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McLaren F1 announces Fornaroli and Verschoor joining Driver Development Programme
The McLaren F1 Team have announced that 2025 FIA Formula 2 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli and multiple-time race winner Richard Verschoor have joined their Driver Development Programme. Championship success in back-to-back seasons Fornaroli arrives at McLaren following a remarkable weekend in Lusail, where he secured the F2 title with one round remaining. The Italian built his…
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BMW and Peugeot confirm Hypercar driver line-ups for 2026 WEC season
BMW M Team WRT and Team Peugeot TotalEnergies have confirmed their Hypercar driver line-ups for the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. Both manufacturers aim to build on the progress achieved during the 2025 campaign. BMW improved its points tally by 23 compared to the previous year, while Peugeot gained 27 additional points and…
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Lily-May Watkins returns to GB4 with KMR Sport for 2026 season
Lily-May Watkins will remain with KMR Sport as she prepares to contest her second season in the GB4 Championship in 2026. This decision marks a continuation of a promising partnership that began during her rookie campaign in 2025. Having made her first step into car racing last year, Watkins embraced the challenge of adapting to…
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Vasseur breaks down the reasons behind a tough F1 Qatar GP weekend for Ferrari
Ferrari endured one of its most difficult weekends of the season at the F1 Qatar GP, with team principal Fred Vasseur pointing to tyre pressures and early setup missteps as key reasons behind the team’s lack of competitiveness. Neither driver was able to extract consistent performance from the car across the weekend, with Charles Leclerc…
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Exclusive: “And inevitably, the winner of the championship is the guy who often has the fewest bad weekends”: Robinson on the key to Invicta’s F2 success
Invicta Racing’s rise across the 2024 and 2025 Formula 2 seasons has become one of the category’s defining success stories, with CEO Team Principal James Robinson and the Invicta F2 squad demonstrating how disciplined engineering and operational clarity can elevate even one of the grid’s smallest teams into a championship force. Despite their modest size,…
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Lindblad charges from P17 to P4 as bold strategy call transforms F2 Feature Race at Qatar GP
Arvid Lindblad salvaged his weekend at the Qatar GP with a gritty run to fourth in the F2 Feature Race. From 17th on the grid, the Campos Racing driver committed to the opposite tyre plan, bolting on the hard compound and stretching his first stint. A Safety Car in the middle of the race brought…
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Alonso “lucky in many ways” to achieve P7 in the F1 Qatar GP
Fernando Alonso is rather pleased with his F1 Qatar GP, especially as he managed to secure a strong P7 finish. The result matches his final position earned the day before during the Sprint Race, thus allowing him to bring back home a great total of eight points. Such bounty of points is incredibly helpful to…
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Formula E Testing Debrief: Porsche Formula E Team in Valencia
Porsche Formula E Team completed a strong and focused programme with the 99X Electric during testing in Valencia ahead of Season 12. The team ran through its schedule smoothly from Monday to Friday. Engineers gathered key data with Pascal Wehrlein and new teammate Nico Müller. Porsche also showcased its technology link to road cars with…
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Mekies reflects on F1 Qatar GP as Verstappen claims crucial win for Red Bull
Max Verstappen turned a difficult weekend into a crucial victory under the lights at the F1 Qatar GP. Red Bull started on the back foot, several tenths slower than McLaren on Friday. The team worked through set-up changes, closed the gap, and gave Verstappen a car he could fight with. In the race, he delivered…
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Toto Wolff blasts Red Bull as they offer apology for Antonelli facing online abuse after F1 Qatar GP
After Toto Wolff labelled Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko’s insinuation that Kimi Antonelli let Lando Norris through on purpose in the closing stages of the F1 Qatar GP as “utter nonsense”, the Milton Keynes outfit has issued an apology for the vitriol the Mercedes driver is receiving online. It appeared that Norris was going to…