Mekies: Red Bull "amazed" by Verstappen's driving at F1 Dutch GP

In a response to a Friday legal filing from NASCAR stating the Sanctioning Body would hold six ownership charters through the results of their antitrust lawsuit for 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, the teams responded on Tuesday in advance of a ruling later in the week that will determine the status of several disputed charters.23XI and Front Row suggested that NASCAR’s recent ...Keep reading

While making his Formula 1 podium debut, French racer Isack Hadjar scored the sixth podium for F1’s other team from Italy in its 40-year history. But just how did the David that is the Faenza-based team take on the championship’s Goliaths to stand on F1’s podium?For the past 40 years there have been two teams from Italy competing in Formula 1: Ferrari and the squad from Faenza. While ...Keep reading

Darlington Raceway just hosted the 76th running of the Southern 500 -- a coveted crown jewel that has been part of the NASCAR Cup schedule since 1950.By winning it the way he did, Chase Briscoe guaranteed himself a place in the history books. He became just the eighth different driver to win back-to-back Southern 500s, and the first since Greg Biffle did it in 2005-2006.  Greg ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton shocked the Formula 1 paddock with his move from Mercedes to Ferrari for the 2025 season. But while the change in teams hasn’t heralded the change in fortunes he may have hoped for, it did mean that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff avoided making a call he “dreaded”.  Hamilton’s first season with Ferrari hasn’t resulted in the change in fortunes the seven-time champion had ...Keep reading

"How unlucky can you be - only one to have this heavy rain. That's the way it goes. But anyway, we'll keep winning and winning this championship.”Shots fired. The above was all a frustrated Sebastien Ogier had to say after crossing the finish line to claim a stunning comeback from puncture adversity to win the World Rally Championship’s inaugural round in Paraguay.The victory interview ...Keep reading

If Isack Hadjar was an early frontrunner for the 2026 Red Bull seat alongside Max Verstappen, then his breakthrough performance over the Zandvoort race weekend, taking a maiden podium from fourth on the grid, has surely made him the runaway favourite.Hadjar came into the Racing Bulls squad only after Red Bull relieved Sergio Perez of his duties and tried Liam Lawson - and soon after, Yuki ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton shocked the Formula 1 paddock with his move from Mercedes to Ferrari for the 2025 season. But while the change in teams hasn’t heralded the change in fortunes he may have hoped for, it did mean that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff avoided making a call he “dreaded”.  Hamilton won the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix, only his second round with the Scuderia, but has since ...Keep reading

Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has revealed his Formula 1 squad still gets left “amazed” by the capabilities of its world champion driver Max Verstappen after the Dutch Grand Prix.Verstappen has raced for Red Bull since 2016 and during that time, he has clinched the last four world titles and broken countless records. Although he isn’t in contention for this year’s championship due ...Keep reading

Jacques Villeneuve's criticism of Kimi Antonelli continues...

In Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri achieved a feat that only 26 Formula 1 drivers previously accomplished.The McLaren driver took pole position with just a 0.012s gap to team-mate Lando Norris, then led the whole race despite three safety car interventions jeopardising his lead.Piastri withstood Norris’ and Max Verstappen’s pressure to take the win; he even set the fastest ...Keep reading

A big achievement for Oscar Piastri at the Dutch Grand Prix

Team Penske has announced it will end its 17-season partnership with double IndyCar champion Will Power now that the 2025 campaign has finished.Power joined the team in 2009 following his rookie season with KV Racing Technology, and they went on to forge one of North America’s most successful racing partnerships.It saw Power win the 2014 and 2022 titles, claim 42 race wins including the ...Keep reading

Will Power has been a member of Team Penske since the 2009 season, and he has enjoyed incredible success since then. Of his 45 career wins, 42 came while racing for the historic team.Power won the championship in both 2014 and 2022, and he’s been within arm’s reach of several other titles in his career. But his most impressive statistic might just be qualifying, as no driver has as many ...Keep reading

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has never been shy in admitting that his DNA pushes him to seek the limit of the bike almost every time he takes to the track.That tendency usually makes him prone to more crashes, and he has ended most seasons in MotoGP among the list of riders with the highest crash counts.This year, however, something has changed. In his second campaign on a Ducati ...Keep reading

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff thinks it was wrong of Lewis Hamilton to say Ferrari should replace him in Hungary, adding: "Did you ever hear Michael Jordan say that about himself?"Hamilton was dumped out of Q2 in Budapest, finishing 12th while team-mate Charles Leclerc defeated the McLarens to pole. Coming at the end of a difficult first half of the season for the Scuderia, Hamilton slammed ...Keep reading

Luca Marini talks strength of 2025 Honda

“He lost the car for sure, but the mood was positive, because I think he can take a lot of positive of the weekend and build-up the confidence from Zandvoort.”

When Formula 1 returned to Zandvoort last weekend, the atmosphere was as electric as ever. But amid the sea of orange, the trackside parties and the on-track drama, a media briefing in the press conference room signaled something new for the championship. At the Dutch Grand Prix, Formula 1 and its global partner Allwyn presented the first F1 Allwyn Global Community Award.This new ...Keep reading