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Formula 1 team bosses have warned plans to make races more exciting by forcing drivers to make two pit stops could backfire. The idea has been put forward as many races this year have been won by drivers making only the single change of tyre compound which is required by the regulations. However team bosses suspect forcing strategists to incorporate…

The first Formula E Gen4 group test has been taking place at Monteblanco in Spain this week, with five manufacturers in action behind closed doors.  The Race has tracked the running closely through its network of sources and uncovered key information about the test, which has been structured as six half day sessions running between Tuesday and Saturday afternoon. In…

While Lando Norris took a step closer to winning the world championship with his Brazilian Grand Prix victory, another driver on the podium claimed a rare achievement. It’s been more than a decade since a driver last arrived on the podium after starting in the pit lane, but Max Verstappen pulled it off on Sunday. The Red Bull driver became…

Nov 13, 2025, 10:39 PM ET YORBA LINDA, Calif. — John Force, a 16-time Funny Car champion and the face of NHRA drag racing for nearly four decades, formally retired Thursday night. The 76-year-old Force’s announcement came 17 months after he sustained a traumatic brain injury in a fiery wreck at Virginia Motorsports Park. A catastrophic engine failure sent him…

Nov 13, 2025, 04:33 AM ET Three more races. Three drivers in contention. One chance at glory with the 2025 Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship. After 21 rounds of twists and turns, ups and inevitable downs, a gripping 2025 drivers’ title race is heading towards its climax — and it’s all still up for grabs. Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max…

Max Verstappen’s virtuoso drive to a podium finish from the pit lane deserved a championship-reviving result. But Lando Norris’s victory meant that, for the first time since the Dutch Grand Prix in August, Verstappen lost ground in the championship chase. His hopes of winning a fifth consecutive crown are not over, but the Brazilian Grand Prix result was a clear…

Alex MeakinJournalist, Reading BBC The climate stripes feature on both of the rear wings of the Envision car A Formula E car will feature a design from a University of Reading professor which demonstrates rising temperatures on earth. Each stripe on the climate stripes show a year from 1961 to 2010 displayed chronologically with blue indicating cooler than average years…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to TheNikii, Sid90 and Piotr Zukowski! On this day in motorsport Happy birthday to the championship leader Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free  read more www.racefans.net

Nov 12, 2025, 05:52 PM ET Just 115 days before they officially enter Formula 1, Audi has unveiled its brand and livery colour along with its design concept for 2026. Audi took over the Sauber team earlier this year and launched the concept at an event in Munich, Germany on Wednesday as it rebrands the Switzerland-based F1 team, with a…

Feature by Katy Fairman Back for another year, the second running of the ‘Women’s Test’ gave the talent double the running compared to the inaugural opportunity last season. At the end of the six hours of track time, it was Chloe Chambers of Mahindra Racing who set the best time, but the day was about more than just lap times…

Nov 12, 2025, 10:12 AM ET Oscar Piastri has admitted that McLaren’s team orders at the Italian Grand Prix were still on his mind when he suffered a disastrous crash-heavy weekend at the next round in Baku. At Monza in September, then-championship leader Piastri was told to give second place back to teammate Lando Norris after gaining the position following…

Toto Wolff is in advanced talks to sell part of his 33% stake in the Mercedes Formula 1 team which would put its overall valuation around £4.6 billion ($6bn), sources have told ESPN. Wolff, who would remain in his duel roles as chief executive officer and team principal, is looking to sell a reported “mid-single digit stake” in his holding…

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Christian Briddon, A-Safieldin and khuzai! On this day in motorsport Damon Hill won Adelaide’s last Formula 1 race as a handful of others staggered to the finish today in 1999 Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free  read more www.racefans.net

Dan Ticktum has told Motorsport Week of his excitement at Formula E‘s forthcoming GEN4 car, predicting that it is going to be “f***ing fast!” The British driver is now one of the all-electric championship’s hottest properties, after a Season 11 which was, in essence, his breakout year. Ticktum, suffering for a number of years in uncompetitive machines, benefitted from ERT’s…

Ferrari chairman John Elkann’s decision to throw his drivers under the bus on Monday was a microcosm of everything that has haunted the company’s storied Formula 1 team during its 17-year title drought. Elkann’s remarkable criticism of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc followed their double DNF at the São Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday, the same day Ferrari ended a…

Isack Hadjar was anxious to avoid being ‘undercut’ by a rival when he pitted during the Brazilian Grand Prix. So he was not at all impressed when Oliver Bearman did exactly that when they pitted for the first time. His frustrations grew as he lost time behind Yuki Tsunoda and Esteban Ocon – and was never shy about letting his…

Lando Norris won the Brazilian Grand Prix for McLaren. Pos. Driver 1 Lando Norris McLaren 2 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 4 George Russell Mercedes 5 Oscar Piastri McLaren 6 Oliver Bearman Haas 7 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 8 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 9 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 11 Alexander Albon Williams 12…

Oscar Piastri defended his attempt to overtake Andrea Kimi Antonelli after the stewards ruled he was “wholly responsible” for the collision. They issued the McLaren driver a 10-second time penalty for the contact, which sent Antonelli into the side of Charles Leclerc, causing race-ending damage to the Ferrari. Piastri was attempting to overtake Antonelli on the inside of the Senna…

Lewis Hamilton made it clear what he thought of being penalised for the second event in a row at Interlagos. The Ferrari driver received a five-second time penalty for colliding with Franco Colapinto at the end of the first lap. Hamilton touched the rear of the Alpine in the high-speed curve approaching the start/finish line. He was immediately concerned by…