Revealed: Max Verstappen's stand-in race engineer at F1 Austrian Grand Prix

Live text commentary of Friday F1 practice at the Austrian Grand Prix

Sebastien Ogier has moved into the lead of Acropolis Rally Greece despite being among several World Rally Championship crews to pick up punctures on a brutal Friday morning.Eight-time world champion Ogier completed the morning loop with a 6.1s lead over Hyundai’s Ott Tanak, with Adrien Fourmaux in third 14.4s adrift.Ogier took a shared overnight lead with Tanak into Friday’s rough ...Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier has moved into the lead of Acropolis Rally Greece despite being among several World Rally Championship crews to pick up punctures on a brutal Friday morning.Eight-time world champion Ogier completed the morning loop with a 6.1s lead over Hyundai’s Ott Tanak, with Adrien Fourmaux in third 14.4s adrift.Ogier took a shared overnight lead with Tanak into Friday’s rough ...Keep reading

Ducati reveals cause of Marc Marquez’s Assen FP1 crash

Michelin confirms it will not introduce its new front tyre for the 2026 MotoGP season.

Marc Marquez crashes heavily in Assen FP1

Friday practice results from the 2025 Dutch MotoGP at Assen, round 10 of 22.

Max Verstappen and Gianpiero Lambiase have long formed a well-oiled machine in Formula 1, but this weekend the Dutchman - for the first time since joining Red Bull - will have to manage without his regular race engineer.Lambiase will miss the Austrian Grand Prix for personal reasons. As a result, Red Bull will not only be without Verstappen’s usual race engineer but also without its Head of ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen and Gianpiero Lambiase have long formed a well-oiled machine in Formula 1, but this weekend the Dutchman - for the first time since joining Red Bull - will have to manage without his regular race engineer.Lambiase will miss the Austrian Grand Prix for personal reasons. As a result, Red Bull will not only be without Verstappen’s usual race engineer but also without its Head of ...Keep reading

Williams boss James Vowles shares insight into Lewis Hamilton's struggles at Ferrari.

Ferrari and Red Bull have detailed changes to their floors at this weekend's Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, while McLaren is introducing a tweaked front suspension.Ferrari appears to have made the most substantial changes for the Austria round, making revisions to the floor edge, fences and body, while also tweaking the diffuser to work in unison with the upgraded floor, which is the biggest ...Keep reading

Three floor upgrades for Ferrari explained before F1 Austrian Grand Prix

Live coverage of the Dutch MotoGP Friday practice sessions from the TT Circuit Assen.

Brad Pitt flipped off BBC radio host Greg James after losing a sim race at F1 Arcade. The A-lister, who is in the midst of a global press tour for the F1 movie, made an appearance on James’ radio show with co-star Damson Idris. The trio spent time sim racing around Silverstone, Monza and Spa-Francorchamps, with Pitt finishing behind the British media personality in two of the races.The ...Keep reading

Brad Binder says he is still trying to “figure out how to really get the best” from KTM’s MotoGP bike.

Fluid on wet track has delayed Friday MotoGP schedule

Andrea Kimi Antonelli completed his final high school exams just days after scoring his first Formula 1 podium at the Canadian Grand Prix.The Mercedes rookie, who skipped the New York premiere of the F1 movie in order to fly home to Italy, said he would have “felt guilty” if he quit studying because of his racing career.“I’m super happy to have finished my exams,” Antonelli told ...Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli completed his final high school exams just days after scoring his first Formula 1 podium at the Canadian Grand Prix.The Mercedes rookie, who skipped the New York premiere of the F1 movie in order to fly home to Italy, said he would have “felt guilty” if he quit studying because of his racing career.“I’m super happy to have finished my exams,” Antonelli told ...Keep reading