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

McLaren's Oscar Piastri outpaces title rival and team-mate Lando Norris in practice at the Qatar Grand Prix.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri outpaces title rival and team-mate Lando Norris in practice at the Qatar Grand Prix.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri outpaces title rival and team-mate Lando Norris in practice at the Qatar Grand Prix.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri outpaces title rival and team-mate Lando Norris in practice at the Qatar Grand Prix.

Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell and Hollywood actor and star of the F1 movie, Brad Pitt, have teamed up for a fun promotional video for the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe prototype in Las Vegas.
The British driver assumed the role of a valet driver at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip and was placed in charge of returning the camouflaged prototype to Pitt, who has been announced as ...Keep reading

McLaren's Oscar Piastri topped the only practice session of Formula 1's sprint weekend in Qatar, edging out team-mate and title rival Lando Norris in a last-minute flurry of qualifying runs in Doha. 
At the floodlit Losail circuit, which hosts the penultimate weekend on the 2025 calendar, Piastri's second soft-tyre run at the end of the session was enough to overhaul ...Keep reading

Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has urged McLaren to back Lando Norris in the drivers' championship fight after the Woking outfit's double disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix. 
Heading into the final two rounds of the season, Norris leads the standings by 24 points. His team-mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull's Max Verstappen sit equal on points behind the ...Keep reading

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen backs former Red Bull designer Adrian Newey to "do well" on his first-ever appointment as a team principal.
Following the latest reshuffle at Aston Martin, design legend Newey will take on the team principal role alongside his position as managing technical partner, owner Lawrence Stroll's right-hand man to lead the ambitious Silverstone outfit.
Newey ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has revealed that when he achieved his childhood dream of racing in Formula 1, it left him feeling "quite miserable". The comedown after an emotional race weekend saw him hitting rock bottom - something that pushed him to open his life up to experiences beyond racing, including being a producer on the F1 movie. 
Speaking in an interview with Vanity Fair, the seven-time world ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has been full of praise for Formula 1 rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli after an “impressive” run of form for the Mercedes driver.
The 19-year-old has endured a very up-and-down 2025, which began with five points finishes in six, as well as a sprint pole in Miami.
But he followed that up with just one points score - third in Canada - in seven races, before continuing his ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda has hinted that he already knows where his Formula 1 future lies after what has been the worst campaign of his five-season career.
The 25-year-old has struggled since joining Red Bull from sister outfit Racing Bulls for round three of the 2025 campaign, as Tsunoda is 17th in the championship with only six points finishes. 
That is compared to team-mate Max Verstappen who is in ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is still in contention for the 2025 Formula 1 world championship, despite admitting he “checked out” of the fight following the Dutch Grand Prix in August.
The Red Bull driver is currently an outside bet for a fifth, consecutive crown, as he is tied with Oscar Piastri in second and 24 points behind Lando Norris ahead of the final two rounds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. 
It ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli and George Russell secired a double podium for Mercedes in Las Vegas.

Yuki Tsunoda will look to help Max Verstappen and, in the process, improve his chances of staying in F1 next year.

With the exception of Max Verstappen, Red Bull and Racing Bulls have yet to reveal their 2026 lineups.

Elfyn Evans and Kalle Rovanpera suffered punctures on Friday morning as the World Rally Championship title battle took another twist, while Adrien Fourmaux’s Rally Saudi Arabia lead was cut to 2.9 seconds. 
Punishing gravel stages littered with rocks once again increased the puncture risks for crews with Evans and Rovanpera both picking up punctures in stage 11[ Wadi Almatwi 1, 24.90 ...Keep reading

Miguel Oliveira says he did everything he could to extend his tenure in MotoGP, but it ultimately wasn’t enough to secure a contract for the 2026 season.
Oliveira contested his final race as a MotoGP rider at this month’s Valencia Grand Prix, bringing an end to a six-year spell in the premier class that began with Tech3 KTM in 2019.
The Portuguese had signed a 1+1 contract with Pramac ...Keep reading

Forget the effect of McLaren’s double disqualification in Las Vegas on the three-way battle for the drivers’ championship. Adrian Newey’s appointment as team principal of Aston Martin F1 was the hot topic on opening day in the Losail paddock.
This may indeed have been the point: rumours that Andy Cowell was to be removed from his position as CEO and team principal had been gathering pace ...Keep reading

Brodie Kostecki is AU$50,000 (US$32,700) richer after taking victory in the opening race of the Supercars Grand Final on the streets of Adelaide. 
The Dick Johnson Racing driver took the lead early in the race and powered through the rain until lap 21 of the scheduled 32-lap distance, in the first Friday race in the 26-year history of the Adelaide 500 event. 
The stoppage was caused ...Keep reading