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Qatar Emir warns of ‘worst possibilities’ as F1 plans to race in Qatar
Qatar’s Emir has urged institutions and citizens to prepare for “the worst possibilities” in a wide-ranging address to officials. It comes as Formula 1’s intention is to press ahead with the Qatar Grand Prix. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s warning, shared by Alaraby TV, comes as F1 continues to p...
Norris's Singapore lunge could cost McLaren $10m
Lando Norris's last-lap collision with Oscar Piastri in the Singapore Sprint could end up costing McLaren around $10 million in prize money. According to former Formula 1 technical director Gary Anderson, who argues in his column for The Race that the points McLaren lost could cost the team $10 mill...
Charles Leclerc takes swipe at Sergio Perez as new audio emerges from Singapore
Charles Leclerc aimed a sarcastic dig at Sergio Perez over team radio after the Cadillac driver delayed his pursuit of Max Verstappen during the Singapore Grand Prix. Leclerc finished second at Marina Bay, 7.3 seconds behind Verstappen, but his efforts to close the gap were interrupted when he encou...
Norris makes off-track business move as he joins £20m investment round
Lando Norris has added premium ticketing platform Seat Unique to his investment portfolio, joining a £20million funding round as the British company targets a £500 million valuation. The McLaren driver has taken a stake in the business, which sells official premium tickets and hospitality experience...
McLaren insiders have never seen Brown and Stella this angry, Coulthard reveals after Norris crash
People inside McLaren have never seen CEO Zak Brown and team principal Andrea Stella as angry as they were after Lando Norris collided with Oscar Piastri in the Singapore Sprint. The former McLaren driver, David Coulthard, made the claim on the Up To Speed podcast. In public, McLaren's bosses have a...
Verstappen's own pick: how Tom Hart ended up in Red Bull's Austin hot seat
Tom Hart will be the voice in Max Verstappen's ear at the United States Grand Prix, and new reports say Verstappen himself was the reason Hart stayed at Red Bull instead of joining Williams. Hart was initially set to join Williams as Alex Albon's race engineer, but when Verstappen made his preferenc...
Valentino Rossi's new recruit destroys two records before VR46 arrival
Nicolo Bulega has smashed two of motorcycle racing’s grandest records ahead of his swap to MotoGP. The Italian has already clinched the WorldSBK title before heading to Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Racing in 2027, but there was more history to be made. He became champion at his home race in Cremona, but n...
Las Vegas GP circuit hit by flooding sparks questions about the race
Part of the Las Vegas Grand Prix street circuit has been flooded, a little more than a month before Formula 1 arrives in the city. Online footage suggested that the whole track was under water, but current reports say the damage was much more limited. Heavy rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm R...
Horner still in contact with Verstappen after leaving Red Bull Racing
Max Verstappen and Christian Horner are still in touch. The former Red Bull Racing team principal sent the Dutchman a message after Red Bull Powertrains' first victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Bahrain. The project to develop an in-house engine for Red Bull began in 2021, when Horner was still...
Lawson's 2027 future: Racing Bulls expected to keep him alongside Lindblad
Liam Lawson looks set to stay at Racing Bulls in 2027 as Red Bull look set to confirm him and Arvid Lindblad as the team's line-up for next season. That would end weeks of doubt caused by Formula 2 contender Nikola Tsolov. The latest paddock rumours is that Racing Bulls will keep their current pairi...
F1 today | Major announcement from F1 on latest addition to the calendar as Max Verstappen prepares for a breakup with GP
F1 reveals a 10 year deal for African GP venue while Max Verstappen is set to be without a key ally in some of the remaining races this season. Here are the top F1 stories today. Formula 1 has signed a 10-year agreement with Rwanda to host a Grand Prix at the planned Bugesera circuit, with the race...
Hart handover ends Verstappen and Lambiase's chase of Hamilton and Bono's record
Max Verstappen and Gianpiero Lambiase will almost certainly finish their partnership as the second most successful driver and race engineer pairing in Formula 1 history. Tom Hart takes over the radio in Austin, and the numbers show the record held by Lewis Hamilton and Peter Bonnington is now out of...
