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Pictures from practice for the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Lance Stroll, Aston Martin, Zandvoort, 2025 ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS – AUGUST 29: Isack Hadjar of France driving the (6) Visa Cash App Racing Bulls VCARB 02 on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Netherlands at Circuit Zandvoort…

Aug 27, 2025, 09:45 AM ET Lando Norris outpaced McLaren title rival Oscar Piastri in Dutch Grand Prix first practice, which saw both Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen end up in the gravel. Norris, who cut Piastri’s championship lead to nine points before Formula 1’s summer break four weeks ago, was 0.292s faster than the Australian in a surprisingly incident-packed…

One of Formula 1’s Safety Cars has had an upgrade for the second part of the 2025 season. Aston Martin has replaced its previous Vantage model, introduced last season, with a new Vantage S, offering higher performance. It is making its debut at Zandvoort for this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix. The car manufacturer says the Vantage S can hit a…

Welcome to Friday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Marko: Kein Palou und ein Telefonat mit Perez bei Red Bull (Kleine Zeitung – German) ‘There’s absolutely ‘no truth’ to the rumours that Red Bull is in negotiations with US IndyCar driver Alex Palou. ‘That’s not true.” Why Cadillac F1’s American dream doesn’t include an American driver (Las…

Envision Racing has announced that Sebastien Buemi will remain at the team after signing a multi-year deal. It keeps the former series champion at the team going into the GEN4 ruleset, which will arrive for the 2026-27 season, making Buemi the first driver confirmed that will have driven across all iterations of Formula E. “I’m really happy to re-sign with…

Aug 28, 2025, 10:48 AM ET As Sergio Pérez prepares to return to Formula 1 in 2026 with Cadillac, his former teammate Max Verstappen congratulated him and said the Mexican’s difficult last season at Red Bull does not define what he can do. Earlier this week, Perez and ex-Sauber and Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas were announced as Cadillac’s driver duo…

Sebastien Buemi will likely become the longest serving driver in Formula E after it was revealed he has extended his role at Envision Racing on a “multi-year deal” today. The 2015-16 champion, who is tied for the most wins in Formula E (14, with Mitch Evans), has weathered the storm of a poor 2024 by showcasing a renewed aptitude for…

It’s now over a decade since the FIA introduced its penalty points system designed to punish consistently poor driving standards from drivers racing in the Formula 1 world championship. By giving drivers points on their superlicences for being judged as responsible for committing rules infractions, the system was brought in to act as a deterrent for careless and dangerous driving…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Could this Formula 1 driver find himself in an Indy 500 seat? His boss could make it happen (Indy Star) ”We just talked about it,’ Bottas said when asked about running the Indy 500. ‘It’s definitely on my bucket list.” Colton Herta dodges questions on rumoured move to…

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has said he and Lewis Hamilton “stupidly” underestimated the scale of the challenge he faced when he joined. The hype around Hamilton’s blockbuster move to Ferrari has soured this year, with the seven-time world champion yet to score a podium for the team. During a difficult Hungarian Grand Prix, a downbeat Hamilton suggested Ferrari “probably need…

Porsche will change its Formula E line-up for the first time in three seasons, and for only the third time ever, ahead of the 2025-26 campaign. News that Antonio Felix da Costa will not continue into a fourth campaign with the team was revealed by The Race on Tuesday and is expected to be officially communicated next month. That ends…

The first race on the 2026 F1 calendar is over six months away but we already know one of the 22 drivers on the grid will have a penalty. Cadillac’s announcement yesterday that Valtteri Bottas will return to drive for them means he will serve a penalty which was issued during his final race. Driving for Sauber at the time,…

Few could have predicted Oliver Rowland’s sensational rise to title glory when he voluntarily decided to drop off the grid back in 2023. Skip forward to 2025, and he’s now clinched the Formula E title with two rounds to spare. Rowland admits that his decision to step away from Mahindra mid-season was a “huge risk”. But it was also a…

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to vettelfan, Pemsell, Monosodico and Konstantinos! On this day in motorsport Mika Hakkinen passed Michael Schumacher to score a memorable win today in 2000 Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free  read more www.racefans.net

Cadillac have announced their two drivers for their entry into Formula 1 in 2026. F1’s newest team has hired the highly experienced duo of Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas, both of whom left F1 at the end of last season. Perez, who like Bottas will be 36 years old when the 2026 season commences, has been absent from this year’s…

Laurence EdmondsonAug 26, 2025, 11:56 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 After being named as one of Cadillac’s two drivers for 2026, Sergio Pérez said he “couldn’t afford” to let his Formula 1 career end with his sacking from Red Bull last year. The 35-year-old was announced as half of Cadillac’s driver lineup,…

The disappearances of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez from the Formula 1 grid at the end of last season undoubtedly caused much disappointment among their fanbases. Not least because each represented nations with a strong motorsport heritage – Finland and Mexico – which were left without a driver on the grid. Today’s confirmation the pair will return with new F1…

Cadillac has confirmed Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas will form its driver lineup for its Formula 1 debut season in 2026. As reported by ESPN last week, Cadillac has opted for the two best free agents available, with a combined 527 race starts and 16 race wins between them. Tuesday’s announcement video included a voice over from actor Keanu Reeves…

Antonio Felix da Costa is set to move on from Porsche before the new Formula E season as one of the series’ longest running sagas finally ends. The 2019-20 champion has scored six E-Prix wins with Porsche, which he joined in 2023, but also had a fractious relationship with the team that began to develop at the end of that…