Carlos Sainz was among four drivers who made testing debuts for their new teams for F1 2025 with the end-of-season Abu Dhabi test wrapping up the year’s track action on Tuesday. The one-day test features all 10 teams running two cars, one for experienced drivers to conduct Pirelli tyre testing and the other for inexperienced … Read more
Red Bull chiefs are poised to hold talks over Sergio Perez’s future amid a growing expectation that the Mexican will be replaced at the team for 2025. Although Perez was handed a two-year contract extension in June for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, the 34-year-old has struggled badly for results since then and scored just … Read more
Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris as McLaren continued their dominance in final practice ahead of Qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Piastri was nearly two-tenths quicker than Norris, with Lewis Hamilton in third on his final race weekend for Mercedes but 0.390s off the pace which underlined McLaren’s advantage. McLaren have one hand on … Read more
Lewis Hamilton is hopeful Mercedes are “in the mix” at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he admitted the start of his final weekend for the Silver Arrows felt “very surreal”. Hamilton finished fifth-fastest in Friday’s representative second practice session under the Yas Marina floodlights, fractionally behind Carlos Sainz in the lead Ferrari although … Read more