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Isack Hadjar says his Racing Bulls Formula 1 team-mate Liam Lawson has had a smooth adaptation back to the Faenza-based squad following his Red Bull demotion - which the New Zealander agrees on.
Lawson outqualified Hadjar for the first time at last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, outpacing the rookie by 0.010s in Q1 and 0.227s in Q2.
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The Formula 1 Commission is set to discuss further tweaks to the energy deployment of the 2026 power units, which has not gone down well at Mercedes.
Based on unease from certain parties over the side effects of F1's 50/50 split between internal combustion power and the electric element, the F1 Commission will discuss further tweaks to the engine regulations on Thursday.
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Oscar Piastri opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the drivers’ championship with his third victory of the Formula 1 season, but perhaps McLaren’s advantage is deceptive.
More to the point, could it be that Red Bull is not as far off the pace as it has been presented?
Much has been made of McLaren’s impressive resurgence, and the Woking team has built upon its excellent 2024 season ...Keep reading

Winner: Oscar Piastri

Oscar Piastri, McLaren
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images

Easy as you like? Well, no. Not only was the Jeddah race a brutal 50-lap sprint, but the lower-than-expected tyre wear also seemed to prevent McLaren from flexing its muscle. It meant Piastri had to work harder for his third win of the campaign than in China and Bahrain, especially after ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff was left furious believing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was the “worst performance of the year so far” for Mercedes.
The Silver Arrows finished fifth (George Russell) and sixth (Andrea Kimi Antonelli) in Jeddah, as it significantly lagged behind rivals McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari.
Wolff was confused as to why Mercedes lacked pace, especially when it has had a strong start to ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly have both refused to accept the blame for causing a race-ending crash for each driver in Jeddah.
Tsunoda’s Red Bull made contact with the Alpine of Gasly at Turn 4 on the opening lap of the race.
It was one of a series of exciting manoeuvres on lap one, with race winner Oscar Piastri tangling with Max Verstappen at the front, earning the Dutchman a five-second ...Keep reading

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has said the team is unlikely to protest the penalty decision that cost Max Verstappen his victory at the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
The reigning, four-time world champion started on pole, but finished runner-up to McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after receiving a five-second penalty for a lap one incident.
Piastri attacked down the inside of Turn 1 and ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen refused to talk about the first-lap incident that cost him a shot at winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, claiming he could end up in hot water with the FIA and that “people can’t handle the truth”.
The Red Bull driver had started on pole position in Jeddah but was challenged off the line by eventual race winner Oscar Piastri and cut Turn 2, leading to the stewards handing ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton was in no mood for questioning after a disappointing Saudi Arabian GP where he finished seventh.
After the highs of winning the sprint race in China last month, the seven-time world champion came into the race in Jeddah saying he needed “a brain transplant” in order to understand his new Ferrari F1 car.
Despite the win in Shanghai, Hamilton has largely struggled with his ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was ultimately decided by events at the first corner.
Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen arrived side by side, with Piastri asserting himself on the inside line, leaving Verstappen with two options: back off or take to the run-off area on the outside.
Verstappen chose the latter and rejoined the track in the lead, incurring a five-second time penalty ...Keep reading

Lando Norris admits he is making hard work of his F1 title challenge.
After starting the season as the favourite to win the championship, and his victory in the Australian GP, Norris has slipped behind his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the pecking order.
Piastri has now taken two back-to-back wins in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to move to the top of the table and got 10 points clear of ...Keep reading

Helmut Marko disagreed with the stewards’ decision to hand Max Verstappen a five-second penalty for passing Oscar Piastri off-track in the first lap of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“I think the race was lost at the start. And really, where was Max supposed to go?” he told Sky Germany.
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“I look at this as a blank canvas”, Reema Juffali says when she discusses not only helping to bring through the next generation of Saudi women racers but increasing motorsports participation in the region as a whole.
She is clearly passionate about the subject as she talks with vigour – but she has not been all talk and no action, launching her own team, Theeba Motorsport, and now working ...Keep reading

Piastri will be hard to beat this year
There's a certain logic in the fact that Oscar Piastri took the championship lead so unspectacularly, after a measured and controlled drive, delivering everything he needed.
Yes, Verstappen took pole, but Piastri did enough to force him to defend in Turn 1 - and ultimately earn his rival a penalty. After that, all he needed to do was stay close enough ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri took victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to move into the lead of the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.
The McLaren man sealed his third win of the season, going back to back after taking the chequered flag in Bahrain last week as he benefitted from an early penalty against polesitter Max Verstappen.
Having qualified first, reigning champion Verstappen was not as quick off ...Keep reading

As the lights went out at Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri hooked up faster from second on the grid than polesitter Max Verstappen, and the McLaren and Red Bull headed into Turn 1 side by side.
Piastri had the inside line even though his car wasn’t significantly ahead, but Verstappen released the brakes and unloaded the steering to let his car run over the kerb and ...Keep reading

Ferrari came out on top at the end of a thrilling race on home ground at Imola to claim its second victory of the 2025 World Endurance Championship season.
James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi triumphed aboard the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar by only 8.4s at the end of a race they threatened to dominate.
Two full safety cars and two of the virtual kind turned the ...Keep reading

Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has seen a safety car intervention after just one lap due to a collision between Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda, while polesitter Max Verstappen was penalised.
Starting in eighth and ninth respectively, Tsunoda and Gasly tangled at Turn 4 as Gasly attempted to pass the Red Bull driver around the outside.
Tsunoda's front-right corner made contact with ...Keep reading

Injured MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has been released from hospital in Qatar as plans for a return to Europe take shape.
In a statement from his Aprilia team on Sunday, it was announced that Martin “has been discharged from Hamad General Hospital and will remain in Qatar for a few more days until his medical condition stabilises.
“As soon as his condition allows, an assisted ...Keep reading

Jeddah's fast and furious street race is shaping up to be an enthralling contest, thanks to several cars which are starting out of position.
At the front there is Red Bull's pole sitter Max Verstappen, who will be desperately fighting off the faster McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Then there is Lando Norris - starting 10th after his Q3 crash - who is behind the likes of Williams' Carlos Sainz ...Keep reading