26 November 2025 11:28
Mercedes Formula 1 team boss and co-owner Toto Wolff says he sees "no reason" the series can't keep growing amid soaring team valuations.
Wolff recently concluded the sale of 15% of his holding company to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, which represents a 5% share in the Mercedes outfit Wolff co-owns with Mercedes-Benz and Ineos.
The deal saw the Mercedes F1 team's value pegged at a record ...
26 November 2025 10:39
For the past few months a phoney war has been brewing in the Formula 1 paddock, as gossip has circulated about the state of preparations for the all-new regulations coming next season.
Specifically, well-connected sources have repeatedly claimed that Red Bull’s new in-house engine project is some way short of where it needs to be, while Mercedes is said to be in the best shape.
Although ...
25 November 2025 16:09
Opinions may still be divided, but following a disrupted, over-the-top start in 2023, Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix is slowly but surely hitting the right notes.
F1 has yet to provide official attendance figures beyond labelling the race as being "sold out". It is not clear if that means the event is up from last year's figure of 306,000, which was a decline from 315,000 in year one. But it ...
25 November 2025 12:58
Ferrari lost more ground to Mercedes and Red Bull in the Formula 1 constructors’ championship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished sixth and 10th on the road, Hamilton having had to fight his way through from last on the grid after being slowest in qualifying. Though the blow might seem to have been softened slightly by both drivers gaining places through ...
25 November 2025 10:12
McLaren's double disqualification at Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix has opened the door ajar for Max Verstappen in the 2025 title fight. In Qatar, Lando Norris can slam it shut again.
After a long stewards' hearing on Saturday night, McLaren was finally excluded from the Las Vegas Grand Prix for excessive plank wear.
It was a minimal transgression – we're talking tenths of a millimetre ...
25 November 2025 09:06
Yuki Tsunoda has claimed everything is going against him, following further hardship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix amid a tough Formula 1 season.
Tsunoda qualified 19th after Red Bull made a mistake with his tyre pressures in qualifying, and the team decided to breach parc ferme to tweak his set-up and give him a new power unit for the race.
Starting from the pitlane, the Japanese racer pitted ...
24 November 2025 23:25
George Russell has revealed that he was battling a steering issue during the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After starting from fourth on the grid, the British driver crossed the line to finish the race in third, but a disqualification for Lando Norris meant he was classified in second.
While it was overall a positive race for Russell, he told the media after the race that he was fighting against a ...
24 November 2025 18:54
Support for Max Verstappen for the drivers' championship has increased after McLaren's double disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix blew the title fight wide open.
As Verstappen claimed another victory under the neon lights of the Las Vegas street circuit, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri's second and fourth-place finishes turned into disqualifications for excessive plank wear.
With a ...
24 November 2025 18:43
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has not ruled out the possibility of MotoGP hosting races on some of the street circuits featured on the Formula 1 calendar.
MotoGP is at a pivotal moment following the acquisition of its promoter Dorna Sports by Liberty Media, the same media company that owns F1 outright.
The move has naturally generated a lot of anticipation around the possibility of both series ...
24 November 2025 17:51
McLaren suffered a blow at the Las Vegas Grand Prix with its double disqualification, as Max Verstappen closed to 24 points off Formula 1 world championship leader Lando Norris and drew level with Oscar Piastri.
Verstappen’s win, coupled with no points for the McLaren pair due to being disqualified for excessive plank wear, has cranked extra pressure on the Woking team ahead of the final two ...
24 November 2025 17:00
Pirelli has finalised its five tyre compounds for the 2026 F1 season, deciding against brining its sixth extra soft compound that was introduced this year.
The Italian manufacturer has been working on a range of tyres for the 2026 regulations, which prescribe front tyres that are 25mm narrower than the current specification, while the rears will be made 30mm narrower, in an effort to help save ...
24 November 2025 15:54
Andrea Kimi Antonelli has explained he “didn’t really feel” the forward movement that constituted his jump start at Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After qualifying down in 17th on a poor Friday, Antonelli got a penalty for that jump start. Five seconds were added to his race time as his only pitstop occurred on lap two, before the stewards were able to adjudicate.
Asked what ...
24 November 2025 15:51
Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto visited the Aston Martin hospitality unit following the Las Vegas Grand Prix to apologise to Lance Stroll.
