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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…

To coincide with the Japanese rounds of the Formula E electric racing series, Nissan has created a special video game. Designed in collaboration with Japanese illustrator Kentaro Yoshida, Nismo Electric Racer Tokyo celebrates the Nissan team competing on home soil. With a deliberate eight-bit retro arcade game design, players take control of a stylised Nissan Formula E car, racing through…

Oscar Piastri’s hopes of winning the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix took a hit when he lost the lead to Max Verstappen at the start of the race. But McLaren were still confident they had a chance to win the race. “Remember Saudi Arabia,” Piastri’s race engineer Tom Stallard told him. Piastri trailed Verstappen in the first stint there on his way…

Is Dan Ticktum the messiah or is he just a very naughty boy? Ticktum just won’t care either way, and frankly it feels pretty good for him and those around him that he doesn’t. His honesty and authenticity can amuse and humble in equal measure – but is it something just to accept, or maybe even to embrace? Actually, many…

Jack Doohan has made a plea for online trolls to stop harassing his family after a fake image circulated this week on social media. Ahead of the most recent F1 race in Imola, Doohan was dropped by Alpine and replaced by Argentine star Franco Colapinto. Colapinto had a tough Alpine debut, which featured a heavy crash during qualifying. After that…

Oscar Piastri gave McLaren their first pole position at Imola for 20 years last weekend. However he was unable to convert it into victory – as was also the case on the previous four occasions one of the team’s cars started from pole position at this track. Raikkonen scorched off into an early lead in 2005 but his driveshaft failed…

Image credit: Stoffel Vandoorne/Instagram Maserati MSG Racing‘s Stoffel Vandoorne returned to the spotlight after three years by securing victory in the rain-affected Tokyo E-Prix Round 8 this weekend. He completed the Pit Boost at just the right time during an incident-packed race to clinch his first win since the Monaco E-Prix in Season 8, 2022. He comfortably surpassed reigning Formula…