Max Verstappen's chief mechanic leaves Red Bull to join Audi F1 team

George Russell clinched pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, delivering two laps good enough for Formula 1 pole in Q3 as Max Verstappen bailed on his final tour.The Mercedes driver posted a 1m29.165s on his first Q3 flying lap out of the blocks, despite a brief brush with the wall out of Turn 17, and almost four tenths up on his best tour of Q2.This withstood a siege of laps from ...Keep reading

     2      Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1  George Russell (Mercedes)       4      Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 3  Oscar Piastri ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi has an unstoppable advantage over the field at the Indonesian MotoGP, Alex Marquez thinks.

Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff claimed that the team is "super near" finalising a contract with George Russell for the 2026 Formula 1 season. This comes ahead of the Briton securing pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix.While the British driver has put in impressive performances so far this season, which have resulted in him sitting fourth in the drivers' standings with 212 points, he is ...Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.McLarenOscar ...Keep reading

Full results from qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix, Round 18 of the 2025 F1 world championship.

Thomas Preining has taken a dominant victory by 16 seconds in the first race of the DTM final round at Hockenheim, while Lucas Auer has held on the points lead going into the title-decider finale.The Manthey Porsche driver started Saturday’s race from third on the grid and moved into the lead on lap eight, going on to take an unchallenged victory ahead of Land Audi’s Ricardo ...Keep reading

Thomas Preining has taken a dominant victory by 16 seconds in the first race of the DTM final round at Hockenheim, while Lucas Auer has held on to the points lead going into the title-decider finale.The Manthey Porsche driver started Saturday’s race from third on the grid and moved into the lead on lap eight, going on to take an unchallenged victory ahead of Land Audi’s Ricardo ...Keep reading

ART Grand Prix F1 Academy driver, Lia Block, backed by the Williams Formula 1 team, secured her maiden victory in the all-female racing series in Race 1 in Singapore.The American driver started from pole position for the reverse grid race and successfully defended her position and managed two safety car restarts perfectly.“I feel great,” Block said after the race. "It wasn’t a great ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen’s chief mechanic at Red Bull Matt Caller will join the Audi Formula 1 project at the end of the current season, Motorsport.com has learned.Audi’s F1 preparations are steadily taking shape and behind the scenes it is working hard on its entry into the pinnacle of motorsport in 2026 when it officially takes over the Sauber squad.In recent weeks, Audi recruited Wolf ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen’s chief mechanic at Red Bull Matt Caller will join the Audi Formula 1 project at the end of the current season, Autosport/Motorsport.com has learned.Audi’s F1 preparations are steadily taking shape as behind the scenes it is working hard on its entry into the pinnacle of motorsport in 2026 when it officially takes over the Sauber squad.In recent weeks Audi ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has avoided a penalty for a potential red flag infringement in the third free practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix, after Liam Lawson crashed out at Turn 7.Hamilton was seen taking caution around the scene where Lawson put his car into the wall, and drove slowly into Turn 8 when the session was under red flag conditions.After passing the incident, Hamilton ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has avoided a penalty for a potential red flag infringement in the third free practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix, after Liam Lawson crashed out at Turn 7.Hamilton was seen taking caution around the scene where Lawson put his car into the wall, and drove slowly into Turn 8 when the session was under red flag conditions.After passing the incident, Hamilton ...Keep reading

Reaction to George Russell's pole in Singapore

Lewis Hamilton faced an investigation for a red flag infringement.

American Express Hitech TGR F1 Academy driver Nicole Havrda has been transferred to hospital for precautionary checks after a crash during Race 1 of Round 6 in Singapore.The Canadian-Czech driver crashed into the wall on the opening lap after starting from 17th on the grid.F1 Academy confirmed in a statement: "F1 ACADEMY confirms that following an incident in Race 1 at Round 6 of the 2025 ...Keep reading

West Surrey Racing BMW young gun Daryl DeLeon led the way in free practice for the final round of the British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch.The smooth-driving Anglo-Filipino whisked his 330i M Sport around the swooping Grand Prix circuit quicker than anyone else in the second session, which took place in largely dry but extremely windy conditions.DeLeon had also set the second ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen does not want F1's cooling vest to become mandatory from next year.