“Not a bad day” for Norris and Piastri, but they want more at F1 Abu Dhabi GP
Formula 1 title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had a decent Friday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but steer well clear of overconfidence ahead of the decisive sessions.Norris topped both practice sessions at Yas Marina, outpacing runner-up Max Verstappen by 0.008s in Free Practice 1 and 0.363s inContinue Reading
F1 Abu Dhabi GP: Norris quickest over Verstappen in FP2, Piastri 11th
Lando Norris ended the final Friday practice session of 2025 on top of the FP2 standings at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, over three tenths clear of Max Verstappen – as Oscar Piastri was only 11th.Both Oliver Bearman and Isack Hadjar had broken with convention in the earlyContinue Reading
Brown explains why McLaren F1 team orders would not be a papaya rules U-turn
Zak Brown has denied McLaren’s potential team orders at Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix would be a U-turn on the squad’s ‘papaya rules’.McLaren has made a point of treating its drivers as fairly as possible, to the extent that it even swapped them around in the Italian Grand PrixContinue Reading
Proton’s WEC Hypercar exit means no Porsche 963s at 2026 Le Mans
Proton Competition has announced that it will not field the Porsche 963 LMDh in the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class in 2026.Following Porsche Penske Motorsport’s shock withdrawal from the championship, the German manufacturer’s only remaining hope of staying on the Hypercar grid rested with customer team Proton Competition.The situation wasContinue Reading
KTM’s 850cc engine for 2027 MotoGP season breaks cover in Jerez test
KTM has become the first MotoGP manufacturer to put its new 2027 engine on track, with Pol Espargaro sharing a video from a private Jerez test on social media.Having fired up its new 850cc engine on the dyno for the first time in October, KTM has now taken another stepContinue Reading
Team Goh returns to Super Formula for 2026
Team Goh has announced it will return to Super Formula competition under its own banner next season with a single Toyota-powered car.The outfit, founded by Kazumichi Goh and best known for winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2004, is being relaunched after falling dormant since it last contested theContinue Reading
F1 Abu Dhabi GP: Norris pips Verstappen to go quickest in FP1
Lando Norris went quickest in opening practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the weekend he could claim his maiden Formula 1 world championship.The McLaren driver set a 1m24.485s on used soft tyres, which meant he pipped second-placed Max Verstappen who is also his nearest challenger in the championship.NorrisContinue Reading
Verstappen: Red Bull’s 2025 turnaround more important than F1 title
Red Bull’s 2025 turnaround to become an unlikely dark horse in the Formula 1 drivers’ world championship is more important than actually winning the title, according to Max Verstappen.It long seemed like the title fight was going to be a two-horse race between McLaren’s drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris,Continue Reading
Paddon, Lappi and Sordo join Hyundai 2026 WRC line-up
World Rally Championship event winners Dani Sordo, Esapekka Lappi and Hayden Paddon will rejoin Hyundai to share its third car next year following the departure of Ott Tanak.The trio will join 2024 world champion Thierry Neuville and multiple podium finisher Adrien Fourmaux after the pair agreed contract extensions to pilotContinue Reading
What F1 history tells us about three-way title deciders
1950 Italian GP, Monza – Farina takes decisive home victoryChampionship situation before the title decider1. Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 26pts2. Luigi Fagioli, Alfa Romeo, 24pts3. Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo, 22ptsFinal standings1. Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo, 30pts2. Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 27pts3. Luigi Fagioli, Alfa Romeo, 24pts Alfa RomeoContinue Reading