Max Verstappen received a drive-through penalty for causing a first lap collision at Daytona in the IMSA Global Esports Championship. The four-time F1 world champion received a wildcard entry to the online race, entering under the Verstappen.Com Racing banner, driving an Acura machine. From third on the grid, Verstappen lunged up the inside of the
Haas has confirmed that it will hit the track this week at the Circuito de Jerez, in its first-ever TPC (Testing of Previous Cars). The American outfit will field both of its new drivers, Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman, as well as Toyota Gazoo Racing driver Ritomo Miyata. Its 2023 challenger, the VF-23, is the
The driver to most recently lose their seat in F1 is the one that fans would most like to see return to the championship. Over the course of the 2024 F1 season, including the end of the year, there was considerable turnover in the paddock with only two of the 10 driver line-ups remaining unchanged
Zak Brown believes it would be “arrogant” for McLaren to believe it enters the 2025 F1 season as title favourites. McLaren ended a 26-year-long wait to be constructors’ champions in 2024, as Lando Norris finished second in the drivers’ championship – last won for the team by Lewis Hamilton in 2008. Given the questions around
David Coulthard has revealed he received abuse from Mexican fans after comments made about Sergio Perez’s Red Bull axing. Following a poor season in which he scored just 48 points in the final 18 races, Perez was dropped by Red Bull in favour of Liam Lawson, potentially bringing to an end his career after 281
Christian Horner has told George Russell to “be worried about other issues” after a jibe from the Mercedes driver towards Red Bull. At the end of 2024 as a war of words developed between Russell and Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi, Russell claimed that “25 per cent of his engineering team were sending their CVs
Racing Bulls sporting director Alan Permane has insisted Daniel Ricciardo was given equal equipment at all times to Yuki Tsunoda in 2024. Tsunoda comprehensively out-performed Ricciardo during their 18 races together before the Australian was removed from the race seat following the Singapore GP. At that time, Ricciardo had 12 points to Tsunoda’s 22, but
Nico Rosberg believes Lewis Hamilton’s switch to Ferrari shows “the hunger” the Briton has to continue to “grow.” After 12 successful seasons at Mercedes, Hamilton departed at the end of 2024 for a multi-year deal with Ferrari to partner Charles Leclerc. Hamilton is determined to win an eighth world championship title and break the record
© XPBimages © Max Verstappen Ranked: The most controversial F1 team order rows Through the years, every so often, F1 teams have found themselves in the centre of a healthy dollop of controversy through a team orders bust-up. RacingNews365 has had a go at ranking the top five most controversial rows. Read more: Ranked: The
Jos Verstappen has hilariously claimed that Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has “accepted” becoming a great-grandfather. The former F1 driver’s son, Max, announced ahead of last season’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that himself and his partner, Kelly Piquet, are expecting their first child together. It will mark Jos’ fourth grandchild, with his daughter Victoria having
Despite taking a two-year sabbatical in 2019 and 2020, Fernando Alonso has driven more kilometres in F1 races than any other driver on the grid. The two-time world champion made his debut back in the 2001 Australian Grand Prix, before becoming a regular figure in the sport from 2003 after not having a seat the
Red Bull junior driver Arvid Lindblad remains “very motivated and focused” on reaching F1 for the 2026 season, as he told compatriot Lando Norris he would four years ago. The 17-year-old, who races under the British flag but has dual nationality with Sweden, made the bold claim to the McLaren driver in 2021, when he
