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Esteban Ocon has published a social post featuring his new customised Mansory Lamborghini Revuelto. Posting a photo of him standing beside his new V12 hypercar, Ocon kept the caption short: "First drive," it read. 
The car wears a predominantly black paint job with red accents, a contrast that the customisation company has often leant into in its recognisable builds. 
Mansory, the ...Keep reading

Gabriel Bortoleto may have been the reigning Formula 2 champion, but by making his Formula 1 debut for the struggling Sauber squad the Brazilian's rookie season looked set to go unnoticed.
The first Brazilian on the grid in eight years, Bortoleto suffered a humbling debut experience in Melbourne, spinning out in difficult circumstances. But the former McLaren junior rebounded admirably, even if ...Keep reading

Lando Norris joked that it is all downhill from here after clinching his first Formula 1 drivers' championship title in 2025.
The fight for the championship went down to the wire at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. A third-place finish was enough for Norris to win the championship with two points over Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who finished second in the standings, while Oscar Piastri ...Keep reading

Mercedes-AMG is working on a new GT3 car for customer and factory-supported racing. It will become the first major product to emerge from the Affalterbach Racing division, which was set up midway through 2024 as Mercedes brought an end to its long-standing relationship with HWA.
The unnamed GT3 challenger is expected to be based on the Concept AMG GT Track Sport, a new sportscar that will join ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner chose Ollie Bearman as his 2025 rookie of the year.
The British driver finished his rookie season with Steiner's former team 13th in the drivers' standings with 41 points, ahead of his experienced team-mate Esteban Ocon in 15th with 38 points. While he started the season making some mistakes, he celebrated a fourth-place finish at the ...Keep reading

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Los Angeles division reports that drug baron Ryan James Wedding’s impressive collection of racing motorcycles has been seized.
One of the FBI’s ‘top 10 fugitives’, Wedding is a motorcycle enthusiast, with his $40m collection featuring Ducatis that were ridden by Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovisioso, Loris Capirossi and Andrea Iannone ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has been voted driver of the year for the fifth time in a row by his peers in our exclusive poll.

With McLaren runaway winners of this season’s Teams’ Championship, Mercedes will take some satisfaction from being next best – the Silver Arrows’ runner-up spot was an improvement on 2024’s fourth place, even if they were 364 points behind the champions. However, with 2025 marking the start of their post-Lewis Hamilton era, there is much to be positive about ahead of the arrival of 2026’s new regulations. Here is Mercedes’ end of year report…

Oscar Piastri believes that the dynamics between himself and team mate Lando Norris will remain unchanged following Norris’ World Championship victory, with the Australian suggesting that the win does not mean that his fellow McLaren driver has “become Superman”.

Relive the standout off-track moments from the 2025 F1 ACADEMY season, from brand new partnerships and grassroots initiatives to breakthrough wild card drivers and plenty of behind-the-scenes stories.

The 2025 Formula 1 season did not bring a new world title for Red Bull, but will nonetheless be remembered for Max Verstappen’s remarkable comeback.
The Dutchman said in Abu Dhabi that he felt even better than he had 12 months earlier. This may sound surprising, given he was world champion back then, but at the time he already sensed things going wrong within Red Bull – a trend that ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin says he never slipped into a ‘Why is this happening to me?’ mindset during his injury-ridden 2025 MotoGP season, choosing instead to analyse the causes and move forward.
Martin’s high-profile move from Pramac to Aprilia has proven disastrous so far, with the Spaniard suffering no fewer than four injuries over the course of 2025 and ending the year 21st in the ...Keep reading

Lance Stroll is something of an oddity in Formula 1 these days. After showing flashes of talent in the feeder series and moments of brilliance in F1 – like a shock pole position at a wet Turkish Grand Prix – he's now become something of an also-ran.
Nowhere was this more apparent than in the 2025 season, Stroll’s ninth in Formula 1, as the Canadian struggled with his car and his own ...Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes new world champion Lando Norris has the personality to carry the championship's crown, but adds that to do this, he needs to "keep smiling".
Speaking to Sky Sports after the driver confirmed his place in the history books following a successful Abu Dhabi campaign, the F1 chief outlined what he expects from the new champion as he detailed the ...Keep reading

Formula 1 fans have the opportunity to own a piece of the Suzuka Circuit as the home of the Japanese Grand Prix undergoes track changes ahead of the 2026 race.
The Suzuka Circuit is being resurfaced in parts, so the track will be selling the asphalt, although the price is yet to be confirmed.
"Due to the road resurfacing construction on the Suzuka Circuit West Course, we will be selling the ...Keep reading

Kohr Motorsports will have a special paint scheme on its No. 60 Ford Mustang GT4 in the 2026 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season-opener at the Daytona Road Course.
Biffle, who was named one of NASCAR's 75 greatest drivers and a winner of 56 races across all three national divisions of the sport, was tragically killed in a plane crash in Statesville, North Carolina, earlier this month. He was ...Keep reading

One look at the 2026 driver roster tells you everything you need to know about Isack Hadjar's rookie campaign with Racing Bulls. Other than Mercedes runner Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Hadjar placed the highest of 2025's midfield batch of rookies by consistently qualifying where his car deserved to be – between ninth and 10th on average, and then converting that into regular points.
The Frenchman's ...Keep reading

Marty McFly is always late - until the day he finds himself 30 years early!

Lando Norris has revealed a number of text messages and private conversations with the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and even MotoGP champion Casey Stoner helped him as he fought against Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen in the final races of the 2025 Formula 1 season. 
Speaking to F1.com after finally turning his nine years at McLaren into a championship win, Norris described the ...Keep reading

What goes through your mind when talking about a memorable drive? It can’t be as simple as starting on pole and simply running away with victory. It goes beyond being the “best race” and captures the essence of a race. It leaves you going, “Hell yeah, that was cool.”
The 2025 season for the IndyCar Series had a lot of those moments, even with Alex Palou running off to eight wins - ...Keep reading