers, technical slow corners, the signature 41-metre uphill climb into blind Turn 1, known as ‘Big Red’, the zig-zag […]

Episode two of the PETRONAS ‘Road to 2026’ technical content series explores the biggest technical shift in Power Unit design since the hybrid era began. The full video can be viewed here, with downloadable assets including imagery here. All assets can be used rights-free. As F1 prepares for its next major regulatory evolution, episode two […]

DRIVERS   1 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) 2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)  3 – Isack HADJAR (Racing Bulls)     TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Giedo van der Garde)    Q: Max Verstappen, second today. I think that was probably the thing that you could do, not more. Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it wasn’t easy. I gave it everything at […]

The X-Raid Mini team’s Polish duo of Krzysztof Holowczyc and Łukasz Kurzeja dominated the 2025 Columna Baja Poland from start-to-finish to record a comfortable 15min 46.6sec victory at the seventh round of the 2025 FIA European Baja Cup. Holowczyc said: “It was not such a long rally and if you see two short stages on […]

Oscar Piastri took a crucial Dutch Grand Prix win, opening up a 34-point championship lead over McLaren team-mate Lando Norris after the British driver exited the race from second place after a power unit failure. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen inherited P2 while Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar took a memorable first podium at Zandvoort.  When […]

The eight-time world champion’s triumph capped an extraordinary comeback week that began with him dropping almost 40 seconds to a tyre deflation on Friday but ended with both the rally victory and a surge to within nine points of championship leader Elfyn Evans. Ogier’s 18th triumph for Toyota also makes him the Japanese manufacturer’s most […]

Eventful Sunday at Zandvoort George Russell finished the Dutch Grand Prix P4 with Kimi Antonelli crossing the line P6 but being relegated to P16 due to a 15-second time penalty. With a light risk of rain, both drivers started the race on the Medium compound tyre. Both drivers lost positions on the opening lap, with […]

Lando Norris went quickest in the final practice session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix, beating McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri by more than two tenths of a second as Mercedes’ George Russell took third place, eight tenths of a second off the pace with a best time set on Medium tyres.  The […]

DRIVERS 1 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) 2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren) 3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)    PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Jolyon Palmer)   Q: Max Verstappen, third place, again in the top three in qualifying at your home race. The crowd love it. What a lap at the end. You looked like you were […]

Oscar Piastri took pole for the Dutch Grand Prix just 0.012s ahead of McLaren team-mate and chief title rival Lando Norris at the end of a closely fought qualifying session at Zandvoort. Home hero Max Verstappen will start third just ahead of impressive rookie Isack Hadjar.  Piastri had trailed team-mate Norris through the practice sessions, […]