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Did you know that the field for the first ever World Championship F1 race included a Swiss baron, a Thai prince and a well-known jazz musician? Exactly 75 years on, as part of the sport’s year-long celebration, we present a compendium of the most interesting, little-known and downright unusual facts about the historic Silverstone event…

Harrison Burton, 24, started 109 points-paying races in the NASCAR Cup Series, but none this year. While it's just an exhibition race and doesn't count towards the championship, he will take part in the 2025 All-Star Race this weekend at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Burton will pilot the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang in the All-Star Race. Burton is one of 20 drivers who automatically ...Keep reading

Barcelona will host an entertaining Fan Village in the build-up to this year's Spanish Grand Prix, bringing fans closer to the world of Formula 1.

Every driver wants to win, no matter what. That is what they work and dream for every day. So what Alex Palou has been doing in the 2025 IndyCar season—winning four of the first five races, with a second-place finish in the remaining one—is something no one in the field likes to see.
However, some are able to take a step back and appreciate it when a colleague stands out and reaches such ...Keep reading

At a glitzy event held in Miami, the Cadillac Formula 1 team unveiled the squad’s logo in true American style before a large group of guests, including the team's top management, potential sponsors and many VIPs. Behind that eye-catching facade is a project that is taking shape in a real race against time.
More than two years have passed since the Andretti Global team first officially applied ...Keep reading

F1 Clash is beginning a sixth season that promises to be the most thrilling to date, with Legendary Drivers are available from the start for the first time ever. Players can enjoy a number of new features, blending strategy and adrenaline-fueled racing action. It’s your turn to Master The Moment.

Esteban Ocon has been reflecting on the first time that he met Haas Team Principal Ayao Komatsu, with the Frenchman having once raced alongside his now boss – who he has called “probably the most competitive guy I’ve ever met” – many years ago.

Kansas Speedway tends to be one of the more exciting races on the NASCAR schedule, but Kyle Larson did his best to prove otherwise on Sunday, dominating the race from start to finish. It was a very different ending to the Truck race on Saturday, which saw two drivers sliding sideways and hitting the wall in a thrilling battle for the win. But like most weekends in racing, there was one driver very ...Keep reading

In a career that has spanned 24 years, Fernando Alonso has won 32 grands prix, stood on 106 podiums and claimed two Formula 1 titles. And while his success continued with a switch to Aston Martin and a handful of podiums in early 2023, it’s been a while since the Spaniard won a race. In fact, it’s exactly 12 years since Alonso last won an F1 contest, and an awful lot has changed in the series ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 campaign is only a quarter of the way through, yet a lot of focus and energy is already being directed towards what comes next. That’s especially true for the power units, since the shift to greater electrical deployment in the power mix has influenced almost every other facet of the incoming rules package.
After a few weeks of hysteria about the possible return of ...Keep reading

All the key BBC coverage details for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which takes place from 16-18 May.

Winner: Johann Zarco

Johann Zarco, Team LCR Honda
Photo by: MotoGP

Just when it looked like his early-season smiles were beginning to fade – all the more so after qualifying down in a distinctly unpromising 11th – Johann Zarco produced one of the most memorable victories MotoGP has seen in years.
As Alex Marquez learned at Jerez two weeks earlier, winding down the laps ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has presented the final trailer for the upcoming F1 movie starring Brad Pitt and directed by Top Gun Maverick's Joseph Kosinski.
F1's feature film, which will be released in June, stars Damson Idris's character Joshua Pearce alongside Pitt's Sonny Hayes, a retired veteran racer making a comeback for APX GP.
The 2m24s minute trailer released on Monday further teases the movie's main ...Keep reading

Can’t wait for the F1 movie to hit cinema screens worldwide? Thankfully, we have a third and final trailer for you to enjoy ahead of the film’s arrival next month.

Two Sprints and four regular Grand Prix weekends are out of the way, and it’s finally time to get the European season started with Formula 1’s second triple header of the year. There are no shortage of talking points after driver changes and team principal departures since the last round, and with teams expected to bring plenty of upgrades to Imola.

Ferrari may not have had their most successful weekend at the Miami Grand Prix, but the squad certainly caught the attention as a team orders debate played out across the radio later in the race, with Lewis Hamilton querying whether he would be allowed to pass Charles Leclerc in an attempt to chase down Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli up ahead.

Francesco Bagnaia dubbed the French Grand Prix as “a race and a weekend to truly forget” after he crashed on the opening lap before coming home in 16th.
Starting from sixth on the grid, the two-time MotoGP champion collided with Enea Bastianini at the first chicane of lap one, in turn taking out Joan Mir.
Bagnaia was able to get going again and came in for a change of bike, but it was a ...Keep reading

Formula 1 returns to Imola this weekend for what will possibly be the final time the series races at the famous Emilia-Romagna circuit. 
Imola’s contract is due to expire at the end of this year, prompting debates as to whether its deal should be extended or not.
The old school track first graced the F1 calendar in 1980 having replaced Monza as host of that year’s Italian Grand Prix due ...Keep reading

Martins Sesks is working to add a seventh round to his partial 2025 World Rally Championship programme with M-Sport-Ford that continues at Rally Portugal this week.
The 2023 European Rally Championship runner-up burst onto the WRC scene last year after a trio of impressive outings for the Ford squad in Poland, his native Latvia and Chile.    
A run to fifth driving a non-hybrid powered ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin intends to leave Aprilia at the end of the 2025 MotoGP campaign, invoking a contractual clause that releases him from the second year in 2026 if he is not among the top riders in the world championship standings after the French Grand Prix, Motorsport.com has learned.
The agreement signed by Aprilia and the reigning world champion last year at the Italian GP currently holds no ...Keep reading