‘Potential to dramatically alter race outcomes’
Photo Credit: Getty Images The wild world of Formula E racing is serving as a proving ground for cutting-edge electric vehicle tech that could one day go from the fast lane to Main Street. And unlike your typical behind-the-scenes test sites, big-name brands like Porsche are putting their EV innovations through the paces at around 200 miles per hour on…
Caption Competition 264: Maxsplaining · RaceFans | Motorsport
Last year’s championship rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were in good spirits when they appeared together in an FIA press conference this week The pair laughed off suggestions their relationship suffered during the course of their run-ins last year. Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below. A…
Chip Ganassi Racing, OpenAI partner in first motorsports venture | Motorsport
Feb 28, 2025, 05:43 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Chip Ganassi Racing on Friday said it has partnered on a strategic research collaboration with OpenAI – a deal that makes the two-time reigning IndyCar championship winning team the first to bring in a partner from the artificial intelligence field. It is also OpenAI’s first collaboration in motorsports. “Racing has…
Predicting F1’s 2025 running order after Bahrain testing | Motorsport
Laurence Edmondson Close Laurence Edmondson Senior Writer, F1 • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close Nate Saunders Senior Writer, F1 Feb 28, 2025, 02:53 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Testing lap time data only ever provides a murky picture of relative performance. Adding 10 kilograms of fuel to a car equates to a lap…
Key figures from pre-season testing · RaceFans | Motorsport
For the second year in a row, Carlos Sainz Jnr set the quickest lap time of any driver in pre-season testing. He’s changed teams since then, so the bragging rights for fastest overall time go to Williams. But as we all know, headline testing times don’t reveal who is fast and who isn’t. For the same reason, constructors’ champions McLaren…
Pictures: 2025 F1 pre-season testing day three: Bahrain · RaceFans | Motorsport
Pictures from the third day of testing for the 2025 F1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit. Lando Norris, McLaren, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Lando Norris, McLaren, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Lando Norris, McLaren, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025…
Lewis Hamilton on his critics: ‘I’ve always welcomed the negativity’ | Motorsport
Lewis Hamilton told reporters how you show up and present yourself dispels the criticism he recieves. David Davies/PA Images via Getty Images BAHRAIN – As Lewis Hamilton embarks on his debut season with Ferrari, he says he’s still fueled by the criticism he’s received from “older white men” over his career. Hamilton, 40, has joined Ferrari for his 19th season in…
Hamilton’s complete Q&A on his Ferrari debut · RaceFans | Motorsport
Lewis Hamilton spoke at length yesterday about his start to life at Ferrari and his feelings about the new SF-25 chassis he will race this year. Here’s everything he had to say. Q: How has it been out there over the last couple of days and what are your emotions right now? Hamilton: It’s been a really good couple of…
Sainz narrowly leads Ferrari pair in second day of test · F1 · RaceFans | Motorsport
Carlos Sainz Jnr finished his allocation of pre-season testing for Williams by putting them on top of the times on the second day of running in Bahrain. The driver, who was fastest in pre-season testing last year for Ferrari, posted the quickest time of the test so far. He set a 1’29.348 shortly after returning to the cockpit following the…
Pictures: 2025 F1 pre-season testing day two: Bahrain · RaceFans | Motorsport
Pictures from the second day of testing for the 2025 F1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit. Lando Norris, McLaren, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Lando Norris, McLaren, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025…
Max Verstappen, Lando Norris joke about ‘terrible’ relationship | Motorsport
BAHRAIN – Old friends Max Verstappen and Lando Norris made light of a question of how their relationship might suffer if they fight for the title again in 2025. Verstappen and Norris clashed on track in Austria last year, before having flashpoints in Austin and Mexico City. The pair have often raced together online and have always spoken about having…
RaceFans Round-up: 28th February 2025 | Motorsport
Welcome to Friday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Testing in Bahrain: Day two report (Red Bull) Liam Lawson: ‘As part of testing, we were fighting a few teething gremlins with the car through the day, it’s all about just learning about the new car. A few of our runs were cut short a little bit and…
F1 testing: Carlos Sainz tops times over Ferrari on day two in Bahrain | Motorsport
Williams driver Carlos Sainz set the pace on the second day of preseason testing, beating the two Ferrari drivers to the fastest lap time by less than 0.1 seconds. Headline lap times in testing are notoriously unreliable for establishing an accurate competitive order, with Williams playing down suggestions they may have caught F1’s front runners. Thursday was Sainz’s last day…
Verstappen heard no boos at F1 75, Wolff believes ‘there wasn’t any at Max’ · RaceFans | Motorsport
Max Verstappen dismissed questions over the hostile reception he appeared to receive during Formula 1’s official pre-season launch event, saying he heard no boos from the crowd. He made the comments a day after his Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who was audibly jeered at, said it was “disappointing” some in the crowd had booed his driver. “There was…
Drivers’ different views on F1 75 · RaceFans | Motorsport
Formula 1 shouldn’t repeat its new pre-season launch event, some drivers believe, though others hailed it as a success. The championship broke new ground by bringing all 10 teams together to reveal their liveries for the upcoming season in a two-hour event in London which was broadcast live. Not all of the 20 drivers who participated want F1 to repeat…
F1-themed attraction to open in Las Vegas at Grand Prix Plaza | Motorsport
Laurence EdmondsonFeb 27, 2025, 09:45 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 The experience opens March 29, 2025. Las Vegas Grand Prix The organisers of the Las Vegas Grand Prix will open a series of Formula 1-themed attraction in the circuit’s pit building from March 29 this year. The 39-acre Grand Prix Plaza, which is…
RB21 “subtly different”, Ferrari stand out as cars converge | Motorsport
Ferrari appears to have pursued a different approach with its 2025 car than several of its rivals, says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. He described Red Bull’s new RB21 as an extensive but subtle evolution of last year’s car, which the team struggled with at times. In the fourth year of largely unchanged technical regulations, teams’ designs are increasingly…
Norris quickest in extended first test after power cut disruption · F1 · RaceFans | Motorsport
Lando Norris set the quickest time in the opening day of testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season. The first day of running, split into two four-hour sessions, was interrupted by over an hour due to a sudden loss of power at the track. The Bahrain International Circuit operators issued a statement saying the outage was caused by a failure…
Pictures: 2025 F1 pre-season testing day one: Bahrain · RaceFans | Motorsport
Pictures from the first day of testing for the 2025 F1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit. Lando Norris, McLaren, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test avEsteban Ocon, Haas, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025…
Why Formula E is a proper tech lab — developing inventions at racing speed April 2025
As I write this we’re a week away from rounds three and four of the Formula E season in Jeddah, after which we’ve a gap until we race in Miami in April, so it’s a good opportunity to talk about some matters outside what’s happening on-track in the championship. One of the innovative ways Formula E will fill that time…