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Norris wins sprint to extend lead as Piastri crashes

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sat, 2025-11-08 15:31
McLaren's Lando Norris extends his championship lead as he wins the Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint while title rival Oscar Piastri crashes out.

Norris wins sprint to extend lead as Piastri crashes

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sat, 2025-11-08 15:31
McLaren's Lando Norris extends his championship lead as he wins the Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint while title rival Oscar Piastri crashes out.

Norris wins sprint to extend lead as Piastri crashes

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sat, 2025-11-08 15:31
McLaren's Lando Norris extends his championship lead as he wins the Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint while title rival Oscar Piastri crashes out.

Gabriel Bortoleto involved in violent crash during Brazil sprint race

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 15:22
Gabriel Bortoleto escaped a brutal crash on the final lap of the Brazil Grand Prix sprint race during a move on Williams driver Alex Albon. It ended with a heavy impact at Turn 1 of the Interlagos track.
Chasing Albon into the Senna S as the Brazilian hoped to overtake the British-Thai driver ahead of the chequered flag, Bortoleto dived for an overtake but lost traction as his car's DRS closed ...Keep reading

F1 Brazil GP: Lando Norris wins sprint as Oscar Piastri crashes out

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 15:10
Lando Norris reinforced his Formula 1 championship lead after winning a red-flagged sprint race at Interlagos, while title rival Oscar Piastri crashed out of third. 
Norris started Saturday morning's 24-lap race from pole, with the Sao Paulo circuit still damp in places following overnight showers. The medium-shod Briton held the lead from soft tyre starter Mercedes' Andrea Kimi Antonelli and ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen on why MotoGP tempts him: "If I had the talent!"

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 14:51
Max Verstappen has revealed that if he hadn't been successful in his four-wheeled racing career, he would have instead chased a life in MotoGP. 
Speaking on the Pelas Pistas podcast alongside Sauber rookie Gabriel Bortoleto, the four-time champion didn't hesitate when he was asked which racing series he loves the most. 
"MotoGP," he confirmed, before adding: “If I could choose ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri crashes out of F1 Brazil GP sprint race in championship blow

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 14:29
Oscar Piastri has crashed out of the Brazil Grand Prix sprint race, causing a red flag and adding pressure to his championship fight.
On the seventh lap of the sprint, the Australian driver dipped a tyre onto the kerb, picked up water and, as a result, crashed into the barriers on the inside of Turn 3. Closely following Piastri, Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg and Alpine's Franco Colapinto were ...Keep reading

Lamborghini: Danny Formal and Jonathan Cecotto on pole for Pro and Pro-Am Finals

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 13:57
The pole positions for Race 1 and Race 2 of the Pro and Pro-Am categories in the Lamborghini World Finals were set on Saturday in Misano, setting the stage for arguably the most important categories of the event.  
A superb Danny Formal left his rivals standing, while Luca Segu kept the Italian flag flying high in the Pro-Am class.  
In the second session, Jonathan Cecotto emulated Formal ...Keep reading

Ex-F1 driver Logan Sargeant joins Bahrain WEC rookie test

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 13:30
Former Williams Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant has become a late addition to Sunday’s World Endurance World Championship rookie test in Bahrain.
The American will drive a Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 at the Bahrain International Circuit on 9 November, as per the latest version of the entry list published on Saturday.
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Why Lewis Hamilton has a special connection to Brazil

Formula 1 - Sat, 2025-11-08 13:09
From idolising Ayrton Senna from his childhood days to earning honorary citizenship, Lewis Hamilton’s connection with Brazil goes far beyond racing.

See how Norris secured Sprint pole with our 'Ghost Car'

Formula 1 - Sat, 2025-11-08 13:09
Lando Norris continued his remarkable run of form to take pole position for the Sprint in Sao Paulo, beating Kimi Antonelli and his McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri to the honour.

