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Pedro Acosta brands 2025 MotoGP season a “wasted year”

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-11-26 16:13
Pedro Acosta has described the 2025 MotoGP season as a “wasted year” for him, arguing that the step he made as a rider was not matched by the results he expected.
Acosta came of age in his sophomore MotoGP campaign, cutting down on crashes and evolving into a far more complete rider as he spearheaded KTM’s factory team.
The 20-year-old also showed remarkable consistency in the second ...Keep reading

Ott Tanak opens up on decision to leave WRC

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-11-26 15:48
Ott Tanak has expanded on his decision to step away from the World Rally Championship, admitting it is “quite a relief” knowing Rally Saudi Arabia will be his last for the foreseeable future.
The 2019 world champion announced hours after finishing fourth at Rally Japan earlier this month that he plans to take a sabbatical from the WRC next year, forsaking a seat at Hyundai.
In a lengthy ...Keep reading

Porsche Penske announces 2026 IMSA driver line-up after WEC exit

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-11-26 15:03
Porsche Penske Motorsport has announced the six drivers that will represent the team in the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship.
Laurens Vanthoor and Kevin Estre will move over from Porsche’s now-defunct World Endurance Championship programme and reunite in IMSA’s GTP class, sharing the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh for the full season. 
The pair will be joined in the five enduros by Matt Campbell ...Keep reading

‘Kimi didn’t even drop the clutch’ – Mercedes explains Antonelli’s Las Vegas jump-start penalty

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-11-26 14:50
Mercedes Formula 1 trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has explained Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s marginal jump start in the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Antonelli was detected as moving before the five lights went out in the Nevadan race, though the jump start was not strikingly obvious on the broadcast.
The penalty nearly cost him a podium after his strong recovery from 17th on the grid ...Keep reading

How Jota helped transform Cadillac’s factory WEC programme in 2025

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-11-26 13:42
Cadillac had big ambitions when it entered the World Endurance Championship for the first time in 2023 with the V-Series.R. Returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours was a major moment for the General Motors brand, which was eager to write a new chapter at the sharp end of endurance racing following its disastrous stint with the Northstar LMP from 2000-2002.
But while its new LMDh prototype was quick ...Keep reading

James Vowles to make racing return at Gulf 12 Hours

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-11-26 13:16
Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles will return to endurance racing when he contests the 2025 Gulf 12 Hours with Garage 59 on 14 December. 
The 46-year-old last raced competitively in 2022 when he entered all four rounds of the Asian Le Mans Series with the Garage 59 squad, aboard its McLaren 720S GT3.
Vowles will race the Evo spec of that McLaren this December at Yas Marina Circuit, which ...Keep reading

Mick Schumacher was in advanced Cadillac F1 talks

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-11-26 13:01
Mick Schumacher has made no secret of his desire to make a Formula 1 return following his two-year tenure with Haas, and the new Cadillac team appeared to be a major opportunity for the German.
Cadillac boss Graeme Lowdon confirmed in July that the American outfit had been in talks with Schumacher for a potential 2026 contract, before signing Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas for its race seats ...Keep reading

Mahindra commits to Formula E’s Gen4 era as full-fledged manufacturer

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-11-26 12:43
Mahindra Racing has revealed that it will continue to race in Formula E as a full-fledged manufacturer until the end of the Gen4 era in 2030.
Team principal Frederic Bertrand made the announcement during a special event in Bengaluru (India) on Wednesday, where Mahindra also unveiled the livery for the final season with Gen3 Evo machinery.
While Mahindra was the first manufacturer to commit ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda wants answers from Red Bull on Las Vegas F1 blunder

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-11-26 12:00
Yuki Tsunoda has been having a tough Formula 1 season at Red Bull, and that makes his Las Vegas mishap all the more difficult to take.
Tsunoda is 24-0 down on Max Verstappen in their qualifying head-to-head, but was a striking 3.340s slower than his team-mate in the wet Nevadan session.
It emerged that Red Bull set up wrong tyre pressures on its second car, with team boss Laurent Mekies ...Keep reading

Inside McLaren's season - the rules, values, incidents & relationships

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2025-11-26 12:00
Intra-team title battles turn toxic far more often than not. Andrew Benson analyses how McLaren have maintained relative harmony between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

Inside McLaren's season - the rules, values, incidents & relationships

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2025-11-26 12:00
Intra-team title battles turn toxic far more often than not. Andrew Benson analyses how McLaren have maintained relative harmony between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

Inside McLaren's season - the rules, values, incidents & relationships

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2025-11-26 12:00
Intra-team title battles turn toxic far more often than not. Andrew Benson analyses how McLaren have maintained relative harmony between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

Inside McLaren's season - the rules, values, incidents & relationships

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2025-11-26 12:00
Intra-team title battles turn toxic far more often than not. Andrew Benson analyses how McLaren have maintained relative harmony between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

Inside McLaren's season - the rules, values, incidents & relationships

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2025-11-26 12:00
Intra-team title battles turn toxic far more often than not. Andrew Benson analyses how McLaren have maintained relative harmony between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

10 quiz questions on the Las Vegas GP and latest F1 news

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-11-26 11:19
Were you paying attention to the on-track action in Nevada over the weekend?

‘Back to school’ – Cadillac test driver Herta explains F2 preparations following IndyCar switch

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-11-26 11:19
Colton Herta detailed how he is going “back to school” in order to prepare for his maiden Formula 2 campaign next season.

What time is the Formula 1 2025 Qatar Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-11-26 11:19
Formula 1 travels to the Lusail International Circuit this weekend for the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix – and here are the global start times for Sunday’s race.

What is the weather forecast for the Qatar Grand Prix?

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-11-26 11:19
Formula 1 moves on from Las Vegas to Qatar this weekend for the penultimate round of the season – but what kind of weather conditions are set to greet the drivers and their teams?

How to stream the Formula 1 2025 Qatar Grand Prix on F1 TV Premium

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-11-26 11:19
Here is all the information you need to follow the Qatar Grand Prix weekend live on F1 TV.

What tyres will the teams and drivers have in Qatar?

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-11-26 11:19
Formula 1 will return to action with the Qatar Grand Prix this weekend – and tyre suppliers Pirelli have confirmed the compounds that the teams and drivers will have available to them.

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