09 December 2025 17:45
The news broke on Tuesday that Helmut Marko had officially left his position as motorsport advisor to the Red Bull Formula 1 team, a role he held for 21 years.
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09 December 2025 16:16
Lando Norris has celebrated his Formula 1 world title not just with a boozy night (and early morning) in Abu Dhabi, but also with a special helmet. He wore it during testing at Yas Marina just days after the 2025 F1 season came to an end, and photos of the new lid were posted to social media.
The design leans heavily into papaya and gold colouring, matched with the usual swirling lines of his ...
09 December 2025 16:15
Lewis Hamilton has responded to rumours linking his close friend Serena Williams to a return to professional tennis.
The 44-year-old was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 319 weeks, which is the third-most of all time. She has 73 WTA Tour-level singles titles to her name, including 23 major women's singles titles.
Williams retired in September ...
09 December 2025 15:22
Two days after the conclusion of the 2025 season, F1 teams switched all focus to 2026’s new era. At Yas Marina Circuit, the traditional post-season test had a dual purpose this time.
Each team took to the track with one mule car to test Pirelli’s new 2026 tyres. The mule cars are still ground-effect machinery, but have been modified to mimic next year’s downforce levels – mainly by ...
09 December 2025 15:03
Helmut Marko is leaving Red Bull, whose academy he has run for 25 years, following the conclusion of the 2025 Formula 1 season.
The 82-year-old Austrian’s future at Red Bull was rumoured to be questioned in the Abu Dhabi paddock, despite his ongoing contract for 2026. Talks took place at Yas Marina Circuit on Monday between motorsport advisor Marko and Red Bull’s top management, including ...
09 December 2025 12:00
Oscar Piastri heaped praise on McLaren for how it allowed himself and team-mate Lando Norris to fight fairly for the 2025 Formula 1 championship – despite criticism from outside.
The McLaren duo fought all year for the title and it was Norris who came out on top, sealing a maiden crown at the Abu Dhabi finale as he finished 13 points above the Australian.
It was also a battle unlike many ...
09 December 2025 10:28
Valtteri Bottas has completed his first day as a Cadillac Formula 1 driver, ahead of his return to the world championship in 2026.
A veteran of 246 grand prix starts and 67 podium finishes, Bottas signed with the new Cadillac team for F1’s new era in 2026 after spending this year on the sidelines as Mercedes’ main reserve driver.
Bottas’ time at Mercedes ended following the 2025 season ...
09 December 2025 09:46
During the post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit, Formula 1 teams are given nine hours to gather data about Pirelli’s 2026 tyres.
The test is carried out using mule cars – ground-effect machinery modified to mimic 2026’s lower downforce levels. All teams run with reduced wing levels (comparable to Monza) and altered ride heights to shed downforce.
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09 December 2025 08:34
Helmut Marko is set for retirement as Red Bull’s motorsport advisor in Formula 1, despite an initial contract for 2026.
Immediately after the title decider at the Yas Marina Circuit, uncertainty over Helmut Marko’s future at Red Bull began to trickle through the paddock. When asked, the Austrian stated that discussions would take place later in the week. Whereas the 82-year-old had ...
09 December 2025 05:01
Ex-Formula 1 driver Jack Doohan, Freddie Slater and Ugo Ugochukwu have all been added to the line-up for this week’s post-season Super Formula test at Suzuka.
Series organiser JRP released a final entry list for the test on Tuesday, confirming the identity of all 36 drivers that will participate in the three-day test that starts on Wednesday.
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09 December 2025 00:15
The 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit reached an attendance record for the tense season finale.
The race featured the exciting drivers' championship title battle between McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, which was sure to be a large contributing factor for the record crowds of 203,000 - an increase from 192,000 spectators in 2024.
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09 December 2025 00:01
Apple TV is set to take over coverage of Formula 1 in the United States from 2026, and the technology giant's new advert has hinted at what fans have in store from next year's coverage.
The advert, which coincided with the 2025 season finale in Abu Dhabi, was released on social media on 7 December. It shows that the new platform will feature onboard driver cameras with support for Multiview ...
08 December 2025 23:27
Sergio Perez took a sly jab at Red Bull on social media after a joke X account shared an Avengers meme hinting that the Mexican driver may not have been treated fairly at the Milton Keynes outfit.
