28 December 2025 23:47
Fans have been left in stitches following a post from Max Verstappen's partner, Kelly Piquet, over the Christmas period. The four-time champion was pictured holding a black T-shirt featuring a stylised version of one of his Las Vegas Grand Prix moments: trophy in hand, glasses on.
The photo was shared as a story on Instagram, but it was on Reddit where it really took off.
Within hours, the ...
28 December 2025 23:44
Esteban Ocon has returned to one of the karting tracks in Normandy that he raced at as a child.
The French Formula 1 driver shared a video with old home-movie-style footage of him racing at the track as a young boy, as well as footage of him returning with his father now.
"Karting, my first love," the Haas driver wrote on Instagram.
"The winter holidays are always a special time to ...
28 December 2025 23:18
Formula 1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali has pushed against the idea of a sequel to the hugely successful F1 movie, insisting that it is important to allow the first to breathe before a second is released.
Speaking to Sky Sports F1 following the end of the 2025 season, Domenicali reflected on what has been another successful year for the championship. Not only has it seen huge success ...
28 December 2025 23:18
Guenther Steiner branded Isack Hadjar 'rookie of the year' after he finished 12th in the drivers' standings with 51 points, ahead of his Racing Bulls team-mate Liam Lawson in 14th with 38 points.
The French-Algerian driver came back strongly after a disappointing start to his season when he crashed during the formation lap of the Australian Grand Prix. He went on to score his first grand prix ...
28 December 2025 22:44
David Croft has confirmed that his familiar voice will continue in Formula 1 for many years to come, insisting that he and the championship are "only just getting going".
Known by his friends and fans as "Crofty", the Sky Sports F1 commentator has reflected on his journey in the championship after he struggled during his first year. Talking with the Mirror, he explained that the way he joined ...
28 December 2025 17:00
Oliver Bearman entered Formula 1 with a bang when he was thrown in at the deep end, deputising for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Coming at a tricky circuit in the highest-profile team on the grid, then 18-year-old Bearman showed he had the steel to match his talent by taking seventh on his unexpected debut.
Bearman's maiden full-time campaign for Haas has gone on ...
28 December 2025 15:30
After a stint with Honda that delivered four drivers’ titles and two constructors’ championships, Red Bull will compete with its in-house power unit in 2026, in partnership with Ford.
Although Ford Performance director Mark Rushbrook acknowledges that the project – as Toto Wolff put it in Zandvoort – “has Mount Everest to climb”, he believes the preparations in Milton Keynes have ...
28 December 2025 12:30
Carlos Sainz rounded out his 2024 Formula 1 campaign at Ferrari with one final podium for the Scuderia, which dropped him for the new season in favour of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. That, the Spaniard thought, would be his final podium for some time as he moved to Williams, who finished ninth last year.
Ahead of his debut with the Grove outfit, Sainz warned fans that 'you're not ...
28 December 2025 11:13
Every year, Formula 1 is packed with surprises and great storylines as 20 of the world’s best drivers battle for supremacy and the chance to lift the F1 World Drivers' Championship Trophy. But it wasn’t all good news over 2025, and the season had its fair share of heartbreak as well.
From Lewis Hamilton’s collision with a groundhog in Canada to Lando Norris’ retirement in Zandvoort that ...
28 December 2025 10:15
Andrea Kimi Antonelli decided to go undercover at a Milton Keynes go-kart track at the start of the Formula 1 winter break.
The Italian driver, who finished his rookie season for Mercedes in seventh in the drivers' championship with 150 points, chose the name Henry Shovlin as his alias as he arrived at the Daytona Milton Keynes track. While he didn't win the main race due to picking up two ...
28 December 2025 10:10
A single costume fitting with Brad Pitt proved to be one of the most consequential creative moments within the making of the F1 movie, as it not only decided on the aesthetic of Pitt's character, but also of the whole production.
Julian Day, the movie's costume designer, was confronted with quite the challenge: to create a team that not only looked authentic, but one that also looked ...
28 December 2025 10:06
Williams Formula 1 drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon have reminisced about their favourite off-track memory of the 2025 season, when they raced kit cars around Interlagos for the Brazilian Grand Prix drivers' parade.
The drivers had branded kit cars with one driver per team and a pickup-style seat across the back for the passenger. As Sainz and Albon walked to the grid and clocked that there ...
28 December 2025 01:18
Michael Schumacher kept his cards close to his chest, but former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman has remembered one exception where the driver discussed the collision with Jacques Villeneuve that decided the 1997 Formula 1 title.
