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4+ min ago (728+ words) Court action surrounding the FIA Presidential election has been delayed until 2026. A judge in France has dismissed an attempt to delay December's FIA Presidential election after Laura Villars took the matter to court. Villars, an FIA Presidential candidate, took the FIA Presidential election process to the French courts amid concerns surrounding the process that will see Mohammed Ben Sulayem run unopposed in December's election. Villars was one of three challengers to publicly announce their candidacy in the election race, alongside Tim Mayer and Virginie Philippot, standing against current President Mohammed Ben Sulayem. However, the FIA statutes are such that nominations from the trio of challengers could not be accepted as they did not satisfy the criteria. Specifically, they did not have a vice-president in each of the governing body's global regions. Presidential candidates must submit a List, effectively a cabinet…...

23+ min ago (491+ words) OSCAR PIASTRI'S girlfriend hosted a dinner for her fellow F1 Wags ahead of the final race weekend in Abu Dhabi. Lily Zneimer invited the partners of other drivers to a restaurant local to the Yas Marina Circuit to celebrate her birthday. She even bought her guests gifts, including a personalised watercolour portrait with their names on and a Christian Dior book. Charles Leclerc's fiancee Alexandra Saint Mleux was among the guests, as well as Pierre Gasly's girlfriend Kika Gomes and Esteban Ocon's partner Flavy Barla. Magui Corceiro, who is in a relationship with Piastri's McLaren team-mate and title rival Lando Norris, was also at the dinner. Piastri and Norris can both win the Drivers' Championship on Sunday. Russell offers Piastri title advice as Norris ramps up McLaren war of words Win a Volkswagen Tiguan and "5k cash or "35k cash from just 13p with…...

49+ min ago (257+ words) Sunday's race marks not just the culmination of a compelling three-way title fight but the end of an era in Formula One broadcasting. It all comes down to Abu Dhabi " again. Four years after a controversial ending to the 2021 Formula One season saw Max Verstappen win his first championship over Lewis Hamilton " and cost the series' race director his job " the championship battle will again come down to the final race at the Yas Marina Circuit. This time, Verstappen seeks a fifth consecutive title, having won championships in 2022, 2023, and 2024 with relative ease. But the Red Bull Racing driver faces stiff competition from the McLaren drivers of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, in the first three-way battle in a series finale in nearly two decades. But much of the season has been defined as a battle between, as broadcaster Martin Brundle…...

55+ min ago (1118+ words) Despite the entire motorsports world expecting the two sides to settle,Michael Jordan and his 23XI Racing team began its antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR on Monday, alongside fellow team owner Bob Jenkins of Front Row Motorsports. The two teams allege that NASCAR is operating as a monopoly and used monopolistic practices in an attempt to bully teams to sign its latest charter agreement in 2024. Both 23XI Racing and Front Row refused to sign said agreement, and ran much of the 2025 season as unchartered teams after losing a preliminary injunction. While it's difficult to suggest an outcome after the first four days of trial, there have been several key takeaways. Jordan, co-owners Curtis Polk and Denny Hamlin, and Jenkins, retained the services of famed lawyer Jeffrey Kessler, who famously led the charge to NCAA Division I athletes to secure financial compensation in a…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago (495+ words) Oscar Piastri (left) and Lando Norris have combined to earn 800 points in the constructors' championship for McLaren with one race remaining in the season McLaren are prepared to use Oscar Piastri to help Lando Norris' title bid if there comes a point in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when the Australian can no longer win the championship. McLaren have operated a philosophy of open competition between their drivers this year, determined to give both the best possible chance of winning their first title. But Norris has a 16-point lead over Piastri going into the final race of the season at Yas Marina, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen between them, 12 points behind the Briton. Brown said: "As long as both drivers have the chance to win the title, then it's business as usual and they're free to race. "If as the…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (689+ words) A three-way battle for the 2025 Formula One drivers" championship will be settled by a dramatic finale in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. McLaren wrapped up the constructors" championship after the Singapore Grand Prix in mid-September, but both their drivers remain in the running for the drivers" title. Lando Norris sits top of the pile heading into the final race of the season, but cut a downcast figure after a fourth-place finish in Qatar last time out saw him fall short of securing his first career championship. His team-mate Oscar Piastri was the odds-on favourite to take the top prize early in the season after he crossed the line first in four of the season"s first six races. His form faded late in the season, though, and four-time champion Max Verstappen has now usurped him in the leaderboard. The Dutchman, in…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (830+ words) At the beginning of the 2025 Formula One season, it seemed all but sure that the final trophy would end up in the hands of one of the McLaren drivers. They were coming off an incredible second half of 2024, driving the fastest car, and winning race after race. It seemed like nothing could go wrong. Now that there is only one race left before the champion is crowned, we know that the season hasn't been as perfect as the British team may have expected it to be. The fight for the title is no longer just between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. The first months of the Formula One season belonged to McLaren. Although Max Verstappen managed the occasional win, he quickly fell away from the top two drivers. At the "lowest" point, he was over 100 points behind Piastri, who sat…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (1720+ words) McLaren has already locked up the prized Constructors Championship in Formula 1, but the 2026 World Drivers Championship will be settled this weekend in Abu Dhabi. McLaren's Lando Norris can clinch the championship with a podium finish (top three). Norris can also win the championship if he finishes fourth and Max Verstappen of Red Bull does not win the race. Verstappen has to win the race and hope Norris finishes outside the top three to claim another World Championship. McLaren's Oscar Piastri's chances are much more narrow. He has to win the race and hope Norris finishes sixth place of lower. Former IndyCar Series star and current FOX Sports IndyCar analyst James Hinchcliffe is in Abu Dhabi to call the action for F1TV. After driving a Formula 1 car for the first time on September 26 at the Mugello Circuit in Italy, Hinchcliffe can offer…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago (397+ words) Kyle Larson secured his second Cup Series championship at the Phoenix Raceway last month. The Hendrick Motorsports driver had been one of the most dominant drivers throughout the season and achieved the feat backed by three Victory Lane visits. In the 6th Annual Race Industry Week hosted by "The Racer Channel, he spoke about what he has been doing since the season finale. He said, "That whole week after winning the championship was extremely busy, but for good reason. When I got done in New York, I got to go spend a few days with my family in Cabo. I caught up on sleep. Relaxed a little bit. And then, I raced at Placerville with the USAC midget. Just a handful of days after that. I had a good race, just got collected and wrecked at the end of it. He…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago (370+ words) Climax Racing narrowly beats Absolute Racing to take pole position for 12H Malaysia" Climax Racing beat Absolute Racing to pole position for Creventic's inaugural running of the Michelin 12H Malaysia at Sepang International Circuit. Zhou Bihuang, Elias Seppanen and Tanart Sathienthirakul, who will be sharing the No. 999 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo with Li Lichao for Saturday's 12-hour contest, put in a combined average time of 2:04.556. This was enough to outpace the No. 10 Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R of Antares Au, Loek Hartog and Patric Niederhauser by a mere 0.017 seconds. Although Hartog and Niederhauser were fastest overall in each of their individual segments, Bihuang's advantage of 0.662 seconds over the No. 10 Porsche during the opening session was enough for the Mercedes-AMG squad to take pole. Porsche contenders locked out the second row, with the No. 87 Origine Motorsport entry taking GT3-Am class pole in third overall ahead of…...