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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…

The stiff winds at Baku City Circuit caused problems for drivers on and off the track. Can you come up with the best caption for this picture of Oscar Piastri and one of his predecessors at McLaren? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below. A selection of the best will feature in a future edition of the RaceFans Round-up….

Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Verstappen is by far the best, says ex-Ferrari boss Montezemolo (Reuters) ‘Even in the last race in Baku, difficult conditions, he never lost control. He was always quick. He never makes mistakes. (Carlos) Sainz and (Charles) Leclerc was a very good (Ferrari) couple. But no question, Verstappen is…

Sep 26, 2025, 10:23 AM ET For the first time in his five-year NASCAR Cup Series career, Chase Briscoe has won multiple races in a season. Logan Riely/Getty Images Chase Briscoe doesn’t feel comfortable. “I’ve never brought a single dime to any race team, so really, all I can bring is myself,” he told ESPN. “If you’re not performing, and all…

Formula 1 doesn’t need to shorten grands prix to make itself more appealing to younger viewers, Williams team principal James Vowles believes. He said the sport can cater for demand for shorter-form content by embracing streaming platforms. The Williams team leader was responding to comments earlier this month by Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali who believes grands prix “may be…

Romain Grosjean has completed his first lap in a Formula 1 car since the shocking crash which ended his career in the series five years ago. He has returned to his former Haas team to drive a two-year-old VF-23 chassis in a test at the Mugello circuit in Italy. Grosjean successfully completed an installation lap at the flowing, 5.2-kilometre circuit…

Former Mercedes and McLaren Formula E boss Ian James has been announced as the successor to James Barclay at Jaguar. Barclay had been Jaguar team principal since its formation in 2016, but left his position in August to head up the new McLaren endurance programme. James will take up his position on October 1. The 47-year-old spent much of last…

Welcome to Friday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Alonso on why Aston Martin Aramco has all the pieces it needs to win in F1’s new era (Aston Martin) ‘If we are competitive, there is more chance that I stop. If we are not competitive, it will be very hard to give up without trying again.’ Rain…

Jaguar TCS Racing has announced former NEOM McLaren boss Ian James as its new Team Principal ahead of Formula E Season 12. The British marque has spent the off-season without a leader at the helm, with longstanding boss James Barclay departing to head up McLaren’s WEC programme. James, who was rendered out of a job amid McLaren’s withdrawal from FE,…

Fernando Alonso claimed his first F1 world championship on Sept. 25, 2005. Clive Rose/Getty Images WIDE-EYED, CRAZED, TRIUMPHANT. Fernando Alonso climbed onto the front of his blue and yellow Renault. Pumping his fists into the sky, a high-pitched shriek tore out of his mouth, followed by, “Come on! Come on!” It created an iconic image at what was a landmark moment…

Hyderabad: TPCC chief Mahesh Kumar Goud stated on Thursday that KTR‘s arrest is inevitable in the Formula E-car race case. Speaking to reporters in Delhi today, Goud discussed several key issues. He criticised the belief that KCR and KTR won the elections through phone tapping. Goud mentioned that the matter concerning Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy is under the purview of the…

Andretti Global has announced that Felipe Drugovich, currently Aston Martin’s Formula 1 reserve driver, will join the American team’s Formula E squad for Season 12. The Brazilian will partner reigning champion Jake Dennis, replacing the departing Nico Müller. The move marks Drugovich’s first full-time single-seater season since his 2022 Formula 2 title campaign, after which he joined Aston Martin in…

Max Verstappen’s fourth grand prix victory of the 2025 season has refired his hopes of winning this year’s world championship. McLaren were nowhere to be seen at the front of the field as Verstappen racked up the sixth ‘grand slam’ of his career. On Saturday he denied F1 statistics writers an easy headline by beating Carlos Sainz Jnr to pole…