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With half a dozen rounds left in 2025, half of the qualifying battles between the team mates have been won. But among the front runners the only fight left undecided is between the two drivers who are leading the championship fight. Gaps between team mates The two drivers who will share the front row of the grid for Sunday’s race…

Laurence EdmondsonOct 4, 2025, 12:55 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SINGAPORE — Both Williams cars have been disqualified from the results of Saturday’s qualifying session at the Singapore Grand Prix after the Drag Reduction System (DRS) flap on the rear wings of both cars was found to open beyond the maximum limit…

Max Verstappen felt it was clear Lando Norris cost him vital time on his final lap in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver saw his championship rival ahead of him on the approach to turn 16. Verstappen ran wide on the way into the corner, then aborted his lap. He gestured at Norris as he passed…

Max Verstappen raised hope of securing pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix and keeping his championship hopes alive by finishing fastest in final practice. Verstappen, who trails Oscar Piastri by 69 points in the standings, saw off the Australian by just 0.017 seconds at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. George Russell took third place for Mercedes, only half-a-tenth back…

Every Formula 1 team has faced the same development dilemma in 2025. How late dare they persist in working on their current cars? And how early will they switch their focus entirely to 2026 and the incoming new technical regulations which offer much more potential? Teams which went into this season not expecting to be competitive could afford to be…

Former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has approached many Formula 1 teams about potentially joining them, according to Aston Martin’s Andy Cowell. Red Bull announced Horner’s departure in July and he officially left the organisation last month. The 51-year-old guided his previous team to six constructors’ championships over a 20-year period and appears keen to return to the sport….

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SINGAPORE — Ex-Red Bull boss Christian Horner has been “ringing up pretty much every team owner” about a Formula 1 return, according to Aston Martin team boss Andy Cowell. Horner has been cleared to return to Formula 1 next year after reaching $100 million (£75m) settlement with Red Bull, who sacked him as team boss and CEO in July. Sources…

Max Verstappen came away from the opening day of practice for the Singapore Grand Prix in a positive frame of mind. The Red Bull driver, who has won the last two grands prix, said they made the same smooth start to the weekend they had at those two rounds. “FP1 started quite nicely, we were just getting up to speed…

Lando Norris has claimed it is “almost impossible” to be as good as Max Verstappen because he is playing catch-up to a driver who was born into Formula 1. Verstappen’s world championship bid appeared dead and buried, but consecutive victories in Monza and Baku have propelled him back into the title discussion. Ahead of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, he trails…

Fernando Alonso says he understands why Max Verstappen used the opportunity to compete in series outside Formula 1 in the last two weekends where no grand prix took place. The Red Bull driver made two visits to the Nurburgring Nordschleife to contest sports car races on the famous German track. He won last weekend’s GT3 race in an Emil Frey…

Lando Norris believes Max Verstappen is now a “genuine” contender for the world championship but insisted McLaren will not have to make teammate Oscar Piastri their No. 1. Back-to-back victories for Verstappen sees him head into this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix 69 points behind Piastri, with 199 points still to play for over the remaining seven rounds. Piastri crashed out…

McLaren has confirmed the departure of Alex Dunne from its Driver Development Programme. Dunne has driven for the team in two Formula 1 practice sessions this year, at the Red Bull Ring and Monza. He impressed on his debut in Austria, lapping within a tenth of a second of the team’s regular driver Oscar Piastri. The 2022 British Formula 4…

There feels a neat and seamless quality to former McLaren Formula E team boss Ian James taking charge of the Jaguar FE squad in his new role as managing director of JLR Motorsport.  Completing his first day in the role on Wednesday, James will have driven into Jaguar’s expansive Kidlington facility realising that the imperative will be to absorb and…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Introducing my SEA helmet design for the Singapore Grand Prix🇸🇬 I’m proud to share that I’ll be auctioning the helmet for charity together with @UNICEF_Thailand  All proceeds will go to UNICEF’s work in giving children in Thailand, especially the most disadvantaged, the chance… pic.twitter.com/DgIss0uw2Y — Alex Albon (@alex_albon)…

ITV has aired UK horse racing since 2017, and its current contract is set to expire at the end of 2026. (ITV Imagery) UK commercial broadcaster ITV will continue its coverage of the country’s flagship horse racing events after securing a new four-year rights deal. The new rights agreement, running from 2027 to 2030, will see ITV continue to air…

Microsoft has announced the next game in the Forza Horizon series, revealing that the game will be set in Japan. Editor’s Picks A trailer announcing Forza Horizon 6 was shown at Tokyo Game Show, which panned through prior locales from the series — including Mexico, the UK, and Australia — before settling on Japan. The trailer prominently features Mount Fuji,…

ITV and Formula E have agreed to extend their free-to-air broadcast deal for the UK and Ireland for a further two years to cover Seasons 12 and 13, to 2027. The original deal began in December 2024. The upcoming Season 12 (2025/6) of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship includs 18 races across 12 global cities, with all qualifying…

Fernando Alonso is “a Rottweiller” who would be in the title fight if he was driving for McLaren or Red Bull this year, according to long-time associate Flavio Briatore. Alonso and Briatore, who now leads Alpine’s F1 team, have a long affiliation stretching back to before the Spaniard made it into Formula 1. Alonso, who turns 45 next year, will…