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Leclerc: Ferrari “just not fast enough” despite Bahrain F1 upgrades

The good news for Ferrari is its comprehensive Bahrain upgrade package appears to be working. The bad news is the Scuderia is still nowhere near enough to make a fist of challenging McLaren.Read Also:Formula 1Ferrari brings upgrades to Bahrain to overcome poor start to F1 2025Upgrades have been in limited supply thus far, with few teams registering any novelties …Keep reading

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2026 Motorsports Hall of Fame class welcomes Dale Earnhardt Jr., six others

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) honors racers and notable people within the industry across the United States. Ahead of the 50th running of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, they announced next year’s class, which touches several forms of racing from coast to coast.The 38th annual induction ceremony will take place in Daytona Beach, Florida next March, where two-time Daytona 500 …Keep reading

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Impossible for Verstappen to repeat Suzuka heroics in Bahrain – Horner

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner fears McLaren is “a few tenths” too quick for any of its rivals in Bahrain, with a repeat of Max Verstappen’s outstanding.Oscar Piastri topped McLaren team-mate Lando Norris in Friday’s second practice session, with the pair half a second clear of Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.Having sat out FP1 to give Red Bull reserve …Keep reading

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McLaren disparages talk of team’s F1 dominance as “out of place”

On a weekend where Formula 1’s future has dominated the news agenda, one matter of the here and now has cut through the noise: the degree to which the McLaren MCL39 is the dominant car and how the team has achieved this.Despite Max Verstappen’s win at Suzuka last weekend against Red Bull’s run of form, McLaren remains the favourite this weekend even though Bahrain has been its bogey …Keep reading

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F1 Bahrain GP: Piastri leads McLaren 1-2 in FP2

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri headed team-mate Lando Norris to top Formula 1’s second practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix.Piastri’s qualifying simulation halfway through the one-hour night-time session was enough to usurp his team-mate by a tenth and a half as the pair comfortably cleared Mercedes man George Russell.Following a sweltering first practice session in broad daylight …Keep reading

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After Darlington disaster, Kyle Larson eyes a historic feat at Bristol

The weekend sweep is an extremely rare achievement in NASCAR. To go out and run the Cup, Xfinity and Truck races on the same weekend is impressive enough, but to win all three? That’s at another level entirely. It’s only ever happened twice in the history of the sport and it was the same driver both times — Kyle Busch. The track was also the same — Bristol Motor Speedway. Another …Keep reading

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F1’s future will always include electrification – FIA

The FIA has confirmed that hybrids will remain a key element of any future power unit regulations after holding exploratory talks in Bahrain.Formula 1 stakeholders met on Friday morning to discuss future engine options after FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem led calls to consider a move towards V10 power units, with questions over whether the 2026 engine regulations could be shortened.The …Keep reading

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Fallows set to exit Aston Martin company after leaving F1 team in 2024

The former Aston Martin Formula 1 technical director Dan Fallows is set to leave the organisation entirely, Motorsport.com has learned.Fallows joined the Aston Martin F1 team in 2022 to head up its technical department after a long stint at Red Bull, where he also rose to the rank of technical director.But while Aston Martin made a bright start to 2023, with driver Fernando Alonso claiming …Keep reading

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F1 manufacturers push back against V10, discuss 2026 convergence options

Formula 1 power unit manufacturers and the FIA have gathered for talks over future engine regulations and ways to avoid a repeat of Mercedes’ 2014 dominance.Read Also:Formula 1How the V10 debate has been triggered by frustration over F1’s 2026 regsF1’s manufacturers held a meeting on Friday morning in Bahrain for exploratory talks over future engine rules and …Keep reading

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Brad Jones Racing likely to make Toyota switch for 2026 Supercars season

Brad Jones Racing has emerged as the latest, and perhaps most probable, Supercars team to join Toyota for the 2026 season.Team owner Brad Jones addressed the media in Taupo New Zealand, the scene of this weekend’s third round of the 2025 championship, and while he did not specifically confirm any plans to park his team’s four Chevrolet Camaros, he did not say anything to end the ongoing …Keep reading

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