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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri returned to top form by taking pole position for the Sprint at the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix, beating Mercedes’ George Russell and championship leading team-mate Lando Norris. Red Bull’s title contender Max Verstappen qualified in P6 behind his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda.  In the opening segment, Lewis Hamilton was the […]

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for Motor Sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, has today announced the selection of TotalEnergies as the single supplier of sustainable fuel for the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for a three-year term beginning in 2026. In 2022, the FIA committed to a […]

PART ONE – Liam LAWSON (Racing Bulls), Oliver BEARMAN (Haas), Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes)   Q: Kimi, can we start with you and just reflect for a moment on what happened on Saturday. In terms of your finishing position, not your best result this year, but in terms of execution, was that your best race of […]

Fourmaux climbed to the front after a demanding afternoon in which drama reshuffled the order on the second pass of the Khulays stage. Hyundai-driving Frenchman Fourmaux stayed clear of major issues across all seven stages to end the day 6.0sec ahead of Toyota’s Sami Pajari, with early pacesetter Mārtiņš Sesks just 0.9sec further back in […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 27 November 1730hrs  1800hrs Oliver Bearman (Haas)Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)Nico Hülkenberg (Kick Sauber)Carlos Sainz (Williams) Friday, 28 November Press Conference: 1830hrs TV Pen: 1900hrs Steve Nielsen (Alpine)Fred Vasseur (Ferrari)Mario Isola (Pirelli) Saturday, 29 November Post-Sprint Post-Qualifying First three finishing drivers Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 30 November Post-Race First three finishing drivers   For media information […]

The news extends a strong, long-term relationship between the FIA, Formula E and the Indian manufacturer, stretching back to 2013, when Mahindra became a founding team from the first season of Formula E, and the first OEM to commit to the championship at its inception.  That journey is now set to continue until at least […]

 

The penultimate race of the 2025 season takes place at the Lusail International Circuit in Qatar. Toto talks Qatar Fact File: Qatar Grand Prix Stat Sheet: Qatar Grand Prix Toto Talks Qatar Two to go. We carry a healthy advantage for P2 in the Constructors’ to Qatar but are taking nothing for granted. Whilst we […]

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Following an e-vote by the World Motor Sport Council, a series of updates to the regulations governing the FIA World Rally Championship have been approved. The revisions introduce new provisions relating to mandatory rest hours, establish a formal framework for Candidate Rallies seeking inclusion in the FIA WRC calendar, amend the duration of midday service […]

Argentina’s Juan Cruz Yacopini sealed the FIA World Baja Cup title with outright victory in the Dubai International Baja. Yacopini teamed up with Spanish navigator Dani Oliveras in an SVR-run Toyota Hilux IMT Evo and moved ahead of Toyota Gazoo Racing W2RC’s Seth Quintero and Andrew Short after the first stage when the American incurred […]

DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren)3 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by David Coulthard and Sam Worthington)  DC: We’re going start with Verstappen in Vegas. Congratulations, Max. Your second victory here and in the end, that was—I won’t say dominant, but it looked comfortable.Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it was good. I mean, of course like in practice, […]

Max Verstappen took a dominance Las Vegas Grand Prix to keep his title hopes alive, as Lando Norris crossed the line in second ahead of George Russell and Oscar Piastri to extend his title lead with just two rounds remaining.  After powering past pole sitter in Turn 1 when McLaren driver Norris was too aggressive […]

Strong Saturday in Vegas nets podium finish George Russell finished third and Kimi Antonelli fifth in Saturday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. Starting P4 and P17 respectively, both drivers gained places to add a solid 25 points to the team’s overall count in the battle for P2. George ran a conventional Medium-Hard one-stop; he gained two […]

Mercedes’ George Russell topped the final hour of practice for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, beating Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by two tenths of a second as title-contending McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both hit trouble.  With Race Control signalling a wet track ahead of the start of the […]

DRIVERS 1 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren) 2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)3 –  Carlos SAINZ (Williams) PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS(Conducted by James Hinchcliffe) Q: Lando, congratulations on the pole position. Great final lap — first two sectors — big moment coming out of 14 on the last lap there. Were you worried you’d given away too much time, or did you […]

McLaren’s Lando Norris snatched pole position with a daring final flying lap in a treacherous wet qualifying session, beating Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen by three tenths of a second as Carlos Sainz handed Williams a surprise but well deserved third place.  After narrowly escaping the drop in a very wet Q1 in 13th place and […]

Eventful Qualifying in Las Vegas George Russell qualified P4 with Kimi Antonelli P17 for Saturday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. Overnight rain had added to the track reset from Thursday’s running and conditions in FP3 required the Intermediate to begin with, before teams were able to switch to the Soft tyre. Rain at the end of […]

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Simone RESTA (Mercedes), Paul MONAGHAN (Red Bull Racing), Andy STEVENSON (Aston Martin), Nikolas TOMBAZIS (FIA) Q: Now with just ten weeks until testing for 2026 gets underway, this is a great opportunity for us to get a little bit more under the skin of the new rules coming in next year. So a question to all […]

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc went quickest in the opening practice session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix with Williams’ Alex Albon in second place ahead of Red Bull Racing’s Yuki Tsunoda and Max Verstappen. Championship leader Lando Norris was sixth with title rival McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastrin P8.  On a dusty, dirty […]