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Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The 2024–2025 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship concluded as a season of dual triumphs, with Nissan’s Oliver Rowland securing a dominant driver’s crown while Porsche finally captured the elusive teams’ and manufacturers’ titles after a season-long battle. Rowland, in stellar form for the Nissan Formula E Team, put together…

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Verstappen fahrt… aber was und wann?! (Auto Motor und Sport – German) ‘It looks as if Max Verstappen will compete in the Nurburgring Endurance Series (NLS) between the Formula 1 races in Monza and Baku on September 12th and 13th. Another race is planned in a GT3 Ferrari…

Laurence EdmondsonSep 8, 2025, 04:40 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Formula 1 is unusual for many reasons, but one element never fails to add drama: two teammates fighting over a single drivers’ title. On the one hand, they are employed by the same team and competing on behalf of more than a…

Max Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix for Red Bull. Pos. Driver 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 2 Lando Norris McLaren 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 5 George Russell Mercedes 6 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 7 Alexander Albon Williams 8 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber 9 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 10 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 11 Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams…

Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli received some mid-race encouragement from team principal Toto Wolff during the Italian Grand Prix. Wolff came on Antonelli’s radio to spur him on after he made a crucial pass on Yuki Tsunoda for ninth place. “Very good Kimi, get them!” Wolff told his driver after he out-braked the Red Bull at the Rettifilo chicane on…

The Italian Grand Prix saw one of the closest qualifying sessions ever plus the fastest lap and race in Formula 1 history. But at the end of it one driver dominated the contest – and for once he wasn’t in a McLaren. Here are RaceFans’ driver ratings for the Italian Grand Prix. Lando Norris Qualified: 2nd (1 place ahead of…

Max Verstappen and Helmut Marko have credited Red Bull’s surprisingly dominant Italian Grand Prix victory to a change in approach to setting up the car under new boss Laurent Mekies. Verstappen took pole position and then won Monza at a canter, beating the usually untouchable McLarens by nearly 20 seconds — the biggest winning margin any driver has had this…

Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Italian 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 Monza. Driver performance summary Advert | Become a…

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says Oscar Piastri will accept the team’s decision to swap their drivers’ positions during the Italian Grand Prix. The team instructed Piastri to let his team mate Lando Norris by into second place after the pair made their final pit stops. Norris ran ahead of Piastri throughout the race until the pair pitted. While teams…

Police in the Czech Republic have stopped a man driving a GP2 car, styled to look like a Ferrari Formula 1 chassis, on a public road. The man was apprehended in Buk after his distinctive car was spotted speeding on the D4 motorway south of Prague. “Thanks to reports from drivers, this morning we stopped a formula car driver in…

MONZA, Italy — As he closed in on victory in the closing laps of the Italian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen took a moment to chuckle at the running order of the orange cars trailing in the distance behind him. When informed title contenders and teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had swapped positions on instruction of their McLaren team, the…

McLaren created a problem for themselves when they chose not to pit their drivers in the ‘usual’ order at the end of the Italian Grand Prix. That, combined with a slow pit stop for Lando Norris, meant McLaren inadvertently dropped him behind his team mate. They rushed to reverse the unintended outcome by telling Oscar Piastri to let his team…

Max Verstappen said his performance at the Italian Grand Prix was “better than expected” and the win marked a “step forward with the behavior of the car.” Verstappen took his third win at Monza and the first pole-to-flag victory since Charles Leclerc in 2019 at the Italian circuit. The Red Bull driver lost his lead on Lap 2 to McLaren’s…

Oliver Bearman is at risk of a race ban following his penalty for causing a collision in the Italian Grand Prix. The stewards added two penalty points to the Haas driver’s licence for colliding with Carlos Sainz Jnr at the Roggia chicane. The stewards ruled Bearman was mostly to blame for the collision and also handed him a 10-second time…

Pictures from the 2025 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Start, Monza, 2025 Start, Monza, 2025 Start, Monza, 2025 Start, Monza, 2025 Start, Monza, 2025 Start, Monza, 2025 Lando Norris, McLaren, Monza, 2025 Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Monza, 2025 Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Monza, 2025 Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Monza, 2025 Yuki Tsunoda, Red…

MONZA, Italy — Charles Leclerc doubts he can replicate his emotional Italian Grand Prix win from 12 months ago without external factors coming into play on Sunday. Leclerc qualified fourth for Sunday’s race, the famous homecoming for Ferrari in front of its home crowd. He has won twice for Ferrari at Monza — in 2019 and again in 2024 —…

Max Verstappen has taken provisional pole position for the Italian Grand Prix for Red Bull ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Italian Grand Prix qualifying result P. Driver Team Q1 Q2 (v Q1) Q3 (v Q2) 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’19.455 1’19.140 (-0.315s) 1’18.792 (-0.348s) 2 Lando Norris McLaren 1’19.611 1’19.293 (-0.318s) 1’18.869 (-0.424s) 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren…

Pictures from qualifying day for the 2025 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Monza, 2025 Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber, Monza, 2025 Alexander Albon, Williams, Monza, 2025 Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Monza, 2025 Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Monza, 2025 Alexander Albon, Williams, Monza, 2025 Yuki Tsunoda, Red Bull, Monza, 2025 Esteban Ocon,…

Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links FIA boss abandons plan to change F1 engines for 2029 (BBC) ‘He had some support for a plan to change to a 2.4-litre V8 with a reduced percentage of hybrid power, but he did not have enough backing to change the rules for 2029, so chose to abandon…