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The 2025 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix is set for lights out at 2pm local time on Sunday, June 15th where Max Verstappen returns following his victory in Montreal in 2024.The Red Bull driver however, comes into the race following a controversial Spanish Grand Prix where he was penalised with a 10-second time penalty for clashing with Mercedes’ George Russell.The incident also netted the …Keep reading

When you go to the Le Mans 24 Hours as a journalist, there’s a list of evergreen topics that come up every year: traffic, rain, nighttime driving, traffic again… and sleep.The schedule can be gruelling for drivers, with practice running until 12am on Wednesday and Thursday nights, and media commitments in the morning. On Saturday and Sunday, it’s easy for the 24-hour race to turn into a …Keep reading

Thursdays always traditionally mark the start of a Formula 1 grand prix weekend – there might be no action on the track, but the entertainment can be found by popping in and out of team hospitality blocks to hear from the drivers throughout the media day.This week in Canada, all 20 drivers will speak to the assembled press either in sessions held in their team’s respective motorhome or, if …Keep reading

Toyota ended up fastest in second free practice for the Le Mans 24 Hours after the customer AF Corse 499P Le Mans Hypercar lost its best time for pitlane speeding.Sebastien Buemi sat second in the Free Practice 2 classification for this weekend’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship until the fastest time set by Robert Kubica was scrubbed out as the chequered flag …Keep reading

Mexico City is a big opportunity for several drivers hunting their first win of the 2025 season. There’s home hero Daniel Suarez, Supercars ace Shane van Gisbergen, and road course specialist A.J. Allmendinger who can all realistically win on Sunday.Only three drivers taking part in this weekend’s Cup race raced at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez when the Xfinity Series visited there between …Keep reading

Alex Lynn set the fastest time in qualifying for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours, with his Cadillac clocking a 3m22.847s that was four hundredths quicker than Dries Vanthoor’s BMW.In hot evening temperatures at 31C, the first lap times of the session showed Ferrari’s strength with Yifei Ye setting the pace in 3m23.994s with the #83 car, three tenths faster than Alessandro Pier Guidi’s #51 entry …Keep reading

With Toprak Razgatlioglu’s much-anticipated debut in MotoGP announced for next season, it’s time to assess the consequences his arrival will have – both for Yamaha and for the championship as a whole.The Turkish rider’s signing is far from an ordinary move by Yamaha — the brand with which he claimed the WorldSBK title in 2021, before moving to BMW, where he also won last season’s …Keep reading

The most recent Spanish Grand Prix showed Liam Lawson’s trademark aggression is not going away. Is it starting to pay off?It is fair to sayLawson has forged an elbows out reputation over his first 20 races in F1. Over his second, six-race stint in 2024 the New Zealander drew the ire of Fernando Alonso in Austin, and the following week that of then-Red Bull seat rival Sergio Perez.Lawson’s …Keep reading

Cadillac set the pace in the first official practice session for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours with Sebastien Bourdais only lapping half a second slower than last year’s pole.The Hypercar crews were setting a blistering pace right from the very start of the three-hour session with Antonio Fuoco’s #51 Ferrari 499P LMH clocking a 3m25.302s with his first flying effort – a time that was almost a …Keep reading

Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll will return to the wheel of the AMR25 at his home Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal after a successful procedure to treat a hand injury.After qualifying for the Spanish GP two weeks ago, Stroll decided to withdraw from the event after recurring pain in his right hand significantly worsened and left him to seek medical treatment.Stroll has undergone …Keep reading