1+ hour, 47+ min ago (373+ words) Updated : Nov 25, 2025 09:27 IST , Washington - 2 MINS READ Mick Schumacher, son of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, will drive in the full 2026 IndyCar season for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, the team announced on Monday. Mick, a 26-year-old German racer, made 43 F1 starts in the 2021 and 2022 seasons for Haas with a best finish of sixth and has driven in the World Endurance Championship for Alpine in 2024 and 2025. Mick will drive the No. 47 Honda for RLL in a nod to his family and joins American Graham Rahal and 2025 IndyCar Rookie of the Year Louis Foster of Britain in the team line-up for next season after first testing in an IndyCar last month. "I'm delighted to confirm today that I will be competing in the IndyCar Series next year," Mick said. "Having both an F1 and an endurance background, and having competed in various racing…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago (486+ words) Updated : Nov 23, 2025 13:13 IST , LAS VEGAS - 3 MINS READ Oscar Piastri put a brave face on his fading Formula One hopes on Saturday, recognising it would take something significant to deny McLaren teammate Lando Norris the title. The Australian finished fourth in Las Vegas with Norris second and stretching his championship lead to 30 points with two grands prix and a sprint worth a maximum 58 points remaining. Norris has beaten Piastri in the last seven races and is on course to take the crown in Qatar next weekend. At the end of August, when he won the Dutch Grand Prix, Piastri was 34 points clear of Norris, but he has since suffered a devastating 64-point swing and has not been on the podium in the last six races. "Obviously I need more than that now," Piastri told Sky Sports television when asked if he…...

2+ day, 52+ min ago (209+ words) Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were disqualified from the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix after both McLaren cars had failed to meet technical regulations during post-race inspections. The rearmost skids on Car No. 4 and 81 were found to be less than the required thickness of 9 mm, breaching Article 3.5.9 (e) of the FIA Formula One Technical Regulations for skidwear. Norris, who finished second in Las Vegas, had scored 18 points compared to Piastri's 12 from finishing fourth, leaving their points gap from the last race weekend unchanged at 24. However, the disqualification makes the three-way championship fight that includes Max Verstappen significantly tight. Piastri and Verstappen are now level on 366 points each, and Norris is only 24 adrift. Verstappen, the defending champion, however, occupies the second place in the standings by virtue of more wins. The Dutchman had won the Las Vegas GP for his sixth victory of…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago (329+ words) Updated : Nov 23, 2025 11:20 IST , CHENNAI - 2 MINS READ Max Verstappen won for the second time in four races and the four-time reigning Formula 1 champion continued to claw his way back into title picture with a Saturday night victory at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. It is the second time in three years the Dutchman has won on the streets of Las Vegas, which utilises a part of the famed Strip. He won the inaugural race in 2023 and clinched his fourth consecutive title here last year. Verstappen started second but took control of the race in the very first turn when current points leader Lando Norris made an aggressive move to cut in front of him at the start, but wound up sliding wide of the turn in his McLaren. Verstappen moved to the lead, and George Russell darted past Norris into second....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago (528+ words) Updated : Nov 21, 2025 19:33 IST , LAS VEGAS - 3 MINS READ Formula One's governing body says next year's rules revamp will fix a loophole that has allowed teams to exceed a driver's engine allocation without the new power unit being included in cost cap calculations. Four-time world champion Max Verstappen started in the pitlane and finished on the podium in Brazil this month after Red Bull replaced the Honda engine in his car with a brand new one. Rival McLaren subsequently asked the International Automobile Federation (FIA) whether the engine would be part of Red Bull's cost cap spending, something of a grey area at present. McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are one-two in the drivers standings with three rounds remaining but Verstappen remains a threat in third place and 49 points off the lead. "If the engine was changed for performance reasons, it…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago (320+ words) Updated : Nov 21, 2025 17:24 IST , London - 2 MINS READ Mercedes" team principal and chief executive officer, Toto Wolff, has sold 15 per cent of his shareholding in the Formula One team for $300 million to American billionaire George Kurtz. The deal values Mercedes F1 at $6 billion -- a record for an F1 team -- and only around half a billion dollars less than Manchester United, as valued by Forbes magazine. Kurtz, 55, is the founder of one of the Mercedes team"s sponsors, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. He is purchasing the stake through his own personal wealth rather than the company"s. "If you"re making an investment like this, you believe that the sport is going to grow, F1 is going to grow, and the team valuations are going to grow, and you"re going to be able to contribute to that growth," said Kurtz, who will not be on the team…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago (225+ words) Max Verstappen has his eye on former teammate Daniel Ricciardo's old race car number if he has to relinquish the champion's "one' next season. Red Bull's four-time world champion raced with the 33 before he took his first title in 2021, with plenty of numbered merchandise sold, but he told Dutch reporters in Las Vegas that he really wanted the Australian's #3. A change in the rules, yet to be approved, means drivers will no longer have to stick with the same number through their careers but Ricciardo's remains technically unavailable despite him announcing his retirement. The rules say a driver must not have raced for two consecutive seasons before the number can be reassigned. Ricciardo raced in Singapore in September last year. ALSO READ | Hamilton dismisses talks of friction with Ferrari chairman Elkann before Las Vegas GP The number one is reserved…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago (253+ words) Nine-time Formula One Grand Prix winner Oscar Piastri has won Australian sport's highest honour, the Don Award, with the F1 driver calling it a "massive privilege. The 24-year-old has springboarded into the elite this year, igniting national pride as he bids to become Australia's third Formula One world champion after Jack Brabham and Alan Jones. He has a battle on his hands, losing the lead in the title race at last month's Mexico City Grand Prix and is now 24 points behind McLaren teammate Lando Norris with three races left. Piastri was recognised at the annual Sport Australia Hall Of Fame awards on Thursday night in his hometown, Melbourne, which honours the Australian athlete or team who most inspired the nation in the past 12 months. The Don Award is named after legendary Australian cricketer Donald Bradman. "Winning an award in the name…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago (302+ words) Updated : Nov 17, 2025 15:00 IST , LONDON - 2 MINS READ Formula One constructors" champion McLaren has added Ella Hakkinen, 14-year-old daughter of Finland"s double world champion Mika, to its Driver Development Programme, along with British teenager Ella Stevens. Together with Ella Lloyd, who has been racing this season in the all-female F1 Academy series and will continue next year for a second campaign, McLaren will have three Ellas on their books next year. Hakkinen made an impact at the 2024 Champions of the Future Academy in Italy and has had wins and podium finishes around Europe in karting. She will be the youngest driver on the programme. Her father, the "Flying Finn" who won the 1998 and 1999 F1 titles with McLaren and retired in 2001 with 20 wins, has already suggested she could become Formula One"s first female driver since 1976. "Ella is an extremely talented racing driver. I…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago (353+ words) Updated : Nov 10, 2025 22:46 IST , SAO PAULO - 2 MINS READ Retired Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel said he would be open to a new role in the sport, provided it was meaningful. The German, who won four titles with Red Bull and last raced for Aston Martin in 2022, spoke to Reuters at the weekend's Sao Paulo Grand Prix where he was campaigning to raise climate awareness. "If it's time well spent, and there's a challenge, and it has the human component, which I really enjoy, then why not?" he said at Interlagos, without going into details or providing possible examples. ALSO READ | Ferrari boss tells Hamilton, Leclerc to drive, not talk after Sao Paulo GP disaster Red Bull's four-time champion Max Verstappen said in June he would welcome Vettel back amid talk of him possibly succeeding Red Bull's long-time consultant and former…...