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The attribute that makes Antonelli special to Mercedes
The youngest of Formula 1's rookie class, Andrea Kimi Antonelli is facing the daunting task of replacing Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, but the team is confident some of the attributes that made him stand out in karting will help him ease into the seat.
Born in 2006, the year Fernando Alonso won his second world championship, Antonelli will be F1's youngest driver on the 2025 grid after being ...Keep reading
Born in 2006, the year Fernando Alonso won his second world championship, Antonelli will be F1's youngest driver on the 2025 grid after being ...Keep reading
Manthey expands to third Porsche in DTM 2025 as Schuring joins
Manthey Racing has announced that it will expand its presence in the DTM this year by fielding a third example of the Porsche 911 GT3 R.
The team, partly owned by Porsche itself, has signed Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Morris Schuring to partner incumbents Thomas Preining and Ayanchan Guven in the German GT3 category.
Schuring, who raced for the squad in the WEC’s new LMGT3 class last ...Keep reading
The team, partly owned by Porsche itself, has signed Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Morris Schuring to partner incumbents Thomas Preining and Ayanchan Guven in the German GT3 category.
Schuring, who raced for the squad in the WEC’s new LMGT3 class last ...Keep reading
The five big takeaways from the WRC Rally Monte Carlo
The 2025 World Rally Championship season is well and truly underway with last weekend’s season opener in Monte Carlo already offering a glimpse into what lies ahead.
There is always an air of excitement and anticipation before the start of a new season, and last week the levels were raised given the unpredictability as to who would adapt to the new 2025 regulations the best.
‘Monte ...Keep reading
There is always an air of excitement and anticipation before the start of a new season, and last week the levels were raised given the unpredictability as to who would adapt to the new 2025 regulations the best.
‘Monte ...Keep reading
TEENAGE DREAMS: The 10 youngest drivers to race in F1 – and how they all fared – as Antonelli gets set for his debut
Kimi Antonelli will become the third-youngest driver in F1 history when he represents Mercedes at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, aged 18 years, six months and 19 days old. But who currently makes the top 10 in the sport’s all-time list and what happened after their respective debut weekends? F1.com has the answers…
WATCH: From Schumacher’s supporting role to Perez being a ‘legend’ – 10 times F1 drivers were amazing team mates
Every F1 driver wants to win – but many have also proven themselves to be solid team players when it comes to supporting their team mate on the track.
New team mates Hamilton and Leclerc combine to reveal Ferrari’s 2025 race suits
Ferrari have shown off their race suits for the 2025 Formula 1 season, with new team mates Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc combining in a special promotional video.
F1 Exhibition races into Buenos Aires for South American debut
The award-winning Formula 1 Exhibition will make its South American debut as Buenos Aires is named the inaugural city in the region to host the critically acclaimed show, and the first stop on a wider South American tour.
Corey LaJoie will attempt the Daytona 500 — and take on a new broadcast role, too
After much speculation and intrigue, Corey LaJoie has finally revealed his 2025 plans. LaJoie joins an impressive list of open entries who will attempt to make the 67th running of the Daytona 500 next month — part of a partial season schedule he’ll drive with Rick Ware Racing.
Lajoie has run eight straight at Daytona (with a fourth-place finish last year), though this will mark the first ...Keep reading
Lajoie has run eight straight at Daytona (with a fourth-place finish last year), though this will mark the first ...Keep reading
Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy students to be unveiled at Autosport Awards
Williams team principal James Vowles will take to the stage at the Autosport Awards later this month to showcase the 10 candidates who have been selected as the first cohort of the Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy.
The programme was launched last season, with the aim of attracting new and previously untapped talent from around the world.
A launch event was staged on the rooftop of the ...Keep reading
The programme was launched last season, with the aim of attracting new and previously untapped talent from around the world.
A launch event was staged on the rooftop of the ...Keep reading
Newey expects F1 2026 to be engine-dominated
Adrian Newey thinks Formula 1's all-new technical regulations for 2026 may well lead to an engine-dominated series for the first few seasons, drawing parallels with 2014.
Newey, who will join the Aston Martin team as managing technical partner in March, believes there is a "big chance" one of the engine manufacturers designing the more hybrid-oriented power units will steal a march on the rest ...Keep reading
Newey, who will join the Aston Martin team as managing technical partner in March, believes there is a "big chance" one of the engine manufacturers designing the more hybrid-oriented power units will steal a march on the rest ...Keep reading
Mercedes announce car reveal date for 2025 challenger
Mercedes have confirmed that their 2025 F1 car will be revealed to the world on February 24, just a few days after the team unveil their livery during the inaugural season launch event at London’s The O2.
Mercedes reveals F1 2025 car launch date
Mercedes will unveil its 2025 Formula 1 car on 24 February, two days before pre-season testing commences in Bahrain.
The W16 will be the team's first car since the 2012 W03 not to be raced by Lewis Hamilton, as it prepares for a season with its new line-up of George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Motorsport.com had previously reported that the Brackley-based outfit would not be ...Keep reading
The W16 will be the team's first car since the 2012 W03 not to be raced by Lewis Hamilton, as it prepares for a season with its new line-up of George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Motorsport.com had previously reported that the Brackley-based outfit would not be ...Keep reading
When and where is Hamilton testing with Ferrari next?
