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After Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu admitted the team was off the pace in Australia, he conceded it may take time to correct early-season issues affecting its cars.
That did not stop a number of F1 Fantasy players sticking with a combination of Haas elements in their teams for the heavy points-scoring sprint weekend in Shanghai.
New leader RW Moore, who was fifth in the Race our Writers ...Keep reading

Like many things in the modern world, it all started with a social media post.
Three days after F1’s season launch in London, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem posted a message on Instagram, saying that, inspired by “positive discussions on the future of the sport”, the motorsport world should explore “a range of directions” for its top category – “including the roaring sound of ...Keep reading

The second Red Bull seat alongside Max Verstappen has long been considered one of the toughest roles in Formula 1. Still, speculation about a driver change after just two races is extreme, even by Red Bull standards.
Liam Lawson began his full-time Red Bull campaign with optimism, but by now admits that he is struggling more than expected. The New Zealand driver has finished 18th, 20th and 20th ...Keep reading

When Formula 1 revealed that Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli had won its driver of the day poll, having crossed the finishing line in eighth place, this news generated the customarily sneering response. When team boss Toto Wolff congratulated his driver over the team radio, the eye-rolling was almost palpable.
And yet, while the results of the social media poll are often fatuous, in this ...Keep reading

Ryan Blaney was a dominant force throughout the NASCAR Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, leading most race laps — 124 of a possible 267 — and winning the opening stage.
The Team Penske driver was cruising in third place during the final stage of the race, just behind Kyle Larson and Bubba Wallace as they battled for the race lead. But suddenly, a massive plume of white smoke billowed ...Keep reading

Alex Bowman started Sunday's race from pole position and was looking to follow the example set by Tyler Reddick last year as the latest driver to win this race from the front of the grid. Bowman led 43 laps and was collecting stage points throughout the day.
On the final restart with just over 50 laps remaining, Bowman was in fourth but quickly made it three-wide for the race lead. While Bubba ...Keep reading

It was nearly another victory in the 2025 NASCAR Cup season for drivers with a last name starting with 'B', as Alex Bowman came one position shy of the win at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Alex Bowman took the lead with 33 laps to go, sliding by Bubba Wallace as he got tight at the exit of Turn 2. They drag-raced down the backstretch, but Wallace was unable to hold back the charge.
But the battle ...Keep reading

For the second time in series history (and first as a points race), the Thermal Club welcomed the NTT IndyCar Series for an early season showdown. Free from the gimmicks of the $1 Million Challenge and blessed with beautiful weather, the facility was given its best chance at a strong race weekend. 
In the end, the race itself was fine, if uneventful. The biggest moment came from a broadcast ...Keep reading

The Thermal Club, much like the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series championship, continues to belong to Alex Palou.
IndyCar’s first points race at the southern California track ended much like last year’s $1 Million Challenge, with Palou at the front of the field. But unlike in his dominant, all-lap-leading first appearance at the road course, the two-time defending champion had to work for this ...Keep reading

American race fans were given a difficult choice on Sunday afternoon: NASCAR or IndyCar?
For a few brief minutes, that choice was made for them. 
For the first time with both properties airing on FOX Sports networks, the NTT IndyCar Series and NASCAR Cup Series ran head-to-head on Sunday. IndyCar aired on FOX, with Cup shifted to FOX Sports 1.
However, those eager to see the open wheel ...Keep reading

Multiple lanes, progressive banking, and high tire wear make Homestead one of the most beloved tracks on the schedule by both fans and drivers. Last year's race saw a spectacular three-way fight for the win with Tyler Reddick going from third to first to win on the final lap. That same race featured a record 33 lead changes between 11 different drivers.
There's constant action and no shortage ...Keep reading

F1 2025's second race of the season in Shanghai was held in vastly different circumstances than Melbourne's mixed-weather thriller, but this week's winners-losers section features some familiar figures.
Winner: Oscar Piastri

Oscar Piastri, McLaren
Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images

If a composed wet-dry-wet win in Australia showed Lando Norris is driving like a ...Keep reading

A dramatic final-stage roll has forced Takamoto Katsuta to retire from fifth position at Safari Rally Kenya after failing to reach the final time control.
Katsuta appeared to be on course to finish a highly commendable fourth in Kenya before drama struck on the 21st and final stage of the event.
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Stop the count!
Donald Trump’s peculiar Tweet during the 2020 United States presidential election has long since become a meme. You can imagine, given Ferrari’s double disqualification from the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix, that the Scuderia will be wishing fervently that everyone had just packed up and flown home on the Saturday, after Lewis Hamilton won the sprint race.
Events in China then ...Keep reading

The Ferrari Formula 1 team says excessive tyre wear from the Chinese Grand Prix's surprise one-stop race is behind Charles Leclerc's car being found underweight, while it admitted "misjudging" Lewis Hamilton's skid wear.
Leclerc and Hamilton finished fifth and sixth at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday, but soon after the race the Ferrari pair were disqualified due to failing ...Keep reading

Toyota’s Elfyn Evans clinched a second win of the World Rally Championship season to boost his title hopes after surviving the toughest Safari Rally since the event rejoined the calendar.
Evans and co-driver Scott Martin emerged from a gruelling 21-stage rally of attrition with victory by 1m09.9s from Hyundai’s Ott Tanak. Reigning world champion Thierry Neuville recovered to third, 3m32.0s ...Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner might not be aware of it, but he was channelling his inner William Edwards Deming as he discussed Liam Lawson’s future following another disappointing outing at the Chinese Grand Prix.
 "Without data, you're just another person with an opinion,” the American statistician and business theorist once said – and now Horner is seemingly hanging ...Keep reading

Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have both been excluded from the Chinese GP after falling foul of the technical regulations, with Alpine's Pierre Gasly also thrown out of the results.
During post-race scrutineering Leclerc's and Gasly's cars were both found to weigh 799kg after fuel was removed, one kilogram below the minimum weight limit. In Leclerc's case, his damaged front ...Keep reading

Liam Lawson accepts that he must perform to keep hold of his Red Bull Formula 1 seat, but notes that he needs time he doesn't necessarily have to get acquainted with the team's 2025 car.
The Kiwi racer qualified last for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, which Red Bull used as an opportunity to break parc ferme and kit him out with a series of changes to his RB21 - and he thus ran different aero ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 boss Ayao Komatsu has hailed the “amazing reaction” from his team to recover from a disastrous Australian weekend and achieve a double top-10 Chinese Grand Prix finish.
Esteban Ocon finished seventh at Shanghai, while Oliver Bearman made the most of an alternate tyre strategy to reach 10th from 17th on the grid.
This was in contrast to Haas' Australian struggles, where the ...Keep reading