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Qatar delivers heat, high-speed cornering and tyre wear that can flip a race upside down. So, who’s positioned to thrive at the Lusail International Circuit?

Lando Norris will become the most experienced McLaren Formula 1 racer at the Qatar Grand Prix, when he begins his 151st event for the team.

Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey is to become Aston Martin's team principal next year.

Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey is to become Aston Martin's team principal next year.

Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey is to become Aston Martin's team principal next year.

Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey is to become Aston Martin's team principal next year.

Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey is to become Aston Martin's team principal next year.

The fight for the 2025 World Rally Championship title is teetering on a knife-edge with three drivers set to do battle for the coveted crown on brutal and unknown Saudi Arabian stages.
The WRC’s new Saudi Arabia finale is likely to offer up perhaps the most unpredictable title decider in decades with Toyota trio Elfyn Evans, Sebastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanpera all in contention for glory on ...Keep reading

Cadillac's Graeme Lowdon was encouraged by Sergio Perez's first test with Formula 1's new team for 2026, saying the Mexican veteran is "re-entering Formula 1 with exactly the right attitude".
Two weeks ago at Imola, Perez took the wheel of a 2023 Ferrari car, which the Scuderia loaned to its 2026 power unit customer as Cadillac aimed to get its trackside crew race-ready for its debut ...Keep reading

Aston Martin has named Adrian Newey as its new Formula 1 team principal for the 2026 season.
The legendary engineer, who joined Aston Martin as managing technical partner on 1 March, will step into his new role as Andy Cowell moves on to a chief strategy officer position.
This restructure was described as a “mutual decision” by ambitious team owner Lawrence Stroll and will likely end ...Keep reading

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 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 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

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

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

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 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 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 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

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.