Both drivers were forced to retire from the race around the streets of Sin City after a first-lap collision. The Brazilian driver took accountability for the crash and apologised to Stroll following the race.
Bortoleto received praise for the "classy" ...
24 November 2025 14:29
Formula 1 fans have delivered their verdict on recent reports linking former Red Bull chief Christian Horner to Aston Martin.
Amid the drama of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, reports emerged claiming that Horner is in line to replace Aston Martin team principal and CEO Andy Cowell.
The Briton was replaced as Red Bull team principal and CEO on 9 July 2025 after 20 years at the helm of the Milton ...
24 November 2025 12:44
Ferrari’s Formula 1 team boss Fred Vasseur has responded to Lewis Hamilton’s extreme pessimism following the Las Vegas Grand Prix, saying everybody must “calm down”.
The seven-time world champion crossed the line in 10th on Saturday night after starting on the back row following a disastrous qualifying, in which he failed to set a lap at the end of a wet Q1.
Although Hamilton ...
24 November 2025 12:41
Formula 1 fans couldn't resist poking fun at McLaren after a social media post during the Las Vegas Grand Prix didn't age well.
After Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri crossed the line to finish second and fourth, the Woking outfit's cars were found to be in breach of Article 3.5.9 of the Technical Regulations due to excessive plank wear, leading to a double disqualification for the ...
24 November 2025 11:50
Newly crowned Super Formula champion Ayumu Iwasa has the potential to perform in Formula 1 at a higher level than Yuki Tsunoda, believes his race engineer.
Tomohiko Koike made the claim in the wake of last weekend's Suzuka finale, where two pole positions and victory in the final race were enough to propel Team Mugen’s Iwasa ahead of defending champion Sho Tsuboi in the drivers’ ...
24 November 2025 10:00
Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko had a laugh when McLaren told Lando Norris to attack the dominant Max Verstappen during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The four-time world champion won from second on the grid after overtaking poleman Norris at Turn 1, as the McLaren driver went wide having defended the inside too aggressively.
George Russell also overtook Norris at race start ...
24 November 2025 08:10
First of all, I would like to apologize. I really didn’t want to make McLaren the protagonist of this column, because that has happened often enough in recent weeks.
But after the events of yesterday’s race in Las Vegas – both McLarens were disqualified due to skid blocks that were too worn out – Zak Brown is practically the only possible choice as the face and head of the team.
In ...
24 November 2025 07:28
Helmut Marko couldn’t help but break into a smile and throw in a few ironic remarks while surrounded by several Dutch Formula 1 journalists, including our own Ronald Vording, as they quizzed him about yet another stunning Max Verstappen victory at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The Austrian clearly enjoyed that Lando Norris’ engineer Will Joseph’s message to his driver was met with a brutal ...
23 November 2025 22:26
The betting odds surrounding the 2025 Formula 1 drivers' championship have taken a hit following the dramatic disqualification of the McLaren team after the Las Vegas Grand Prix. While Lando Norris remains at the top of the standings going into the Qatar race week, Max Verstappen's current form sees him closer in both points and odds.
Leading sportsbooks have adjusted their lines after the ...
23 November 2025 18:22
Formula 1 fans have been left stunned by McLaren's double disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished the race around the streets of Sin City in second and fourth place, their cars failed to meet the minimum thickness requirement of the rear skid block, leading to a double disqualification.
While it was a disastrous weekend for the Woking ...
23 November 2025 13:57
Winner: Max Verstappen
Even before McLaren's double disqualification, this was a pretty good day out for Max Verstappen. The Dutchman man not be a big admirer of Sin City and its mirage of faux opulence, but he can't stop celebrating one highlight after another. One year on from claiming his fourth world title, Verstappen got the better of Lando Norris at the start and then dominated the race ...
23 November 2025 12:37
McLaren has apologised to its drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for its costly double disqualification at Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix, as it explained what went wrong.
Norris and Piastri finished second and fifth respectively on the streets of Las Vegas, before both drivers were thrown out of the results for excessive plank wear.
McLaren exhaustively attempted to argue to the ...