Speaking on the High Performance podcast, Wilman reflected on an interview between the seven-time champion and Jeremy Clarkson that came about as part of a project ...
28 December 2025 01:03
Guenther Steiner has argued that four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen is unlikely to see a similar fate to former Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel in 2026.
Verstappen claimed four consecutive titles at Red Bull from 2021 until 2024, following in Vettel's footsteps, who secured four consecutive championships with the Milton Keynes outfit from 2010 until 2013. But after the German driver ...
28 December 2025 00:45
The McLaren Formula 1 team's 2026 car has been sold at auction for $11.4million, despite not having raced yet.
This sale places the car among some of the most expensive F1 machinery ever to change hands publicly. And surprisingly, this came before the Woking team has even been able to prove its performance next year. While auction prices for historic cars have reached eight figures before ...
27 December 2025 23:24
F1 star Damson Idris has been nominated for two Black Reel Awards after his performance alongside Brad Pitt for the Formula 1 film.
The British actor has been nominated for both Outstanding Supporting Performance and Outstanding Breakthrough Performance for the 2026 Black Reel Awards, which honour the "brilliance and resilience of Black storytellers".
Prior to his role in F1, Idris starred ...
27 December 2025 13:55
Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso has been spotted driving his multi-million-dollar Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR around the streets of Monaco during the winter break.
Footage of the Spanish driver quickly emerged on social media as he took his homologation special out in Monte Carlo, catching the attention of fans both in person and online. "This must be his most rare (and expensive) ...
27 December 2025 13:30
The 2025 Formula 1 season rewarded Alex Albon for the immense patience he has displayed ever since joining Williams in 2022, when it was the worst team in the championship. Even in the years which followed, the British outfit only gradually improved but Albon continued to be its beacon of light, who always maximised his machinery without putting up a fuss.
His recovery drive at the 2022 ...
27 December 2025 12:58
Max Verstappen has shared his verdict on the audio recordings of the 2026 Formula 1 engines, claiming they sound "crisp".
2026 will bring in a new wave of regulations to the championship, which will see power units with a 50/50 split between internal combustion engine and electric power.
Some teams, including Aston Martin with the upcoming Honda engine and Mercedes, have shared the sounds of ...
27 December 2025 12:32
Every year Formula 1 always delivers plenty of drama and 2025 was no different with a title fight that went down to the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Lando Norris ultimately prevailed in a three-way fight against McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull’s four-time world champion Max Verstappen.
But it wasn’t just about what happened at the front, as there was drama throughout ...
27 December 2025 10:46
Fernando Alonso is patient, that’s undeniable.
The Spanish veteran has failed to take a single grand prix victory in his last 225 entries. His second and latest Formula 1 world title was nearly two decades ago.
And yet, he’s still here. Not only is he still here, he’s still performing at a high level, at the age of 44, seemingly extracting the most out of the Aston Martin ...
27 December 2025 10:17
Lewis Hamilton is simply “praying” for better fortune in the next Formula 1 rules cycle after enduring a torrid time since the start of ground-effect cars in 2022.
Just two of the seven-time world champion’s 105 grand prix victories have come in the current era, having particularly struggled in qualifying because these cars don’t necessarily reward sharp cornering after braking ...
26 December 2025 16:53
Mercedes had its fair share of development issues over the course of Formula 1’s ground-effect era, but after adopting flexible wings to help get on top of its troublesome car the team says it needed “a bit of time to adapt” once the FIA clamped down.
After scoring eight successive Formula 1 constructors’ titles, Mercedes kicked off the ground-effect era on the back foot in 2022. Its ...
26 December 2025 15:24
Although Lando Norris held on in Abu Dhabi to clinch his first world title, there's a feeling that it could have been wrapped up much sooner – but Formula 1's commercial types were hardly upset that the championship fight went down to the final round.
Some of the mitigating factors were down to McLaren's mistakes, while others were due to bad luck, but it's fair to say Norris has not been ...
26 December 2025 11:28
There is a pattern when Red Bull’s youngsters get promoted to the main team.
They display confidence that they can succeed where others failed, and they drink the poisoned chalice.
When it came to choosing its 2025 line-up, Red Bull picked Liam Lawson over Yuki Tsunoda. The New Zealander rookie was believed to have more potential, given his promising performance over his five- and ...
26 December 2025 10:01
The 2025 Formula 1 season may not have featured the most mind-blowing scenarios ever, but some of its events still raised eyebrows – and rightfully so.
