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Lucas Di Grassi was in celebratory mood after an “historical moment” for the Lola Yamaha ABT team, in which it claimed its first Formula E podium in Miami. The famed British manufacturer took its first open-wheel podium for 37 years when the Brazilian navigated the chaotic conditions at the Homestead-Miami Speedway to finish in second place behind winner Pascal Wehrlein….

Oscar Piastri won the Bahrain Grand Prix for McLaren. Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time Gap Deficit Reason 1 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 57 1h 35’39.435 2 63 George Russell Mercedes 57 1h 35’54.934 15.499 15.499 3 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 57 1h 35’55.708 0.774 16.273 4 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 57 1h 35’59.114 3.406 19.679 5 44 Lewis Hamilton…

It was Pascal Wehrlein’s day in Miami on Saturday when, amid a lot of chaos and confusion in the results, he was eventually declared the winner. Nissan’s Norman Nato was leading the race, and Pascal would have been second if the former hadn’t been disqualified first and then sent back to sixth position for misuse of Attack Mode. Wehrlein’s win…

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to davidnotcoulthard and Dave W! On this day in motorsport Born on this day in 1922: Graham Whitehead, one half of the first pair of brothers to compete in the world championship. He made a single start in the 1952 British Grand Prix and finished two places behind…

Pascal Wehrlein’s Miami E-Prix victory was not just the German’s first Formula E victory of Season 11 – he also became the first FE driver to win an FIA President’s Medal. The Tag Heuer Porsche man overcame the chaos of a red flag situation which saw many other drivers penalised for failing to finish Attack Modes, boosting his World Championship…

Oscar Piastri became the first driver to win two grands prix this year, but was he the top performer in Bahrain? Here’s our verdict on the full field. Lando Norris Qualified: 6th (5 places behind team mate, +0.426s)Grid: 6th (5 places behind team mate)Start: +3 placesStrategy: Two-stop (S-M-M)Finished: 3rd (2 places behind team mate) ▼ Ill-timed fumble in Q3 left…

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Laurence EdmondsonApr 14, 2025, 12:57 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Lewis Hamilton cut a dejected figure after qualifying ninth at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday. On a circuit where he has taken five career victories, his best qualifying lap was 0.9 seconds off Oscar Piastri‘s McLaren on pole position and nearly…

Formula 1 races for the third event in a row this weekend as the drivers head to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Formula 2 and F1 Academy will join them, each holding two races on the high-speed layout. Meanwhile the World Endurance Championship will resume at Imola – a track F1 is due to visit next month. Ferrari head to their…

Over the weekend, Maserati MSG Racing participated in the Formula E Miami E-Prix with the other teams. While the weather was pretty perfect, by Florida standards at least, the Italian race team ended up with a less-than-stellar result. However, both Jake Hughes and Stoffel Vandoorne gained some insight into this new track to use as the Formula E season continues….

Apr 14, 2025, 08:01 AM ET Formula 1 leader Lando Norris was unsparingly self-critical after suffering setbacks in Bahrain at the weekend but McLaren principal Andrea Stella said the driver was being unfair on himself and taking blame for the team. Norris said he had been “clueless on track” after Saturday qualifying at Sakhir and, after finishing third on Sunday…

Max Verstappen slogged away for a sixth-place finish in a Bahrain Grand Prix where fortune was never on his side. He suffered two slow pit stops, for different reasons each time, which ruined the team’s efforts to keep him in contention by using the ‘undercut’. The Safety Car appeared soon after his final stop, playing into the hands of those…

The 2024–25 Formula E World Championship is in full swing, with Pascal Wehrlein taking victory in Round 5—the Miami E-Prix at Homestead-Miami Speedway. With the season racing toward its conclusion in London at the end of July, there are 11 action-packed races still to go, all taking place over the next three months. So buckle up—Formula E’s Gen3 Evo electric…

Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend? It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days. Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Bahrain International Circuit. Driver performance summary Advert |…

Sign up for CleanTechnica’s Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott’s in-depth analyses and high level summaries, sign up for our daily newsletter, and/or follow us on Google News! Last Updated on: 12th April 2025, 11:02 pm In motorsport, Formula E is still new to a lot of sports fans. It was conceived as being net zero carbon right from the…

Apr 14, 2025, 12:36 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Former NASCAR star Tony Stewart won the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals on Sunday for his first career Top Fuel victory. The 53-year-old Stewart had a winning run of 3.870 seconds at 317.42 mph at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He held off Antron Brown at the finish, and also beat…

Liam Lawson collected penalty points for collisions with two of his rivals during the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Racing Bulls driver picked up his first penalty for making slight contact with Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin at turn two. The stewards noted that “car 30 [Lawson] overtook car 18 [Stroll] in turn one, however lost momentum by missing the apex, then…

In a dramatic turn of events, Nissan’s Nato Norman was disqualified after coming first in the Miami E-Prix final race due to a penalty for misuse of the Attack Mode but was later pushed much further back to the 6th position in the final list. As a result, Pascal Wehrlein of Tag Heuer Porsche was declared the winner of the…

SAKHIR, Bahrain — As Lando Norris flubbed his way through the Bahrain Grand Prix, his flawless McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri turned in a drive of championship quality. Piastri’s near-perfect race weekend out in front — his fourth Formula 1 race win in 50 starts — was a stark contrast to Norris, who admitted to feeling “clueless” with his car after…