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McLaren driver Lando Norris has led the way in opening practice for Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix.Norris led Alpine driver Pierre Gasly and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton on a jumbled timesheet as teams diverged on run plans in the Bahrain daytime heat.Friday’s first practice session – on a circuit teams are intimately familiar with – proved an opportunity for six teams to slot in rookie …Keep reading

The future look of General Motors’ Supercars effort took a significant step on Friday with confirmation that Team 18 will take on the role of its homologation team.The Melbourne-based team, which runs two Camaro Supercars in the series, has competed with Holden and GM machinery since 2015 and operated as a two-car squad since 2020.Team owner Charlie Schwerkolt has built up his team in …Keep reading

Ferrari has brought its first update package of the 2025 Formula 1 season to the Bahrain Grand Prix, introducing a new floor to inject more performance into its SF-25.The Italian squad has lacked significant pace so far this year, leading to both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton stating after last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix that Ferrari needed upgrades to compete with McLaren, Red Bull …Keep reading

“I wouldn’t be too vocal supporting the comeback of a V10 engine if I liked what I saw from 2026,” said Carlos Sainz during the pre-Bahrain Grand Prix press conference. As he did so, a palpable wrinkle of disdain passed across the bridge of his nose. Warming to his theme, he continued. “But as I don’t really like what I see from 2026 in terms of what the car is going to do, the …Keep reading

Sauber rookie Gabriel Bortoleto has admitted he has found it tougher than expected to go from a Formula 2 winning campaign to the back of the grid in Formula 1.Bortoleto won back-to-back junior titles in F2 and F3, which earned him his F1 promotion this year at the Audi-owned Sauber squad.The Swiss team has thus far struggled to make much progress from its 2024 horror shows. In Australia …Keep reading

This time Max Verstappen did not bite and instead chose his words carefully. Having been punished to do ‘some work of public interest’ for giving his forthright views in a televised press conference in Singapore last year, the F1 world champion was not going to make the same mistake again. Back then, he was slapped with community service for swearing, which ultimately saw him hauled to Rwanda …Keep reading

When Katherine Legge took the green flag at Phoenix Raceway earlier this year, she became the 17th different woman to compete at the Cup level. The last woman to run a Cup race before her was Danica Patrick over seven years ago. And much like Patrick’s last race, Legge’s debut was eventful, spinning twice and falling 102 laps shy of the checkered flag. But the 44-year-old remains …Keep reading

George Russell has explained the bathroom-based pressures facing Formula 1 drivers ahead of a grand prix in the wake of Carlos Sainz being hit with a fine for missing the start of the national anthem at Suzuka.Sainz was hit with a €20,000 fine, with half suspended for 12 months, by FIA stewards after he was not present at the front of the grid when the Japanese national anthem was played …Keep reading

George Russell wasn’t surprised to learn that FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid had resigned from Formula 1’s governing body on Thursday over a “breakdown of governance standards”.Read Also:GeneralFIA deputy president Reid resigns over “breakdown of governance standards”GeneralFormer FIA CEO speaks out against leadership, fuelling Ben Sulayem …Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda says that he gravitated more towards Max Verstappen’s set-up in his first Formula 1 weekend with Red Bull in Japan, and reckoned it was “incredible” how the four-time world champion could work with it.After his first weekend with the RB21, Tsunoda noted that there were clear differences between the car on track and in the simulator, but had otherwise looked at home with the team …Keep reading