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Jari-Matti Latvala, WRC2, JML-WRT Oy Pintsport Oy

Latvala acquires WRC2’s Pintsport team via his JML-WRT outfit

Toyota WRC chief Jari-Matti Latvala has acquired entire capital of WRC2 front-runner Pintsport Oy via his JML-WRT Oy team. By an agreement dated 23 December 2025, JML-WRT Oy acquired the entire share capital of Printsport...
F1, Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri

F1 team bosses choose Verstappen over Norris as best of 2025

F1 team bosses - only eight of them - have chosen Max Verstappen as the best of 2025 season ahead of champion Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Max Verstappen has been voted driver of the...
Carlos Sainz, F1, Williams

Sainz expands on things he could do to improve Williams in 2025

Carlos Sainz expands on what work he could do with Williams in the course of F1 2025 to extract performance amid stablised regulations. Having joined Williams in the last year of the bygone era, Sainz...
F1, F1 2025

F1 2025: Teams categorised in tier system for their performances

With the 2025 F1 season done and dusted, FormulaRapida.net decided to draw out a ranking system in a ‘Tier’ system, moving away from a traditional, individual ranked order. The long 2025 F1 season had its...
Arvid Lindblad, F1, Visa Cash App RB

Lindblad acknowledges swift move from feeder series’ to F1

Arvid Lindblad notes the swift jumps he has had to make in the feeder championships and embracing it in F1, as he recalls the moment with Lando Norris. Before his jump to F1, outside his...
Oliver Bearman, Haas, F1

Bearman reveals managing back issues due to bouncing in F1 ’25

Oliver Bearman has revealed of back issues during the 2025 F1 season due to the generation of cars which resulted in heavy bouncing. One of the key ailments of the cars in the generation gone...
Laurent Mekies, Red Bull, F1

Mekies says F1 2025 turnaround huge boost for technical team

Laurent Mekies says the turnaround in F1 2025 is a huge boost for its technical team and it has built confidence in its team and tools for 2026. They did not get things right to...
Verstappen Racing, Mercedes, Mercedes GT3, GT3

Verstappen Racing switches to Mercedes GT3 in GT World Europe

Verstappen Racing has confirmed switch to Mercedes GT3 in 2026 in the GT World European championship, with drivers set as well. Verstappen Racing has announced a multi-year collaboration with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, starting next year. Verstappen...
Franco Colapinto, F1, F1 Sprint

Colapinto admits work needed to do better in F1 sprint weekends

Franco Colapinto says he has to work upon sprint F1 weekends after identifying weakness in the course of 2025, where he couldn’t get up to speed. Having started his F1 season after six rounds, Colapinto...
Nico Hulkenberg, Gabriel Bortoleto, F1, Sauber, Jonathan Wheatley

Hulkenberg, Wheatley heap praise on Bortoleto for solid F1 season

Nico Hulkenberg and Jonathan Wheatley praise Gabriel Bortoleto for a solid rookie F1 season and his capabilities behind the wheels and off it. Of all the rookies that made their debut in 2025 F1 season,...
Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, F1, McLaren

Norris, Piastri share admiration of each other despite F1 title fight

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri shared about their admiration for each other as colleagues, teammates and even F1 rivals, after a grueling title-fighting season. Having been teammates for three seasons now, McLaren pair of Norris...
Fernando Alonso, F1, Aston Martin

Alonso sure of Aston Martin success in F1 but not sure when

Fernando Alonso is certain that Aston Martin will succeed in the future, but he doesn’t know when it will be, as he says F1 2026 won’t be cakewalk straightaway. When Alonso joined the Aston Martin...
Alexander Albon, F1, Williams, James Vowles

Albon hails work done by Vowles; knows Williams can bounce back

Alexander Albon hails work done by James Vowles and the change he has seen at Williams, where he reckons the F1 team can bounce back even from a slow start. Having joined Williams when the...
Frederic Vasseur, F1, Ferrari

Vasseur says drivers, team taken into confidence on ’25 dev stop

Frederic Vasseur says the Ferrari drivers and the whole team was taken into confidence and informed about their development stop on F1 2025 for 2026. After the early setback for Ferrari, especially when it suffered...
Laurent Mekies, F1, Isack Hadjar, Red Bull, Visa Cash App RB

