Fernando Alonso has claimed new Formula 2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto is the best rookie on Formula 1’s 2025 grid.Andrea Kimi Antonelli will make a highly-anticipated debut with Mercedes, Oliver Bearman and Jack Doohan will follow up on their 2024 cameos with full-time drives at Haas and Alpine respectively, while BortoletoContinue Reading
Hours after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz was struggling to hold back the tears. A monitor was wheeled out into the paddock to display a farewell video Ferrari had produced as a send-off after the Spaniard’s four years at Maranello.All team members were wearing a special cap thatContinue Reading
British Touring Car Championship veteran Adam Morgan has joined Excelr8 Motorsport for his 14th season in the series in 2025.The 36-year-old Lancastrian is making the move back to front-wheel-drive machinery with Excelr8’s Hyundai i30 N Fastback after four seasons in the rear-driven BMW 3 Series.Morgan scored eight of his 11 BTCCContinue Reading
When Stewart-Haas Racing announced the imminent closure of its four-car NASCAR Cup Series operation, it sent shockwaves through the sport, while scattering a lot of talented people throughout the paddock. It’s end became the catalyst to what has become one of the silliest silly seasons in some time. Several driversContinue Reading
Max Verstappen will not face consequences for his heated radio message at Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi season finale in which he called the FIA race stewards “stupid idiots” for handing him a penalty.On Sunday Verstappen received a 10-second penalty for colliding with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in the first corner andContinue Reading
Yuki Tsunoda described the Red Bull car as “very different” to what he is used to, after an encouraging maiden test for the squad on Tuesday at Yas Marina Circuit.The Japanese was finally given a proper test in one of Red Bull’s cars during the post-season Abu Dhabi tyre test.WhileContinue Reading
Pirelli remains unsure about exactly where its new softest C6 compound will now race, after it proved to only be good for “part of a lap” in Abu Dhabi’s tyre test on Tuesday.F1’s official tyre supplier is introducing an extra soft compound into its range for specific street circuits inContinue Reading
Iron Dames has announced plans to expand its move into rallying by fielding an all-female crew in the 2025 World Rally Championship.The Italian team, working in conjunction with renowned rally squad Sarrazin Motorsport, headed by former Formula 1, WRC and WEC driver Stephane Sarrazin, will field an entry in theContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has conceded he sympathises with Sergio Perez’s struggles this year and insisted his Red Bull team-mate is “not an idiot” in the face of “harsh” criticism.Perez’s position with the Milton Keynes-based outfit has been hanging by a thread for the majority of the season despite signing a newContinue Reading
Sebastian Montoya has earned a promotion to Formula 2 and will contest the 2025 season with Prema Racing, returning to the squad he last raced for in 2022.The 19-year-old son of seven-time grand prix winner Juan Pablo Montoya will partner Gabriele Mini at the Italian squad, which finished fifth inContinue Reading