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Max Verstappen has been voted driver of the year for the fifth time in a row by his peers in our exclusive poll.

With McLaren runaway winners of this season’s Teams’ Championship, Mercedes will take some satisfaction from being next best – the Silver Arrows’ runner-up spot was an improvement on 2024’s fourth place, even if they were 364 points behind the champions. However, with 2025 marking the start of their post-Lewis Hamilton era, there is much to be positive about ahead of the arrival of 2026’s new regulations. Here is Mercedes’ end of year report…

Oscar Piastri believes that the dynamics between himself and team mate Lando Norris will remain unchanged following Norris’ World Championship victory, with the Australian suggesting that the win does not mean that his fellow McLaren driver has “become Superman”.

Relive the standout off-track moments from the 2025 F1 ACADEMY season, from brand new partnerships and grassroots initiatives to breakthrough wild card drivers and plenty of behind-the-scenes stories.

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes new world champion Lando Norris has the personality to carry the championship's crown, but adds that to do this, he needs to "keep smiling".
Speaking to Sky Sports after the driver confirmed his place in the history books following a successful Abu Dhabi campaign, the F1 chief outlined what he expects from the new champion as he detailed the ...Keep reading

Formula 1 fans have the opportunity to own a piece of the Suzuka Circuit as the home of the Japanese Grand Prix undergoes track changes ahead of the 2026 race.
The Suzuka Circuit is being resurfaced in parts, so the track will be selling the asphalt, although the price is yet to be confirmed.
"Due to the road resurfacing construction on the Suzuka Circuit West Course, we will be selling the ...Keep reading

Kohr Motorsports will have a special paint scheme on its No. 60 Ford Mustang GT4 in the 2026 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season-opener at the Daytona Road Course.
Biffle, who was named one of NASCAR's 75 greatest drivers and a winner of 56 races across all three national divisions of the sport, was tragically killed in a plane crash in Statesville, North Carolina, earlier this month. He was ...Keep reading

One look at the 2026 driver roster tells you everything you need to know about Isack Hadjar's rookie campaign with Racing Bulls. Other than Mercedes runner Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Hadjar placed the highest of 2025's midfield batch of rookies by consistently qualifying where his car deserved to be – between ninth and 10th on average, and then converting that into regular points.
The Frenchman's ...Keep reading

Marty McFly is always late - until the day he finds himself 30 years early!

Lando Norris has revealed a number of text messages and private conversations with the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and even MotoGP champion Casey Stoner helped him as he fought against Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen in the final races of the 2025 Formula 1 season. 
Speaking to F1.com after finally turning his nine years at McLaren into a championship win, Norris described the ...Keep reading

What goes through your mind when talking about a memorable drive? It can’t be as simple as starting on pole and simply running away with victory. It goes beyond being the “best race” and captures the essence of a race. It leaves you going, “Hell yeah, that was cool.”
The 2025 season for the IndyCar Series had a lot of those moments, even with Alex Palou running off to eight wins - ...Keep reading

Dennis Hamlin, the father to NASCAR Cup Series veteran Denny Hamlin, died on Sunday evening when the house he shared with wife MaryLou in Stanley, North Carolina.
The elder Hamlin was 75-years-old.
Both Dennis and MaryLou were outside of their still burning home when the Lucia-Riverbend Fire Department and other safety crews arrived to extinguish the flames. At this point, roughly 45 percent ...Keep reading

Following his 2025 Formula 1 championship win, Lando Norris opened up about the sacrifices his family made that allowed him to rise through the ranks, culminating in his success with McLaren. 
After a season-long duel with team-mate Oscar Piastri and eventually sparring with Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Norris finally converted his nine years with McLaren into a title. But for his family, this ...Keep reading

Gabriel Bortoleto is adamant not to let the fame of Formula 1 get to his head, joking that he has told his friends to slap him if he ever changes.
The 21-year-old driver joined Sauber for his rookie season in 2025 after clinching the 2024 Formula 2 championship. He impressed in his first year in the series alongside his experienced team-mate, Nico Hulkenberg.
Bortoleto is keen not to let the ...Keep reading

Toyota World Rally Championship team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has purchased the WRC2 title-winning Printsport Racing outfit.
JML-WRT Oy, a company created by the 18-time WRC rally winner, has acquired the Finnish rally team that has recently guided Sami Pajari and Oliver Solberg to WRC2 titles in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Both drivers have since graduated to Toyota’s Rally1 WRC ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 season welcomed an unusually high number of rookies onto the grid which provided a focus point throughout the campaign.
While some of the rookies starred, others floundered and some didn’t even make it to the end of the season. Here’s who our writers have picked as the standout rookie of the year.
Gabriel Bortoleto – Ed Hardy
To be fair to the rookie class of F1 ...Keep reading

Enea Bastianini has offered insight into why he struggled to such an extent during a wretched first season on KTM’s MotoGP bike in 2025.
Bastianini moved to Tech3 this year on a factory-spec bike, partnering Maverick Vinales in an all-new line-up at KTM’s secondary squad.
But from his first test with the Austrian marque in Valencia 2024, it was clear that the RC16 was not playing to his ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri made an appearance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day, with the Formula 1 driver attending Australia's traditional Boxing Day Test as he enjoyed his downtime over the winter break. 
Piastri completed his best season so far after he helped McLaren secure its 2025 constructors' championship, finishing third in the drivers' standings behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen and ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso has been making the most of his impressive car collection during the winter break. After being spotted around the streets of Monaco in his extremely rare Mercedes CLK GTR, the Spanish driver has now been seen in his Aston Martin Valiant.
The ultra-rare, road-legal, track-focused sports car was built by the Q department of Aston Martin after being commissioned by Alonso. The ...Keep reading

Of all 10 teams on the grid, Red Bull embarked on arguably the biggest turnaround in the second half of the season. Max Verstappen went from seemingly being out of title contention to only narrowly losing out on a fifth World Championship, racking up more wins than his rivals along the way. But there were struggles for Yuki Tsunoda, leading to another driver change for 2026. Here is Red Bull’s end of year report for 2025