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8+ min ago (301+ words) Saturday, 13 Dec 2025 McLaren's Lando Norris is interviewed the day after becoming the 2025 Formula One World Champion in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Satish Kumar Dec 12 (Reuters) - Lando Norris laid hands on the Formula One winner's trophy at a prize-giving gala in Tashkent on Friday as outgoing champion Max Verstappen stayed away due to illness but sent a congratulatory message to the Briton and McLaren. Norris clinched the title in the final race in Abu Dhabi last Sunday, beating Red Bull's Verstappen by two points in the 24-round season with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri third overall. The 26-year-old is the 35th Formula One champion since the first in 1950 and 11th Briton to win the crown. "Obviously this is a lot of people's dreams, a lot of racing drivers' dreams and I got to finally live it," Norris told the audience in…...

10+ min ago (536+ words) In the aftermath of NASCAR's landmark charter settlement, the legal team behind 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports is stepping into the spotlight, reflecting on a case that reshaped the balance of power in stock car racing. After nearly 15 months'of litigation and numerous courtroom battles, the attorneys who challenged Charlotte's long-standing structure are now calling the outcome what many insiders already believe it to be: industry-shaping. At the center of the effort was Winston & Strawn's sports litigation group, led by veteran antitrust attorney and leading sports attorney Jeffrey Kessler. Following the settlement, the firm publicly acknowledged the scale of the achievement, praising the depth and endurance of the team that carried the case to a successful conclusion " "Congratulations to our trial team on this industry-shaping result! Jeffrey Kessler, Jeanifer Parsigian, Danielle Williams, Matthew DalSanto. Ph.D., Josh Hafenbrack, Michael Toomey, Ben Rudofsky,…...

11+ min ago (545+ words) The struggles for Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari were so much so that he labeled his debut year as a nightmare for him. He failed to amass any notable results and even struggled to make it out of the Q1 qualifying session in multiple races. Hamilton stood P6 in the standings and was just six points ahead of his Mercedes replacement, Kimi Antonelli. Because of this, many people asked the 40-year-old to retire from the sport and call it quits before the sport left him. Following a massively underwhelming debut in the 2025 season, Lewis Hamilton noted that he aimed to unplug from the matrix and take a much-deserved break. The 40-year-old hoped not to participate in any media activities and not contact anyone concerning the sport as well. Now, the seven-time champion responded to people asking him to exit F1 amid failing results. Lewis…...

31+ min ago (648+ words) Get on the bus or get run over by it." That was the blunt warning Jeffrey Kessler delivered in the opening days of NASCAR's charter dispute, words that, at the time, sounded more like legal bravado than prophecy. Now, exactly 435 days after 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports took NASCAR to court, that statement echoes less like a threat and more like a verdict. What began as a challenge from a pair of so-called rebels has evolved into the most consequential legal confrontation in the sport's modern history. This is the story of how one of America's most formidable sports attorneys took on the country's most powerful motorsports organization, triggering a reckoning that NASCAR could no longer outrun. From the moment the antitrust lawsuit was filed on Oct. 2, 2024, Kessler made it clear this case was never just about charters. To him,…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago (334+ words) Last weekend, my husband and I were at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It was a weekend charged with anticipation, because it wasn't just another race; it was the final showdown of the 2025 season with three drivers contending for the championship. The Yas Marina Circuit was buzzing with possibility, and it felt historic even before the race began. When you're on the circuit, surrounded by tens of thousands of people, these numbers begin to feel tangible. The floodlights. The travel. The sheer scale. It taught me something important: we can enjoy the things we love while still wanting them to evolve. We can hold joy in one hand and responsibility in the other. They are not mutually exclusive. Formula One is at least attempting to move in the right direction. The sport has committed to becoming net zero by 2030, with…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago (59+ words) Jake Santa Maria is a digital producer across The West Australian sport and PerthNow mastheads. He started as a late bloomer joining the Geraldton Guardian as the sport reporter in 2022 having worked in communications for local government. He moved across to The West just over a year in Geraldton joining the digital sports team. Resident Formula 1 tragic....

2+ hour, 30+ min ago (316+ words) According to Austin, his father would be the first to say that he deliberately keeps his distance from Austin's racing program. From Austin's perspective, his role within the organization stands apart from his last name. "I think it's a double-edged sword. This is such a family sport. You've got the Elliotts, Blaneys, Earnhardts, all the Pettys, these are all people, even someone with a pretty similar situation to myself is Cole Custer. It's a family sport, that's where the passion is grown." For Austin, that family-based structure represents less a shortcut and more a foundation. He said that growing up in a household where his father was responsible for identifying the best driving talent and placing them in select equipment educated him. Being around accomplished drivers and high-level decision-making allowed him to absorb lessons through proximity and experience rather than…...

3+ hour, 1+ min ago (659+ words) Magui lifted the lid on her relationship with Norris earlier this week LANDO NORRIS" girlfriend look sheepish after the Formula One world champion swore on stage during the FIA Awards dinner. The 26-year-old looked sharp on stage during an end-of-season awards presentation held by the FIA in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The McLaren driver was presented with the World Drivers" Championship trophy following after pipping Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri to the F1 title in Abu Dhabi last week. He saw his hair ruffled by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem when he walked on stage before doing a speech. And the Brit was on stage alongside Piastri and team principal Andrea Stella when he dropped an F-bomb when reflecting on the gruelling season. Hamilton's dad registers new company in hint Brit has side hustle planned Win a Volvo XC90 plus "2cash or "45,000 cash from just…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago (564+ words) Lacorte, Milesi, Fuoco overcome penalty to win chaotic first race of 4H Sepang" Cetilar Racing overcame a five-second penalty to come away with victory on its return to LMP2 competition in the Asian Le Mans Series season opener at Sepang. The No. 47 Oreca 07 Gibson shared by Roberto Lacorte, Charlie Milesi and Antonio Fuoco ran out victors by 2.730 seconds at the end of a four-hour race impacted by four safety car periods and a brief rain shower, beating the No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca. It stemmed from the fact the AF Corse-run Cetilar car had been handed a five-second penalty for a full course yellow infringement, which the team served at its final stop when Fuoco pitted for a late splash of fuel with just under five minutes to go. It appears that race control made an error by applying the five-second penalty…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago (280+ words) Mercedes-AMG squads continue to lead the way in second practice at Yas Marina Circuit" Mikhail Aleshin led a 1-2 for Mercedes-AMG squads in Free Practice 2 ahead of the Gulf 12 Hours. The former LMP1 and NTT IndyCar Series racer steered the No. 13 CapitalRT by Motopark Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo to a best time of 1:53.696 to top the second of three practice sessions held on Saturday. Aleshin's best effort, which came in the final five minutes, was 0.059 seconds quicker than Gabriele Piana in the No. 81 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG. Simon Birch was third in the No. 14 Razoon " More than Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R, followed by Axcil Jefferies aboard the No. 2 Into Africa Racing by HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II. Ben Barnicoat picked up fifth at the wheel of the No. 69 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, while the No. 44 Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG entered the top ten for the first time…...