The former Red Bull driver shared the post with a simple caption: "Perhaps".
Perez drove for Red Bull from 2021 until 2024, when he was replaced by rookie Liam Lawson for 2025. While Perez ...
08 December 2025 19:39
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has congratulated Lando Norris on his Formula 1 drivers' championship victory.
The British driver secured the title after finishing the season finale in Abu Dhabi in third behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen and his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in second. Norris's win has drawn a lot of praise from within the F1 paddock but also further afield.
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08 December 2025 18:23
The 2025 Formula 1 competitive season may be over, but track activity is not: all 20 cars will be in action in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Each team will have one mule car driven by one or both race drivers, featuring Pirelli’s new range of rubber for the 2026 season, with slightly smaller and narrower tyres.
Even the tyres’ construction will be significantly different due to F1’s new ...
08 December 2025 18:05
Newly crowned Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris has announced he will race with the number one on his McLaren car in the 2026 campaign.
The 26-year-old claimed a maiden title on Sunday by finishing third at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, meaning he ended Max Verstappen’s run of four, consecutive championships.
It means Norris has now received the option of racing with the #1 next year, as ...
08 December 2025 16:01
Laurent Mekies has applauded McLaren’s strategy for Formula 1’s title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which left his Red Bull team with a tough decision to make for Max Verstappen.
After qualifying third, Oscar Piastri was given hard tyres for the opening stint of the race, unlike Verstappen’s and Lando Norris’ mediums. This meant Piastri stayed out longer, and a potential well-timed ...
08 December 2025 14:59
A street in Somerset has been renamed Lando Lane after McLaren's Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 drivers' championship title at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Norris was born in Bristol and was educated at Millfield School in Street, Somerset. To mark the local hero's milestone, a pedestrianised avenue at Clarks Village in the same village as his school has been renamed Lando Lane, with ...
08 December 2025 14:21
Valtteri Bottas shared a heartfelt message with Mercedes after parting ways with the Brackley outfit.
The Finnish driver had returned to Mercedes for 2025 as a reserve driver after losing his seat at Sauber at the end of 2024. Having previously driven for the squad between 2017 and 2021, Bottas claimed his return felt like reuniting with his family.
After a year out of a full-time seat ...
08 December 2025 13:45
McLaren chief Andrea Stella believes the experience of going up against Max Verstappen and his response to his early Formula 1 2025 difficulties were key to Lando Norris' maiden championship win.
Norris prevailed over defending champion Verstappen after a tense title showdown in Abu Dhabi, with the McLaren drivers' third place enough to take his first world championship by two points.
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08 December 2025 13:40
Lewis Hamilton has revealed the advice that he offered Lando Norris ahead of the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver went on to finish the race in third behind Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, which was enough to clinch his first championship title.
"I'm really, really happy for him," Hamilton told the media after the race. "He did such a great job this season."
The ...
08 December 2025 12:59
The Formula 1 grid has taken to social media to congratulate Lando Norris on his first drivers' championship title after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The Briton secured the championship with a third-place finish at the Yas Marina Circuit behind race winner Max Verstappen and his team-mate Oscar Piastri in second.
As Norris's celebrations went on late into the night, his fellow drivers and ...
08 December 2025 08:57
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says Oscar Piastri passing Lando Norris on the first lap of Formula 1's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was discussed in advance as Piastri's hard tyres would help pile pressure on leader Max Verstappen.
Third-starting Piastri passed Norris for second with a clean swoop around the outside of the medium-speed Tun 9 left-hander, demoting Norris to the lowest position he ...
08 December 2025 08:22
Zak Brown is “convinced” Oscar Piastri will become Formula 1 world champion with McLaren despite losing the 2025 title to team-mate Lando Norris at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
McLaren’s drivers fought for a maiden championship all year and third place at the finale sealed the job for Norris, who finished 13 points ahead of Piastri and two points in front of runner-up Max ...
08 December 2025 07:51
Well, there’s a very high probability Lando Norris is actually still awake as you read this column on Monday morning.
Perhaps he’s still partying – or, even if he’s already in his hotel bed, still pumped with adrenaline as he tries to process what has happened to him this year. There’s even no guarantee he’s not on his way to some local hospital to stop his nose bleeding. After all ...
