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FIA and F1 agree new five-year Concorde Governance Agreement

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 16:24
Formula 1 management, governing body the FIA and all 11 teams have signed the latest 2026 Concorde Governance Agreement, which sets out how the series is run for the next five seasons.
The governance agreement forms the second part of the F1 Concorde Agreement, sitting alongside the commercial deal that was signed ahead of March's Australian Grand Prix and will cover the period between 2026 to ...Keep reading

What is the role of President of the FIA and what do they do?

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 16:00
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been re-elected as president of the FIA, meaning he is set to continue in the role for at least another four years after starting in 2021.
The 64-year-old is the 12th person to lead the governing body, but he has done so with much controversy, especially as he was re-elected with no opposition during the official process.
But there is still a lot of support for Ben ...Keep reading

Ai Ogura: Fifth on MotoGP debut “kills me” after “nothing special” rookie season

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 15:05
Ai Ogura says it “kills” him that a fifth-place result on his MotoGP debut was an outlier in a rookie season that he described as “nothing special”. 
The Trackhouse rider turned heads when he stepped up to MotoGP at the start of the year in Buriram, qualifying his satellite Aprilia on the second row before finishing fourth in the sprint and fifth in the grand prix.
But that weekend ...Keep reading

Sunoco makes full-time IndyCar return as primary partner for Ganassi in 2026

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 14:59
One of the most symbolic brands in the history of motorsports is making its long-awaited full-time return as Sunoco joins Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) in a multi-year agreement as the primary partner of the No. 8 Honda driven by Kyffin Simpson. 
It marks the first time since 1973 that Sunoco, the largest independent fuel distributor in the Americas, has been a full season primary partner in the ...Keep reading

Piastri 'will be a world champion' in future – Norris

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-12-12 13:49
Lando Norris believes that Oscar Piastri "will be a world champion" one day, having denied his McLaren team mate this year's title in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

VOTE: Choose your favourite race of the 2025 season

Formula 1 - Fri, 2025-12-12 13:49
With the 2025 Formula 1 season now in the past, we're asking you to choose your favourite race of the year. Get voting below!

Where Brad Pitt’s F1 movie ranks among the biggest racing films at the US box office

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 13:46
Brad Pitt's F1 movie has done something no other Formula 1 film has been able to do in the United States: it has become a mainstream blockbuster rather than a niche racing drama. At the North American box office the film took approximately $189.5million out of a $631.5million global haul, making it the highest-grossing racing film worldwide. But how does it compare to other racing films in the ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen to miss FIA Awards in Tashkent due to illness

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 12:54
Red Bull's F1 2025 runner-up Max Verstappen will not attend Friday night's FIA Awards after being struck with what was described as seasonal flu.
As part of the top three finishers in the 2025 F1 world championship, narrowly losing out to McLaren's Lando Norris, Verstappen was expected to attend the FIA's end-of-season gala in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent to make an appearance alongside Norris ...Keep reading

Romain Grosjean puzzled by Oscar Piastri's late-season slump: "Felt like it was his cousin driving"

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 12:54
Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean was left puzzled by Oscar Piastri's performance at the end of the 2025 season, claiming it "felt like it was his cousin driving".
The McLaren driver had a strong start to the year, securing 12 grand prix podium finishes ahead of the summer break, six of which were victories. But after the summer break, he won the Dutch Grand Prix and finished third in ...Keep reading

Guenther Steiner: Spanish GP clash with George Russell made Max Verstappen "even more unstoppable"

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 12:44
Guenther Steiner believes that Max Verstappen's move on George Russell during the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix ultimately made him a better driver, adding that "He'll be even more unstoppable and more clinical".
Verstappen crashed into the Mercedes driver after an earlier incident in the race when Russell made contact with the Dutchman on a race restart. The contact resulted in Verstappen running ...Keep reading

Unopposed Ben Sulayem re-elected FIA president

Formula 1 at the BBC - Fri, 2025-12-12 12:37
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been returned as president of motorsport's governing body the FIA after an election in which he was the only candidate.

Unopposed Ben Sulayem re-elected FIA president

Formula 1 at the BBC - Fri, 2025-12-12 12:37
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been returned as president of motorsport's governing body the FIA after an election in which he was the only candidate.

Unopposed Ben Sulayem re-elected FIA president

Formula 1 at the BBC - Fri, 2025-12-12 12:37
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been returned as president of motorsport's governing body the FIA after an election in which he was the only candidate.

Unopposed Ben Sulayem re-elected FIA president

Formula 1 at the BBC - Fri, 2025-12-12 12:37
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been returned as president of motorsport's governing body the FIA after an election in which he was the only candidate.

Kondo defends ex-F1 racer Jack Doohan after three Super Formula test crashes

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 12:21
Kondo Racing has come out in defence of Jack Doohan following the ex-Formula 1 driver’s troubled maiden Super Formula test blighted by three crashes at the same corner.
Driving for the Toyota-powered Kondo squad in this week’s Suzuka post-season test ahead of a likely switch to Japan next year, Doohan hit the barriers at the Degner 2 right-hander on all three days of running - all of which ...Keep reading

Lancia reveals driver line-up for 2026 WRC return

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 11:52
Lancia has unveiled its driver line-up ahead of its long-awaited return to the World Rally Championship next year.
The Italian brand that won a record 10 WRC manufacturers’ titles named Yohan Rossel and Nikolay Gryazin as its drivers for its comeback, which will see the automaker contest the second tier WRC2 championship.
Rossel and Gryazin will pilot Lancia’s all-new Ypsilon HF ...Keep reading

Mohammed Ben Sulayem teases new 1600hp project with Koenigsegg

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 11:40
Re-elected FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is lining up another project with hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg. The Dubai native has a lot of love for the Swedish car company, with him already owning two Regeras and a Chimera, but he's now working on a totally one-off build that he shared with motoring personality Tim Burton, owner of the Shmee150 brand.
The British supercar content creator ...Keep reading

Mohammed Ben Sulayem wins FIA presidential election

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 10:47
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been re-elected as president of the FIA. 
Ben Sulayem controversially ran unopposed in this year’s presidential election, which took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, ahead of the 2025 prize-giving ceremony. The Emirati will serve a second four-year term, having first been elected in 2021 with 61.62% of the vote to then deputy president for sport Graham Stoker's ...Keep reading

“I felt something had been lost” – Why Helmut Marko is leaving Red Bull

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 10:20
Helmut Marko has revealed the reasons why he’s leaving Red Bull’s Formula 1 project at the end of the year, citing Max Verstappen’s 2025 title loss as a major factor.
Marko is ending a 25-year stint as one of Red Bull’s bosses in motorsport, having led its Junior Team since 2001 and acted as an advisor for the brand’s F1 squads since 2005. The Austrian played a key role in the rise of ...Keep reading

Vanwall plotting WEC comeback with upgraded hypercar

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-12-12 09:28
Vanwall is preparing to return to action in the World Endurance Championship after two years of work to update and improve its hypercar.
After a brief stint in the top endurance series, the British brand's car, prepared by ByKolles Racing, has remained inactive over the last two years. But the Austrian team has been working to resolve the issues that arose during its difficult 2023 adventure in ...Keep reading

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