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This weekend, the 2025 Formula 1 season heads to the Suzuka Circuit for the Japanese Grand Prix. Max Verstappen won last year’s race, finishing ahead of Sergio Pérez in second place and Carlos Sainz in third. Here are key facts on the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix. How can I watch the Japanese Grand Prix? (All times Eastern) Thursday 10:25 p.m….

In front of a backdrop of eight-figure mansions, IndyCar held its first championship event at The Thermal Club last month. Penske Entertainment: Chris Owens There weren’t many fans who turned up to see it happen. The size of the TV audience for the two-hour contest was disappointing. And a long stretch of the broadcast was lost when, while broiling in 90-degree…

Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana high court on Tuesday directed ACB, probing the Formula E Race case, to file its counter to a petition filed by former municipal minister KT Rama Rao, who was named as accused number one in the FIR seeking assistance of his counsel during his interrogation by police.Earlier, ACB had questioned him and recorded…

Formula 1 has turned its Las Vegas Grand Prix paddock into an “immersive fan experience” which will open to the public next month. Jenson Button and Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali attended a preview event at the Grand Prix Plaza on Friday. A key attraction of the facility is F1 Drive, a karting circuit which incorporates sections of the Las…

Laurence EdmondsonApr 1, 2025, 03:37 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Red Bull will race with a one-off white livery at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix to pay tribute to engine partner Honda. Sunday’s race at Suzuka will be the last for a Honda-powered Red Bull in Japan as the team and engine…

Jack Doohan will not take part in the first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix. Alpine has confirmed Ryo Hirakawa will take part in the session in his home event at Suzuka. The team signed the two-times World Endurance Champion in January as a test and reserve driver. It announced at the time he would participate in a practice…

Mar 31, 2025, 01:47 PM ET The Aston Martin brand will be in F1 for decades to come, team owner Lawrence Stroll said Monday after the sportscar maker announced the sale of its stake in the Silverstone-based outfit. Aston Martin AML.L said it is raising more than £125 million ($161.9 million) through funding from Stroll, its chairman, and the sale…

Williams team principal James Vowles has explained how his attempts to sign Carlos Sainz Jnr last year differed from its portrayal in Drive to Survive. Vowles’ efforts to court Sainz are highlighted in the fourth episode of the latest season, which premiered earlier this month. The episode shows Vowles vying for Sainz’s signature alongside competing bids from Sauber and Alpine….

Is Andretti Formula E’s Red Bull equivalent team, one so set on a singular course with its star driver Jake Dennis that its secondary car is barely noticeable, even occasionally obsolete? It’s a fascinating question because, factually, you’d have to concur it probably is – from a sporting standpoint at least. Over the last four seasons, the stats back that…

Yuki Tsunoda has said standing on the Suzuka podium as a Red Bull driver would be a dream come true — one that still feels “unreal” ahead of his home race. Red Bull moved Tsunoda from the junior team, Racing Bulls, just two races into the season, with Liam Lawson going the other way. Speaking for the first time since…

The Formula 1 season continues this weekend as the series begin its first run of three rounds in a row. The Japanese Grand Prix takes place this weekend at Suzuka, followed immediately by the series’ visits to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Anticipation for this year’s visit to Suzuka will be especially high following the news Japan’s only F1 driver, Yuki…

Table of Contents Table of Contents Why choose an EV race car driver for a hybrid in an endurance race? Who are his teammates? Reigning Formula E World Champion Pascal Wehrlein will join two veteran Porsche factory drivers racing a Porsche Penske Motorsport hybrid prototype in June in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The three-driver team will pilot one…

Red Bull have performed another of their stunning mid-season driver changes – and this week’s was perhaps their most brutal yet. Pierre Gasly was shown the door 12 races into his first year with the team. Daniil Kvyat was turfed out four grands prix into his second season to make way for Max Verstappen. But they enjoyed long tenures compared…

Welcome to Sunday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Formula One seeks to drive engagement through betting (Reuters) ‘This season is a great season to really focus on our betting because we’re going to see so much jeopardy on the track and who knows what’s going to happen with the regulation changes next year.’ Why Verstappen may…

Fernando Alonso is not convinced reintroducing V10 engines to Formula 1 is the right direction for the sport. The series will introduce new power unit regulations next year. Plans to replace the current V6 hybrids with new versions featuring more powerful kinetic energy were agreed three years ago. However last month FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem raised the possibility of…

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has insisted Yuki Tsunoda will see out the whole season after his shock promotion to replace Liam Lawson. Tsunoda has moved up from the junior team, Racing Bulls, after Lawson struggled for form in his first two races as Max Verstappen‘s teammate. He will debut at his home race, the Japanese Grand Prix. Yuki Tsuonda…

Max Verstappen will have his third different team mate in four rounds next weekend after Red Bull’s extraordinary announcement this week. Having replaced Sergio Perez with Liam Lawson for the new season, now they’ve brought Yuki Tsunoda in to replace him. All of that lay in the future when this Red Bull family photograph was taken at the Mexican Grand…

Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links F1 return to V10 or V8 engines is years away, says Symonds (Reuters) Pat Symonds: ‘I think there’s a lot of wishful thinking. With so much invested in the 2026 engine it would be negligent to throw that investment away – particularly for the new people like Cadillac,…

Max Verstappen is unhappy with the recent decision to swap “battered boxer” Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda, according to Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko. Verstappen liked an Instagram post from former racer Geido van Der Garde critical of Red Bull’s decision shortly after it was made Thursday. Van der Garde’s post likened Lawson’s treatment to “bullying.” Lawson was given just…