Oscar Piastri has dominated Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix, with Mercedes driver George Russell beating Lando Norris to deny McLaren a 1-2.Piastri cruised to his second 2025 victory by 15 seconds, closing to within three points of Norris in the drivers’ championship while Max Verstappen could only manage sixth.The coolerContinue Reading
“I knew after my last corner [in Q3] this lap would put me in a very good place,” Pierre Gasly told media after qualifying for Formula 1’s 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix. “But nowhere near close thinking it would put us like four hundredths off the top three and only threeContinue Reading
Leading historic racer Mark Walker has escaped unscathed from being thrown from his car at the 82nd Goodwood Members’ Meeting.Walker’s Darracq 200hp was the fastest car in the S.F. Edge Trophy race for Edwardian machines and aero-engined specials that raced up to 1918. Despite a very long first gear thatContinue Reading
For the first time in its history — but the second time in Florida — Formula E set up shop at the Homestead circuit, about an hour south of Miami. It had been exactly 10 years since the championship last raced in Florida. The first Miami E-Prix took place inContinue Reading
Held in searing temperatures, Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix feels like it is being run on a completely different circuit compared to the one teams tested on eight weeks ago.High track temperatures, allied with the Sakhir circuit’s notoriously rough Tarmac, are an explosive cocktail that chews through tyres. But theContinue Reading
When asked what was wrong as he qualified sixth in Bahrain with the quickest Formula 1 car on the grid, Lando Norris pointed to his chest.Qualifying four tenths behind polesitting team-mate Oscar Piastri, with no significant errors on his lap but shipping time little by little in each sector, theContinue Reading
Just a week after an unexpected Formula 1 victory in Japan, Red Bull was brought back down to reality in Bahrain.While Max Verstappen made the difference in Suzuka with a sensational pole lap — and it proved impossible to overtake on Sunday — the race weekend in Bahrain better exposesContinue Reading
Beware those who declare simple solutions to complex problems.After three grands prix in the 2025 season won from pole position, and a processional race in Japan held in conditions of tactical stalemate, an idea has taken root in the Formula 1 paddock that this state of affairs could easily beContinue Reading
Almost in parallel to the gap between the two Ferraris although the distance in terms of grid positions is not so stark, Lando Norris qualified sixth for the Bahrain Grand Prix while his McLaren Formula 1 team-mate Oscar Piastri almost seamlessly annexed pole position. Most galling of all for the BritonContinue Reading
Matt Payne took advantage of Grove Racing’s speed and some messy racing from the opposition to take his second Supercars win of the weekend at New Zealand’s Taupo Motorsport Park.Payne emerged from an opening lap skirmish to take the lead and drove to a conventional pit strategy to take hisContinue Reading