08 December 2025 07:51
I think we were all looking forward to an epic finale. Three drivers – Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri – all still in the Formula 1 title hunt. We haven't had that in 15 years!
For Formula 1, it was the perfect chance to present itself as exciting and dramatic to a global audience, because surely plenty of people tuned in who normally wouldn’t bother switching on the ...
07 December 2025 21:06
Lando Norris opened up about dealing with the pressure of fighting for his first drivers' championship and how he turned his season around after temporarily losing the lead to his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.
Norris made a noticeable mental change during the 2025 Formula 1 season. After being outperformed by Piastri in the first half of the season, the Briton came back fighting after the ...
07 December 2025 20:26
Red Bull has turned its 2025 season around in impressive fashion. Max Verstappen missed out on a fifth consecutive Formula 1 world title by just two points, but said that the turnaround itself was even more important than the final outcome of the title fight. The Dutchman added that the atmosphere within the team is now good again.
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07 December 2025 20:23
A moment between Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will hopefully bring to an end the online abuse the Mercedes rookie has been receiving since his mistake during the Qatar Grand Prix.
In a video shared by the Mercedes F1 social media team, the young driver can be seen approaching the four-time champion following the title-deciding race. The two shake ...
07 December 2025 20:12
2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg has urged his former Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton not to give up on Ferrari or retire from the series after his tough first season with the Maranello outfit.
Hamilton has struggled to adapt to Ferrari since joining in 2025, which has led to questions about his future in the championship.
The Briton has made it clear he is eager to put the current ...
07 December 2025 20:09
For the first time since 2021, Abu Dhabi played host to an F1 title decider, and just like last time a new name is written into the history books. Here's who joins F1's 35th world champion Lando Norris in the winners' category and who ends 2025 on a sour note.
Winner: Lando Norris
To the winner, the spoils. With two anticlimactic weekends in Las Vegas and Qatar, McLaren placed a huge amount ...
07 December 2025 18:39
Max Verstappen says he has "no regrets" about a season he believes was the best driving of his Formula 1 career, despite losing the 2025 world championship to Lando Norris by just two points.
The Red Bull driver had resigned himself to not winning the championship after a slow start to the season. But with the team under the control of Laurent Mekies and with a car improving beneath him, he ...
07 December 2025 18:32
Newly crowned Formula 1 champion Lando Norris won the title "the way I wanted to win it", and felt he'd drawn the most satisfaction from making those closest to him happy.
In a tense Abu Dhabi encounter, Norris completed his mission of finishing in the top three to secure the 2025 title, beating a resurgent Max Verstappen by two points and team-mate Oscar Piastri by 13.
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07 December 2025 18:23
Oscar Piastri doesn’t expect McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to “become Superman” after winning the Formula 1 world championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The McLaren duo fought for the 2025 title all year, only for Norris to clinch his maiden championship at the finale by finishing third behind the Australian and race winner Max Verstappen.
It means Norris beat runner-up Verstappen ...
07 December 2025 18:08
Max Verstappen’s dominant victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was not enough for him to win the 2025 Formula 1 drivers’ title.
Championship leader Lando Norris, who was 12 points ahead of his Red Bull rival coming into the season finale, took third behind Verstappen and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri – therefore prevailing by two points.
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07 December 2025 17:53
Lando Norris has been crowned Formula 1 world champion for the first time after securing a podium finish at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. This has unsurprisingly prompted warm praise from his fellow drivers on the grid, with long-term rival and friend George Russell starting the trend.
Norris wrapped up the title at Yas Marina after a tense long race from the first corner. With his team-mate ...
07 December 2025 17:20
After overcoming the pressure of a title fight, a points deficit to his team-mate and all the dramas of McLaren’s papaya rules, Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 title in Abu Dhabi after finishing third in the season finale.
But after seeing off stiff competition from team-mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen over the course of the 24-race season, what does the Brit ...
07 December 2025 17:19
Lando Norris's emotional Formula 1 world championship win at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was matched only by the warm and moving reaction from the person who has seen the whole journey up close: his mother, Cisca Wauman.
Speaking on Sky Sports F1 from within the Yas Marina paddock after Norris secured his first title, Wauman admitted that the work to achieve such a thing certainly came with its ...