23 November 2025 12:12
Two races after Formula 1 race control drew criticism for a close call between two marshals and Liam Lawson at the Mexico Grand Prix, the timing of a marshal intervention during a race again became a contentious topic in Las Vegas.
After a multi-car clash at the start of the Vegas night race left debris strewn into the Turn 1 run-off area, marshals were deployed from the marshal post on the ...
23 November 2025 11:15
Christian Horner is understood to be a contender for the Aston Martin Formula 1 team principal role as incumbent Andy Cowell looks set to leave, according to reports.
Horner was sacked as Red Bull boss in July after 20 years in the role, winning eight drivers’ titles and six constructors’ crowns in that time.
He then officially left in September after agreeing to a settlement, believed ...
23 November 2025 11:06
The FIA’s decision documents relating to McLaren’s disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix give insight into how the 2025 Formula 1 constructors’ champions fought their case – to no avail.
Championship leader Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, his team-mate and title rival, have been excluded from the race results due to excessive wear on their respective rear skid ...
23 November 2025 10:51
Immediately after the Las Vegas GP, Lando Norris had one hand on the 2025 Formula 1 world drivers’ championship despite losing out to Max Verstappen in Sin City.
That all changed after both Norris and team-mate – and championship rival – Oscar Piastri were disqualified when their cars failed technical checks.
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23 November 2025 10:48
In the aftermath of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the usual post-race inspections revealed that both McLaren cars had fallen foul of Formula 1's restrictions on plank wear.
The cars of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had both demonstrated wear beyond the minimum thickness on the rearmost skid block, defined as 9mm by Formula 1's technical regulations. Given that the plank must be 10mm thick when ...
23 November 2025 10:45
McLaren has received a double disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix because both of its Formula 1 cars failed to meet the minimum thickness requirement of the rear skid block.
It means Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have respectively lost their second and fourth-place finishes from Saturday night, having breached Article 3.5.9 e) of the 2025 F1 technical regulations.
This states ...
23 November 2025 09:20
Terry Crews brought his 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix to an end by serenading race winner Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and George Russell with a rendition of A Thousand Miles, a callback to his iconic moment in the movie White Chicks.
The Hollywood actor was at the wheel of a driveable LEGO 1950s Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special, built from more than 400,000 bricks, as part of the latest ...
23 November 2025 09:09
Mercedes CEO and team principal Toto Wolff has set the record straight after his recent stake sale led to speculation that he could be preparing to make an exit from the championship.
After George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli secured P3 and P5 in Las Vegas, Wolff told the media that he has no plans to leave his role.
"Yeah, I have no plan to sell the team or no plan to leave my role," ...
23 November 2025 08:51
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McLaren has been summoned to Formula 1 stewards because both of its cars are in an alleged breach of a technical requirement after the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
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23 November 2025 08:27
Fernando Alonso has delivered a blunt assessment of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, branding the track surface “not Formula 1 standard” and questioning the race’s late-season calendar slot after finishing 13th.
The two-time champion started seventh on the Sin City Strip but slowly slipped outside of the points after sustaining damage early in the race. While he dismissed the idea that following ...
23 November 2025 08:08
Lewis Hamilton delivered arguably his most downbeat interviews of the 2025 Formula 1 season, saying he took “zero” consolation from his comeback drive at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion finished 10th after a disastrous qualifying, in which he came 20th having failed to cross the line in time to set a final flying lap in the wet Q1.
It came amid a horror debut ...
23 November 2025 08:00
Former FIA Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich has branded the marshals on track during the Las Vegas Grand Prix as "absolutely unacceptable".
Wittich served as the F1 race director from 2022, alongside Eduardo Freitas initially, before assuming a full-time position in 2023. The German remained in the role for 2024 before he was replaced by Rui Marques for the 2024 Las Vegas Grand ...
23 November 2025 07:46
Oscar Piastri has conceded that his 2025 Formula 1 title chances are now not in his hands, after losing further ground to Lando Norris in the points standings in Las Vegas.
The Australian was elevated to fourth at the end of the Las Vegas race after benefitting from Andrea Kimi Antonelli's five-second penalty for moving before the start, but Norris' second place grew the gap between them to 30 ...
23 November 2025 07:30
The LEGO Group and Formula 1 have used the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix to celebrate their partnership with a full-size driveable 1950s Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special made of 418,000 bricks.