Brown offered Wolff McLaren's papaya rulebook a day before Norris took out Piastri
Zak Brown offered to lend Toto Wolff McLaren's rulebook for managing teammates in Friday's Singapore Grand Prix press conference. The next day, his own drivers crashed into each other on the last lap of the Sprint. So whose system is actually working in 2026: McLaren's or Mercedes'? The exchange cam...
FIA moves F1's V8 return forward a year: 2030 engines to be lighter and cheaper
Formula 1 will go back to V8 engines for the 2030 season, a year earlier than expected after FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem confirmed the intention in Rwanda on Tuesday. Ben Sulayem has been vocal about the return of the old technology to F1 and spoke on a panel with Rwandan president Paul Kagam...
This is how Verstappen’s GT3 race Qualifying in Portugal works: what he must do to take pole
Max Verstappen will take part in qualifying for the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in Portimão on Friday, October 16. The four-time F1 world champion will fight for pole position with Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing, but unlike in Formula 1, his lap time alone will not be enough. Qualif...
F1's new Rwanda Grand Prix deal is landmark - but these huge questions remain unanswered
Formula 1 returning to Africa should be a moment to celebrate. A championship that calls itself global has spent decades without a race on the continent, despite Lewis Hamilton repeatedly making the case for one. Rwanda’s agreement offers a way to correct that absence. But that celebration should no...
Russell's engine plan pushes Antonelli's likely title party from Austin to Mexico
George Russell's plan to delay his next engine penalty until Las Vegas makes it less likely that Kimi Antonelli is crowned world champion in Austin. Mexico City, or Sao Paulo the week after, now looks like the more realistic place for the title party. A Mercedes one-two at the United States Grand Pr...
Marc Marquez's brother offers title help but Ducati reject team orders
Alex Marquez has hinted at helping his brother Marc win his tenth world title, even if Ducati themselves aren’t interested. Team orders have become a huge topic in recent weeks, with the MotoGP world title now between Ducati’s Marc Marquez and Aprilia pair Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi. Aprilia f...
Hamilton's Ferrari engineer saga shows what Verstappen risks with Hart in Austin
Max Verstappen will have a new voice on his radio in Austin just as he hits a winning run. Lewis Hamilton warned this year that changing engineers mid-season can do real damage, and his time at Ferrari shows both how a switch like this can go wrong and how it can go right. As GPblog reported in Vers...
Red Bull begins shutting Gianpiero Lambiase out of key meetings ahead of McLaren move
Red Bull is starting to cut Gianpiero Lambiase out of its most sensitive engineering meetings as the team wants to ensure Max Verstappen's long-time race engineer cannot take vital information with him to McLaren. A few days ago Red Bull sent Lambiase up to the Singapore podium to collect the constr...
F1 racing in Rwanda might put these Grands Prix at risk
With Formula 1 set to return to Africa, a new destination is set to join the F1 calendar. If the calendar remains capped at 24 race weekends per year, several existing circuits could be at risk of losing their place, as they currently have no contract beyond the 2029 season. In recent years, includi...
Marc Marquez criticises Liberty Media as MotoGP riders face €5,000 fines
Marc Marquez is making his voice heard against MotoGP owner Liberty Media over an increase in rider responsibilities. Marquez was already vocal before the Indonesian Grand Prix about the 2027 schedule, which sees a record 44 races and sprints combined, and a second qualifying session. The nine-time...
Horner reveals panic attacks and questions ‘brutal’ Red Bull exit
Christian Horner has opened up about the personal toll of his departure from Red Bull, revealing that he suffered panic attacks and struggled with the loss of the identity he had built during two decades leading the Formula 1 team. Speaking to The Guardian, the former team principal also described h...
Ferrari urged to introduce further updates: 'It's not enough'
Charles Leclerc continues to push Ferrari to make further changes to the car so the team can fight for victories in Formula 1 this year. Leclerc had a positive weekend at the Singapore Grand Prix. The Monegasque driver finished third during the Sprint, and then crossed the line second to only Max Ve...
Marc Marquez celebrates in style as footage emerges from championship party
Given how often he wins, Marc Marquez is unsurprisingly just as skilled at partying. However, on this occasion the nine-time champion wasn’t celebrating his own success, but that of his first prodigy. Last time out at the Indonesian Grand Prix, Maximo Quiles clinched the Moto3 world championship wit...
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