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Max Verstappen says only "bad luck" will derail him as he hunts for the 2025 Formula 1 drivers' championship. Adding that he will simply "give everything", he has the McLaren drivers in his sights. 
Speaking to The Inside Track ahead of qualifying for the Mexico Grand Prix, the four-time champion played down his chances. 
“It’s not about if I will win it or not,” he said. “I know ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez has reflected on his difficulties at Red Bull, driving alongside four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, arguing that even Lewis Hamilton would struggle in the role.
The Mexican driver is set to return to the championship in 2026 with Cadillac after parting with the Milton Keynes outfit at the end of 2024. Red Bull has struggled to find a second driver who is able to extract ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has called four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel the "most all-round driver" he's known as he spoke about the pair's ongoing relationship. Speaking ahead of the Mexico Grand Prix, Hamilton described his "amazing relationship" with his former rival-turned-friend.
In conversation with ESPN, the seven-time champion was complimentary of the German.
"I have an amazing ...Keep reading

Mexican driver Pato O'Ward shared an update with his fans after being taken ill following his stint with McLaren during the first practice session of the Mexico Grand Prix race weekend.
After stepping into Lando Norris's McLaren MCL39 during FP1, the IndyCar driver was treated for food poisoning in the medical centre. Motorsport.com understands that the 26-year-old was given IV fluids for ...Keep reading

Lando Norris topped the final practice session ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix, the McLaren driver more than three-tenths clear of Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes' George Russell completed the top three.

Live coverage of the third Formula 1 practice session for the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix.

At least in the playoff era, the Martinsville Xfinity Series race has best been articulated as a 'dogfight' at best or a 'bloodbath' at worst.
There have been divebombs at best and wipeouts at worst, anything in the name of advancing or winning to make the final four to compete for a championship next week at Phoenix Raceway.
Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier, driving for the two best teams ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris has topped final practice at the Mexico Grand Prix ahead of Saturday's qualifying session, while the Briton's title rivals appeared on the back foot.
In the final quarter of the one-hour session at a low-grip Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Norris set a 1m16.633s lap to beat Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes' George Russell, with Oscar Piastri and Max ...Keep reading

After announcing that he will part ways with AM Racing, Harrison Burton has secured a new ride with Sam Hunt Racing, where he will drive the No. 24 Toyota next season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (which is set to be renamed as the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series).
Burton, who currently sits 12th in the championship standings, moved back down to the second division this year after three ...Keep reading

Helmut Marko dismissed McLaren’s assertion that Red Bull is sacrificing its 2026 preparations to develop this year’s car for longer, stating 'Toto Wolff said the same in 2021' when it stormed to both Formula 1 titles the following season.
While McLaren has long halted the development of its 2025 car and put all focus on the new regulations for 2026, Red Bull continues to introduce upgrades ...Keep reading

Arvid Lindblad has admitted to feeling “quite nervous” ahead of his Free Practice 1 outing at the Mexico City Grand Prix, with the British racer mindful of the championship situation as he prepared to take the wheel of title hopeful Max Verstappen’s Red Bull for a session that the rookie assessed as “really good”.

Kimi Antonelli praised his practice running ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix as "probably one of the best Fridays I've had in a long time" after finishing towards the top of the times in both one-hour sessions.

Lawrence Barretto delves into the data after the first day of practice ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix.

McLaren Formula 1 chief Andrea Stella is adamant Oscar Piastri's United States Grand Prix struggles are largely track specific as the championship leader aims to rebound in Mexico.
Piastri suffered an off-kilter weekend at Austin's Circuit of the Americas as he felt uncomfortable with his car's behaviour throughout the weekend. His cause wasn't helped by being eliminated at the start of ...Keep reading

Luca Marini suffered his first crash of the 2025 MotoGP season in the Malaysian Grand Prix sprint because he was “too clean” trying to overtake, according to KTM’s Pol Espargaro.
Marini and Espargaro were battling for eighth position when they came to blows on lap 7, with Marini falling off his Honda and retiring from the race.
The incident ended the Italian’s perfect record in 2025 ...Keep reading

To watch Max Verstappen methodically but seemingly inevitably reeling in the previously dominant McLaren pairing of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, it's easy to forget that just over three months ago speculation was rampant that he had lost interest in this season and was even planning his exit from Red Bull.
Whereas last season Verstappen began with the fastest car on the grid, only for that ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says his latest resurgence in a period of dramatic peaks and troughs in MotoGP carries more weight than his dominant weekend in Japan last month.
While he saw Japan as an outlier result, Saturday’s pole and sprint win in Malaysia was at least consistent with incremental progress made over the difficult two race weekends since that success at Motegi.
“This result is more ...Keep reading

Factory KTM rider Pedro Acosta has been hit with a fine of €2000 for breaching MotoGP’s new restart rule that was introduced ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix.
Acosta crashed the RC16 at Turn 1 with about 2m45s left on the clock in Q2, before remounting and going on to qualify fifth on the grid.
However, this was in contravention of a new regulation announced on Thursday ...Keep reading

McLaren ditched its ‘repercussion’ system to put full focus on stopping Max Verstappen in his Formula 1 title fight against Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, revealed team boss Andrea Stella. 
Verstappen has put himself in contention for the 2025 crown against the previously dominant McLaren duo by winning three of the past four grands prix, plus last week’s Austin sprint. 
Piastri is ...Keep reading

After a season in which he has operated mostly in the shadow of his brother Marc, Alex Marquez delivered his most forthright comments of the year after sealing a historic 1-2 in the world championship for the Marquez family.
Among other revelations, he opened up about his nerves during Saturday’s sprint at Sepang, how some parties “undervalue” him and Ducati’s lack of progress with the ...Keep reading