07 December 2025 17:18
Lewis Hamilton is ready to put the 2025 Formula 1 season behind him as he looks to throw his phone "in the fricking bin" to disconnect during the winter break.
The seven-time champion joined Ferrari at the start of 2025. While the anticipation of his blockbuster move to the Maranello outfit peaked, the Briton struggled to adapt to the new team and car. The high points of his season ...
07 December 2025 16:49
Carlos Sainz congratulated his former McLaren team-mate Lando Norris for claiming his first drivers' championship title.
The Spanish driver partnered Norris at McLaren when they both joined the team together in 2019 before Sainz moved to Ferrari in 2021. The driver duo quickly became a fan favourite, assuming the title "Carlando".
The Williams driver made a point of making his way onto the ...
07 December 2025 16:40
Lando Norris has become Formula 1’s newest world champion with third place in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale, taking the title by two points from Max Verstappen.
The British driver just needed a top-three finish to take the title in the 2025 decider, and duly secured it at the Yas Marina track with third place behind Verstappen and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.
Norris becomes the 11th ...
07 December 2025 16:33
Lando Norris escaped sanction for his off-track overtake on Yuki Tsunoda in Formula 1’s title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix because the stewards deemed him to have been “forced off”.
As expected, Red Bull made Tsunoda’s opening stint as long as possible so that he could potentially hinder the McLaren cars after their initial pitstops, with team-mate Max Verstappen still in contention ...
07 December 2025 16:05
Lando Norris paid a tearful tribute to McLaren and his family after claiming his first drivers' championship.
After a tense Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Norris crossed the line in third behind race winner Max Verstappen and his team-mate Oscar Piastri in second, which was enough to take the title.
"Oh, God. I've not cried in a while. I didn't think I would cry, but I did," he told David Coulthard ...
07 December 2025 15:40
Lando Norris won the 2025 Formula 1 world championship after finishing third at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale, as Max Verstappen took victory over Oscar Piastri.
Norris only needed to secure a top-three result to secure the championship, having started the race 12 points clear of Verstappen. And, although Norris lost a place to Piastri on the opening lap and thus came under heavy pressure ...
07 December 2025 15:30
Lando Norris delivers a champion's drive when it matters
'He's going to bottle it'. 'He's not mentally strong enough'. 'Max Verstappen's in his head'. Forget about it. When the pressure was it its very highest, Norris kept cool and did what he needed to do to claim a maiden world title.
Following a clean getaway Norris slotted in behind poleman Verstappen, while Piastri had less to lose and ...
07 December 2025 12:32
The 2025 season comes to a close today at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But while Lewis Hamilton's on-track escapades have been nothing to write home about, his outfits have made him once again the leader in fashion.
For qualifying, Hamilton leaned into the last race weekend of the year with an all-cream look, styled by long-term collaborator Eric McNeal. Lifted straight from the catwalk, he wore ...
07 December 2025 12:04
The Yas Marina circuit may not be the most exciting race track of Formula 1's 24-race calendar, but as the stage for F1's first three-way thriller in 15 years there are enough scenarios for Abu Dhabi to live up to its dramatic reputation.
On paper, the signs aren't too promising. The last 10 editions of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix have been won from pole, with the second-placed qualifier finishing ...
07 December 2025 09:11
The stage is set for a potentially enthralling Formula 1 title decider with each championship contender starting in the top three for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen is on pole, championship leader Lando Norris joins him on the front row while third-placed Oscar Piastri lines up third.
It was inevitable that it would happen this way and it probably suits Norris the most, considering ...
07 December 2025 00:00
Lewis Hamilton's performance this season may paint a bleak picture of his first year with Ferrari, but a viral clip from ahead of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix reminds us why he remains one of Formula 1's most loved drivers.
During a Ferrari fan appearance in the paddock, Hamilton was handed the microphone on stage before he vaulted down into the crowd. The seven-time world champion jogged over ...
06 December 2025 19:54
The Yas Marina floodlights are warmed up for an exciting final grand prix of the 2025 Formula 1 season and fans around the circuit will watch on from their seats as the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix crowns this year's champion. But look up from the asphalt and you'll see a wall of luxury yachts lining the harbour.
For those lucky enough to watch this weekend's race from a yacht, the action will be seen ...
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