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Xcel Motorsport alleges sabotage by rival in IAME UAE round

Xcel Motorsport has brought to light sabotage during the recent karting round in IAME UAE, where the karts were potentially hampered by rivals. It is unclear how and what happened exactly, but Dubai-based outfit Xcel...
Sauber, Alessandro Alunni Bravi, F1

Bravi to leave Sauber at the end of January in F1 2025

Sauber Motorsport has announced the departure of Alessandro Alunni Bravi from his F1 team representative role after January of 2025. It comes on expected lines that Sauber has let go of its team representative Bravi...
Fernando Alonso, F1

Alonso says pleasure of driving comes irrespective of performance

Fernando Alonso talks about driving in general as he doesn’t think the pleasure of driving is related to performance only, where enjoyment can be felt at any time. It has been decades for Aston Martin’s...
Christian Horner, Max Verstappen, F1

Horner reckons Verstappen still hasn’t reached his F1 peak

Christian Horner reckons Max Verstappen hasn’t yet reached his peak in F1 and more is to come, as he notes the Dutchman to be the best Red Bull driver. Despite the four F1 titles, Red...
Visa Cash App RB, Dynatrace, F1

Visa Cash App RB partners with AI firm Dynatrace in 2025

Visa Cash App RB partners with Dynatrace from F1 2025 onward as the company is to help the team in vehicle dynamics, driver performance and race optimisation. Visa Cash App Racing Bulls (VCARB) and Dynatrace...
Valentino Rossi, Martins Sesks, WEC, WRC

Rossi stays with BMW in ’25 WEC; Sesks signs limited WRC deal

Valentino Rossi stays with BMW M Motorsport in LMGT3 for 2025 WEC season, as Martins Sesks signs with M-Sport for six WRC races. BMW, LMGT3 - Just a few weeks after announcing the Hypercar line-up, the...
Andrea Stella, F1, McLaren

Stella says potential unlock is collective effort, praises efficiency

Andrea Stella says unlocking of potential of McLaren F1 team personnel is a collective effort, as he notes of efficiency and wind tunnel step. Having secured the top spot in F1 constructors’ championship, a lot...
Felipe Drugovich, Aston Martin, F1

Drugovich stays as Aston Martin reserve in F1 2025

Felipe Drugovich will remain as test and reserve driver of Aston Martin in 2025 F1 season alongside Stoffel Vandoorne. After having secured the F2 title, Drugovich took up a reserve role at Aston Martin in...
Haas, F1, Toyota

Haas to stage first TPC test in Jerez, Miyata gets to run

F2 racer and Toyota protege Ritomo Miyata gets his first taste of F1 with Haas under the TPC programme alongside Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman. Unlike other F1 teams in the past, Haas has announced...
Lewis Hamilton, F1, Ferrari

Hamilton doesn’t want to compare his Ferrari run as Schumacher’s

Lewis Hamilton doesn’t want to compare himself to what Michael Schumacher achieved with Ferrari, where he helped the team to get back up from slump. When Schumacher joined Ferrari, the team needed that extra push...
Oliver Oakes, Paul Aron, Victor Martins

Oakes praises Aron’s mental strength, doesn’t say much on Martins

Oliver Oakes doesn’t want to be biased in talking about Paul Aron but he praises his mental strength, as doesn’t feel fair to comment on Victor Martins. Prior to his Alpine F1 team principal role,...
Zhou Guanyu, F1

Guanyu sees potential options to opt out of racing in 2025

Zhou Guanyu didn’t opt for racing in another series in 2025 in the hope and chance of potentially securing F1 seat if not this year, but maybe in 2026. While it is not clear or...
Sergio Perez, F1

Perez in no hurry to decide future, wants to enjoy life with family

Sergio Perez is in no hurry to decide his future whether in F1 or elsewhere after things happened quickly, as he wants to spend time with family first. In what can be described as his...
FIA, F1, 2025

FIA shares revised and updated F1 2025 entry list

The FIA has shared a revised and updated F1 2025 entry list after changes predominantly at Red Bull and Visa Cash App RB which were made after the last list. Before the announcement made by...
Ayumu Iwasa, Honda, Super Formula, Igor Fraga

Iwasa stays in Super Formula, Fraga returns in Honda line-up

Ayumu Iwasa stays in Super Formula, where Igor Fraga returns, as Honda reveals its 2025 line-up across along with youngsters under its fold. Super Formula - Team No. Driver Age Nationality 2024 Result DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING 5 Tadasuke Makino 27 Japan SF 3rd 6 Kakunoshin Ohta 25 Japan SF 4th ThreeBond Racing 12 Atsushi Miyake 25 Japan SF Competed TEAM MUGEN 15 Ayumu...
Aston Martin, F1

