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ABB FIA FORMULA E WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO VALENCIA FOR FIVE DAYS OF PRE-SEASON TESTING The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship returns to Valencia for the first time since 2023 for eight testing sessions across five consecutive days. Following a successful debut at the Season 11 Pre-Season Test, the FIA and Formula E host a second Women’s Test on Friday…

Lewis Hamilton felt it was “kind of nuts” that he got penalized at F1’s Mexican Grand Prix for track violations when several other drivers avoided similar. Hamilton was given a costly 10-second penalty early in the race when he went straight on at Turn 4, rejoining ahead of Max Verstappen. The Ferrari driver did not fully use the exit road…

Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Mexican 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 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Driver performance summary Advert |…

Written by Teagan Crump, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri Season 10 champion Pascal Wehrlein topped day one of Formula E’s highly anticipated pre-season testing week, a first session for many notable drivers who switched teams ahead of the final Gen 3 Evo season.  Early on in the first Formula E test session of the week, Nissan’s reigning champion Oliver Rowland set…

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…