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One truly special performance earned a rare 10-out-of-10 rating after the Mexican Grand Prix. Here’s our verdict on the full field. Lando Norris Qualified: 1st (7 places ahead of team mate, -0.588s)Grid: 1st (6 places ahead of team mate)Start: Held positionStrategy: One-stop (S-M)Finished: 1st (4 places ahead of team mate) ▶ Missed first practice as Pato O’Ward drove his car▶…

George Russell hinted at clauses in his Mercedes deal Getty George Russell has confirmed there are performance-related guarantees in his Mercedes contract to race in 2027 as well as next season, suggesting his seat is safe should boss Toto Wolff pursue Max Verstappen again. After a long wait for a delay Mercedes confirmed Russell and current teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli for…

It’s finally time to dust off the cobwebs and shake off the rust, as Formula E’s much-awaited Season 12 gets up and running. But it’s not for any competitive racing action just yet, as the 20 drivers and 10 teams will first need to get through a week of testing in Valencia. Valencia last hosted testing in 2024 | Credit:…

The FIA stewards said Lewis Hamilton should have left Max Verstappen space at turn one, but only punished him for leaving the track at turn four. Hamilton received a 10-second time penalty, which he served during the race, cutting the track at turn four and rejoining ahead of the Red Bull driver. The incident began when Verstappen dived down the…

Fernando Alonso complained the FIA failed to take any action against drivers who cut the first corner at the start of the Mexican Grand Prix. Five drivers left the track at turn one and rejoined after turn two. Alonso claimed some of them gained several places over drivers like him who did not go off. The Aston Martin driver said…

George Russell criticised the stewards’ decision to issue no penalties after five drivers cut the first corner at the start of the Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver said Max Verstappen’s cut across the run-off area between turns one and three was the most egregious. “Max fully sent it across the grass and one of the Ferraris just bails onto…

Laurence EdmondsonOct 26, 2025, 10:58 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 MEXICO CITY — Prior to the Mexican Grand Prix, it was hard to make a convincing argument that Lando Norris was the favorite for this year’s Formula 1 drivers’ title. The British driver was second in the standings off the back of…

The FIA has explained why it deployed the Virtual Safety Car which thwarted Max Verstappen’s attempt to take second place at the end of the Mexican Grand Prix. Verstappen was poised to attack Charles Leclerc for second place when the race was neutralised over parts of the penultimate and final laps. The VSC was deployed after Carlos Sainz Jnr’s Williams…

Pictures from qualifying day for the 2025 Mexican Grand Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Lando Norris, McLaren, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, 2025 Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, 2025 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, 2025 Carlos Sainz Jnr, Williams, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, 2025 Alexander Albon, Williams, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, 2025…

Charles Leclerc thinks he might have been better off qualifying in third place for the Mexican Grand Prix instead of second. The Ferrari driver claimed his fifth front row start of the season in Mexico. But Leclerc suspects third place would be a better position to start the race from. The Mexico City track has the longest run from the…

Jaguar TCS Racing driver Mitch Evans is one of the fittest guys on the track. He talks fitness, results and making waves in Formula E Mitch Evans has been with Jaguar TCS Racing since their debut season. The lightning-fast New Zealander has come close to championship glory in the past four years. He started his motorsport career in karts at…

Marc Marquez to miss rest of MotoGP season, as Andretti reveals Formula E livery, while Nicolas Varrone joins VAR in F2. Marc Marquez underwent a further medical check at Ruber International Hospital (Madrid) where the Doctors Raúl Barco, Samuel Antuña and Ignacio Roger confirmed that the Spanish rider will be unable to return to the track for the season finale…

Oct 25, 2025, 12:20 PM ET Lando Norris has admitted that the “incredible” lap he put together to clinch pole position for Sunday’s race in Mexico City left him “pleasantly surprised.” Norris blew the field away to claim his first pole since Belgium in July, with a lap of 1 minute 15.586 seconds to beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to pole…

Preview by Katy Fairman It’s that time of year again, pre-season testing is here! All 10 teams and 20 drivers will be heading to Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo for five days of testing their GEN3 Evo machines.  There’s a heavily reshuffled driver market, as well as the return of the groundbreaking women’s test on Friday 31 October, so here’s everything…

Lando Norris has taken provisional pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix for McLaren ahead of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. Mexican Grand Prix qualifying result P. Driver Team Q1 Q2 (v Q1) Q3 (v Q2) 1 Lando Norris McLaren 1’16.899 1’16.252 (-0.647s) 1’15.586 (-0.666s) 2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’17.024 1’16.658 (-0.366s) 1’15.848 (-0.810s) 3 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1’16.736 1’16.458…

CUPRA Kiro revealed a new livery for 2025/26 Formula E season under new team boss Russell O’Hagan, as Stoffel Vandoorne is named Jaguar reserve. Before the official start of testing at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain, Kiro Race Co has lifted the covers off its 2025/26 challenger, making a vivid statement of intent for the season ahead. An…

Oct 25, 2025, 02:50 PM ET Lando Norris set a blistering pace in final practice for the Mexican Grand Prix to send out a message to his title rivals. The British driver ended the final running before qualifying 0.345 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton. Championship leader Oscar Piastri was almost six tenths adrift in fifth while resurgent title hopeful…

Almost no one could get near Lando Norris’s pace in the final practice session for the Mexican Grand Prix. Track temperatures rose to a punishing 47C during the final hour of running. Most drivers waited until the final quarter of an hour to begin their qualifying simulations, at which point a flurry of fastest times appeared. The leading drivers’ lap…

Stoffel Vandoorne’s deal to leave Peugeot and join Hyundai’s Genesis Magma Racing World Endurance Championship project for 2026 has fallen through in a disagreement over Formula E and he will stay at Peugeot after all. Genesis’ 2026 arrival, Ford and McLaren joining in 2027, and Porsche’s decision to bow out at the end of the current campaign have turned this…