Following the 50 laps under the lights of Sin City, podium finishers Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, and George Russell were driven from the pitlane to the Bellagio fountains by actor and Cadillac F1 team ...
23 November 2025 06:43
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Max Verstappen kept his Formula 1 title hopes alive with victory at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, capitalising from Lando Norris' wide moment at the start of the race.
Verstappen's fast start forced Norris into an ...
23 November 2025 06:30
Norris closes in on the title
Lando Norris is peaking at exactly the right moment, and he now looks like the clear favourite for the title.
Admittedly, his performance in Las Vegas wasn't as impressive as in Mexico and Brazil, but the Nevada track has never been one of McLaren's favourites. Nevertheless, the Briton is doing everything he needs to for his title challenge.
Although ...
23 November 2025 04:41
Actor and singer-songwriter Cynthia Erivo, who portrays Elphaba in the popular Wicked film franchise, has made an appearance at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The award-winning actor was shown clips of both current and former Formula 1 drivers singing from the cockpit of their cars, giving her the opportunity to rank their vocal skills.
Erivo was first shown a clip of McLaren driver Lando Norris ...
23 November 2025 03:36
Content creator Daniel Mac arrived at the paddock of the Las Vegas Grand Prix with one question for fans of the championship: Who is your driver of the year? And it's no surprise that answers were split between Oscar Piastri, Max Verstappen, and Lando Norris.
One name popped up more than others, but even with just three races left at the time of writing, the jury is still out among ...
23 November 2025 02:52
Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell has taken on a driverless, AI-controlled Mercedes in a new video by YouTuber MrBeast. Fortunately, he was able to stay ahead of the computer-driven car, keeping Team Human ahead in the creator's latest mega-challenge.
In the episode, MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, pitted some of the world's greatest athletes against advanced robots in ...
22 November 2025 16:15
Oscar Piastri has played down the social media storm revolving around him ahead of the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix after a repost on one of his social media accounts suggested that McLaren favours his team-mate Lando Norris. This comes after he qualified fifth on the Vegas Strip.
Ahead of the weekend, Piastri's Instagram account briefly shared a graphic quoting a comment from former Formula 1 ...
22 November 2025 13:21
Pirelli is unsure about what the best strategy will be for the Las Vegas Grand Prix after a wet Formula 1 qualifying session that offered little valuable data.
Drivers were dealt with low-grip conditions in the cold Vegas night, while on a combination of intermediate or full-wet tyres, and many claimed it was the worst they had faced since joining F1.
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22 November 2025 12:37
The 2026 Formula 1 season is offering a fresh start for the entire grid because of the whole new ruleset that is being introduced with changes to both the power unit and chassis.
An F1 car is set to become lighter and smaller, while there will be more emphasis on electrical power with a near-50:50 split alongside the internal combustion engine.
It is therefore not yet known what the ...
22 November 2025 11:08
For the first time since joining the Formula 1 calendar in 2023, the Las Vegas Grand Prix was hit by rain on Friday for third practice and qualifying.
It turned the usual qualifying exercise of balancing risk versus reward into a delicate dance between thrill and trepidation on the high-speed streets in the Las Vegas Strip and its surrounding neon-lit avenues.
After Lando Norris clinched a ...
22 November 2025 10:22
In ordinary circumstances Max Verstappen would be furious about missing out on pole position. But after qualifying in second place for the Las Vegas GP he uttered a sentence containing sentiments which are vanishingly rare for this most competitive and demanding of individuals. "It's fine like this," he said. Rain ahead of and during the first segment of the qualifying session made track ...
22 November 2025 09:35
The Red Bull Formula 1 team has apologised for the “quite big mistakes” that led to Yuki Tsunoda’s costly Q1 exit at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Tsunoda will start the race in 19th, joining Lewis Hamilton on the back row, after struggling to cope with the tricky wet conditions around the street track in Vegas.
That is compared to second for his world champion team-mate Max Verstappen ...
22 November 2025 08:40
Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell said a steering problem cost him the chance of pole at the Las Vegas Grand Prix after a qualifying session he labelled as a “missed opportunity”.
The 27-year-old will start the race in fourth having qualified eight tenths behind polesitter Lando Norris, with Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz joining the championship leader in the top three.
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