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FIA Team Principals press conference – Spain

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 19:05
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES - Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Flavio BRIATORE (Alpine), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli)

F2: Lindblad in scintillating form as he takes maiden pole in Barcelona

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 19:05
Arvid Lindblad was at his brilliant best on Friday in Barcelona, following up his pace-setting Free Practice form to take the Aramco Pole Position Award for Campos Racing.

FP2: Piastri tops the timesheets ahead of Russell and Verstappen during second practice in Spain

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 19:05
Oscar Piastri ended Friday at the Spanish Grand Prix on top after setting the pace during second practice, the McLaren driver and championship leader leading the way by nearly three-tenths from Mercedes’ George Russell and the Red Bull of Max Verstappen.

F3: Camara dominates to take fourth pole of 2025 in Barcelona

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 19:05
Nobody could keep up with the pace of Rafael Camara as the TRIDENT driver secured his fourth pole position of the 2025 FIA Formula 3 season in Barcelona.

New Alpine F1 team boss will be appointed soon - Flavio Briatore

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-05-30 18:11
The Alpine Formula 1 squad appears a little closer to appointing a full-time team principal to replace Oliver Oakes, who departed unexpectedly and with immediate effect at the beginning of May.
Oakes, recruited from his Hitech GP operation last summer by Briatore, resigned less than a week after his brother William, also a director of Hitech GP, was arrested and charged with “transferring ...Keep reading

F1 Spanish GP: Oscar Piastri fastest in FP2 from George Russell

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-05-30 17:09
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has set the fastest time in Friday's second practice session at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix.
Piastri set his benchmark halfway through the one-hour session to grab the lead from Mercedes driver George Russell.
At the start of the session Piastri's team-mate Lando Norris picked up where he left off by immediately dipping below his FP1 leading time with a ...Keep reading

LIVE COVERAGE: Follow all the action from second practice for the Spanish Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 15:55
Live coverage of Friday's second Formula 1 practice session for the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.

HIGHLIGHTS: Watch the action from FP1 in Spain as Norris sets early pace over Verstappen

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 15:55
Lando Norris continued where he left off in Monaco by setting the pace during Friday’s first practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix, leading the way from Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

F1 25 out now – with 'F1' movie integration and the return of ‘Braking Point’ story mode

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 15:55
The eagerly anticipated F1 25 video game has launched worldwide, featuring scenes from F1 The Movie and a host of new and enhanced gameplay features.

F1 EXPLAINS: Legendary F1 racer Mika Hakkinen answers listeners’ questions live at the Monaco Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 15:55
Rivalries. Pasta. Teamwork. The F1 Explains podcast explores all that and more as Mika Hakkinen joins host Christian Hewgill and listeners live on-stage at the Monaco Grand Prix.

FP1: Norris sets the pace from Verstappen and Hamilton during first practice in Spain

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 15:55
Lando Norris topped the timesheets during Friday’s opening practice session ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, the McLaren driver extending his run at the top following his victory last weekend in Monaco to head the pack from Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

AS IT HAPPENED: Follow all the action from first practice for the Spanish Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-05-30 15:55
Live coverage of Friday's first Formula 1 practice session for the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.

Christian Horner shoots down Ferrari F1 switch rumours

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-05-30 15:23
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has shrugged off speculation linking him to the Ferrari Formula 1 team.
Motorsport.com understands Ferrari chairman John Elkann is a big admirer of Horner, who guided Red Bull to two dominant spells with Sebastian Vettel and then Max Verstappen. And it has been suggested that Elkann has been trying to poach him on several occasions in recent ...Keep reading

KTM will continue with MotoGP in 2027 “if we can afford it”, says CEO

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-05-30 14:36
KTM CEO Gottfried Neumeister has confirmed the company’s participation in MotoGP until the end of 2026, but admitted that what happens thereafter remains uncertain. 
The company says its sites – particularly Mattighofen and Munderfing in Austria – are to be secured in the long term following a loan from Bajaj, which was announced last week.
However, the future of its motorsport ...Keep reading

Norris tops first practice at Spanish Grand Prix

Formula 1 at the BBC - Fri, 2025-05-30 14:01
McLaren's Lando Norris heads Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.

F1 Spanish GP: Lando Norris tops FP1 ahead of Max Verstappen

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-05-30 13:34
McLaren's Lando Norris has topped first practice at Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix, heading Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton in Barcelona.
Friday's first free practice session in hot conditions was used as a testing ground for a brace of upgrades across most of the teams, as well as the first session in which teams ran stiffer front wings to comply with the FIA's latest technical ...Keep reading

Wickens proves he’s ready for his new challenge

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-05-30 12:00
Robert Wickens went into his first race of the season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Long Beach with a simple goal: “To leave with our heads held high.” The Canadian undoubtedly did that over the course of his maiden event aboard a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R specially adapted to allow him to drive with hand controls. But there was also a feeling of what might have been for ...Keep reading

Pirelli to trial tyre compound jump at F1 Belgian GP

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-05-30 11:10
Pirelli has announced which tyre compounds will be available for all the remaining rounds for the summer break, with significant changes for the British and Belgian Grands Prix.
While the selections for the Red Bull Ring and Hungaroring are the same as last season (with the C3, C4 and C5 compounds taking the hard, medium and soft slots), Silverstone’s will be a step softer: C2, C3 and ...Keep reading

How F1 teams have modified front wings for Spanish GP flexi-wing tests

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-05-30 10:51
Formula 1's teams have revealed their front wing solutions to satisfy the Spanish Grand Prix technical directive on flexing wings, following the application of more stringent load tests for the Barcelona round.
With a 1000N load applied to either side of the front wing, the flex tests only permit a maximum of 10mm of deflection, down from the previous benchmark of 15mm. This has prompted teams ...Keep reading

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