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“We are just P nowhere at the moment,” Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc muttered disconsolately into a waiting Sky Sports F1 microphone after qualifying 11th for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.  Team-mate Lewis Hamilton was 12th and, if the gap between them was more slender than it has been in recent outings, the fact remains that this was Ferrari’s most abject qualifying performance ever at ...Keep reading

Franco Colapinto has been slapped with a grid penalty – despite crashing out of qualifying for the F1 Imola Grand Prix.
The Argentine was penalised for breaking protocol after Yuki Tsunoda’s high-speed crash.
Colapinto, who was making his debut for Alpine after replacing the luckless Jack Doohan, with the Aussie failing to score a single point in the opening six races.
However, when ...Keep reading

Colton Herta was the 14th driver on track for Indianapolis 500 qualifying on Saturday, but he never made it through Turn 1 on his first flying lap. The incident that followed ended up halting qualifying for about 18 minutes.

Colton Herta, Andretti Global
Photo by: Penske Entertainment

Herta's No. 26 Honda snapped around, sending the Andretti Global driver backwards into the ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda has apologised to his Red Bull team after an “unnecessary” and “stupid” crash in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which will see him start tomorrow’s race from the back of the field.
The Japanese driver crashed during the first part of qualifying in Imola after losing control of his RB21 and making heavy contact with the inside wall.
Tsunoda was taken to ...Keep reading

British racer Oliver Bearman slammed the FIA after his fastest lap in qualifying for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was deleted due to a late red flag in the session. The Haas driver says he wasn’t notified of the red flag until “quite a way after I crossed the line”. Update: FIA statement added below.
Qualifying for F1’s Imola GP was hit by two red flags in the first session. An ...Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
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McLaren's Oscar Piastri has grabbed pole for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after pipping Max Verstappen's Red Bull in Imola qualifying.
After the first salvo of Q3 runs Verstappen led the way with a 1m14.772s, half a tenth up on Piastri and two tenths ahead of Norris.
On his final attempt, championship leader Piastri lost out to Verstappen in sector one, but a better second and third ...Keep reading

Qualifying for Formula 1's Imola Grand Prix has been red-flagged a second time for a crash by Alpine driver Franco Colapinto.
On his final flyer at the end of Q1 Colapinto, who is making his 2025 season debut with Alpine this weekend, dipped his wheels onto the grass on the exit of Tamburello, the first corner sequence at Imola.
That error sent the Argentinian spinning into the gravel trap ...Keep reading

Qualifying for Formula 1's Imola Grand Prix has been red-flagged for a heavy crash for Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda.
Heading into the fast Villeneuve chicane at the end of the first sector, Tsunoda lost control over his RB21 and make heavy contact with the inside wall, sending his car into a barrel roll.
 
Upon heavy contact with the inside wall, Tsunoda's car was sent into a violent a ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Lando Norris took a step back from social media ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, which he says allowed him to focus on "things that are productive".
The British racer, who has 9.9 million followers on Instagram, told media ahead of the Imola GP that he had "not been on social media for a few weeks now", reports ESPN.
"It's just not something I enjoy. I don't need to ...Keep reading

Pirelli has taken its new C6 soft-compound tyre to Formula 1’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix this weekend, and Williams boss James Vowles has warned that it might not be capable of performing over a full lap of the historic Imola circuit. 
Teams got their first taste of the new C6 soft-compound Pirellis during practice. Grip levels for the new tyre seemed to be strong initially, but drivers have ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has kept McLaren's clean sheet intact atop the Imola leaderboard in Saturday's third practice session for F1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Norris headed McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri with Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen in third.
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Red Bull racer Max Verstappen says he isn’t thinking about jumping ship from the team that delivered him four consecutive Formula 1 world titles, despite his struggles with the 2025 car. 
Verstappen joined Red Bull from its sister team, Toro Rosso, in 2016 and won his very first race with the Milton Keynes-based outfit. He has since added a further 63 race victories to his tally and picked ...Keep reading

McLaren's team principal Andrea Stella says it is "good news" for his team that its Formula 1 rivals are focused on what he believes are incorrect reasons behind the papaya squad's dominance.
McLaren has been at the forefront of F1 for 12 months, ever since a large upgrade package at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix reversed its fortunes and turned it from a midfielder into a race-winning ...Keep reading

Ever dreamed of watching F1 racing from a Superyacht? You could be the lucky F1 fan doing just that next week – after an unidentified millionaire handed over his private jet flight and place on a superyacht for an incredible VIP Prize Draw.
To make this even more exciting, Berkeley Red (The company hosting the VIP event) has given Motorsport an exclusive promo code which gives our readers a ...Keep reading

World Rally Championship drivers voiced their concerns over Rally Portugal’s demanding itinerary headlined by 14 hours behind the wheel on Friday.
The fifth round of the WRC season has undergone a schedule tweak this year that has included the addition of two extra stages on Friday. It meant crews tackled 10 stages beginning with a first test at 7:35am before eventually returning back to the ...Keep reading

Among Formula 1’s most famous ones that got away is the 1988 season, where McLaren would have won every single race had Ayrton Senna not tangled with Jean-Louis Schlesser’s tardy Williams in the closing laps. Up there with that performance is Michael Schumacher’s 2004 season in what was also among the most dominant F1 cars ever: the Ferrari F2004. The German won 12 of the first 13 races of ...Keep reading

After Shane van Gisbergen earned a shock pole for the Open race, it was time for the 20 All-Stars to go out and qualify for NASCAR's annual exhibition race. Made up of two laps including a four-tire pit stop in the middle of it all, It takes every part of the team to go P1 at North Wilkesboro Speedway this weekend.
Several drivers sped on pit road, derailing their entire runs. This included ...Keep reading

Qualifying on All-Star Race weekend is unique within NASCAR. Drivers will complete a full lap at speed before diving onto pit road for a four-tire pit stop in the middle of the second lap. At the end of that lap, the entire time it took from start to finish of the run is each driver's qualifying time — and yes, there are penalties for things such as loose wheels and speeding in the pit ...Keep reading

Fast Friday quickly lived up to its name. With the boost turned up and maximum horsepower now available to all drivers, Scott McLaughlin rocketed to the top of the charts with a 233.954mph lap. It was more than six miles per hour faster than the previous best lap of the week, but it's worth noting that he had a tow.
"Good day for us in the Yellow Submarine for Fast Friday," said McLaughlin ...Keep reading