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Hadjar promoted and Lindblad, 18, gets F1 drive

Formula 1 at the BBC - Tue, 2025-12-02 15:21
Red Bull will promote Isack Hadjar to their senior team and hand Briton Arvid Lindblad, 18, a debut Formula 1 season in 2026.

Red Bull and Racing Bulls reveal 2026 driver line-ups

Formula 1 - Tue, 2025-12-02 15:17
Red Bull and Racing Bulls have revealed their 2026 driver line-ups – with some big changes afoot…

Isack Hadjar moves to Red Bull for F1 2026, Arvid Lindblad in at Racing Bulls

Motorsport - Tue, 2025-12-02 15:05
Isack Hadjar will officially become Max Verstappen's new Red Bull team-mate in the 2026 Formula 1 season replacing Yuki Tsunoda, while Arvid Lindblad joins Liam Lawson at Racing Bulls.
Hadjar will be promoted from Racing Bulls after a strong rookie campaign, which yielded a breakthrough podium for the then-20-year-old Frenchman at the Dutch Grand Prix. The 2024 F2 runner-up also took a brace of ...Keep reading

Who are the confirmed F1 drivers for 2026?

Formula 1 at the BBC - Tue, 2025-12-02 15:04
Our Ask Me Anything team take a look at the confirmed Formula 1 drivers for the 2026 season.

Hadjar promoted and Lindblad, 18, gets F1 drive

Formula 1 at the BBC - Tue, 2025-12-02 15:00
Red Bull will promote Isack Hadjar to their senior team and hand Briton Arvid Lindblad, 18, a debut Formula 1 season in 2026.

The most controversial F1 deciders: 1997 Europe, 2021 Abu Dhabi, and more

Motorsport - Tue, 2025-12-02 14:03
The 2025 Formula 1 season will end with this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in which three drivers remain in contention for the world title.
Lando Norris leads the way on 408 points, 12 ahead of Red Bull world champion Max Verstappen and 16 in front of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.
Although Norris heads into it as the favourite, past instances have shown that truly anything can happen at ...Keep reading

The key technical factor that’s aided Verstappen’s title bid

Formula 1 - Tue, 2025-12-02 11:19
Ever since Zandvoort, Red Bull have been paying a lot of attention to their front wing – and that seems to be at the heart of the car’s improved performances compared to the first half of the season, something which has brought Max Verstappen into championship contention.

Vowles calls Williams’ P5 ‘a dream come true’

Formula 1 - Tue, 2025-12-02 11:19
Williams have secured fifth place in the Teams’ Championship with one round to go, thanks to Carlos Sainz’s podium finish in Qatar. The Spaniard came home third for his second rostrum of the season – third if you include Sprint results – to make sure that Williams finish on top of the midfield.

Ferrari 'did a worse job than the others' in Qatar – Vasseur

Formula 1 - Tue, 2025-12-02 11:19
Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur has conceded that they “did a worse job” than their rivals in the Qatar Grand Prix, which contributed to one of their lowest points hauls of the season.

Fornaroli joins McLaren Driver Development Programme

Formula 1 - Tue, 2025-12-02 11:19
Newly-crowned Formula 2 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli has become one of three new signings to the McLaren Driver Development Programme, with the Italian joining alongside fellow F2 racer Richard Verschoor and 2025 FIA European Karting Champion Christian Costoya.

Ferrari reveals update plan for title-winning WEC hypercar

Motorsport - Tue, 2025-12-02 11:11
Ferrari will head into the 2026 World Endurance Championship with small updates to its title-winning 499P Le Mans Hypercar.
Although the Italian manufacturer has opted against using any additional evo jokers from the five available to it during the initial five-year lifecycle of the car, it is making minor revisions to the aerodynamics of its LMH prototype as it bids for a fourth consecutive ...Keep reading

Ferrari stands by decision to stop 2025 F1 car development in April

Motorsport - Tue, 2025-12-02 10:32
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has defended the Scuderia’s decision to focus its resources on Formula 1’s new regulations for 2026, despite its slump in performance.
All teams have had tough decisions to make ahead of F1’s new technical era, with their resources limited by the budget cap and aerodynamic testing restrictions.
Vasseur said on Friday that Ferrari switched all of ...Keep reading

How Chaz Mostert won the Supercars title

Motorsport - Tue, 2025-12-02 09:47
The maiden Supercars season to feature a Finals system over-delivered on one thing it was expected to provide: a lot of talking points.
Even as Chaz Mostert and the Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford team celebrated their drivers’ title victory in Adelaide, debate was raging about whether it was a fair result from a flawed system.
How Mostert and WAU won revealed something that few might have ...Keep reading

Why Helmut Marko isn't the sole culprit in the Kimi Antonelli abuse storm

Motorsport - Tue, 2025-12-02 09:10
Let’s start with the clearest point: anyone who takes part in a harassment campaign is directly responsible for it. Whether it’s an anonymous, barely followed social media account or a public figure with thousands of readers, nobody is entitled to pour out crude, idiotic hatred at someone else. There is certainly no justification for such behaviour.
With that premise established, we can ...Keep reading

What will McLaren do if Verstappen is set to win title? F1 Q&A

Formula 1 at the BBC - Tue, 2025-12-02 08:25
BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

What will McLaren do if Verstappen is set to win title? F1 Q&A

Formula 1 at the BBC - Tue, 2025-12-02 08:25
BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

What will McLaren do if Verstappen is set to win title? F1 Q&A

Formula 1 at the BBC - Tue, 2025-12-02 08:25
BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

What will McLaren do if Verstappen is set to win title? F1 Q&A

Formula 1 at the BBC - Tue, 2025-12-02 08:25
BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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