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Pierre Gasly was surprised by his strong qualifying performance in Bahrain, which will see him start tomorrow’s race on the third row of the grid. The Alpine driver was just 0.3s off the pace, finishing fifth ahead of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen respectively.
“If we can be a pain for these top teams once in a while that’d be great,” Gasly joked when speaking to Sky Sports F1 after ...Keep reading

Mercedes drivers George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have received a one-place grid drop each for a Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying infraction.
Russell loses his front-row spot to Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, while Alpine driver Pierre Gasly is promoted to fourth on the grid at Antonelli's expense.
After Q2 was red-flagged for a crash for Haas driver Esteban Ocon, both Mercedes ...Keep reading

The FIA stewards have explained why Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg advanced to Q2 with a lap that exceeded track limits, an incident that robbed Williams driver Alex Albon of a spot in the second round of qualifying in Bahrain.
Hulkenberg's third and final push lap in Q1 yielded a 1m31.998s, enough to dump Albon out by a mere 0.042s. The German then went on to qualify 13th in Q2, before his ...Keep reading

Helmut Marko revealed that a “massive problem” led to Max Verstappen’s disappointing qualifying session in the Bahrain desert Saturday night. The Dutchman could only secure P7, and will start tomorrow’s grand prix just one place behind his championship rival Lando Norris.
“It was worse than expected because we changed a few things on the car which we thought would be an improvement ...Keep reading

George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have both been summoned by the Bahrain Grand Prix stewards for entering the fast lane of the pitlane before a Q2 restart time was officially declared in Formula 1 qualifying.
The intermediate stage of qualifying was interrupted by Esteban Ocon's crash at Turn 3, which enforced a short hiatus in running to extricate his Haas from the gravel and check the ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez reclaimed the lead of the MotoGP world championship after leading every lap from pole position in the sprint race at the Qatar GP.
The victory marked his fourth successive sprint win over his brother and previous championship leader Alex Marquez at the start of 2025.
Franco Morbidelli came home in third for the VR46 Ducati team, while Marquez’s team-mate Francesco Bagnaia ...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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Oscar Piastri beat George Russell to pole position in Bahrain, with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen down in sixth and seventh.
Piastri looked the quicker of the two McLaren cars from Q2, and he then cemented his pole on the deciding run on a rapidly improving Sakhir track.
Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari ahead of the second Mercedes of Andrea Kimi Antonelli, with Pierre Gasly taking a ...Keep reading

KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer has hit out at critics claiming that the brand’s MotoGP project is struggling as a result of the financial problems for the Austrian manufacturer.
Speaking on the world feed on Saturday at the Qatar Grand Prix, Beirer said in no uncertain terms that the road bike factory’s well-documented money problems were no issue for the MotoGP campaign, and added that ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez claimed yet another 2025 pole position on Saturday at the Qatar Grand Prix, edging his brother Alex (Gresini Ducati) into a familiar second place.
Two major shocks emerged from the baking hot afternoon session at Losail. One was Marquez’s factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia falling on his final run, condemning himself to a lowly 11th position on the grid and making a ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri blew away the rest of the field in third practice for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix, with unrepresentative daytime conditions causing drivers to struggle for grip.
With 10 minutes to go in the final one-hour practice session, Piastri's soft-tyre lap of 1m31.646s went unanswered by his rivals, with the Australian six tenths quicker than team-mate Lando ...Keep reading

For Jann Mardenborough, it dates back to a self-promise in 2021.
The 2011 GT Academy winner was at a crossroads in life, having just departed the Nissan Super GT programme, which left him without a full-time drive for the year.
It marked not only the end of a five-year stint contesting Japan’s top sportscar championship, but potentially the end of a professional career that spanned a ...Keep reading

So far every Formula 1 grand prix this year has been won from pole position – and, in the most recent one in Japan, the running order was notably static since tyre characteristics militated against strategic divergence at a track on which it is difficult to overtake.
But the first three rounds of the season are held on circuits that have little in common with other venues on the calendar ...Keep reading

Ford has swept the podium positions in the two opening Supercars races at Taupo Motorsport Park in New Zealand.
Matt Payne and Chas Mostert took their Ford Mustangs to victory lane in the races, leaving the Chevrolet Camaro drivers in their wake.
On the soft tyre, as opposed to the supersoft in use at the track for the first time, Payne led away from pole in the opening race and never looked ...Keep reading

Back in July 2021, Lawrence Stroll, owner of Aston Martin, conducted a press interview session ahead of the British Grand Prix in which he declared the “ultimate ambition is to win world championships”. When asked how long it would take, he added: “I don't think you could realistically plan on winning before four or five years.”
Four years on and Stroll has a hugely impressive ...Keep reading

Whether it's back-to-back or three-in-a-row -- the teams set to lead Saturday's IMSA race field on the historic streets of Long Beach this weekend have managed to show their dominance in the series (or Long Beach) and are making sure to maintain their stake in that 'leading' claim. 
This weekend, only the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) cars are on duty. In the ...Keep reading

Chandler Smith was flying near the end of the NASCAR Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. But even after taking the lead on pure pace, he still had to fend off a charging Kyle Larson in the closing laps, which he did masterfully. Along with the checkered flag, Smith also collects a $50,000 bonus as part of the 'Triple Truck Challenge' incentive program.
"I'm more excited for this team ...Keep reading

Defending world champion Jorge Martin enjoyed a thoroughly successful first day aboard the factory Aprilia RS-GP in Qatar. The Spaniard was upbeat following his comeback Friday that panned out as well he realistically could have hoped. But what might have given him pause for thought – after coming down from the high – was the poor showing by the other three Aprilia riders. His three colleagues ...Keep reading

An upbeat Francesco Bagnaia has claimed he is “very close” to matching Marc Marquez after registering his best Friday performance of the season in Qatar.
Bagnaia, who is coming off a morale-boosting win at the Americas Grand Prix a fortnight ago, was able to find his rhythm quickly on the first day’s action in Qatar and breeze directly into Q2. This came after missing the top 10 cut in ...Keep reading

It depends on where you are in the world as to where you might have come across the name Laurin Heinrich, because he's raced nearly everywhere. That is, if you’ve come across his name. My first introduction to the young Porsche driver was Petit Le Mans, 2024, just after his IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship win in the GTD Pro category with the #77 AO Racing Porsche 911-Rawr, Rexy. I, too ...Keep reading