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Dino Beganovic will race for DAMS Lucas Oil in the 2026 F2 Championship, as the Ferrari Driver Academy talent aims to turn his strong rookie campaign into a full-blown title challenge. The Swedish racer confirmed the news, saying he feels a deep connection with the French outfit. Building on an impressive debut season Beganovic has…
Fernando Alonso claimed that Aston Martin were the ninth fastest team on the grid after the F1 US GP. While the first and only practice session and the Sprint Qualifying of the weekend looked promising for the Spaniard, the Sprint race eliminated him on the first lap. After lining up P6 on the grid, the…
Andrea Stella’s hopes for a double championship in 2025 took another blow at the F1 US GP, as Oscar Piastri suffered from a DNF in the Sprint and unusually poor performance during the rest of the weekend. The McLaren driver managed only sixth on the grid for the Grand Prix proper, and managed to improve…
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has come out in support of the super bold strategy call that put Charles Leclerc out on soft tyres at the start of the F1 US GP. He insists it was a well-thought-out risk rather than a last-ditch gamble. The call ended up being a key part of Leclerc’s hard…
An extremely frustrated Pierre Gasly was left bitterly disappointed by Alpine’s performance at the F1 US GP. He finished last of the runners in P19 at the end of the 56-lap contest. By Alpine’s recent standards, qualifying was pretty respectable as the 2020 Italian GP winner put his car in P14 on the grid. It…
Esteban Ocon finished P15 in the F1 US GP following a disappointing weekend for the Haas driver at COTA. He got knocked out in SQ1 and Q1, while Ollie Bearman made Q3 in Grand Prix qualifying. The Brit finished 9th in the race. Starting on hards from P17 on the grid, the French driver passed…
2025 marks a new year of opportunities for younger drivers or ones with plenty of experience in other categories as each team needs to give a rookie driver or drivers four opportunities in their cars during the season in F1 FP1 sessions. In previous years it had been just two, with many saving the second…
Campos Racing confirmed Mexican talent Noel León for their 2026 FIA Formula 2 campaign. Completing the Spanish squad’s line-up alongside Nikola Tsolov. León graduates after two seasons in FIA Formula 3, where he claimed six podiums across both campaigns. Finishing 10th in the Drivers’ Championship as a rookie in 2024. The 20-year-old’s rise has been…
Though Red Bull Racing had an incredibly successful US GP, Team Principal Laurent Mekies reflected following the race on the challenges faced throughout the weekend. Max Verstappen triumphed, winning both the sprint on Saturday and race on Sunday. Second driver Yuki Tsunoda finished both races in P7, an improvement on his previous performances this year…
Brad Benavides has described his post-season testing at Imola as productive, following a strong afternoon that saw him top the timesheets on Day 1. The AIX Racing driver was in fine form during the afternoon session, setting an impressive lap time of 1:33.022, which at one stage put him nearly eight-tenths clear of the rest…
