The history books will forever say 2025 was the year Elfyn Evans became a five-time WRC runner-up, but in truth this was his best campaign so far. The Toyota driver led the championship for most of the season after making a blistering start with wins in Sweden and Kenya.He wasContinue Reading
As a driver, Pato O’Ward remains an enigma. He appears to have more natural talent than anyone on the IndyCar grid, yet results sometimes don’t back up the potential. Is this baffling lack of consistency down to the driver, or the McLaren team, which until this year frequently appeared inContinue Reading
Felipe Nasr might feel aggrieved not to retain his IMSA drivers’ crown. Three mid-season mistakes by Porsche Penske Motorsport team-mate Nick Tandy stopped the early momentum built on wins at the Daytona and Sebring enduros in its tracks.But it’s to his performance at the Sebring 12 Hours that Nasr owesContinue Reading
There was no repeat of the 2024 drivers’ crown for Kevin Estre, but his heroics helped bring he and team-mate Laurens Vanthoor within touching distance as the season drew to a close.The comeback started at Le Mans, where he starred at the beginning and end when his Porsche 963 LMDhContinue Reading
William Byron started the year off strongly by winning the Daytona 500 for the second consecutive year, becoming just the fifth driver in history to go back-to-back in NASCAR’s biggest race. He nearly won NASCAR’s longest race as well, losing out to Ross Chastain after leading 283 of 400 lapsContinue Reading
Although perhaps not reaching the lofty standards set by his annus mirabilis of 2024, Sho Tsuboi gave another strong account of himself as he tried to defend both the Super GT and Super Formula crowns with TOM’S, succeeding in the former (with the help of co-driver Kenta Yamashita) and fallingContinue Reading
Rookie struggles were expected from the Italian teen, although his explosive start with fourth in Melbourne began an impressive series of early results – headlined by his Miami sprint pole.When Mercedes switched to a different rear suspension package, he struggled and his form across the European rounds began to wane,Continue Reading
It was a challenging start to the season for Nick Cassidy, with only one points-scoring finish in the first six races. A breakthrough came in the shape of third at Monaco, but it would take until race 11 of 16, the second contest in China, for Cassidy’s remarkable recovery toContinue Reading
As far as rookie seasons go, Taylor Barnard had quite the campaign for McLaren in Formula E. After being called up for three races as the team’s reserve in 2024, he started his first full-time season with a podium in Sao Paulo.The silverware kept coming, with back-to-back podiums in Jeddah,Continue Reading
Kyle Larson had an unusual year for a champion, and while he won three races they all happened in the first third of the year. His final Cup victory of 2025 came in May just before the Indianapolis 500/Coca Cola 600 double. But, despite a rough summer run, he tiedContinue Reading