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BRS MLA Harish Rao accused the Congress government of fabricating the Formula-E case to divert attention from the Group-1 recruitment fiasco. He claimed selective media leaks and ACB proceedings were orchestrated to cover the government’s failures Published Date – 9 September 2025, 10:56 PM Hyderabad: Former Minister and BRS senior MLA T Harish Rao on Tuesday ridiculed the…

Hyderabad: Former minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Tuesday strongly dismissed the Formula E case as a ‘bogus case,’ calling it a politically motivated attack. He openly challenged anyone to subject him to a lie detector test, saying he was willing to stay back and undergo the examination if anyone wished.Responding to reports that the Anti Corruption…

Lando Norris rubbished suggestions McLaren’s use of team orders on Sunday set a potentially damaging precedent. McLaren swapped the running order of their drivers in the closing stages of the race after Norris suffered a slow pit stop which dropped him behind team mate Oscar Piastri. McLaren had chosen to pit Piastri first, despite the fact he was running second…

The ACB has reportedly established a quid pro quo, stating that ₹44 crore was routed to the BRS through electoral bonds by a sponsoring firm linked to the Formula E event. Published Sep 09, 2025 | 6:40 PM ⚊ Updated Sep 09, 2025 | 6:40 PM The ACB questioned KTR and former Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar multiple times over…

What did you think of today’s race? Share your verdict on the Italian Grand Prix. Since 2008, RaceFans has surveyed its readers to discover which races they enjoyed the most – and least – during the season. Take part in our latest poll here. Give this race a score out of 10 based on how much you enjoyed it: 10…

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…