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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 ...Keep reading

Doriane Pin has been crowned the 2025 F1 Academy champion after a commanding season in the all-female racing series.
After losing out to Abbi Pulling for the championship in 2024, Pin had one more opportunity to claim the title in 2025 before she would be forced to leave the series due to the two-year limit. Pin, backed by the Mercedes Formula 1 team, finished the second race in Las Vegas in ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

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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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 ...Keep reading

The 2025 MotoGP season has turned out to be very costly for Jorge Martin – and not just because of the injuries he sustained.
A training bike valued at €20,000 was stolen last Sunday at Valencia, which hosted the last grand prix of the year.
Motorsport understands the Aprilia rider realized at the end of the day that someone had opened the area where he keeps the bicycles he trains with ...Keep reading

On 22 November 30 years ago at Chester racecourse, there was smoke billowing from the wheels of a navy-blue Subaru Impreza madly spinning. These celebratory donuts were performed by newly crowned 1995 world rally champion Colin McRae, accompanied by a Saltire held by co-driver Derek Ringer flailing out of the window.
It is an image that is impossible to forget for British rally fans, and ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

In text messages produced through fact discovery as part of the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit, the commissioner of the league made clear how little professional respect he appears to have for veteran team owner Richard Childress.
During a meeting with team owners in 2023, Phelps was receiving text updates from league Chief Media & Revenue Officer Brian Herbst ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

Allan Moffat, a four-time Australian Touring Car champion and four-time Bathurst 500/100 winner, passed away in Melbourne on Saturday after a lengthy battle with dementia. He was 86.
Moffat’s passing was confirmed by his family in a post on his Facebook page.
“It is with deep sadness that the Moffat family announces the passing of Allan Moffat OBE, who died peacefully at 11:05 this ...Keep reading

There were countless emails, text messages and documents unsealed on Friday as part of the build-up to the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit trial set to begin on December 1.
They included NASCAR commissioner, then president, Steve Phelps telling president, then chief operating officer Steve O’Donnell that ‘a knife’ needed to be put into ‘this trash ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

There were countless emails, text messages and documents unsealed on Friday as part of the build-up to the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit trial set to begin on December 1.
The Race Team Alliance, across 2022 and 2023, explored having exhibition races independent of NASCAR but using Cup Series drivers at events in unorthodox locations like the Sultanate of Oman ...Keep reading

Tomoki Nojiri earned his first Super Formula victory of the season in Saturday’s opening race of the final weekend in Suzuka, as his Mugen team-mate Ayumu Iwasa retired after first-lap contact.
Red Bull Formula 1 reserve driver Iwasa had gained the momentum in the championship battle after scoring two pole positions during the morning’s two qualifying sessions.
But a slow start allowed ...Keep reading

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.
This is ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has conceded that his poor qualifying result at the Las Vegas Grand Prix has complicated his bid for a maiden Formula 1 world championship.
The McLaren driver will start the race in fifth while team-mate and title rival Lando Norris is on pole, having gone quickest by three tenths in the wet.
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Mercedes Formula 1 drivers George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, alongside Williams' Carlos Sainz, have escaped sanctions after investigations following Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying.
Mercedes was summoned for both of its cars failing to submit their set-up sheets in time for qualifying, with the document needing to be sent over to the governing body before the 8:00pm start.
As the ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso seems to be one of the few drivers smiling after Las Vegas delivered a treacherously wet qualifying session on Friday night. He achieved an impressive seventh-place start for the grand prix as several drivers struggled in the poor conditions. 
“More fun than what I thought," the Spaniard said on his rainy Friday session. "Even one hour ago when I jumped in the car, I thought ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc lamented Ferrari's struggles during the rain-soaked Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying, claiming that wet conditions have been something he has struggled with since joining the Maranello outfit. 
The Monegasque driver will start the race in ninth, and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton will start from 20th. 
"Unfortunately, yes," Leclerc said when asked if he was expecting ...Keep reading