Motorsport

Tag Heuer Porsche driver Antonio Felix da Costa has said his team suffered a “kick in the butt” at the Jeddah E-Prix, and has warned its rivals that they are catching-up quickly as Formula E enters a mid-season break. The Portuguese suffered a tough weekend at the city’s inaugural E-Prix, finishing ninth in Race 1, and then retiring in Race…

Mercedes has revealed the first images of the W16, its new car for the 2025 Formula 1 season. The team, which presented the livery for this car at the F1 75 launch event last week, endured a mixed season in 2024. Although it won four grands prix, the most since the current ground effect regulations were introduced two years earlier,…

Mercedes has officially launched its 2025 car while completing a filming day in Bahrain ahead of F1 testing at the same venue. All 10 teams unveiled their liveries during F1’s launch event in London on Tuesday, but the new paint schemes were applied to show cars rather than the actual race cars that will compete on track this year. After…

Feb 23, 2025, 12:35 PM ET Artificial intelligence is no substitute for the mind of Adrian Newey and Aston Martin expect Formula 1’s foremost designer to have an immediate impact when he joins them next month, according to team boss Andy Cowell. Speaking before the team’s digital 2025 car launch on Sunday, Cowell said Newey’s arrival from Red Bull was…

Aston Martin has revealed its new Formula 1 car for the 2025 season. The team previously presented its livery at F1’s official launch event last week. The AMR25 is the fifth car since the brand returned to F1 under the ownership of Lawrence Stroll. It will be the team’s last car to use a Mercedes power unit before it teams…

Feb 23, 2025, 07:21 AM ET Carlos Sainz has replaced retired four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel as a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), the trade union of F1 drivers announced on Sunday. The 30-year-old Spaniard, who ceded his place at Ferrari to seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and is now on his fifth different Formula…

The one-season-wonder story of Brawn GP is by now extremely well-trodden. Perhaps the only remaining unanswered question is who should play Ross Brawn in the inevitable movie. Therefore I approached David Tremayne’s new “autobiography” of the Brawn BGP 001/02 with a touch of trepidation. I need not have worried, however: If you only buy one book on the Brawn story…

Welcome to Sunday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to BT52B! On this day in motorsport Born on this day in 1928: Hans Hermann, who shared victory in the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hours with Fritz Reiss for Mercedes, and started two grands prix for the manufacturer Born today in 1953: Satoru Nakajima, who made his F1…

Feb 22, 2025, 01:47 PM ET Formula 1’s governing body urged fans to show more respect after “tribalist” booing of four-time champion Max Verstappen and his Red Bull boss Christian Horner at a 10-team season launch. The FIA was also booed by the crowd, whose biggest cheer was reserved for Britain’s seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton, at the event attended…

George Russell and new teenage team mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli rode the London Underground on their way to Formula 1’s new launch event this week. What did the Mercedes pair have to say to each other ahead of the new season? Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below….

Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Rich! On this day in motorsport Lauda, who won championships at McLaren and Ferrari, passed away in 2019 Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free  read more www.racefans.net

Feb 21, 2025, 03:25 PM ET Formula 1 could be racing towards a far noisier future after the sport’s governing body triggered talk of a return to roaring V10 engines, this time powered by fully sustainable fuel. Grand Prix cars have been powered by 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrid engines since 2014, with new rules from next year to 2030. The…

The most difficult moment in Ferrari’s 2024 campaign also showed how much they have progressed under team principal Frederic Vasseur, driver Charles Leclerc believes. “We’ve improved a lot and I think that has made the difference in recovering quicker whenever we get in those moments that are a bit more difficult to manage,” he said in response to a question…

Formula E is leading the charge for change in motorsport. Built on innovation and sustainability, it has also emerged as a powerful force for inclusivity. Over the years, female drivers have made their mark in the series, and now, a renewed push for female participation is bringing them back to the track. With more opportunities than ever before, ABB FIA…

Feb 19, 2025, 12:06 PM ET Rookie driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli has said he plans to follow the advice of Lewis Hamilton, who he is replacing at Mercedes this season, by shutting out the hype. Antonelli will be realising a dream when he steps onto the starting grid at the Australian Grand Prix on March 16 for the first race…

Lewis Hamilton has promised Ferrari fans a “really fun” rollercoaster ride as takes on the challenge of a steep learning curve ahead of his team debut. Hamilton’s blockbuster switch from Mercedes to F1’s most successful and famous team has dominated the build-up to the new season. The seven-time world champion is looking to end a Ferrari drivers’ title drought which…

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has raised the possibility of reintroducing V10 engines to Formula 1, two decades after they were phased out. The F1 field was last fully powered by V10 engines in 2005. The championship moved to V8s the following year, though Red Bull’s second team, known at the time as Toro Rosso, was permitted to use rev-limited…

Ferrari has made a significant change to its new Formula 1 car for 2025 as it strives to find more performance in the fourth year of the current technical regulations. In order to increase the potential for development gains with the new SF-25, the team decided to switch its front suspension from a push-rod to a pull-rod configuration. They committed…

Racing Bulls has run its new car for the 2025 Formula 1 season for the first time. The 02 ran at the Imola circuit in Italy which will hold the seventh round on the 2025 F1 calendar. Both the team’s drivers – newcomer Isack Hadjar and Yuki Tsunoda – took turns at the wheel of the new car. Pictures: 2025…