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The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has announced German driver Mathilda Paatz as the newest member of its Driver Academy. The Silverstone outfit will back the 17-year-old in the 2026 season of the F1 Academy.
Paatz will compete in the all-female racing series sporting the Aston Martin livery.
"I'm really proud to be representing Aston Martin Aramco in F1 Academy next year," Paatz said. "This ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri will start the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix from pole position after also taking the sprint victory earlier in the weekend.
The McLaren driver has trimmed Lando Norris’ world championship advantage to 22 points thanks to his sprint win coupled with his team-mate finishing third.
But Sunday’s grand prix will be the crunch moment, with Norris mathematically able to seal the ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz says the strong performance seen in qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix was the result of an experiment that has been in the making since the team struggled at the Hungarian Grand Prix earlier this season.
The Spaniard had a strong showing at the Losail circuit today, qualifying seventh, leading the midfield. After a points finish in the sprint race, he's continued what he ...Keep reading

Ferrari again endured one of its worst Formula 1 qualifying sessions in 2025 at the Qatar Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton down in 10th and 18th respectively.
This followed a tough sprint event, where the Ferrari drivers qualified almost exactly in the same positions before finishing 13th and 17th, with Leclerc visibly struggling not to lose control of his SF-25.
Hamilton ...Keep reading

McLaren CEO Zak Brown says he "wouldn't miss the start" of Sunday's Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix as he expects an ultra-aggressive Max Verstappen to attack Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
Verstappen qualified third behind polesitter Piastri on Saturday, with Norris starting from second on the dirty side of the grid. If those positions remained unchanged during the race, Verstappen would be ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz reflected on a difficult qualifying session for the Qatar Grand Prix, which was impacted by plastic stuck on his rear tyres during Q3.
The plastic stickers transferred from the floor of the garage onto the rear tyres before they flew off after four or five corners.
"No, I think we picked up a plastic leaving the pits, the tyres got the whole plastic, and I spent four or five ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has explained why championship leader Lando Norris was forced to abort his last flying lap at the end of qualifying for the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix.
Norris had started what should have been his decisive flying lap in Q3, but Stella revealed that a mistake in Turn 2 meant that the lap was over before it had properly even begun. 
“He didn't go actually off ...Keep reading

Gabriel Bortoleto will serve a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision at the Las Vegas GP.






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Oscar Piastri claimed his first Formula 1 pole since August as he clinched the fastest time in Qatar Grand Prix qualifying, pouncing on Lando Norris' mistake as the championship leader couldn't improve on his final lap.
The McLarens laid down a significantly weighty gauntlet at the start of Q3, as Norris opened the final stage with a 1m19.495s, which shaded Piastri's 1m19.530s opener. This put ...Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
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Martin Brundle believes that Lewis Hamilton may have needed to bring some of the close members of his team from Mercedes with him to Ferrari to replicate Michael Schumacher's success at the Maranello outfit.
The British driver joined Ferrari ahead of the 2025 season after a 12-year stint with Mercedes, during which he secured six of his seven drivers' championship titles. 
Since joining the ...Keep reading

Elfyn Evans believes he needs to be more ruthless in the World Rally Championship next year after missing out on the 2025 title to Sebastien Ogier.
Evans finished runner-up in the WRC title race for a fifth time in his career after falling four points shy of Toyota team-mate Ogier, who sealed a record-equalling ninth world title at the Rally Saudi Arabia season finale.
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Sebastien Ogier hailed the 2025 campaign as his “strongest” in the World Rally Championship and is “super proud” to match Sebastien Loeb’s record of nine world titles.
Ogier sealed a stunning ninth crown after finishing third in an intense Rally Saudi Arabia finale, beating Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans by four points after a thrilling tussle.
The title success came following an ...Keep reading

Lando Norris accused Max Verstappen of “talking nonsense” after claiming he would have already won the 2025 Formula 1 title had his car been as dominant as the McLaren. 
The Red Bull driver is third in the championship, three points behind second-placed Oscar Piastri and 25 off leader Lando Norris with the Qatar and Abu Dhabi grands prix left to play.
Verstappen has been widely regarded ...Keep reading

Lando Norris could win the Formula 1 title on Sunday in the main race of the Qatar Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2025 season.
Having finished third in the sprint, Norris will go into the race as the title favourite with 396 points to his name. Team-mate Oscar Piastri, who won the sprint, has collected 374 points so far, with reigning world champion Max Verstappen on 371 after taking ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has confirmed the sheer scale of Ferrari's issues after a challenging Qatar Grand Prix sprint left both him and his team-mate Charles Leclerc without the performance to even finish in the points. 
While Oscar Piastri controlled the 19-lap race on the Losail circuit with Mercedes' George Russell and Lando Norris rounding out the top three, the Scuderia team was left wondering ...Keep reading

McLaren's Oscar Piastri claimed a soulless Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix sprint win ahead of George Russell, with Lando Norris holding off Max Verstappen to take third. 
The 19-lap sprint on Doha's twisty Losail circuit was decided at the start, with polesitter Piastri safeguarding his lead from Russell and Norris, while fourth-placed Fernando Alonso lost out to both Red Bulls of Yuki Tsunoda ...Keep reading

Lawrence Stroll has stated the Aston Martin Formula 1 team will not hire Christian Horner in any capacity, sources have told Motorsport.com at the Qatar Grand Prix.
The future of Horner has long been a topic of discussion in the F1 paddock, while the former Red Bull team principal has repeatedly been linked to Aston Martin, despite Andy Cowell stating in Singapore that such a move was not in ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Adrian Sutil has been arrested in connection with allegations of fraud, according to a report from German publication BILD.
The report states that the German driver is being held in pre-trial detention in a prison in Baden-Württemberg after being arrested by Stuttgart State criminal police officers and facing a judge in Stuttgart district court. The judge ordered Sutil ...Keep reading

McLaren boss Zak Brown this week referred to Formula 1 title hopeful Max Verstappen as the man in horror films who just cannot be shifted during his appearance on The Sports Agent podcast.
He made that comment in the context of the 2025 F1 title fight which, initially, was thought to be between McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris - only for the four-time world champion to enjoy a late ...Keep reading