Motorsport

Christian Horner has been sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as team principal, the team confirmed Wednesday. Horner has been in charge of F1’s Red Bull team since 2005 and oversaw its dominant runs at the start of the 2010s and the current decade. Sources within Red Bull have told ESPN that the atmosphere within the team has grown…

Red Bull has fired Christian Horner, who has headed the Formula 1 team for 20 years since they entered the world championship. Horner’s replacement is Laurent Mekies, who until now was in charge of Red Bull’s second Formula 1 team, Racing Bulls. “With immediate effect, Laurent Mekies will take over the duties of CEO at Red Bull Racing,” the team…

LONDON, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Formula E and its Official Cloud Partner, Google Cloud, today announced a new initiative to make motorsport more accessible for blind and visually impaired fans through an innovative, AI-powered, audio race report. Unveiled at the Google Cloud Summit in London by Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds, the project uses Google Cloud’s generative AI technology…

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On July 4, NIO launched its Champion Edition lineup to mark the 10th anniversary of its Formula E championship win. The special-edition models—based on the new ET5, ET5T, and EC6—will be available for upgrades and have begun arriving in stores from July 5. The Champion Editions of the new ET5 and ET5T start at 316,000 yuan for the…

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Drugovich sampled next year’s smaller tyres A green and gold day for 2026 Pirelli tyre development (Pirelli) ‘Two Brazilians were driving today: Felipe Drugovich was behind the wheel of the Aston Martin AMR25, while Gabriel Bortoleto was driving the Sauber C45. Both cars were specially adapted to suit…

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship heads to familiar territory this weekend, as Berlin is set to host Rounds 13 and 14 at the iconic Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, the most-raced location in series history. As the only city to feature on the calendar every season since Formula E’s inception, the German capital is a cornerstone of the Championship,…

Taylor Barnard has come a long way in just a little over a year since his Formula E debut. The 21-year-old NEOM McLaren driver is all set to compete at the Berlin E-Prix, the only circuit besides Monaco where he has raced before. What makes his return to the Tempelhof Airport Circuit special is the fact that he scored his…

Nico Hülkenberg‘s breakthrough podium for Swiss-based Sauber at the British Grand Prix will boost belief in the future Audi works team, according to team principal Jonathan Wheatley. Hulkenberg, 37, finished third at Silverstone for his first podium finish in 239 starts — an achievement many thought would never happen for a driver who made his Formula One debut 15 years…

Lando Norris’s chances of winning the British Grand Prix shot up when the stewards issued his team mate a 10-second time penalty on lap 25. Oscar Piastri was leading by 3.6 seconds at the time and clearly needed to pull out almost seven seconds more over his team mate to be in a position to win. Norris, second, had become…

As the Formula E season enters its final two race weekends – double-headers in Berlin and London – McLaren is getting ready to close a four-year chapter in electric racing. After entering Extreme E in 2022, the brand joined the Formula E fold a year later, absorbing the back-to-back double championship winning Mercedes team. But with its title sponsor exiting…

Nico Hulkenberg used all the experience of his 238 previous grands prix to make the pivotal tactical calls which finally delivered his first podium finish. The race started on a track which was still wet in parts but drying rapidly. At first Hulkenberg resisted the temptation to switch to slick tyres as the Sauber strategists saw a window of opportunity…

There are just a few days to go for the Berlin Rookie Test that will follow the Berlin E-Prix this weekend. Filling in the last slots, Jaguar TCS Racing have announced Jamie Chadwick and Formula 3 champion Leonardo Fornaroli as their nominees for the Berlin Rookie Test. It will take place at the Tempelhof Airport Circuit on July 14, Monday….

Formula One could go back to using louder V8 engines with fully sustainable fuel by 2029 at the earliest, according to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The sport is entering a new engine era next season but the head of the governing body suggested last February that a return to the naturally-aspirated V8s or V10s was being considered after that….

Lando Norris won his home race but Nico Hulkenberg stole the show and another driver also impressed in the rain. Here’s RaceFans’ verdict on the full field. Lando Norris Qualified: 3rd (1 place behind team mate, +0.015s)Grid: 3rd (1 place behind team mate)Start: Held positionStrategy: Two-stop (I-I-M)Finished: 1st (1 place ahead of team mate) ▶ Almost matched Piastri’s time in…

Over the past three months or so, Ian James – team principal of the McLaren Formula E squad – had been positive about the chances of keeping the team alive. He had already done so once, when Mercedes pulled out in 2022 yet the team stayed on the grid and transformed into McLaren. Around the time of the Jakarta E-Prix…

What did you think of today’s race? Share your verdict on the British Grand Prix. Since 2008, RaceFans has surveyed its readers to discover which races they enjoyed the most – and least – during the season. Take part in our latest poll here. Give this race a score out of 10 based on how much you enjoyed it: 10…

The team known as NEOM McLaren Formula E Team looks likely to cease operations later this month after new investment opportunities were unable to be sourced in time for the licence to stay on the grid. The Race understands that NMFE staff were briefed late last week on the latest developments around the team’s status and that a buyer had…

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Ev! On this day in motorsport Alain Prost won at home today in 1990 35 years ago today Ivan Capelli nearly scored a surprise win for Leyton House in his Adrian Newey-designed March at Paul Ricard, but Alain Prost overtook him to win the French Grand Prix…

A Formula 3 champion will be testing alongside a renowned female racer, in what is set to be a barnstorming line-up down at Jaguar, rounding out the roster for the upcoming Berlin Formula E rookie test on Monday, 14 July, 2025. Jaguar became the final team to announce their duo taking to the Berlin Tempelhof circuit for the upcoming Berlin…