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McLaren has confirmed the departure of Alex Dunne from its Driver Development Programme. Dunne has driven for the team in two Formula 1 practice sessions this year, at the Red Bull Ring and Monza. He impressed on his debut in Austria, lapping within a tenth of a second of the team’s regular driver Oscar Piastri. The 2022 British Formula 4…

There feels a neat and seamless quality to former McLaren Formula E team boss Ian James taking charge of the Jaguar FE squad in his new role as managing director of JLR Motorsport.  Completing his first day in the role on Wednesday, James will have driven into Jaguar’s expansive Kidlington facility realising that the imperative will be to absorb and…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Introducing my SEA helmet design for the Singapore Grand Prix🇸🇬 I’m proud to share that I’ll be auctioning the helmet for charity together with @UNICEF_Thailand  All proceeds will go to UNICEF’s work in giving children in Thailand, especially the most disadvantaged, the chance… pic.twitter.com/DgIss0uw2Y — Alex Albon (@alex_albon)…

ITV has aired UK horse racing since 2017, and its current contract is set to expire at the end of 2026. (ITV Imagery) UK commercial broadcaster ITV will continue its coverage of the country’s flagship horse racing events after securing a new four-year rights deal. The new rights agreement, running from 2027 to 2030, will see ITV continue to air…

Microsoft has announced the next game in the Forza Horizon series, revealing that the game will be set in Japan. Editor’s Picks A trailer announcing Forza Horizon 6 was shown at Tokyo Game Show, which panned through prior locales from the series — including Mexico, the UK, and Australia — before settling on Japan. The trailer prominently features Mount Fuji,…

ITV and Formula E have agreed to extend their free-to-air broadcast deal for the UK and Ireland for a further two years to cover Seasons 12 and 13, to 2027. The original deal began in December 2024. The upcoming Season 12 (2025/6) of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship includs 18 races across 12 global cities, with all qualifying…

Fernando Alonso is “a Rottweiller” who would be in the title fight if he was driving for McLaren or Red Bull this year, according to long-time associate Flavio Briatore. Alonso and Briatore, who now leads Alpine’s F1 team, have a long affiliation stretching back to before the Spaniard made it into Formula 1. Alonso, who turns 45 next year, will…

The tantalising prospect that the 2025 drivers’ championship may yet become a three-way fight arose following Max Verstappen’s back-to-back wins in the last two rounds. But despite the sudden progress he has made, the situation remains extremely tough. He lies 69 points off the championship lead with seven rounds remaining. The situation compares neatly with the challenge his championship rival…

Sep 30, 2025, 04:18 PM ET The greatest superheroes are the ones who are also the most relatable. We pay our hard-earned money and use our hard-to-come-by leisure time to watch them operate in the clouds, eager to witness them accomplishing what we previously thought was undoable. But we love them most when they show their best selves down here…

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Steiner tells us about Drive to Survive headlines and an F1 return… with Ferrari? (Inside Line) Guenther Steiner: ‘Fred got his contract extended. I was actually happy for him because Fred’s work we will see next year, ’26, when the rule changes come. There you can really say…

Fernando Alonso said it is his mission to ensure Aston Martin returns to competitiveness before he retires, although he thinks it is a guarantee the team will be champions within the next 10 years. Alonso will turn 45 in 2026, the final year of his contract with the team. Ambitious Aston Martin boss Lawrence Stroll has targeted the new F1…

While McLaren will surely clinch the constructors’ championship this weekend, their drivers will be alert to the rising threat from Max Verstappen in their points fight. Here are the talking points for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. Is a Verstappen win really that unlikely? He may have won at every other venue on the calendar but Verstappen has neither started…

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links McLaren’s $20m UK lawsuit against Palou over aborted move begins (Reuters) ‘McLaren’s lawyers say the team have missed out on ‘the on-track success it would otherwise have achieved’ with Palou as their driver and are claiming $19.7 million to cover losses, including in relation to sponsorship deals and…

Marc Márquez won his seventh MotoGP world championship on Sunday in Japan. Gold & Goose Photography/Getty Images “I said when I went to the doctors, ‘Let me know if we have a solution. If not, I will retire.’” These are the words of Marc Márquez to ESPN in 2023, when he was a six-time MotoGP world champion, about the arm injury…

Max Verstappen’s hopes of retaining his drivers’ championship title are slim but very much alive. His victories in Baku and Monza leave him 69 points behind Oscar Piastri with 199 available. The Red Bull driver is already a four-times world champion. Not all F1 drivers get the chance to drive a potentially championship-winning car, but Verstappen has, and has never…

The Formula 1 season continues in this weekend with the series’ 16th visit to the Marina Bay circuit in Singapore. F1 Academy will support the world championship at the punishing city course. Join us on RaceFans Live throughout every session of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend. Look out for the live page on the site during every session and follow…

Cadillac’s first Formula 1 start is just six months away. Their debut on the grid will be a proud moment for all involved in the project. There is one fly in the ointment, however. One of their two drivers will have to serve a grid penalty for the race due to an infringement which was committed over 12 months early….

Welcome to Sunday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Brian Munene and Spencer Ward! On this day in motorsport Two-times world champion Mika Hakkinen is 57 today Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free  read more www.racefans.net

Sep 27, 2025, 11:08 AM ET Four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen landed a stunning victory in his debut GT3 race at Nordschleife on Saturday. Verstappen, racing in a Ferrari 296 entered by Emil Frey Racing alongside Chris Lulham at the Nürburgring Endurance Series, finished 24.5 seconds ahead of Dennis Fetzer, Jann Mardenborough and Fabio Scherer’s Ford Mustang GT3…