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JA on F1 Podcast: Emergency Podcast – Sainz set to challenge Ben Sulayem for FIA presidency

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-05-07 19:30
In this emergency JAonF1 podcast we discuss why Carlos Sainz Sr is set to take on Mohammed Ben Sulayem for the FIA presidency and what happens next. Listen here.
Motorsport Network’s Global Editorial Director Rebecca Clancy, who broke the story on Autosport and Motorsport earlier today, joins James Allen in the studio to discuss the bombshell news and to report what Sainz Sr has told her ...Keep reading

Lawson reflects on 'tough' race in Miami after Lap 1 contact as Hadjar rues 'frustrating' result

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-05-07 18:50
Liam Lawson was left to lament a "tough" Miami Grand Prix as he was forced to retire following Lap 1 contact, while team mate Isack Hadjar finished agonisingly close to points in 11th.

Where can NASCAR take the championship as part of new rotating finale?

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:37
Various tracks have hosted the NASCAR finale in the sport's past, but only four currently on the schedule have ever held the honor before. But none held it longer than Homestead, hosting the championship-decider every year between 2002 and 2019.
The season finale has become increasingly important in the past decade due to the introduction of the knockout-style playoff format. Four drivers ...Keep reading

From driver swearing to sacked stewards, here is every scandal the FIA is facing

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:31
Mohammed Ben Sulayem is preparing to run for re-election at the head of motorsport’s governing body, the FIA. But the vote comes at a tough time for the organisation after it was rocked by resignations, sackings and raised tensions with drivers.
Ben Sulayem took the helm of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile from Jean Todt following an election in 2021. He’s now preparing his ...Keep reading

Meet the women helping to drive change in F1

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:16
BBC Sport meets some of the women who are forging careers in F1 and breaking barriers.

Meet the women helping to drive change in F1

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:16
BBC Sport meets some of the women who are forging careers in F1 and breaking barriers.

Meet the women helping to drive change in F1

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:16
BBC Sport meets some of the women who are forging careers in F1 and breaking barriers.

Meet the women helping to drive change in F1

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:16
BBC Sport meets some of the women who are forging careers in F1 and breaking barriers.

Exclusive: Carlos Sainz Sr explains why “now is the right time” to consider running for FIA president

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:06
Carlos Sainz Sr has said “now is the right time” to consider running for FIA president, as he dismissed any suggestion of a conflict of interest. 
Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com, the two-time World Rally champion said he was “currently in the process of figuring out how much support I will get from the community of motorsport”.
The next presidential election will be held in ...Keep reading

Homestead to upgrade venue ahead of 2026 finale, but won't 'touch the track'

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-05-07 16:36
On Tuesday, NASCAR announced plans to put the season finale back at Homestead-Miami Speedway for 2026 as they implement a rotating finale moving forward. Having already hosted their lone Cup race on the 2025 schedule, the track has plenty of time to prepare before NASCAR returns in November of 2026.
Track president Guillermo Santa Cruz confirmed that changes are coming but they are "mostly ...Keep reading

How Aprilia and KTM are closer to Yamaha and Honda than to Ducati

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-05-07 16:07
The concession system introduced last year in MotoGP to help manufacturers is set to allow KTM and Aprilia to develop their engines and conduct tests with their factory riders from August.
Out of the four existing MotoGP manufacturer categories (A, B, C, and D), both the Austrian and Italian manufacturers are currently classified in category C, which prohibits their riders from carrying out any ...Keep reading

THIS WEEK IN F1: 10 quiz questions on the Miami Grand Prix and the latest F1 news

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-05-07 15:46
Take our quick-fire quiz on the racing action in Florida over the weekend – plus a couple of questions on the latest F1 news...

PALMER: Why isn't it clicking yet for Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari this year?

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-05-07 15:46
Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari was perhaps the most anticipated driver switch in recent Formula 1 history, but so far the partnership between the sport's most successful driver and its most successful team isn’t working out as they would have hoped. So what’s going wrong for team and driver? Former Renault F1 driver Jolyon Palmer has taken a close look…

Alpine share more information over Oakes’ departure as team boss after ‘personal decision’

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-05-07 15:46
Alpine have shared comments from both departing Team Principal Oliver Oakes and Executive Advisor Flavio Briatore following the Briton’s sudden exit.

BEYOND THE GRID: Claire Williams on life at her family’s F1 team and what she thinks of their recent charge up the order

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-05-07 15:46
When Claire Williams sold the Williams F1 team at the end of 2020, a very special 43-year association between the Williams family and Formula 1 came to an end.

Horner admits McLaren ‘in a league of their own’ as he opens up on Red Bull’s Miami issues

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-05-07 15:46
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has shared an honest assessment after his squad and the rest of the Formula 1 field were comfortably outpaced by McLaren during Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix.

WATCH: Go behind the scenes of LEGO’s incredible car build for the special F1 drivers’ parade in Miami

Formula 1 - Wed, 2025-05-07 15:46
Formula 1 and LEGO put on a memorable show ahead of last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, with the usual drivers’ parade truck being replaced by fully driveable, big build cars.

What is going on at Alpine, amid management and driver line-up drama?

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-05-07 15:41
One thing about Alpine’s movements over the past 24 hours was wholly expected; the other was not. 
Promoting Franco Colapinto to the racing line-up at the expense of Jack Doohan was forecast not only in the past few days, but before a wheel was even turned this season; signing the loquacious Argentine was seen to put pressure on Doohan to perform. Doohan was thus thrust into the unenviable ...Keep reading

Who is potential FIA presidential candidate Carlos Sainz Sr?

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-05-07 15:03
As exclusively reported by Motorsport.com, Carlos Sainz Sr is seriously considering whether to launch a bid to challenge incumbent FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's campaign for a second term during this year's elections at the governing body.
A two-time World Rally champion, Sainz might be viewed by contemporary Formula 1 fans as the ex-rally driver father of Williams’ Carlos Sainz. Yet ...Keep reading

Flavio Briatore denies rift rumours after Oliver Oakes' shock Alpine F1 exit

Motorsport - Wed, 2025-05-07 14:27
Flavio Briatore has denied suggestions that disagreements between him and team principal Oliver Oakes led to the latter's Alpine F1 departure.
Oakes was brought to the team in July last year to replace Bruno Famin and then went on to form a tandem with executive advisor Briatore. But six races into the 2025 season Oakes has suddenly resigned, with Briatore taking over his duties for ...Keep reading

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