Who slept worst last night: Oscar Piastri

The post-qualifying fuel weights ahead of the European Grand Prix this weekend suggest that Sebastian Vettel should be worried, that Rubens Barrichello is arguably in the box seat - and that Jenson Button could just be about to get his faltering championship challenge back on-track under the Spanish sun.

It's that time of year again. The F1 circus is off sunning itself on its mid-summer break, drivers and teams alike are taking a much-needed and well-deserved breather from the frenetic nature of one grand prix after another - and everybody seems to be talking about who will be driving where in 2010. Here at Crash.net there is no exception, so we have put together a list of likely options and moves between this season and next, who is in favour and who is likely heading out of the door. The drivers have been listed in order of present championship position.

Global music superstars Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Simple Minds, ZZ Top and N.E.R.D have all been lined up by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to rock the weekend of the Singapore Grand Prix next month - though ticket sales for the island city-state's second race are still struggling to get off the starting grid.

BMW has dropped hints that it may be willing to follow fellow German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz in supplying 'customer' versions of its engines to other F1 teams - with suggestions the Bavarian marque has Red Bull Racing as its prime target.

Flying in the face of the opinions expressed by both Ferrari and BMW over the past week, Ross Brawn has thrown his support behind the FIA's new optional ?40 million budget cap in Formula 1, warning that without it the top flight risks 'turning [engineers] into Swiss watchmakers' - but equally underlining that it will only be workable if it is embraced by all.

McLaren team boss Andrea Stella reckons his Formula 1 squad needs to improve its pitstop hardware after further struggles in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Lando Norris was the only McLaren driver to score points in Baku as he finished seventh while championship leader Oscar Piastri crashed out on lap one.But Norris’ bid to progress through the pack was halted by his slow, 4.1s pitstop on lap ...Keep reading

Sam Osborne’s maiden British Touring Car Championship triumph at Silverstone last weekend was emotional for many reasons, not least because of the health concerns that forced his younger brother Jamie out of the Northamptonshire Mini Challenge event.Osborne Jr had been the dominant Mini driver this season, triumphing in five of the first six races. Although the NAPA racer’s advantage had ...Keep reading

McLaren team boss Andrea Stella reckons his Formula 1 squad needs to improve its pitstop hardware after further struggles in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Lando Norris was the only McLaren driver to score points in Baku as he finished seventh, while championship leader Oscar Piastri crashed out on lap one.But Norris’ bid to progress through the pack was halted by his slow, 4.1s pitstop on ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has apologised to his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc after failing to give eighth place back to the Monegasque on the final lap of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Ferrari's plan was simple: with 10 laps remaining, Leclerc was ordered to let Hamilton past to chase down Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson. With the Briton on fresher tyres, he was the more likely driver to succeed in ...Keep reading

He just knows it, doesn’t he?Call it ego, call it self-confidence. But he just knows he’s the best driver in the world. Not many would disagree, either. Some would argue, but there’s nothing on this planet that can shatter Max Verstappen’s conviction in his own superiority over the rest. There are many good ones — excellent, even — in Formula 1. But there’s only one Max ...Keep reading

63 laps into the NASCAR Cup race on Sunday, leader and eventual race winner Ryan Blaney got quite the scare as Cody Ware went spinning directly in front of him. Blaney had to lock up the tires, but managed to avoid becoming collected in the incident.A replay made it clear that Austin Dillon got into the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang of Ware, sending him spinning. At the time, Ware was ...Keep reading

“Here come the yellow cars with subpar metrics, along the way, but man do those guys know how to get it done when it counts.”That was Joe Gibbs Racing competition director Chris Gabehart in reference to Team Penske after a really dominant performance by the Ford Racing flagship on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.This is especially relevant because this is the right-side tire ...Keep reading

“We’re all trying to win a championship for their family. It’s unfortunate that we were racing that way.”That’s how Denny Hamlin ultimately feels about the incident between himself and Ty Gibbs on Lap 111 of the NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.This was the byproduct of roughly 10 laps of really aggressive racing for 11th between Gibbs ...Keep reading

After locking out the front row in qualifying, Team Penske dominated Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at NHMS. Ryan Blaney claimed victory, fending off Josh Berry in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford.This is Blaney's 16th career Cup win and third of the 2025 season with a victory that also locks him into the penultimate round of the playoffs as he hunts his second championship."Yeah, that was probably ...Keep reading

All of the 12 remaining playoff drivers made it to the finish, with eight finishing inside the top ten. 2023 NASCAR Cup champion Ryan Blaney captured the checkered flag, becoming the first driver with a guaranteed spot in the Round of 8.Blaney's veteran teammate, Joey Logano, did a great job dragging himself from below the elimination zone, entering -2 but leaving +24 as he looks to become a ...Keep reading

On Lap 118, a chaotic restart saw the field fanning three and four-wide as they raced through the first set of corners. RFK Racing's Brad Keselowski was bold enough to try five-wide, but there simply wasn't enough room for it.He sent it deep onto the apron, but quickly realized he was running out of space. He touched the inside wall and collided with Shane van Gisbergen beside him. SVG went ...Keep reading

During the NASCAR Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, things unravelled between Joe Gibbs Racing teammates in a huge blowup.While Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin (who are both in the playoffs) were trying to fight their way forward, teammate Ty Gibbs stood in their way.After a spirited battle, Gibbs actually made contact with Bell and radioed to the team that he "won't take anymore ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella doesn't think Lando Norris could have done much better than seventh in Baku's Formula 1 race after being stuck in traffic.After a difficult qualifying in gusty conditions, Norris qualified a lowly seventh after looking fast all weekend, not helped by a slip-up in Turn 15 on his best Q3 lap.On Sunday Norris couldn't manage to move up, losing seventh to ...Keep reading