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Lando Norris has deemed the earlier part of his season as “not good enough”, with the Briton believing that, prior to the last couple of months, his performance was “pretty average”.

As our countdown of F1's Greatest Races continues, Anna Francis looks back at the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix, a race that featured a remarkable drive from P17 to victory for Kimi Raikkonen – one that Mark Arnall, the Finn’s long-time performance coach during his time in F1, remembers well.

Williams team principal James Vowles says he was surprised to hear Formula 1 will bring back mandatory two-stop strategies in Monaco after this year's controversial experiment.
With overtaking pretty much impossible in the streets of Monte Carlo, the FIA implemented the mandatory use of three tyre sets this year to force teams onto a two-stop strategy and hopefully unlock more strategic options ...Keep reading

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has kept George Russell waiting all year for a new contract. Now, after Russell said “nothing’s going to happen over the summer” contract-wise following a typically resolute performance at the Hungarian GP, it looks like the roles have been reversed.
In that context it was interesting to note the phrasing of a “mid-season report” video Wolff recorded for ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff has given his take on Lewis Hamilton’s recent self-criticism, arguing that the Briton remains “the greatest of all time” and should stay in the sport “for many more years”.

The Hungaroring presents a potentially tricky combination of demands, given that it’s a track which heavily rewards raw downforce but which can have very high cooling demands.

The emergence of Alex Marquez, alongside Ducati’s commitments to Fermin Aldeguer and Fabio Di Giannantonio, among other factors, presents the ideal scenario for the Italian brand to field six identical bikes on the MotoGP grid next year.
Over the last decade – roughly since Gigi Dall’Igna arrived as general manager – Ducati has gradually pulled away from its direct rivals in MotoGP ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo is the only rider who has been able to consistently challenge Marc Marquez in the battle for pole positions this season. The Frenchman set the fastest qualifying lap at Jerez, Le Mans, Silverstone and Assen, while championship leader Marquez has started from pole on seven occasions. The only other rider to sit on pole has been Pecco Bagnaia, last time out in the Czech ...Keep reading

Harry Benjamin sits down for an in-depth chat with 1996 F1 world champion, Damon Hill.

From 1999 to 2004 Ferrari won six consecutive Formula 1 constructors’ championships and five drivers’ championships. In 2000 it won 13 out of 17 grands prix; in its most dominant years, 2002 and 2004, it won 15 out of 17 and 15 out of 18 grands prix. The F2004 car set lap records which at many venues lasted for years.
Throughout this era it was dogged by unproved accusations of cheating by ...Keep reading

With the summer break just beginning, here are things you can do to fill that racing void for the next 3 weeks...

Statistics rarely lie. In Formula 1 world championship history, 487 grands prix have been won from pole position – 43.2% of the total.
Since Charles Leclerc made his debut in 2018, that figure is up to 50.3% (82 out of 163 races). And it grows further to 56.6% for grands prix Leclerc didn’t start on pole. That’s because Leclerc’s 27 career pole positions – more than the likes ...Keep reading

Stewart Friesen will not get to take part in the NASCAR Truck playoffs as he recovers from various injuries sustained in a serious airborne crash nine days ago. Kaden Honeycutt will drive the No. 52 truck in his absence, except for Watkins Glen this weekend, where Christopher Bell will take the wheel.
Friesen was competing in a Super DIRTcar Series event, driving a Big Block Dirt Modified at ...Keep reading

The defending Supercars champion has confirmed plans to run a NASCAR Xfinity race at the Portland road course later this month. Brown will drive the No. 11 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing, which is utilizing a variety of drivers after the team abruptly parted ways with full-time driver Josh Williams.
Will Brown made his Cup debut last year, driving for Richard Childress Racing at Sonoma. He started ...Keep reading

Just three races remain in the regular season, and there are just three unclaimed spots inside the 16-driver playoff field. The NASCAR Cup Series will test its drivers at the Watkins Glen road course before heading to the Richmond short track and then the iconic Daytona superspeedway.
William Byron became just the fifth multi-time winner this year with his fuel-mileage victory at Iowa Speedway ...Keep reading

NASCAR has pumped the brakes on increasing horsepower before the end of the 2025 season, despite many drivers calling for it. In June, the sanctioning body indicated that an increase from 670HP to 750HP was "on the table" and could be implemented before the end of the year, but that no longer appears to be the case.
NASCAR Senior VP of Competition Elton Sawyer made a recent appearance on ...Keep reading

Kyle Larson spent over 90 minutes chatting with Julian Edelman on his podcast, Games with Names, tackling a variety of topics. It was a fascinating and candid sitdown with the Hendrick Motorsports driver, who talked about everything from the Coke 600/Indy 500 double to secret driver group chats, life on the road, and racing idols.
But about 43 minutes into the interview, the subject of ...Keep reading

Former Renault F1 driver Jolyon Palmer takes a close look at Gabriel Bortoleto's impressive weekend at the Hungaroring

As Fernando Alonso’s career has developed over his two decades in the Formula 1, so too has his personal style. Here’s 22 years of his aesthetic evolution, summed up in six remarkable eras.