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Max Verstappen reckons his Spanish Grand Prix clash will not be the reason he misses out on the 2025 Formula 1 world championship should a McLaren driver claim it. 
The Red Bull racer is level with second-placed Oscar Piastri and 24 points off leader Lando Norris with 58 available across the remaining Qatar and Abu Dhabi weekends. 
It’s actually quite remarkable that Verstappen is even ...Keep reading

Alpine managing director Steve Nielsen says the Enstone-based team needs “patience, common sense and consistency” for the foreseeable future as it tries to find its way back to the front in Formula 1. 
Nielsen arrived at Alpine in September to take on the managing director role left vacant by Oliver Oakes, who suddenly departed the team in early May after the Miami Grand Prix. 
His ...Keep reading

Just when it was looking like none of the title contenders would win Saturday’s 250km race in Adelaide, Broc Feeney stamped his authority to seize the lead, take the win and with it, put one hand on the 2025 Supercars trophy. 
The Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro driver, who started from pole for a record-setting 18th time this season, looked to be on his way to second place, as the ...Keep reading

The varying fates of the championship contenders dominated the headlines after qualifying for the Formula 1 sprint in Qatar as Oscar Piastri annexed pole while Lando Norris could do no better than third and Max Verstappen's bouncing Red Bull consigned him to sixth.
Behind the scenes there was a more disturbing technical development as F1's tyre supplier identified serious damage caused by ...Keep reading

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from FP1 and Sprint Qualifying at the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix from the Lusail International Circuit.

Zak Brown has said McLaren's double disqualification from the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix was the result of a small error with "huge consequences", adding that the FIA even believed it to be "a bit draconian". 
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were stripped of their points from finishing second and fourth on the Strip after scrutineering following the race revealed excessive plank wear on both ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has likened Red Bull's Max Verstappen to a horror movie villain as he admitted the team never believed the Dutchman was out of the championship running.
With the final two rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season beginning this weekend in Qatar, Lando Norris leads the drivers' standings by 24 points, with team-mate Oscar Piastri and Verstappen in a tie behind him. This ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Fred Vasseur reveals the squad shifted its focus to 2026 after seeing the advantage McLaren had at the start of this season.
McLaren came out of the gates as F1's dominant team in 2025, building a lead in the constructors' standings that saw it retain its world title by Singapore.
With crucial decisions to be made in the development of the all-new cars for ...Keep reading

Ralf Schumacher believes that Red Bull's driver line-up for 2026 will leave Yuki Tsunoda without a seat as the Milton Keynes outfit is expected to promote Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar to the seat alongside Max Verstappen.
With the majority of the 2026 grid already confirmed, only Red Bull and its sister outfit are yet to confirm their line-ups ahead of Formula 1's substantial regulation change ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri ended a difficult run of Formula 1 form with pole for the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race, besting a late effort from George Russell as Lando Norris finished third.
Piastri had shown much improved pace from the outset of the Qatar weekend and headlined the sole free practice session, and set the best time among the first set of soft-tyre runs in SQ3 - just 0.044s ahead of team-mate ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda says he can "feel more confidence" in his Red Bull Formula 1 car after beating team-mate Max Verstappen to fifth in Qatar Grand Prix sprint qualifying.
Tsunoda took his highest qualifying position for Red Bull in what looks set to be his penultimate race weekend with the squad, as he is poised to be replaced by Racing Bull's Isack Hadjar for 2026.
But the Japanese driver isn't ...Keep reading

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen fears Saturday's sprint race in Qatar will be about "trying to survive" after going with the wrong set-up direction on his Red Bull.
In qualifying Verstappen started reporting crippling bouncing issues through the second sprint qualifying segment on the medium tyres, and in the final shoot-out on softs those woes appeared to only get worse.
Having ...Keep reading

Formula 1 championship leader Lando Norris believes a move on George Russell into the first corner is his sole opportunity to upgrade from third on the grid in the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race, as overtaking is expected to be difficult.
While the Losail circuit is a favourite among the drivers due to its myriad high-to-medium speed corners and its high-grip nature, Turn 1 tends to do much of ...Keep reading

The 5 Live F1 team preview this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri saw his fortunes turn as he stormed to Sprint pole in Qatar, but will he be able to cling onto the top spot over Standings leader and team mate Lando Norris throughout the weekend?

George Russell was left surprised to finish second in Sprint Qualifying ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix, claiming recent performances over one lap "haven't been great recently".

Charles Leclerc has said Ferrari are "struggling once again this weekend" having only qualified ninth for the Qatar Sprint, while team mate Lewis Hamilton was P18 on a difficult Friday.

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Frédéric VASSEUR (Ferrari), Steve NIELSEN (Alpine), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli)

Leonardo Fornaroli will start the Lusail Feature Race from pole position after original pole sitter Oliver Goethe was hit with a grid penalty.

Lewis Hamilton has admitted that Ferrari have a lot of homework to do if he has any chance of progressing forward in the Qatar Sprint after he qualified 18th, marking another shock early exit for the seven-time World Champion.