Motorsport

Kamui Kobayashi returned to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car for the first time in more than a decade today as he is testing for Haas in France. The Toyota World Endurance Championship team principal and driver started 75 grands prix between 2009 and 2014. The test has come about as Toyota forged a technical partnership with Haas last…

Image credit: Dan Ticktum Dan Ticktum recently added a big achievement to his portfolio by clinching his first-ever podium at the Tokyo E-Prix. He finished the Round 9 Tokyo race in third position. Now, a video has been shared to reveal how he kills time when a race is delayed or he has some time to kill. It seems he…

Max Verstappen was infuriated at losing a position to Charles Leclerc at the restart of the Spanish Grand Prix and complained his rival made contact with him. The stewards looked into the incident and cleared both drivers, noting each had moved towards the other at different points as Leclerc passed the Red Bull. However Leclerc’s radio messages earlier in the…

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has teamed up with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to discuss education reform as part of his own charitable initiative. Hamilton set up Mission 44 in 2021 with the mission of creating a more inclusive future for young people around the world, especially in school and particularly with regards to STEM subjects. The Ferrari…

Oscar Piastri continued to stake his claim to the 2025 Formula 1 drivers’ title with a clinical victory at the Circuit de Catalunya. He added the pole position and the fastest lap, making this his second ‘hat trick’. He is only the 35th driver in the championship’s history to claim more than one. He joins Juan Pablo Montoya and Rene…

Image credit: Oliver Rowland/Instagram Oliver Rowland has been having a fantastic season and is currently on top of the Formula E Driver Standings. However, the Nissan driver couldn’t get a podium in Shanghai but had a decent showing in one of the races. He has now shared a post after getting ten points in one race and nothing in the…

Valtteri Bottas has talked up a potential move to Cadillac next season, saying the new Formula 1 team represent an “interesting project.” The American outfit will debut as F1’s 11th team on the grid next season and team principal Graeme Lowdon admitted earlier this year that there were at least six drivers shortlisted for its two seats. Sources have told…

The FIA has informed Formula 1 teams of a new rule it will enforce if there are further cases of trackside fires caused by sparks from passing cars. F1’s governing body conducted tests of alternative skid block material at last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. It identified cars’ titanium skid blocks as the cause of grass fires which caused repeated disruption…

Lewis Hamilton equalled his best qualifying position for a grand prix since joining Ferrari last weekend. However he lacked pace throughout the race and had fallen 12 seconds behind his team mate Charles Leclerc by lap 54, after which the Safety Car appeared. it got no better for him after the restart, as he was passed by Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber….

To the outside world hints that Jaguar might not be quite at the races in the first half of the 2024-25 Formula E season first came at Jarama last November. Amid the chaos of Formula E scrambling to relocate from Valencia to Madrid, word was that the Jaguar had been chasing its tail a bit in private development testing. On…

Image credit: Pascal Wehrlein/Instagram TAG Heuer Porsche driver Pascal Wehrlein gained no points on Day 1 of the Shanghai E-Prix last weekend. However, the Formula E driver was able to turn the tables in a rainy race the next day and claim second place on the podium. After the race, he confirmed that the result made him realise they were…

Red Bull-affiliated Formula 2 driver Arvid Lindblad has credited his mentor Oliver Rowland for helping his career progression, saying the Formula E title-leader is “like family” to him. The 17-year-old Brit, who also has Swedish and Indian lineage, is currently third in the F2 title standings, just eight points off the lead, currently held by Alex Dunne. Lindblad, who drives…

Laurence EdmondsonJun 3, 2025, 08:27 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko had admitted Max Verstappen‘s collision with George Russell at the Spanish Grand Prix was a “serious misjudgment,” but remains confident the reigning champion will not end up with a race ban. Frustrated by the way his…

Max Verstappen embarked upon the 2025 Formula 1 world championship with eight penalty points on his licence, already putting him two-thirds of the way towards an automatic race ban. “He’s now on eight so we need to start being careful,” Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko acknowledged before the season began. However Verstappen was untroubled by the possibility of reaching…

When the rain falls, the Kiwis rise, and in Shanghai, Nick Cassidy proved exactly why he’s one of motorsport’s finest wet-weather warriors, mastering the treacherous conditions to claim a flawless lights-to-flag victory at the 2025 Shanghai E-Prix, Round 11 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. With rain hammering the Shanghai International Circuit and standing water turning corners into…

Alpine executive consultant Flavio Briatore insists he did not instruct the team’s former driver Nelson Piquet Jnr to crash in order to help the team win the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Briatore, who returned to the team as an executive consultant last year, previously spent two separate spells in charge of the outfit under different brands. His last stint as…

Nick Cassidy had secured third place on the podium in Monaco earlier this year, but he was still hungry for a win. The Jaguar TCS Racing driver finally got his moment of relief and joy as he clinched his first victory of the season in Race 2 of the Shanghai E-Prix. Starting from pole after an impressive performance in the…

Formula E’s second Shanghai visit brought a beautifully/bruisingly executed 1-2 for a surprise team in a dry and complicated race one, and a crushing victory for a driver who’s just split with their team in a sodden race two. Sam Smith picks through it all to select his winners and losers. Winner: DS Penske Sealing a first ever 1-2 finish…

Oscar Piastri won the Spanish Grand Prix for McLaren. Pos. Driver 1 Oscar Piastri McLaren 2 Lando Norris McLaren 3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 4 George Russell Mercedes 5 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 6 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 7 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 8 Pierre Gasly Alpine 9 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 10 Max Verstappen Red Bull 11 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 12…