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Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes leaves the team with immediate effect, less than a year after being appointed to the role.

Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes leaves the team with immediate effect, less than a year after being appointed to the role.

Following on from the Miami Grand Prix, Alpine have announced that Team Principal Oliver Oakes has resigned from the squad with immediate effect.

Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes as resigned with immediate effect, the team has announced.
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 Flavio Briatore.
But six races into the 2025 season Oakes has now resigned, according to the team, with Briatore taking over his duties ad interim.
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Bike legend Valentino Rossi and ex-Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen will team up in a BMW GT car at the Spa 24 Hours next month
They will share a BMW M4 GT3 EVO run by the WRT team together with fellow BMW factory driver Rene Rast in the the Belgian endurance classic on 28/29 June.  
All three have been recruited to join BMW’s expanded line-up for the centrepiece round of the GT World ...Keep reading

In a teleconference on Tuesday, NASCAR offered insight into what is in play and what is out of the question as part of their rotating season finale. The track has to check a few boxes which include a strong on-track product, a good climate for early November, and of course, being located in an attractive market. But another aspect of that is finding a venue that best reflects the overall schedule ...Keep reading

The new floor introduced by Red Bull in Miami on the car of Max Verstappen represented general development in adding aero load to the car but was not specifically targeted at improving the balance problems the team have suffered so far this season.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff singled out Kimi Antonelli for a job well done in Miami, while explaining where the Silver Arrows are lacking compared to McLaren as third-placed George Russell finished over 30 seconds behind the frontrunning duo of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

The FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme) announced a series of changes to the 2025 MotoGP World Championship regulations earlier this week. The changes, which took effect on April 29, most notably included the introduction of a test day for riders returning from injury and clarified startline procedures sparked by the recent debacle in Austin.
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It was one wild weekend of surprising outcomes and rather intriguing stats for NASCAR in Texas. Joey Logano broke a tie with Brad Keselowski on the all-time wins list, earning his 37th career victory. The two have been close in win total throughout their careers, but this is actually the first time Logano has edged ahead of Keselowski. And with Kyle Larson's Xfinity win, he maintains a 100% ...Keep reading

Aston Martin received a double Balance of Performance break for its Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar ahead of this weekend’s round of the World Endurance Championship at Spa. 
The Valkyrie will go to the grid in Belgium 16kg lighter than at last month’s Imola round and with an increase in maximum power of 15kW (20bhp). 
The British cars run by The Heart of Racing factory team will weigh in ...Keep reading

Sit down with Williams team principal James Vowles for any length of time and at some point it is likely the conversation will turn to his passion for bringing through the most promising young minds and giving them a home – both at Grove and in Formula 1. 
Through its early careers programmes, Williams is continuing to do just that. 
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Homestead-Miami Speedway hosted NASCAR's championship weekend every year from 2002 through 2019 before the finale shifted to Phoenix Raceway for 2020 onwards.
But calls from both drivers and fans to return to the popular intermediate track in Southern Florida have only grown louder in recent years, and now it's finally happening. Homestead will again host the title-decider for the NASCAR Cup ...Keep reading

Kerry Condon, one of the stars of the upcoming F1 movie, believes audiences will feel “like you’re in the seat” of an F1 car when they see the film.

The 2025 Miami Grand Prix was as star-studded an event as ever, with countless celebrities, sports stars and music artists in attendance as McLaren's Oscar Piastri took his fourth win of the season.

With anticipation building ahead of the release of Apple Original Films' F1 movie, plenty of stars involved with the project were in attendance at the recent Miami Grand Prix weekend.

It was a successful weekend for McLaren at the Miami Grand Prix, with Lando Norris claiming victory in a dramatic wet-dry Sprint before Oscar Piastri took the spoils in Sunday’s main race. But who else impressed in the sunshine state? Check out the latest Power Rankings scores and overall leaderboard below...

Jesse Love is getting a lot more experience in a Cup car than anyone expected entering the 2025 season. The 20-year-old made his Cup debut with Richard Childress Racing at Bristol, finishing 31st. He made another appearance in the recent Cup race at Texas, this time driving for Beard Motorsports where a late-race crash left him with a DNF. Love spun at the exit of Turn 2 with less than 50 laps to ...Keep reading

In F1, timing is everything. But how exactly does it all work?

Jochen Mass disproved the saying that nice guys finish last. A charming man who was universally liked, the German was a race winner in Formula 1 and one of the top sportscar drivers of his generation, claiming a victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours. But perhaps the German, who has died aged 78 from complications following a stroke, was just too nice to truly make his mark at the pinnacle of the sport ...Keep reading