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Toto Wolff has praised his rookie driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli after an impressive drive to second in the Brazil Grand Prix sprint race. With the young Italian putting pressure on championship leader Lando Norris, both he and team-mate George Russell boasted impressive pace at Interlagos.
Speaking to Sky Sports F1, Wolff was quick to compliment his driver, but not before addressing Sauber ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez won a thrilling duel with Pedro Acosta to clinch the sprint race at the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday.
The Gresini Ducati rider recovered from qualifying fifth to take the win and deny front-row starter Acosta a breakthrough victory in MotoGP.
Polesitter Marco Bezzecchi was able to claim an early lead in what was a clean start to the 12-lap race, with Acosta slotting ...Keep reading

McLaren team boss Andrea Stella says Oscar Piastri will "reset very quickly" after his Formula 1 Brazil sprint crash cost him eight championship points to winning team-mate Lando Norris.
On lap 6 of Saturday morning's damp 24-lap contest, Piastri lost control of his McLaren on the wet kerbs on the inside of Turn 3. The Australian spun out and tagged the barriers to end his race, losing third ...Keep reading

Aston Martin led Toyota at the halfway point of the World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain, while Ferrari put itself in a strong position to sweep both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.
Toyota had been the dominant marque in the opening half of the Bahrain 8 Hours, with Nyck de Vries leading a 1-2 for the Japanese marque ahead of Brendon Hartley following the third round of ...Keep reading

Gabriel Bortoleto escaped a brutal crash on the final lap of the Brazil Grand Prix sprint race during a move on Williams driver Alex Albon. It ended with a heavy impact at Turn 1 of the Interlagos track.
Chasing Albon into the Senna S as the Brazilian hoped to overtake the British-Thai driver ahead of the chequered flag, Bortoleto dived for an overtake but lost traction as his car's DRS closed ...Keep reading

Lando Norris reinforced his Formula 1 championship lead after winning a red-flagged sprint race at Interlagos, while title rival Oscar Piastri crashed out of third. 
Norris started Saturday morning's 24-lap race from pole, with the Sao Paulo circuit still damp in places following overnight showers. The medium-shod Briton held the lead from soft tyre starter Mercedes' Andrea Kimi Antonelli and ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has revealed that if he hadn't been successful in his four-wheeled racing career, he would have instead chased a life in MotoGP. 
Speaking on the Pelas Pistas podcast alongside Sauber rookie Gabriel Bortoleto, the four-time champion didn't hesitate when he was asked which racing series he loves the most. 
"MotoGP," he confirmed, before adding: “If I could choose ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has crashed out of the Brazil Grand Prix sprint race, causing a red flag and adding pressure to his championship fight.
On the seventh lap of the sprint, the Australian driver dipped a tyre onto the kerb, picked up water and, as a result, crashed into the barriers on the inside of Turn 3. Closely following Piastri, Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg and Alpine's Franco Colapinto were ...Keep reading

The pole positions for Race 1 and Race 2 of the Pro and Pro-Am categories in the Lamborghini World Finals were set on Saturday in Misano, setting the stage for arguably the most important categories of the event.  
A superb Danny Formal left his rivals standing, while Luca Segu kept the Italian flag flying high in the Pro-Am class.  
In the second session, Jonathan Cecotto emulated Formal ...Keep reading

Former Williams Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant has become a late addition to Sunday’s World Endurance World Championship rookie test in Bahrain.
The American will drive a Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 at the Bahrain International Circuit on 9 November, as per the latest version of the entry list published on Saturday.
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Formula 1 teams, the FIA and tyre supplier Pirelli are considering mandating a maximum stint length at the upcoming Qatar Grand Prix to avoid a repeat of 2024's puncture issues, forcing teams to make at least two pitstops if approved.
The Qatar race at the high-downforce Losail track has been marred by tyre problems in recent seasons. In 2023, stint lengths were capped at 18 laps due to ...Keep reading

Forecasted heavy rain and limited experience on wet asphalt with this year’s tyres will render the final day of Rally Japan a “lottery”, according to World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans.   
Since the start of the week, teams have been expecting rain showers on Sunday to add an extra curveball in what could prove to be a pivotal day in determining the outcome of this year’s ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi returned to MotoGP form by claiming pole position for Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao. 
Following a tough outing at the Malaysian Grand Prix, the Aprilia rider was able to recapture his customary late-season speed in Portugal, where he will share the front row with KTM’s Pedro Acosta and Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. 
Rain ahead of the Free Practice 1 session ...Keep reading

Stephane Tribaudini, Donovan Privitelio, Stephane Lemeret, and Karim Ojjeh secured pole positions for the two races of the Lamborghini World Finals, which will crown the champions of the AM and Lamborghini Cup classes this weekend in Misano.
On a humid and cloudy day, the Super Trofeo EVO2 cars began lapping the Marco Simoncelli track to set the starting grids for Race 1 and Race 2 in the two ...Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier fended off a charge from World Rally Championship title rival Elfyn Evans to hang onto the Rally Japan lead heading into the final day of competition 
Ogier came under attack from championship leader Evans across Saturday’s seven asphalt stages, but was able to issue a fightback in the afternoon to end the day with a 6.5s margin ahead of Sunday’s remaining six ...Keep reading

After three consecutive Formula 1 grands prix ended up being straightforward one-stops, a mooted plan for mandatory two-stop strategies is failing to get traction.
The Baku, Singapore and Austin races lacked strategic variety, hence the proposal was brought up in the Mexico Grand Prix drivers’ briefing and within the Sporting Advisory Committee; it is also on the F1 Commission’s ...Keep reading

Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin does not expect the 2026 cars to suffer from the porpoising and bouncing issues that plagued the current generation of Formula 1 machinery - but says teams will have to remain vigilant against similar knock-on effects.
Next year's floor geometry will align more closely with those used prior to 2022, with a largely flat floor between the ...Keep reading

Elfyn Evans closed in on Sebastien Ogier as the fight for the Rally Japan lead and World Rally Championship title intensified on Saturday.
Evans started the day in third, 10.2s adrift of leader and title rival Ogier and 2.3s behind fellow Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta, but the leaderboard began to shift through the morning loop.
The Welshman was faster than both his Toyota rivals in ...Keep reading

Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko says Max Verstappen's issues at Interlagos stem from a lack of downforce and grip in the second sector. This, compounded by a sensitive soft tyre, has resulted in a disappointing sixth-place start for the reigning champion in tomorrow's sprint race. 
Speaking to ORF after the Brazilian GP sprint qualifying, Marko gave a blunt response when asked about the deficit ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris struggled during sprint qualifying despite securing pole position for the sprint race.
The British driver secured sprint pole with a time of 1m09.243s. He was closely followed by Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli and his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in second and third, respectively.
While he is set to start from the front, Norris noted difficulties with timing ...Keep reading