Mekies saw Hadjar do things after learning in handful of F1 races

Laurent Mekies says Red Bull saw Isack Hadjar do things in the car that he was not doing before which prompted to promote him in F1 2026. After the troubles that Yuki Tsunoda faced at...
Esteban Ocon, F1, Haas

Ocon reckons Haas could have scored more points in F1 2025

Esteban Ocon reckons Haas should have scored a lot more points in second half of F1 2025 than it did, as he says beating rivals should be priority. Having scored 79 points in all of...
F1, FIA

F1 drivers share thoughts on era gone by and if regs were good

F1 drivers share thoughts on end of the regulations era which started in 2022 and saw through three seasons, ahead of a big change in 2026. After the dominance of Mercedes from 2014 onward, the...
Pierre Gasly, F1, Alpine

Gasly focused on driving without expecting returns in F1 2025

Pierre Gasly focused on driving aspect in F1 2025 without expecting too much in return, as he feels he performed strongly throughout the year. It wasn’t the year that Alpine’s Gasly hoped for but from...
Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber, F1

Bortoleto expands on learning on technical side as a F1 rookie

Gabriel Bortoleto pins his main highlights of F1 2025, while noting on the learning especially the technical side of things as a rookie. Having had a slow start to his F1 2025 campaign, Sauber’s Bortoleto...
Toto Wolff, Mercedes, F1

Wolff reckons bad start to F1 2022 era derailed Mercedes chances

Toto Wolff reckons Mercedes got off to a bad start in the F1 2022 era and no matter how much they tried to solve one issue, they only put itself in another one. Having dominated...
MotoGP, Marc Marquez, Toyota, Honda

MotoGP shares best moments and closest finish in 2025 season

MotoGP shares best moments and closest finish from 2025 season, as Toyota and Honda are firm with Super Formula and Super GT line-ups. In the summer, we gave you some of the most memorable moments...
Pirelli, F1, FIA

Pirelli shares stats related to tyres used, pit stops, stints of F1 2025

Pirelli has shared stats from F1 2025 in relation to tyres used, kilometers done, pit stops and stints by drivers, among others. Throughout the season that has just finished, Pirelli’s Formula 1 tyres covered enough...
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin, F1

Stroll says uncompetitive AMR25 made things difficult in F1 2025

Lance Stroll says Aston Martin was uncompetitive for majority of F1 2025 season, with only pockets of performance and with not a quick car, they were far behind. Unlike Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin teammate Stroll...
Max Verstappen, F1, Red Bull

Verstappen felt better at end of F1 2025 than 2024; has no regrets

Max Verstappen has no regrets about how F1 2025 panned out, highlighting that he was in the final race with better feeling than 2024 when he won. From 104 points to losing by two points...
Marc Marquez, Ducati, Panigale

Ducati presents Marquez with special Panigale V4 in celebrations

Ducati presented Marc Marquez with Panigale V4 during year end programme to celebrate its MotoGP triumph, as VAR opens exhibition. To mark the triumph of Marc Marquez, who gave Ducati its fourth consecutive MotoGP Riders'...
Williams, Carlos Sainz, F1

Sainz proved doubters wrong after good first season with Williams

Carlos Sainz reckons he proved doubters wrong after good first F1 season with Williams following on from Ferrari, as he stressed on growth. Having finished inside the Top 10 with two F1 podiums when he...
Liam Lawson, F1, Red Bull, Visa Cash App RB

Lawson says break will allow him to reflect on Red Bull’s ‘shit time’

Liam Lawson says the Red Bull situation was a ‘shit time’ for him and now that F1 2025 is over, he has time to reflect on what transpired with him. After another half year at...
Oscar Piastri, F1, McLaren

Piastri highlights mentality change from feeder title fight to F1

Oscar Piastri says getting through feeder series one has to show one’s talent to make it in F1, but when racing in the pinnacle, there’s nothing more than winning. In the lead-up to F1, McLaren’s...
Oliver Bearman, Haas, F1

Bearman expands on learning driving for midfield team as a rookie

Oliver Bearman will make changes after learning in rookie F1 season, as he expands on first year in a midfield team as opposed to big team. Having had handful of runs in 2024, Haas’ Bearman...
Franco Colapinto, F1, Alpine

Colapinto admits it was tricky to keep motivation amid troubles

Franco Colapinto felt much better in second half of F1 2025 but the last few races were a downer, as he admits motivation was difficult to find. After he got the chance at Alpine replacing...