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Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar says he "doesn't feel ready" to drive for Red Bull's main Formula 1 team just yet, and believes "it’s good” to continue his current trajectory at the junior side.
F2 runner-up Hadjar is one of the standout drivers of the 2025 F1 season so far, currently sitting ninth in the drivers' championship and scoring 21 of Racing Bulls’ 28 points.
This impressive ...Keep reading

On this edition of The Outlap, Mark Mann-Bryans and Ben Hunt discuss Lance Stroll’s return following a wrist injury to take part in his home race. There's also disappointment for Felipe Drugovich, who still hasn’t made his F1 debut. 
In this week's episode, the pair also discuss Max Verstappen’s risk of a race ban, the different personalities of the McLaren drivers, Lewis ...Keep reading

The FIA General Assembly has voted through changes to the governing body's statutes and ethics code in what is seen as a victory for president Mohamed Ben Sulayem, but has faced criticism for eroding governance standards.
On Thursday the General Assembly, which gathered in Macau this week, voted through amendments which are said to bring forward the deadline for potential presidential ...Keep reading

Mathieu Jaminet put Porsche Penske Motorsport on top in Free Practice 3 ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Driving the #5 entry from the German-American partnership, Jaminet clocked a 3m24.717s at around 4:10pm local time, having a moment at the Dunlop chicane just seconds later.
This coincidentally happened during a 20-minute evacuation of the circuit’s media centre due to a fire ...Keep reading

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer revealed some of the challenges he faced getting up to speed with LMP2 machinery as he makes his class debut.
Lotterer is driving the IDEC Sport-run #18 ORECA-Gibson 07 as part of the team's tie-up with Genesis Magma Racing, which is due to enter the Hypercar ranks with Lotterer next year.
He is teamed with two Le Mans rookies, W Series ...Keep reading

With the 15 remaining Hypercars set to take part in Hyperpole this Thursday evening, opinions remain divided on the true significance of grid position at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
There were 21 Hypercars in qualifying yesterday afternoon, but only 15 will take to the track Thursday night for the first of two Hyperpole sessions, following a format shakeup introduced for this year. Now split into two ...Keep reading

The Iron Lynx team has been forced to change the chassis on its #63 Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 after a sizeable crash for Stephen Grove in Le Mans 24 Hours opening practice.
It was a tough start to Mercedes' first Le Mans appearance since 1999 as event rookie Grove was caught out on his first proper push lap and crashed hard into the barriers at the Dunlop Chicane around 75 minutes into the ...Keep reading

After a very promising test day, Wednesday turned out to be a mixed bag for Alpine. Reliability is no longer a concern at the French outfit and both A424s secured their spots in the Hyperpole 1 session after the first round of qualifying. However, behind the scenes, some head-scratching is going on.
When the LMDh prototype hit the track again early Wednesday afternoon, both driver crews were ...Keep reading

Alpine advisor Flavio Briatore had said there was “no set limit” on how many races Franco Colapinto would contest for the team. But after three disappointing grands prix for the French side, he is now less definitive on the Argentine’s future.
“Sit long by the river,” goes a quote popularly (and incorrectly) attributed to Sun Tzu, “and you will see the bodies of your enemies float ...Keep reading

While Alex Marquez maintains the stance that he “understands” why Ducati is not giving upgrades to his MotoGP bike, his brother Marc contends that at Aragon the bikes were “identical".
Marc Marquez made his debut on a Ducati GP23 with the Gresini team last season, alongside Alex. While factory riders Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini, Jorge Martín and Franco Morbidelli received upgrades ...Keep reading

Ferrari has outlined an intent to go into its 2026 World Endurance Championship campaign with an unchanged roster of drivers in the two factory 499P Le Mans Hypercars.
Antonello Coletta, the Italian manufacturer’s sportscar racing boss, has again stressed the importance of stability in the AF Corse-run works Hypercar team’s line-up.
“There is no intention to change anybody, so I hope ...Keep reading

Sebastien Buemi has claimed the current Le Mans 24 Hours safety car rules ‘take merit away’ from the best competitors, while fellow event veteran Sebastien Bourdais reckons they’re an improvement on the previous iteration.
Since 2023, all cars have been gathered behind a single safety car and the race leader, while there previously were three safety cars around the 13.6km track ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has long been fueled by high-octane egos and explosive rivalries. Fiery outbursts have practically become a prerequisite for greatness in the series, which is why the rise of Oscar Piastri - disarmingly calm and cool under pressure - feels like such a departure. While other drivers air their frustrations over team radio or let adrenaline get the better of them, the 23-year-old McLaren ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix is set for lights out at 2pm local time on Sunday, June 15th where Max Verstappen returns following his victory in Montreal in 2024.
The Red Bull driver however, comes into the race following a controversial Spanish Grand Prix where he was penalised with a 10-second time penalty for clashing with Mercedes’ George Russell.
The incident also netted the ...Keep reading

When you go to the Le Mans 24 Hours as a journalist, there’s a list of evergreen topics that come up every year: traffic, rain, nighttime driving, traffic again… and sleep.
The schedule can be gruelling for drivers, with practice running until 12am on Wednesday and Thursday nights, and media commitments in the morning. On Saturday and Sunday, it’s easy for the 24-hour race to turn into a ...Keep reading

Thursdays always traditionally mark the start of a Formula 1 grand prix weekend – there might be no action on the track, but the entertainment can be found by popping in and out of team hospitality blocks to hear from the drivers throughout the media day.
This week in Canada, all 20 drivers will speak to the assembled press either in sessions held in their team’s respective motorhome or, if ...Keep reading

Toyota ended up fastest in second free practice for the Le Mans 24 Hours after the customer AF Corse 499P Le Mans Hypercar lost its best time for pitlane speeding.
Sebastien Buemi sat second in the Free Practice 2 classification for this weekend’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship until the fastest time set by Robert Kubica was scrubbed out as the chequered flag ...Keep reading

Mexico City is a big opportunity for several drivers hunting their first win of the 2025 season. There's home hero Daniel Suarez, Supercars ace Shane van Gisbergen, and road course specialist A.J. Allmendinger who can all realistically win on Sunday.
Only three drivers taking part in this weekend's Cup race raced at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez when the Xfinity Series visited there between ...Keep reading

Alex Lynn set the fastest time in qualifying for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours, with his Cadillac clocking a 3m22.847s that was four hundredths quicker than Dries Vanthoor's BMW.
In hot evening temperatures at 31C, the first lap times of the session showed Ferrari’s strength with Yifei Ye setting the pace in 3m23.994s with the #83 car, three tenths faster than Alessandro Pier Guidi’s #51 entry ...Keep reading

With Toprak Razgatlioglu’s much-anticipated debut in MotoGP announced for next season, it’s time to assess the consequences his arrival will have - both for Yamaha and for the championship as a whole.
The Turkish rider’s signing is far from an ordinary move by Yamaha — the brand with which he claimed the WorldSBK title in 2021, before moving to BMW, where he also won last season’s ...Keep reading