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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has denied McLaren’s potential team orders at Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix may be a U-turn on the squad’s ‘papaya rules’.
McLaren has made a point of treating its drivers as fairly as possible, to the extent that it even swapped them around in the Italian Grand Prix after a botched pitstop for Lando Norris gave the edge to his team-mate Oscar Piastri ...Keep reading

McLaren are prepared to use Oscar Piastri to help Lando Norris' title bid in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, says Zak Brown.

McLaren are prepared to use Oscar Piastri to help Lando Norris' title bid in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, says Zak Brown.

McLaren are prepared to use Oscar Piastri to help Lando Norris' title bid in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, says Zak Brown.

McLaren are prepared to use Oscar Piastri to help Lando Norris' title bid in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, says Zak Brown.

Proton Competition has announced that it will not field the Porsche 963 LMDh in the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class in 2026.
Following Porsche Penske Motorsport’s shock withdrawal from the championship, the German manufacturer’s only remaining hope of staying on the Hypercar grid rested with customer team Proton Competition.
The situation was complicated by a new ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has shared a post to his Instagram that has melted the hearts of fans as a difficult 2025 Formula 1 season for the driver comes to an end in Abu Dhabi. The photo, a group shot of the grid enjoying a dinner of sushi together ahead of the final grand prix, accompanies a caption from the seven-time world champion. 
“We’re the only people in the world to do what we do and for ...Keep reading

Reports emerged last week that former Formula 1 driver Adrian Sutil had been arrested in connection with allegations of fraud. Sutil's attorney-at-law, Dirk Schmitz, has now released a statement on behalf of the former Sauber F1 driver.
The reports stated that the German driver is being held in pre-trial detention in a prison in Baden-Württemberg and is suspected of 'aggravated joint fraud ...Keep reading

Leading Formula 1 drivers have offered their views and opinions on who they believe will claim the 2025 Drivers' Championship, with a three-way fight between Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri set to take place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has confirmed that the team are prepared to use team orders to ensure one of their drivers wins the Championship in Abu Dhabi, concluding that “it would be crazy not to”.

Lando Norris kicked off the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend by going fastest during first practice, the McLaren driver heading championship rival Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

Live coverage of Friday's first practice session for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle argued that McLaren is "damned if they do, damned if they don't" in terms of changing its approach to team orders for the season finale.
Heading into the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Lando Norris leads the drivers' championship standings with 12 points over Red Bull's Max Verstappen in second. Norris's McLaren team-mate Oscar ...Keep reading

KTM has become the first MotoGP manufacturer to put its new 2027 engine on track, with Pol Espargaro sharing a video from a private Jerez test on social media.​Having fired up its new 850cc engine on the dyno for the first time in October, KTM has now taken another step in developing the successor to the RC16 for the 2027 regulations.​It’s no secret that manufacturers have already shifted ...Keep reading

Team Goh has announced it will return to Super Formula competition under its own banner next season with a single Toyota-powered car.
The outfit, founded by Kazumichi Goh and best known for winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2004, is being relaunched after falling dormant since it last contested the Japanese single-seater series in 2022 with a pair of Honda-powered cars.
It will field a single ...Keep reading

Lando Norris went quickest in opening practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the weekend that he could claim his maiden Formula 1 world championship.
The McLaren driver set a 1m24.485s on used soft tyres, which meant he pipped second-placed Max Verstappen who is also his nearest challenger in the championship.
Norris will become champion should he claim a podium on Sunday, as he is 12 ...Keep reading

Title contenders Lando Norris and Max Verstappen are tied together at the top of the times in first practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

French Formula 1 broadcaster Canal+ has sent social media into a frenzy as a Star Wars-themed teaser for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has received high praise as the championship begins its final race of the season.
The cinematic teaser, produced to promote Canal+'s coverage of the drivers' standings decider, turns the championship fight into an epic battle between the light and the dark side ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has confirmed that the team will now consider enforcing team orders during the season finale in Abu Dhabi if it becomes clear that only one of its drivers is able to win the championship.
Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen are all still in the running for the drivers' title. Norris leads the championship standings with a 12-point lead over Red Bull's ...Keep reading

Red Bull’s 2025 turnaround to become an unlikely dark horse in the Formula 1 drivers’ championship is more important than actually winning the title, according to Max Verstappen.
It long seemed like the title fight was going to be a two-horse race between McLaren’s drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who won 12 of the first 15 grands prix of the season between them.
At that stage ...Keep reading