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Yuki Tsunoda has brought a "positive energy" to Red Bull, as team principal Christian Horner has praised the job that the Japanese Formula 1 driver has done at the team so far.
Tsunoda was given a test at Silverstone in Red Bull's RB19, although faced what he described as "classic British weather" as he struggled to get much in the way of mileage in the run.
It nonetheless gave him time to ...Keep reading

Texas Motor Speedway is an enigma among intermediate tracks. Video of the races from a decade ago looks like a completely different race track. Most of the track surface can't even be utilized in current races for various reasons, but how did we get here?
Flashback to 2016: Drivers and teams were dissatisfied with the weepers at TMS, making it impossible to dry the track in a reasonable amount ...Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes a proposal to change the energy deployment of Formula 1's 2026 powertrains is "worth consideration", warning of excessive lift and coast at certain races next year.
Horner's comments follow the F1 Commission meeting, where the teams met with the FIA and FOM last week to help plot the future direction of the championship, with discussions on how ...Keep reading

Red Bull has commenced its incremental upgrade push to try and close the gap with the leading McLaren cars, starting with a revised floor design for the Miami sprint weekend, which Verstappen will trial.
Teams are generally reluctant to bring substantial floor changes to a sprint weekend, with just one practice session to calibrate any new parts. But according to chief engineer Paul Monaghan ...Keep reading

Austin may have hosted Formula 1 since 2012, but the real test for if the championship could finally break into American culture came a decade later when the decision was taken to race in Miami.
The Circuit of the Americas stages the de facto United States Grand Prix and is often seen as the home for ‘traditional’ F1 race fans, but to truly make an impact in the US, F1 knew it needed to ...Keep reading

McLaren's championship leader Oscar Piastri set the fastest time in practice ahead of the F1 Miami Grand Prix, which was red flagged for the stricken Haas of Oliver Bearman.
The sprint weekend's sole practice session got off to a false start for last year's maiden winner Lando Norris, who reported some items were left loose in the car during his first run.
Having arrived in Miami after ...Keep reading

Haas driver Oliver Bearman has led calls for FIA to fine-tune its regulations around the new cooling vests that drivers have at their disposal for hot Formula 1 races.
In the wake of an extremely hot 2023 Qatar Grand Prix in which several drivers struggled with varying heat exhaustion symptoms, the FIA has worked to introduce driver-worn cooling vests for this year.
Drivers are free to run ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has given his first interview since welcoming a baby girl earlier this week. His girlfriend of five years, Kelly Piquet, gave birth to their daughter Lily, the couple announced on Friday morning.
The Red Bull driver skipped media duties in Miami and landed in the States late Thursday night ahead of practice.
“Luckily, I got to spend a few days with them once she was born,” ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen toasted the birth of baby Lily on Thursday to become a father for the first time – as soon as the four-time world champion announced the pregnancy there was speculation as to whether he would be the same, fearless driver. However, he will not be the first F1 racer to be aiming for title glory as a dad.
Here, Motorsport.com takes a look at some of the previous champions who have ...Keep reading

Garrett Mitchell, better known as the YouTuber Cleetus McFarland, took Daytona by storm earlier this year, even after wrecking out of the ARCA season-opener when he joined the broadcast booth. With over four million subscribers on YouTube, the colorful internet personality returned for more superspeedway action at Talladega in April.
At 'Dega, things went a bit better for Cleetus, despite ...Keep reading

Formula 1 announced it has signed a new 10-year contract extension with the organisers of the Miami Grand Prix, keeping the race on the calendar until at least 2041.
The new deal was announced on Friday ahead of this weekend's running by F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and Tom Garfinkel, managing partner of the race as well as the CEO of the Miami Dolphins and the Hard Rock Stadium, the venue the ...Keep reading

Consistency is the name of the game for Felix Rosenqvist, who began the 2025 IndyCar season with three top-seven finishes and his best start in the series in his second year aboard the No. 60 Honda of Meyer Shank Racing, ranking fourth in the standings.
Now, as the IndyCar field heads to Barber Motorsports Park for this weekend's Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix, Rosenqvist is not ...Keep reading

The Formula 1 paddock is reacting to the news that Max Verstappen has become a father. His Red Bull teammate Yuki Tsunoda posted a video on Friday sending his well wishes. “Hey big daddy,” the clip began. “Huge congratulations. Wishing you and Kelly [Piquet] all the best, I can’t wait to see your baby.”
Christian Horner, who is a father-of-three, also offered his own words of wisdom ...Keep reading

Red Bull is continuing its efforts to claw back performance versus McLaren with a revised Formula 1 floor design for this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix.
Although the RB21 has shown glimmers of competitiveness over the opening five rounds, the car's weaknesses have largely manifested in its handling characteristics and greater tyre degradation versus the MCL39.
In an effort to improve its ...Keep reading

The boom in Formula 1’s popularity in recent years is so often credited to the Netflix series ‘Drive to Survive’ that its success spawned several other attempts to capture the inner workings of a sporting championship.
Few have succeeded, and fewer still if you look at the other motorsports series out there but, in its Amazon Prime-released ‘Driver’, Formula E has managed to capture ...Keep reading

The closest Charles Leclerc has been to the winner of a grand prix at the chequered flag this season has been 8.104 seconds.
Even that margin, for his third-place finish last time out in Saudi Arabia, is something of an outlier in the opening five rounds of 2025  – fourth place and nearly 20s off the lead in Bahrain, a distant and subsequently disqualified fifth in China, to name but ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has announced the birth of his first child as he and his partner Kelly Piquet have received a baby daughter.
The four-time world champion posted two images on social media, including one with him and Piquet, as well as their new child Lily. 
Verstappen wrote: “Welcome to the world, sweet Lily. Our hearts are fuller than ever - you are our greatest gift. We love you so ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton paid tribute to fellow British sporting legend David Beckham on the eve of his 50th birthday.
The seven-time world champion said he’s inspired by the football icon, and hopes to emulate his post-playing career after he retires from racing. 
Since hanging up his boots in 2013, Beckham has taken on a huge amount of business interests which includes the co-owning of football ...Keep reading

The FIA wants to increase the pit lane speed of select Formula 1 races to make them more strategically interesting, including the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort and the Singapore Grand Prix.
This comes after the opening rounds of the 2025 campaign have raised concerns about relatively straightforward one-stop grands prix.
So, to make contests strategically more interesting, Pirelli has opted ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen’s private jet has just landed in Miami, only hours ahead of jumping into the cockpit for the start of the grand prix weekend.
The Dutchman’s $50million Falcon 8X arrived in Miami around 8pm on Thursday evening after skipping media commitments while he and his partner Kelly Piquet waited for the birth of their first child.
The four-time world champion was granted permission ...Keep reading