F1 considering return to maximum stint length for Qatar GP

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 13:00
Formula 1 teams, the FIA and tyre supplier Pirelli are considering mandating a maximum stint length at the upcoming Qatar Grand Prix to avoid a repeat of 2024's puncture issues, forcing teams to make at least two pitstops if approved.
The Qatar race at the high-downforce Losail track has been marred by tyre problems in recent seasons. In 2023, stint lengths were capped at 18 laps due to ...Keep reading

Elfyn Evans: Heavy rain could turn WRC Rally Japan into “lottery” on final day

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 12:31
Forecasted heavy rain and limited experience on wet asphalt with this year’s tyres will render the final day of Rally Japan a “lottery”, according to World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans.   
Since the start of the week, teams have been expecting rain showers on Sunday to add an extra curveball in what could prove to be a pivotal day in determining the outcome of this year’s ...Keep reading

MotoGP Portuguese GP: Marco Bezzecchi grabs pole position 

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 12:00
Marco Bezzecchi returned to MotoGP form by claiming pole position for Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao. 
Following a tough outing at the Malaysian Grand Prix, the Aprilia rider was able to recapture his customary late-season speed in Portugal, where he will share the front row with KTM’s Pedro Acosta and Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. 
Rain ahead of the Free Practice 1 session ...Keep reading

Lamborghini: Stephane Tribaudini and Stephane Lemeret on pole for AM-LC Finals

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 11:27
Stephane Tribaudini, Donovan Privitelio, Stephane Lemeret, and Karim Ojjeh secured pole positions for the two races of the Lamborghini World Finals, which will crown the champions of the AM and Lamborghini Cup classes this weekend in Misano.
On a humid and cloudy day, the Super Trofeo EVO2 cars began lapping the Marco Simoncelli track to set the starting grids for Race 1 and Race 2 in the two ...Keep reading

WRC Rally Japan: Sebastien Ogier responds to Elfyn Evans’ charge to extend lead 

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 10:56
Sebastien Ogier fended off a charge from World Rally Championship title rival Elfyn Evans to hang onto the Rally Japan lead heading into the final day of competition 
Ogier came under attack from championship leader Evans across Saturday’s seven asphalt stages, but was able to issue a fightback in the afternoon to end the day with a 6.5s margin ahead of Sunday’s remaining six ...Keep reading

F1 team bosses pour cold water on mandatory two-stop idea

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 10:09
After three consecutive Formula 1 grands prix ended up being straightforward one-stops, a mooted plan for mandatory two-stop strategies is failing to get traction.
The Baku, Singapore and Austin races lacked strategic variety, hence the proposal was brought up in the Mexico Grand Prix drivers’ briefing and within the Sporting Advisory Committee; it is also on the F1 Commission’s ...Keep reading

Mercedes: No porpoising in 2026, but new F1 rules aren't “straightforward”

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 09:00
Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin does not expect the 2026 cars to suffer from the porpoising and bouncing issues that plagued the current generation of Formula 1 machinery - but says teams will have to remain vigilant against similar knock-on effects.
Next year's floor geometry will align more closely with those used prior to 2022, with a largely flat floor between the ...Keep reading

WRC Rally Japan: Toyota 1-2 as Takamoto Katsuta crashes from lead group

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-11-08 05:48
Elfyn Evans closed in on Sebastien Ogier as the fight for the Rally Japan lead and World Rally Championship title intensified on Saturday.
Evans started the day in third, 10.2s adrift of leader and title rival Ogier and 2.3s behind fellow Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta, but the leaderboard began to shift through the morning loop.
The Welshman was faster than both his Toyota rivals in ...Keep reading

Can Norris rise above his rivals in Sao Paulo?

Formula 1 - Sat, 2025-11-08 00:51
Lando Norris put an early marker in the sand as he stormed to Sprint pole at Interlagos with McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri close in third and while their other title rival Max Verstappen is back in sixth, his Red Bull's race pace suggests he remains a potent threat heading into the weekend.

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