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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 […]

F1 Drivers’ Championship leader Lando Norris topped the timesheet in the second free practice session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, though red flags in the second half of the session meant that some of his main rivals didn’t complete qualifying sims on Soft compound tyres. Norris ended the session 0.029s […]

The FIA confirms that its Cost Cap Administration has reviewed the manufacturer’s reporting documentation for the two-year period covering Seasons 9 and 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship as provided for by the FIA Formula E Financial Regulations for Formula E Manufacturers. These Financial Regulations are a very complex set of rules […]

Video of Dreams of a Champion – FIA Awards 2025 The stars of global motor sport from each of the FIA’s top-level World Championships are set to descend on Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent for the 2025 FIA Awards on 12 December. This annual ceremony celebrates the highest achievers from across the FIA’s elite World Championships, from […]

Business innovator and 24 Hours of Le Mans winner invests in the future of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team and George Kurtz, CEO and Founder of CrowdStrike, today announced that Kurtz has become a co-owner of the team and been appointed Technology Advisor. Through his personal acquisition of a 15% […]

Solid first day on track in Las Vegas The final triple-header of the season got underway with track action beginning on Thursday in Las Vegas.  The team opted to run the Soft and Medium compounds in both FP1 and FP2, saving the Hard tyre for the rest of the weekend.  In the first hour of […]

PART ONE – Esteban OCON (Haas), Lando NORRIS (McLaren), Franco COLAPINTO (Alpine) Q: Lando, let’s start with you. 150 races not out. Time flies. Give us a highlight and a lowlight to start the press conference of the last seven years of your life.Lando NORRIS: Yeah. It’s crazy. It’s a big number, matching DC [David Coulthard] for amount of […]

For a young driver, how important is the FIA F4 World Cup and the opportunity to race at Macau?“We realised the importance just after the race when we win. We take big pleasure doing this race, it’s a big experience and there is the opportunity to learn a lot against the best in the world […]

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, has announced the first FIA Karting Shootout will be held in Valencia, Spain over 2 – 7 December 2025. The Aspar Karting Circuit in Valencia will host the event, which is designed to educate, evaluate and […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Wednesday, 19 November 1730hrs  1800hrs Franco Colapinto (Alpine) Esteban Ocon (Haas) Lando Norris (McLaren)  Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) George Russell (Mercedes) Max Verstappen (Red Bull)  Thursday, 20 November Press Conference: 1830hrs TV Pen: 1900hrs Andy Stevenson (Aston Martin) Nikolas Tombazis (FIA) Simone Resta (Mercedes) Paul Monaghan (Red Bull)  Friday, 21 November Post-Qualifying Top three fastest drivers Saturday, 22 November Post-Race First three […]

Third US race kicks off triple-header to round out the 2025 F1 season. Toto talks Las Vegas Fact File: Las Vegas Grand Prix Junior Driver Doriane Pin talks Las Vegas Stat Sheet: Las Vegas Grand Prix Toto Talks Las Vegas The Las Vegas weekend is unlike anything else in F1. Racing down the Strip at […]

You’re the winner of the FIA FR World Cup and the 72nd Macau Grand Prix. How does that feel?“It feels really, really good. To be honest, I was just patient, the pace was there the whole weekend. Both of my starts yesterday and today didn’t go as planned so I just managed to stay calm, […]