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Straight after pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season, Motorsport.com predicted the team pecking order for the forthcoming campaign - naturally accounting for the usual obfuscations that the annual pre-season running often provides.
Now that the campaign is in full flow with three grands prix completed, F1's travelling circus is currently making a return voyage to Bahrain for the ...Keep reading

Can Verstappen challenge McLaren again?
Max Verstappen made the difference in a race he shouldn't have won given the pure pace of the McLaren. But the weekend at Suzuka was atypical in many ways. Most of it was down to qualifying, and that's where Verstappen shone with a special pole lap.
The Bahrain weekend is different for a number of reasons. The abrasive tarmac at Sakhir makes tyre ...Keep reading

Everything appeared crystal clear regarding the 2025 MotoGP championship... until lap nine of the Grand Prix of the Americas.
It had seemed like the script was written in Marc Marquez’s favour: brother Alex would challenge but not quite have the pace, while Francesco Bagnaia would be thereabouts but ultimately fall short.
Then, on that fateful lap at COTA, Marc went down. Bagnaia managed ...Keep reading

Seldom has it been more important in Formula 1 to seize the moment. While the first three grands prix of the season have been at outlier venues which have relatively little in common with most circuits on the calendar, all of them have been won from pole position.
A small sample size, granted, but a consensus is forming among the teams and drivers that ‘dirty air’ – the problem the ...Keep reading

The 2025 Japanese Grand Prix wasn’t a thriller. But to say it was boring would do an injustice not only to the race itself, but to one of the greatest performances by one of the greatest drivers in F1 history.
It wasn’t a race F1 would win new fans with. Surely, for someone who happened to turn on the TV (is that still a thing?) early Sunday morning in Europe, or very late on Saturday night ...Keep reading

Organisers have revealed the route for Paraguay's inaugural World Rally Championship round later this year.
The South American nation is set to make its WRC debut this year as it hosts round 10 of the 2025 season on 28-31 August on an expanded 14-round 2025 calendar, after signing a multi-year agreement.
A burgeoning local rally scene that has helped produce established WRC2 and Junior WRC ...Keep reading

The South African government is nearing a decision on which bid to support as it aims to bring Formula 1 back to the country. Organisers behind Cape Town's bid have detailed the latest changes to their street race proposal.
Earlier bids to revive the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami have failed, but the country's government has promised a new push to bring the series back to the African ...Keep reading

Billionaires are demanding, impatient creatures. In Aston Martin’s previous incarnations, continuity of personnel was a hallmark even as owners came and went; under Lawrence Stroll’s ownership… well, it was probably a mistake not to install a revolving door in the team’s lavish new technical ‘campus’.
Since rebranding into British Racing Green, the cars have continued to toil and ...Keep reading

Five rookie drivers will take part in Free Practice 1 at Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix, with Frederik Vesti driving George Russell’s Mercedes W16.
A Formula Regional European champion in 2019 and Formula 2 runner-up in 2023, Vesti has been on Mercedes’ books since 2021, currently acting as the team’s reserve driver alongside Valtteri Bottas – on top of his racing commitments in the ...Keep reading

The factory Aprilia team has confirmed that MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin will return from injury at this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix.
Martin, who has missed the first three weekends of the year following a pre-season Supermoto training accident, had already expressed his desire to return to action in Doha when he visited the paddock at the Americas GP last month. Now his comeback has ...Keep reading

It's often said that Max Verstappen needs a strong team-mate to back him up during the races. With McLaren having two drivers capable of fighting at the front, they should be able to simply outsmart Red Bull and its leader with strategy.
But that's just theory. In practice, it doesn't always work, as the Japanese GP proved: despite the pace advantage, Verstappen managed to hold on to his lead ...Keep reading

When Oscar Piastri decided to get new tires on lap 20 of 53 in the Japanese Grand Prix, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris responded just one lap later. Once in the pit lane, McLaren gained Norris over a second as Verstappen's pit stop was a bit slower.
This gave Norris the perfect opportunity to take over the lead. As he was released by the team, he pulled alongside Verstappen as they quickly ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin earned his 56th career Cup win while Brandon Jones earned his first Xfinity win in three years at Darlington this weekend. The history of the sport was once again honored through some unique paint schemes while stars of the sport took aim at the tradition. Meanwhile, Ryan Blaney can't seem to catch a break and Kyle Larson couldn't stop his wounded car from being part of the final ...Keep reading

Moments after Ryan Blaney moved into the race lead with just a few laps to go at Darlington, a surprise caution flew. Kyle Larson, who was over 160 laps down, spun exiting Turn 2 and hit the inside wall. The pit stops that followed and overtime restart allowed Denny Hamlin to go from third to first and take the win while Blaney fell back to fifth.
But what exactly happened behind the race ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Craftsman Truck Series head to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. 
For the Truck Series, this is the first time racing since the end of March at Martinsville. However, both the Xfinity and Cup Series will be heading to Bristol in Tennessee, straight off the back of the race weekend in Darlington. 
Denny Hamlin secured his second consecutive win this season in ...Keep reading

Formula 1 is heading to the Bahrain International Circuit for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix. Hot on the heels of the Japanese Grand Prix, which many branded "boring" due to its lack of action, the teams now head to the island country for the first time since pre-season testing. 
Max Verstappen secured his first victory of the season in Suzuka and will be hoping to continue the success despite ...Keep reading

Being able to select five of the top six finishers of the Japanese Grand Prix was always going to yield a bucketload of points in Fantasy F1, and it proved to be enough to see Igor Dobron move to the head of the Motorsport: Race our Writers featured league.
Dobron’s ‘norrisica’ squad has amassed an impressive 845 points from the opening three rounds and, utilising the Limitless chip – ...Keep reading

Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix will not be billed as one of Formula 1's all-time classics as low tyre degradation largely left the field in its qualifying order by the chequered flag. The lack of passing opportunities during the race was also of significant note.
It has never been particularly easy to pass at Suzuka; in modern times, the nature of Turn 1 makes DRS generally ineffective, and the ...Keep reading

Winning racer and championship-winning team owner ‘Shige’ Hattori has died. Hattori was involved in a three-car traffic accident on Saturday morning. The tragic incident took place around 9:15 a.m. EST on I-77 northbound in Mecklenburg County, about 30 minutes north of Charlotte, North Carolina. He was driving a 2025 Toyota Crown when he crossed the center line, colliding with oncoming ...Keep reading

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu has praised the maturity shown by Oliver Bearman both on and off the track after the Formula 1 rookie sealed a top 10 finish in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Having taken eighth in China following the disqualifications of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, Bearman scored a point in his own right at Suzuka, qualifying in 10th and finishing in the same ...Keep reading