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Alexander Albon expects Formula 1’s new tyre rules for the Monaco Grand Prix will lead to more teams trying to tactically delay their rivals. Overtaking is so difficult at the narrow Monaco circuit that drivers can easily lap much slower than race pace while not being held up by rivals behind them. A team could use that to their advantage…

Oliver Rowland is currently far ahead of his fellow Formula E drivers when it comes to on-track competition. Not only is he leading the Formula E Driver Standings, but he has also won four of the nine races in the current season.Rowland has now said it all feels like a dream—and at times, he even feels the need to wake…

Formula 1’s new tyre rules for the Monaco Grand Prix could lead to drivers gambling on when to make pit stops, says Max Verstappen. The series has introduced a special rule for Monaco only requiring drivers to use at least three different sets of tyres during the race instead of the usual two. They will therefore likely have to make…

Image credit: Dan Ticktum/Instagram The success may have come late, but when it did, it tasted all the sweeter for Cupra Kiro driver Dan Ticktum. The 25-year-old from London, finally secured a place on the Formula E podium at the Tokyo E-Prix Round 9 on Sunday, finishing third in the race.It took Ticktum 57 starts and two previous top-five finishes…

Laurence EdmondsonMay 22, 2025, 09:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 MONACO — There’s an unfortunate paradox at the heart of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend: Nearly every aspect that makes the circuit unique also makes it terrible for Formula 1 racing. Nowhere in the world will you see F1 cars as close…

Formula E discovered to its cost at Homestead in March just how its regulations can be problematic when it comes to ensuring sporting fairness. On several occasions this season, races have been compromised and even effectively ended by race suspensions rendering attack mode boosts obsolete. In Miami, it felt deeply unsatisfactory that what appeared to be – to the uninformed…

Formula 1’s eagerness to prevent a repeat of last year’s processional Monaco Grand Prix has led it to take the highly unusual step of implementing a special rule for this venue only. The series hopes that by forcing drivers to use three sets of tyres during a race instead of one, it might create more uncertainty and even changes of…

May 21, 2025, 06:00 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar is exploring the creation of an independent governing body absent of any Roger Penske employees in the wake of the Team Penske cheating scandal ahead of the Indianapolis 500. Penske owns three-car Team Penske, IndyCar, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500. On Wednesday, he fired his top three racing…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Otmar F1? Szafnauer reveals F1 team proposal (Auto Action) ‘The financiers are serious people and they have the financial wherewithal to be able to fund a Formula 1 team. The car manufacturer that also wants to join Formula 1’s in place, so it’s just a matter of the…

May 21, 2025, 11:14 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Roger Penske attempted to close the latest cheating scandal engulfing his race team — this one at his beloved Indianapolis 500 — by firing his top three executives at Team Penske after two of the Penske cars were found to be illegal. Penske fired team president Tim Cindric, IndyCar managing director Ron…

The Monaco Grand Prix has long been Formula 1’s most iconic race. Although the main event on Sunday has tended to be processional, it hasn’t always been without drama, whether due to rain, strategy blunders or crashes. And Saturday’s qualifying hour has invariably been one of the most thrilling of the year precisely because the likely reward for capturing pole…

McLaren is once again using a special livery for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. The team has made a habit of varying its livery for F1’s iconic race through the streets of Monte-Carlo. It will use the same design, which it has created in conjunction with sponsor OKX, at the Spanish Grand Prix next week. It has named this year’s…

Image credit: Antonio Felix Da Costa/Instagram Antonio Felix Da Costa’s plans for the Tokyo E-Prix may not have fallen into place, but the TAG Heuer Porsche driver would definitely be looking forward to repeating his success at the Shanghai E-Prix. He had emerged as the winner in part 2 of the Shanghai double-header last year and is now preparing for…

May 21, 2025, 07:24 AM ET In 75 years of Formula 1, 70 races have been held at Monaco. Of those 70 races, there have been 37 different winners with 32 victories from pole. Could 2025 see a 38th driver stand atop the podium? McLaren have dominated the start of the season so far, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen throwing…

Max Verstappen made sure Red Bull did not miss an opportunity to use his team mate tactically on his way to victory in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. After Oscar Piastri pitted from second place, Red Bull told race leader Verstappen one of the cars he had fallen behind belonged to his team mate Yuki Tsunoda. Verstappen immediately told Red Bull…

Image credit: Sam Bird/Instagram NEOM McLaren driver Sam Bird recorded the fastest lap at the Tokyo E-Prix Round 9 and left the city with an extra point. He finished the Tokyo race in eighth position after setting the fastest lap time of 1:14.753s.The driver is now gearing up for the upcomingShanghai race double-header at the end of this month. With…

Formula E has a rapidly developing Max Verstappen-like situation on its hands, and it’s all being caused by one individual: Oliver Rowland.  The FE championship leader is dominating the all-electric series like never seen before in a Verstappen-like manner. All of a sudden, comments from former team-mate Sacha Fenestraz are looking that much more understandable. “And me, at 24 years…

Image credit: Neom McLaren If there is anyone as unstoppable as Oliver Rowland this season, then it’s his young friend Taylor Barnard, who joined him on the podium at the Tokyo E-Prix. The 20-year-old secured third place at the Round 8 race. Barnard has now shared happy pictures from Tokyo, where he took his fourth podium of the season. Taylor…

May 20, 2025, 12:50 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis 500 has sold out its grandstands for the first time in nearly a decade, and the local TV blackout that has been in place since 1951 has been lifted so fans in central Indiana will be able to watch the race live. Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Doug Boles said Monday…