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Yuki Tsunoda had detailed the timeline of his Red Bull Formula 1 promotion ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, revealing he has yet to speak to his mentor Helmut Marko.Shortly after the Chinese Grand Prix Red Bull took the ruthless decision to swap Tsunoda with Liam Lawson after two difficult weekends for the New Zealander aboard the Red Bull RB21, with Tsunoda stepping into the seat for Japan …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says having to gain a deeper understanding of Ferrari’s car set-ups is the main factor behind his up-and-down form as he starts his stint with the Italian Formula 1 powerhouse.Hamilton and Leclerc both struggled for pace in Australia’s Q3 shoot-out despite looking strong earlier on, and the pair also had a mixed weekend in China where Hamilton won the sprint from pole but was …Keep reading

“Nonsense”, “random” and “crap” – the three words Lando Norris used to describe recent comments made about McLaren by its rivals as the squad adjusts to life as the hunted rather than the hunter.After ending a 26-year wait for a constructors’ championship last season, McLaren has continued where it left off – Norris winning in Australia before team-mate Oscar Piastri took …Keep reading

Max Verstappen has suggested his Red Bull Formula 1 team needs to focus on fixing its troubled 2025 car rather than worry about the identity of his team-mate.After two difficult weekends alongside Verstappen, Red Bull has demoted Liam Lawson to Racing Bulls, with Yuki Tsunoda moving in the other direction from this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.While Red Bull has the remit to move its four …Keep reading

Haas has introduced a small upgrade to its VF-25 Formula 1 car’s floor for the Japanese Grand Prix in a bid to solve its aero oscillation issue in high-speed corners, which emerged at the Melbourne season opener.The team struggled at the season opener, with team principal Ayao Komatsu estimating that Haas was six tenths away from the rest of the field as it battled against bouncing in the …Keep reading

Ferrari aims to learn from the “pain” of having both its cars disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix but its key challenge is to make up the gap to McLaren, says Charles Leclerc.While Leclerc’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton won the sprint race in Shanghai, Ferrari regards that result as an outlier and is expecting its form at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend to be more in line with …Keep reading

Ever since Oscar Piastri made his Formula 1 debut for McLaren two seasons ago, it’s become almost a cliche to say that the main factor separating him from team-mate Lando Norris is his qualifying performance. A bald view of the statistics would appear to bear that out: in 2023 Norris outqualified Piastri for grands prix 15-7, in 2024 that gap widened to 20-4 – with the result that, barring a …Keep reading

NASCAR completed its triple-header weekend at Martinsville Speedway featuring three very different races and plenty of drama. Most of the conversation centers around the highly controversial finish to Saturday’s Xfinity race, but there was plenty of action beyond that. Denny Hamlin, Austin Hill and Daniel Hemric walked away with checkered flags as Hendrick Motorsports failed to repeat their 1-2-3 …Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda is gearing up for a very busy week — both on and off the track. The Japanese driver, who is set to replace Liam Lawson at Red Bull when F1 heads to his home country this weekend, is also launching his clothing brand, Venti Due, set to be available for fans to purchase online, or at a pop-up in Suzuka City.His first drop features hoodies, crew necks, oversized jerseys, balloon …Keep reading

The term ‘commissioner’ is something fans of most stick-and-ball sports are extremely familiar with. The NFL has Roger Goodell, the NBA has Adam Silver, the MLB has Rob Manfred, but it’s a role that hasn’t really existed in the same form in NASCAR.Now, stock car racing has used the title before, but not in the traditional sense. It’s been purely ceremonial or limited in its actual power …Keep reading