Here are those we identified as the biggest surprises of the year.
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25 December 2025 18:45
As far as ruthless drivers swaps go, Red Bull truly outdid itself when it stripped Liam Lawson of his RB21 seat alongside Max Verstappen after just two – admittedly woeful – weekends, crashing out in Melbourne from 18th on the grid, and qualifying dead last for both China's sprint and grand prix.
Helmut Marko and Christian Horner felt Lawson's two abysmal weekends in Australia and China ...
25 December 2025 15:00
From an action-packed 2025 Formula 1 season, selecting the best race of the campaign isn’t straightforward.
A 24-round F1 calendar makes that task even tricker, but our writers have given it a good go. Here’s what they have picked out as their favourite F1 race of 2025.
British Grand Prix – Filip Cleeren
The British Grand Prix truly had everything. Mixed weather is always a good ...
25 December 2025 11:00
Max Verstappen says being the only Red Bull car to take on the two McLaren drivers for the 2025 Formula 1 title was an advantage rather than a drawback.
In 2025 Red Bull tried its latest gamble to solve its second seat syndrome, but after two poor weekends Liam Lawson was ruthlessly replaced by Yuki Tsunoda.
The Japanese driver also struggled to find stability in his performances and ...
25 December 2025 09:25
Mercedes raised a few eyebrows when it fast-tracked its junior phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli's Formula 1 debut to replace Lewis Hamilton. For a teenager who had only made his first tentative steps in single-seater racing in 2021 and had skipped the F3 level altogether, the challenge doesn't get much bigger than representing a top team and stepping in a seven-time world champion's shoes – even if ...
24 December 2025 18:02
Pierre Gasly endured the worst finishing position of his full-time Formula 1 career, yet arguably produced his best campaign from a performance point of view. The 29-year-old finished 18th in the standings with just 22 points, yet that can only be put down to the torrid Alpine that he was given as the French outfit slumped to bottom in the constructors’ championship.
Its A525’s main ...
24 December 2025 14:11
1977 British GP: Renault’s F1 debut
Jean-Pierre Jabouille's Renault RS01 undergoes a tyre change and checks.
Photo by: Rainer W. Schlegelmilch / Motorsport Images
Renault made its world championship debut with F1’s first-ever turbocharged car, the RS01, which earned the ‘yellow teapot’ moniker due to the frequency at which smoke emanated from it.
The sole Renault ...
24 December 2025 13:07
Lewis Hamilton's first season with Ferrari was seismic for Formula 1. But while he failed to impress on the track, he certainly maintained expectations as he once again turned the season's paddocks into his personal runways. Using fashion as a form of expression, a turbulent year in red was propped up by his sharp and curated outfits.
The beginning of his season with the Scuderia saw him ...
24 December 2025 13:01
Formula 1 fans have been losing it over Charles Leclerc's gift to George Russell for the championship's Secret Santa.
The Monegasque driver decided to frame a photo of his overtake of Russell at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix, which was a point of contention for the British driver. As the Ferrari driver attacked Russell on the outside of Turn 11 at a safety car restart during the race at Zandvoort ...
24 December 2025 12:16
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal and CEO Toto Wolff has assessed Andrea Kimi Antonelli's rookie season in the championship, claiming that the Italian driver learned how to handle the "cannibals".
Antonelli joined the Brackley outfit ahead of the 2025 season, replacing seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton as the Briton moved to Ferrari.
The 19-year-old driver started his rookie season off ...
24 December 2025 12:04
Formula 1’s ground effect era has not provided happy hunting grounds for Mercedes, and the team’s drop in form compared to the previous ruleset is well-documented. Sadly, for George Russell, the dramatic shift came as he made the move from Williams to Mercedes.
Russell joined Mercedes in 2022 and in the ensuing years, has grown and developed in the shadow of seven-time world champion Lewis ...
24 December 2025 10:07
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admits it is “super difficult” to gauge where his rivals are in their preparation for Formula 1’s overhaul in 2026, and said the feeling in the team was “not comparable” to preparations for 2014 – when its period of F1 dominance began.
The Brackley-based squad has gone through two major rule changes in its current form. It aced the reset ...
23 December 2025 23:45
While Las Vegas was largely asleep ahead of a busy weekend of racing for the grand prix, Caesars Palace was wide awake as George Russell and Brad Pitt filmed an advert for a new Mercedes. In a new behind-the-scenes video by celebrated photographer Larry Chen, he detailed the "upside down" production of what became a viral video.
