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A clause in Max Verstappen’s contract to exit the Red Bull team for 2026 will close as long as he is within the top four of Formula 1’s world drivers’ championship by the end of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, Motorsport.com understands.The four-time world champion is currently third in the championship, 57 points clear of fifth-placed Charles Leclerc, and should Verstappen stay over 50 …Keep reading

As drivers prepare for the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, there we still lingering questions in Barcelona relating back to the Monaco Grand Prix and how best to improve the racing spectacle in the Principality.After the introduction of two mandatory pitstops failed to produce any noticeable uptick in entertainment this year, former racer Alex Wurz pitched in with three ideas to alter the circuit …Keep reading

Max Verstappen says the fresh clampdown on front wing flexing won’t impact his Red Bull’s performance and is sceptical about the FIA’s intervention affecting his rivals as well. After imposing stricter limits on rear wing flexing in the off-season, and tightening them further in China and Japan, F1’s governing body is also implementing harsher tests from this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix in …Keep reading

Before Brad Pitt started shooting the F1 movie, he sat down with the entire grid at the British Grand Prix. The A-lister made the highly unusual move of joining the closed drivers’ briefing ahead of the race at Silverstone in 2023, where production was set to begin.In an interview with GQ, Pitt revealed he told the drivers, “if we’re ever in the way, just tell us to f**k off.” By …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton was keen to end the “BS” speculation of a rift between he and Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami, stating that their relationship is “great”.Tense moments of communication between Hamilton and Adami over the team radio have been broadcast on Formula 1’s world feed, with the seven-time world champion believing that he wasn’t receiving enough information about gaps on track in …Keep reading

“If someone wants me to win, they just have to say the wrong words to me: ‘You can’t do it.’ As soon as I hear that, I’ll do everything to win.”These are the words of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in an interview with GP Racing magazine last year and they sum up his appetite for a fight. The declaration letter of support for his presidency signed by 36 automobile clubs …Keep reading

Lando Norris has said it would be “silly” to count out Max Verstappen from the Formula 1 world title fight despite McLaren’s current dominance this season.Oscar Piastri leads the drivers’ championship by three points from Norris, and McLaren has more than double the points tally of its closest rival in the constructors’ standings, but the fight for the 2025 drivers title isn’t only …Keep reading

Four days have passed since Marco Bezzecchi triumphed at Silverstone, defying most predictions in an unexpected twist to the plot involving Jorge Martín and Aprilia – one worthy of Alfred Hitchcock himself.Massimo Rivola, CEO of Aprilia’s racing division, seized the moment to highlight the potential of the RS-GP, while also urging the Spaniard to reconsider his intention to walk away at the …Keep reading

Carlos Sainz Sr’s hopes of ousting current FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem have taken an early blow after a hefty number of automobile clubs signed a letter throwing their weight behind the incumbent.While there had been plenty of suggestion Ben Sulayem would run uncontested in the presidential election later this year, Motorsport.com broke the news that two-time world rally champion and …Keep reading

Aprilia rider Jorge Martin confirmed his desire to leave the Italian marque at the end of the 2025 MotoGP season, having broken his silence on Thursday.As exclusively revealed by Autosport, Martin told Aprilia management that he intended to leave at the end of this year despite only joining the team for 2025. This is based on a contractual clause which allows him to walk away after round …Keep reading