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Alpine team leader Flavio Briatore has contradicted his own squad’s announcement that Franco Colapinto had been promoted to a race seat for the next five Formula 1 rounds from this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
Alpine announced on 7 May that it was replacing Jack Doohan, who had failed to score a single point over the first six grands prix of the 2025 season, with reserve driver ...Keep reading

Meet the newest brand ambassador for ELEMIS, Aston Martin’s Head of F1 Academy Jessica Hawkins. 
Luxury skincare brand ELEMIS previously inked a deal with Aston Martin earlier in 2025, becoming the first skincare company to sponsor an F1 team. Notably, this partnership represents much more than a logo on the car. With Hawkins officially on board — a seasoned racer and one of motorsport’s ...Keep reading

Adrien Fourmaux exited the Rally Portugal victory battle in unfortunate circumstances, which has helped relieve the pressure on Hyundai World Rally Championship team-mate and rally leader Ott Tanak.
After struggling at Rally Islas Canarias last month, Hyundai bounced back on Portugal’s tricky gravel stages on Friday morning with Tanak and Fourmaux locked in the fight for victory.
Fourmaux ...Keep reading

“Trying to find little bits everywhere” was how Oscar Piastri described the marginal-gains approach he feels has boosted him to four grand prix wins this season and the championship lead.
“It’s quite a different feeling when you win a race because you feel like you’ve just gotten by or had good circumstances,” he said in the FIA press conference ahead of the Imola GP. “But to now ...Keep reading

Former Alpine racer Esteban Ocon has hit out at the team after it demoted Jack Doohan back to a reserve driver role just six grands prix into the 2025 Formula 1 season.
Alpine promoted Doohan to a race seat at the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year, with Ocon giving up on his drive in order to be allowed to take part in the post-season test with his new team, Haas.
Doohan had been ...Keep reading

Two firefighters and a member of the public have been killed following a fire at the Bicester Motion complex on Thursday night.
The site is home to a number of motorsport and automotive businesses, with many focused on the historic scene.
The McLaren Formula E squad is among those based at Bicester Motion but it has confirmed it has not been directly affected by the fire. However, it has ...Keep reading

Eighteenth overall in the MotoGP world championship with only 15 points, Raul Fernandez endured his fair share of criticism in the early part of the 2025 season.
While the Spaniard is guaranteed a 2026 contract with independent Aprilia team Trackhouse, some have questioned whether his place on the grid is justified at all.
But the 24-year-old managed to silence his critics – temporarily at ...Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Max Verstappen is free to let off steam in other motorsport series, but reaffirmed that the Dutchman’s “focus has to be” on Formula 1 following a secret test at the Nurburgring last week.
Verstappen drove Emil Frey Racing's Ferrari 296 GT3 car during a test at Nurburgring's Nordschleife at an official Nurburgring Endurance Series test, and ...Keep reading

The opening practice session for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix came to an abrupt halt with just over two minutes remaining following a crash for Gabriel Bortoleto.

Oscar Piastri has topped the timesheets during the first practice hour ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the championship leader setting the pace ahead of McLaren team mate Lando Norris and the Williams of Carlos Sainz.

Live coverage of Friday's first Formula 1 practice session for the 2025 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.

The WSK Euro Series has kicked off at Leopard Circuit Viterbo with free practice and qualifying, and it's now time to watch all the racing in Saturday's pre-finals and finals for the MINI, OKNJ, OKN, OKJ, and OK categories, with live streaming on Motorsport.com via the video player above.
Excellent turnout in all categories
There is a very good turnout of drivers for this "premiere" of the ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri is quickest in first practice for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, ahead of McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.

Oscar Piastri has pipped McLaren team-mate Lando Norris by 0.032s in the first free practice session for F1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, which was red-flagged for a late crash by Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto.
At the historic Italian track outside Bologna, which is set to host its last F1 race for the time being, Piastri and Norris led an extremely tight session while most teams grid ...Keep reading

“It's basically the same as it's been for three years,” Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur said of Ferrari’s engineering setup while facing questions from the media ahead of the 2025 Imola GP. “We've made some mistakes with the car, but we know where to improve.” The line of questioning directed at Vasseur is not new in motorsport, nor at Ferrari’s Maranello HQ. If a car ...Keep reading

Red Bull's endeavours to chase after Formula 1 championship leader McLaren have continued as the team has introduced a new sidepod package for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
In Miami, the RB21 was equipped with a revised floor, and this is to be paired with a reshaped set of sidepods in Imola; the team has taken a different approach to its inlet arrangement, bringing it slightly more in line ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony is to take on an official role with motorsport's governing body the FIA on young driver development.

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony is to take on an official role with motorsport's governing body the FIA on young driver development.

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony is to take on an official role with motorsport's governing body the FIA on young driver development.

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony is to take on an official role with motorsport's governing body the FIA on young driver development.