The shoot, which focused on a highly camouflaged prototype of the ...
23 December 2025 23:38
Lewis Hamilton took a trip to New York following a difficult 2025 season. Sharing a number of photos from his time in his "favourite city", the driver was seen alongside actor and long-time friend Michael B. Jordan.
In an update to his Instagram account posted this week, the 40-year-old offered a glimpse into his off-season following a difficult first year with the Ferrari Formula 1 team ...
23 December 2025 23:36
Former Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has returned to the racing seat as he took on Ford's Raptor Rally at Lake Havasu, Arizona.
The Australian driver, who joined Ford as a brand ambassador in September 2025, retired from F1 after the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix. He joined a rally of Ford F-150 Raptors for high-speed desert runs and massive jumps.
"All right, so we're in Lake Havasu. I ...
23 December 2025 23:03
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal and CEO Toto Wolff has showered 2025 F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin with praise after the 21-year-old "crushed" the all-female racing series.
The French driver joined the Mercedes Junior Team in 2024 as she entered her rookie season in F1 Academy. After finishing her first season in the championship in the runner-up position, she came back on the hunt for the ...
23 December 2025 22:48
The excitement surrounding the 2025 Formula 1 season has died down after McLaren's Lando Norris won the championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale. But as we all look forward to Christmas, a video in which Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc discuss and rank their favourite Christmas movies has been released.
Published on the team's social media channels, the video shows the two ...
23 December 2025 22:05
A 2002 McLaren MP4-17A is to be auctioned by RM Sotheby's at its Paris 2026 event. The chassis, one hardened by 12 grand prix starts, was driven by Kimi Raikkonen and David Coulthard to five podium finishes and a race win.
The car is estimated to fetch anywhere between €1,000,000 and €1,400,000. Designed under the leadership of the legendary Adrian Newey, the MP4-17 struggled during the ...
23 December 2025 21:57
Carlos Sainz has discussed his "excited tension" for the upcoming Formula 1 regulation changes in 2026.
2026 brings in a wave of new regulations to the championship, which will see smaller and lighter cars powered by a 50/50 split between the internal combustion engine and electric power.
"Yes, but I am also... I don't know what the word is. Excited tension. Excited worry. But obviously, I ...
23 December 2025 16:30
Mercedes Formula 1 CEO and team principal Toto Wolff has responded to predictions that the Brackley outfit will be very strong in 2026.
The 2026 F1 season will bring in a new wave of regulations that include a hybrid powertrain with a 50/50 split between engine and electric power. Mercedes was dominant during the hybrid era from 2014 to 2021, when it secured eight constructors' championship ...
23 December 2025 16:15
Even before the 2026 calendar year has begun, the first controversy under F1's new ruleset has already surfaced. It concerns the engine regulations, and more specifically the compression ratio of the internal combustion engine – the ratio between the cylinder's maximum and minimum volume.
Under the previous regulations, that ratio stood at 18:1, but for the 2026 regulations the FIA has ...
23 December 2025 14:59
Max Verstappen has revealed that he was actually supposed to pick up the bill at the annual drivers' dinner ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but Alpine's Pierre Gasly paid it.
The drivers get together ahead of the season finale in Abu Dhabi for a dinner organised by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.
"Class of 2025. We’re the only people in the world to do what we do and for that ...
23 December 2025 14:01
“Esteban’s proved himself in the teams he’s raced for as someone who’s continually in the mix and scoring points.”
This is how Gene Haas introduced his new hire, Esteban Ocon, ahead of the 2025 season. Entering his ninth Formula 1 campaign – his eighth full-time – Ocon was supposed to spearhead Haas’ effort alongside admittedly promising but still inexperienced Ferrari protege ...
23 December 2025 12:32
Aston Martin Formula 1 team owner Lawrence Stroll has warned that the Silverstone outfit will need to be patient with Honda in 2026.
The British squad is preparing for its first season with the Japanese manufacturer as its power unit supplier after parting ways with Mercedes in 2025, and Stroll is realistic that they are going to have to give Honda the "necessary time to develop that power ...
23 December 2025 12:10
“It’s a nightmare, I’ve been living it for a while”, was Lewis Hamilton’s frank summary of the 2025 Formula 1 season, for it was the year he arguably performed at his worst. The seven-time world champion finished sixth in the standings, 86 points behind Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc and, for the first time since joining F1 in 2007, he failed to score a Sunday podium across a whole ...
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