Lewis Hamilton is set to continue his acclimatisation to the Ferrari Formula 1 team at Barcelona over the next 10 days, with five days' worth of testing on the agenda for the Scuderia.
First, Ferrari will run a three-day test from 28-30 January with the SF-23 from the 2023 season, making the most of FIA's new, more restrictive sporting regulations regarding 'Testing of Previous Cars' by F1 ...Keep reading
First, Ferrari will run a three-day test from 28-30 January with the SF-23 from the 2023 season, making the most of FIA's new, more restrictive sporting regulations regarding 'Testing of Previous Cars' by F1 ...Keep reading
Alpine becomes Pramac's main partner in MotoGP
Alpine has confirmed it will team up with the Pramac MotoGP squad for the 2025 season, becoming the Italian outfit’s "main partner".
As revealed by Motorsport.com in December last year, the French marque will join forces with Pramac, which won the 2024 MotoGP riders' championship with Jorge Martin. It meant that Pramac became the first independent team to achieve the feat since 2001 ...Keep reading
As revealed by Motorsport.com in December last year, the French marque will join forces with Pramac, which won the 2024 MotoGP riders' championship with Jorge Martin. It meant that Pramac became the first independent team to achieve the feat since 2001 ...Keep reading
Rovanpera: Difficult WRC Monte Carlo opener “not a total disaster"
Kalle Rovanpera described his recovery to fourth in Monte Carlo as “not a total disaster” for the start of his pursuit of a third World Rally Championship title.
Rovanpera has openly admitted that Monte Carlo is not among the events that suit him, but last weekend he struggled to perform to his own high standards on Hankook's slick tyre.
The Finn found himself sitting in sixth on ...Keep reading
Rovanpera has openly admitted that Monte Carlo is not among the events that suit him, but last weekend he struggled to perform to his own high standards on Hankook's slick tyre.
The Finn found himself sitting in sixth on ...Keep reading
Why Red Bull remains skeptical about its F1 development tools
Between the ever-finer margins separating the Formula 1 grid and relying on an older wind tunnel, Red Bull knows it is not out of the woods yet as it tackles its development issues.
To some degree Red Bull's car balance problems that helped derail its 2024 constructors' title bid coincided with correlation issues, with the team struggling to get the real world results to match up with the data ...Keep reading
To some degree Red Bull's car balance problems that helped derail its 2024 constructors' title bid coincided with correlation issues, with the team struggling to get the real world results to match up with the data ...Keep reading
Top 10: Ranking the best GP2 non-champions
The official start date of the Formula 2 championship is 2017, but the principal training category of future F1 drivers can be considered a continuation of the GP2 Series that ran between 2005 and 2016. After all, F2's first modern champion Charles Leclerc was crowned after a season in the Dallara GP2/11 that had been used in the previous six seasons of GP2.
Of GP2's 12 champions, Lewis ...Keep reading
Of GP2's 12 champions, Lewis ...Keep reading
Marquez: It's “dangerous” to think Ducati will keep dominating MotoGP
New Ducati signing Marc Marquez believes it will be “dangerous” to assume the Borgo Panigale marque will remain the benchmark in MotoGP for 2025 and beyond.
The Italian outfit had been making major strides since the latter part of last decade, but it was only after the arrival of Francesco Bagnaia in the factory team for 2021 that it became the powerhouse that it is today.
Bagnaia won ...Keep reading
The Italian outfit had been making major strides since the latter part of last decade, but it was only after the arrival of Francesco Bagnaia in the factory team for 2021 that it became the powerhouse that it is today.
Bagnaia won ...Keep reading
Nick Tandy: The maestro of 24-hour sportscar racing
Yesterday, Nick Tandy was already one of the most decorated sports car drivers of all time. Today, he’s done something no one else has; won the Le Mans 24, Nürburgring 24, Spa 24 and now, the Rolex 24 at Daytona overall.
The 40-year-old Briton joined the full-time IMSA WeatherTech season pairing of Felipe Nasr and Laurens Vanthoor in the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 GTP for this ...Keep reading
The 40-year-old Briton joined the full-time IMSA WeatherTech season pairing of Felipe Nasr and Laurens Vanthoor in the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 GTP for this ...Keep reading
Solberg handed penalty for drifting on Monaco GP circuit during WRC opener
Oliver Solberg has been issued a five-minute penalty for "exhibition driving" at the Monaco Grand Prix circuit’s Fairmont Hairpin on his way to parc ferme at the Monte Carlo Rally.
Last year’s WRC2 title runner-up was caught drifting around the famous turn, which is part of one of the rally’s road sections. The offence occurred following the conclusion of the final podium at the World ...Keep reading
Last year’s WRC2 title runner-up was caught drifting around the famous turn, which is part of one of the rally’s road sections. The offence occurred following the conclusion of the final podium at the World ...Keep reading
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