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McLaren tightened their grip on the 2025 championship as the summer break approached. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished first and second in each of the last four grands prix. The constructors’ trophy is surely heading to the massive cabinet at the McLaren Technology Centre. But at least their drivers’ title fight still has plenty of life left in it….

Red Bull is targeting IndyCar champion Alex Palou to join its Formula 1 team in 2026, according to a report in the USA. The Indianapolis Star claims Red Bull wants to lure Palou away from the series to join Max Verstappen next year. Such a move would leave Verstappen’s current team mate Yuki Tsunoda without a drive. Palou has been…

The Formula 1 championship resumes this weekend with Zandvoort’s penultimate race. The series will not return to the track after next year’s Dutch Grand Prix. F1 is bringing F1 Academy along as a support event this weekend. Meanwhile the IndyCar championship concludes on the oval at Nashville. Join us on RaceFans Live throughout every session of the Dutch Grand Prix…

Welcome to Monday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Oscar: ‘The pressure is only going to increase from here’ (McLaren) ‘So yes, I think I’ve handled it well, but I haven’t concentrated on it much. The pressure is only going to increase from here. When we get to the latter part of the year, that is when…

Aug 24, 2025, 04:47 AM ET Cadillac’s incoming Formula 1 team is set to join the grid with Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas as drivers, sources have told ESPN. Cadillac, which will become F1’s 11th team in 2026, has opted for the most experienced free agents available. Mexican driver Pérez and Finnish driver Bottas have a combined 16 race wins…

Formula 1 fans are better-placed than ever to scrutinise stewards’ decisions during races following the publication of the current racing guidelines earlier this year. Over the last four races stewards have ruled on a collision between team mates in one race, penalised an errant backmarker in another and dished out penalty points to one driver in three consecutive rounds. Most…

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc swap notes while plugged into Ferrari’s radio system at the Belgian Grand Prix. Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below. A selection of the best will feature in a future edition of the RaceFans Round-up. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go…

Today, Formula 1’s top feeder series is tightly integrated into the world championship structure. Formula 2 (formerly known as GP2) only races at grand prix weekends and all teams must use the same components. However its immediate predecessor began life as a much freer competition. Teams not only had the choice of different chassis manufacturers but also suppliers of engines,…

Aug 22, 2025, 05:41 PM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A North Carolina judge on Friday granted Legacy Motor Club a preliminary injunction blocking Rick Ware from selling his NASCAR team during a battle over one of his charters. Legacy and Rick Ware Racing agreed earlier this year that Ware would sell one of his two Cup Series charters, which…

Ghaziabad: An FIR has been registered against YouTuber Puneet Superstar after he referred to BSP chief Mayawati as “mummy” in a video. Puneet, who runs the channel ‘Puneetsuper_starrrr’ with 24.9 million subscribers, uploaded a 20-second clip where he used the term six times. The video sparked anger among BSP supporters, prompting Ghaziabad BSP president Narendra Mohit to file a complaint.Puneet…

Álex Palou clinched his fourth IndyCar championship last weekend on the series’ visit to Portland. Penske Entertainment: Chris Owens There’s an agreement that takes place when lions are preparing to fight. The feral connection between predators comes into play. It’s the sizing up of an opponent’s arsenal; length of the fangs, sharpness of the claws, the hulking muscles to drive those…

A Formula E superteam that could change the fortunes of its previously embattled platform almost overnight. It’s a classic Formula E turnaround story. Maserati MSG has been through hell and back season or two recently, yet remarkably its future looks as bright as any. On track at least. Even off it the positivity is back to a degree. Maserati MSG…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to carolynn clarke, socalf1fan, adamtys, ScuderiaVincero and Mightyspyder! On this day in motorsport McLaren were on course for a one-two in the first Turkish Grand Prix until Tiago Monteiro intervened Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free  read more www.racefans.net

As with most sports, Formula 1 is increasingly a sport about hot takes and bold predictions. ESPN made its own ahead of the 2025 season, a year that started amid a huge wave of excitement around the unpredictable nature of the upcoming championship. The August break is always a good chance to reassess and take stock of where F1 is,…

The merry-go-round of Jake Dennis’ partners at the Andretti Formula E team looks as though it will continue for a sixth consecutive season. But who will hop on this time – and will it prove to be a more permanent ride? Current team-mate Nico Mueller was generally a disappointment in 2025. The errors were many and the results were few,…

Jake Dennis and Andretti have reiterated their commitment to each other after a period of time in which the 2023 Formula E champion was courted by other teams on the grid.  Dennis has a contract with Andretti which stretches to at least the summer of 2026 which will be a crossover point of the Gen3 and Gen4 rules sets of…

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Harry Palmer, Sue and Isaac! On this day in motorsport More celebrations for – Nico Hulkenberg he’s 38 today Born today in 1987: Nico Hulkenberg 50 years ago today Mark Donohue died following a crash in his Penske while practising at the Osterreichring. It led to a…

Aug 18, 2025, 11:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Meyer Shank Racing on Monday announced a contract extension for driver Marcus Armstrong that will see the New Zealander back in the No. 66 next season. Armstrong moved from Chip Ganassi Racing to MSR this season when the two teams formed a technical alliance. In his first year in the No. 66,…

Although they continue to provoke feelings of apathy for a large portion of Formula 1’s hardcore fanbase, sprint races have now become deeply ensconced as a sporting element of the modern world championship. Sprint races were brought in after Liberty Media assumed ownership of F1’s commercial rights holder FOM – and Liberty are evidently keen on the format. Formula 1…