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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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Formula 1What was the best F1 race of the 2025 season? Our writers have their say



Red Bull sacks Christian Horner – Jake ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

The 2026 endurance racing season is just a month away, with the Daytona 24 Hours marking the first event to feature top-line prototype machinery.
Most manufacturers competing across the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship have opted to update their cars for 2026, meaning the Hypercar and GTP grids could look noticeably different next year.
These changes have been ...Keep reading

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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 ...Keep reading

MotoGP’s calendar has expanded rapidly over the years, peaking at 22 grands prix in 2025. With the addition of sprints, riders are now required to contest a total of 44 races a year.
In many respects, MotoGP has followed Formula 1’s lead in recent years, not only in expanding its calendar but also in its approach to circuit agreements. Like F1, MotoGP is now increasingly signing long-term ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

From a points-scoring debut in 1993 to podiums, victories and iconic liveries, we revisit the defining moments from Sauber’s 30 years in F1.

With a final placing of seventh in the Teams’ Championship, 2025 did not deliver what Aston Martin had hoped for. The Silverstone-based team have lofty ambitions – they don’t shy away from that – but a result that represented a fall of two places on where they finished each of the last two campaigns represents a step backwards. The hope? That comes in the form of 2026 as new regulations bring new possibilities – and we can see what magic Adrian Newey has come up with this time around. Here is Aston Martin’s 2025 end of year report…

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 ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading

Hyundai will be "better prepared" and "stronger" in the World Rally Championship next year after a difficult 2025, according to team principal Cyril Abiteboul.
The Korean marque was soundly beaten this season scoring two victories, at Acropolis Rally Greece and in Saudi Arabia, while rivals Toyota chalked up a stunning 12 wins spread across drivers Sebastien Ogier, Elfyn Evans, Kalle Rovanpera ...Keep reading

Lin Jarvis has definitively parted ways with Yamaha after completing a year in the role of external advisor.
As Motorsport.com has learned, Jarvis informed several key figures in the paddock a few days ago of his intention to go independent and make his extensive experience in racing in general —and MotoGP in particular— available to whoever may see fit. In doing so, the British executive ...Keep reading

Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds has predicted that a woman will race in the championship ‘within the next two years,’ as the all-electric series continues its efforts to give female drivers the chance to get behind the wheel and show their talent at the highest level.
Two women featured in Formula E’s inaugural race at the 2014 Beijing E-Prix: Katherine Legge for Amlin Aguri and Michela Cerruti ...Keep reading

The sportscar team run by four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has inked a multi-year deal with Mercedes-AMG from 2026.
Verstappen Racing will compete in both legs of GT World Challenge Europe as part of the partnership, racing a single Mercedes-AMG GT3 in each category.
In GTWCE’s Sprint Cup, sim racing driver Chris Lulham will return for a second season, teaming up with Genesis’ ...Keep reading

Watching all the action this year was former Renault F1 driver and expert analyst Jolyon Palmer. Here, he gives his view on the stand out performers and performances from across the season…

Haas did not quite reach the goal of matching their P7 finish of 2024 this time around, but it proved to be a positive second half of the season for the American outfit, featuring regular points finishes and a particularly strong run for Ollie Bearman. Here is the team’s end of year report…

Pedro Acosta believes abandoning his early-season title ambitions was key to turning his 2025 MotoGP campaign around and becoming a regular podium contender.
Although Acosta made a slow start to his sophomore campaign in MotoGP, held back by an underdeveloped bike and KTM’s financial woes, his results improved steadily as the year went on.
Having broken inside the top five for the ...Keep reading

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 ...Keep reading