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After crashing out of the Austrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen trails Oscar Piastri by more than 60 points at the top of the F1 standings. Despite the lacklustre performance, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko says the team isn’t concerned that performance-related exit clauses could pave the way for an early departure for the Dutchman.Verstappen’s retirement from the Austrian GP was the cherry …Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff has urged Ferrari’s following to give his counterpart Fred Vasseur enough time to turn the Scuderia around.Amid his third season as Ferrari’s team boss, Vasseur has received swells of criticism from Italian fans and media as the squad’s much hoped step forward hasn’t materialised just yet.Ferrari hasn’t been in a position to win a grand prix in 2025 …Keep reading

The race has already started for Cadillac as it prepares to enter Formula 1 for 2026. Starting from scratch, to design, build and test its F1 car before heading to Australia for the season-opening race is made even more pressing by the short timeline. Cadillac has had a little over 11 months when it received confirmation that its application to join the series was finally approved after the …Keep reading

In something that has become increasingly rare in modern NASCAR, there will be a DNQ (did not qualify) in this weekend’s Cup race at the Chicago Street Course.Along with the 36 full-time chartered teams, five open entries will also show up for the final four spots on the grid. The slowest among them will miss the show and be the first driver and team sent home in qualifying since the …Keep reading

With ten laps to go, it looked like Chase Elliott’s shot of winning at his home track was quickly fading. He had fallen to eighth in the running order and the Fords were working well together at the front of the pack.Zane Smith led the way, searching for his first career win. In fact, every driver inside the top ten was winless in 2025, leading to some desperate moves and near-wrecks. But over …Keep reading

Alex Marquez has successfully completed surgery following his accident during last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen.The Gresini Ducati rider, who is second in the MotoGP championship, fractured his left hand after colliding with Pedro Acosta’s KTM on lap six of Sunday’s race.Marquez’s Gresini team posted on social media that his injury had been addressed as planned, with an …Keep reading

Lando Norris’ and Oscar Piastri’s Austrian waltz flattened any hope that McLaren could still be caught in the 2025 F1 championship, but the result flattered its actual dominance and doesn’t rule out further race-by-race challengers.Red Bull was particularly despondent after being thumped at its home race, figuratively in terms of pace and quite literally as Kimi Antonelli torpedoed an unlucky …Keep reading

The British Grand Prix is set to be packed to the rafters as nearly 500,000 fans are expected to descend on Silverstone over the race weekend.Lando Norris is going in search of back-to-back wins after his victory in Austria last weekend, which saw him slice Oscar Piastri’s lead in the championship to just 15 points. Norris is yet to win his home race; could he do so in 2025?One driver …Keep reading

The Dutch Grand Prix at Assen will be remembered for many reasons, although most of them were only loosely connected to the sporting action. Marc Marquez made it clear that only he can throw away his shot at a seventh MotoGP crown with a stunning sprint and grand prix double, Diogo Moreira delivered Brazil its first-ever victory in Moto2 and Jose Antonio Rueda took another step toward clinching a …Keep reading

Alpine has signed an agreement with Sauber to loan out reserve driver Paul Aron, with the Estonian taking part in FP1 for Sauber in Silverstone and Budapest.Sauber doesn’t have any designated reserve drivers this year, and it still needed to find a rookie driver to run in two of the four required FP1 sessions across the 2025 season.The future Audi squad has now signed a deal with Alpine …Keep reading