Aston Martin names Cowell as F1 team principal, Krack remains

Aston Martin announces re-structuring of its F1 team where Andy Cowell will be team principal with Mike Krack alongside him in a new role. In a slight change in the structure, Aston Martin firmed Cowell...
General Motors, Cadillac, F1, Russ O'Blenes

General Motors sets PU company for F1, names O’Blenes as CEO

TWG Motorsports and General Motors create GM Performance Power Units LLC for their PU programme, as Russ O’Blenes is named CEO. In a bid to become a full works team by the end of the...
Alpine, Franco Colapinto, F1

Alpine takes in Colapinto from Williams for F1 2025 as reserve

Williams has agreed terms with Alpine for Franco Colapinto to join the French F1 team as its test and reserve driver in a multi-year deal. After Alpine announced the hiring of Paul Aron and Ryo...
Liberty Media, Derek Chang, F1

Liberty Media promotes Chang to President and CEO role

Liberty Media has promoted Derek Chang as its President and Chief Executive Officer in full-time role and successor of Greg Maffei. After Liberty Media announced the departure of Maffei from the President and CEO role,...
Alpine, Ryo Hirakawa, F1

Alpine takes Hirakawa in reserve role, handed FP1 drive

Alpine has added Ryo Hirakawa in reserve and test role for 2025 F1 season, as the WEC racer is confirmed for a FP1 drive in Japanese GP. After couple of years as reserve and test...
Aston Martin, AI, Arm, Jessica Hawkins

Aston Martin signs Arm as its AI platform partner from F1 2025

Aston Martin inked a multi-year deal with Arm to be its AI Compute Platform Partner, with Jessica Hawkins as the brand ambassador. The Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team has announced a landmark multi-year partnership...
Esteban Ocon, Ayao Komatsu, Haas

Komatsu doesn’t see any motivation problem with Ocon

Ayao Komatsu doesn’t think motivation has been ever a problem for Esteban Ocon in his F1 career, as he notes that it was a big reason to sign him. After years spent at Alpine, Ocon...
F1, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgian GP

F1 extends Belgian GP deal as rotation policy is revealed

F1 has extended the deal with Belgian GP from 2026 onward to keep Spa-Francorchamps on but under the new rotation policy system. Last year, F1 boss Stefano Domenicali opened up on rotation policy system to...
Alpine, F1, Castore

Alpine notes of starting F1 ’26 work; inks Castore deal from ’25

Alpine notes about starting work on its 2026 car in the windtunnel as per the FIA regulation to kick-start in January, as they announce deal with Castore as well. With only a year remaining for...
Mercedes, Adidas, F1

Mercedes inks multi-year deal with adidas from F1 2025

Mercedes has announced adidas as its new apparel partner in a multi-year deal from F1 2025, replacing Tommy Hilfiger. Today, adidas announces a multi-year partnership with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, which unites two icons...
F1, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc

F1 fans vote Hamilton/Leclerc as best 2025 driver pairing

F1 fans vote the pairing of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton as the best driver line-up for 2025 season over the duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. With the factories re-opened and teams now...
Theo Pourchaire, Peugeot, WEC

Pourchaire relays thoughts on proper WEC test with Peugeot

Theo Pourchaire relays his feelings of first proper FIA WEC test with Peugeot in the development programme at Paul Ricard. Already on track with the 9X8 during the Rookie Tests in Bahrain, the former Formula...
Tag Heuer, Rolex, F1

F1 confirms Tag Heuer as Rolex’s replacement from 2025 onward

F1 has confirmed that Tag Heuer will be its Official Timekeeper from 2025 onward as part of LVMH deal and will replace Rolex in the process. As Formula 1 celebrates its 75th Anniversary and the...
Max Verstappen, F1

Verstappen reckons winning one or seven F1 titles is same

Max Verstappen is not readily thinking about going for seven or eight F1 titles, as he talks about chances of championship in 2025 or not. Having won four F1 titles, Red Bull’s Verstappen is now...
Mattia Binotto, F1, Sauber, Audi

Binotto says Sauber has been on survival mode for years now

Mattia Binotto notes that Sauber has been on a survival mode for several F1 seasons and so he feels they certainly have to do a lot to overturn the culture and mindset. Having taken over...