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The winners and losers from F1's 2025 Miami GP

There was real dominance from McLaren once more on F1's fourth visit to Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, with Oscar Piastri comfortably grabbing his fourth win in six races. Williams enjoyed its day in the sun, too, while questions will be asked at Red Bull and Ferrari over their lacklustre race…

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F1 Abu Dhabi GP: McLaren clinches constructors' title as Norris wins race

Lando Norris won Formula 1’s 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to secure McLaren’s first constructors’ championship since 1998, with Carlos Sainz second for defeated Ferrari after Max Verstappen collided into Oscar Piastri.

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F1 Abu Dhabi GP: Norris victory wraps up McLaren constructors' title

Lando Norris won the Formula 1 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to secure McLaren’s first constructors’ championship since 1998, with Carlos Sainz second for Ferrari after Max Verstappen hit Oscar Piastri.

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How Vermont (and Travis Pastrana) Saved The Legacy of Japan’s Greatest Rally Team: Part 2

In 2000, at the age of 16, Travis Pastrana was already one of the most accomplished motorcyclists on Earth. He won the World Freestyle Motocross Championship in 1997 at the age of just 14, and would continue winning that championship every year through 2003. He’d won freestyle motocross gold at…

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How Vermont Saved the Legacy of Japan's Greatest Rally Team: Part 1

We know Vermonters love their Subarus. 11.3% of new cars sold in the state are a Subaru—vastly more than the company’s nationwide share of sales, which hovers around 1%. But the state’s ties to Subaru run deeper than Foresters parked in quaint little driveways. In the forested hills outside Burlington,…

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F1 Brazilian GP: Norris wins sprint after McLaren team orders - Verstappen fourth with penalty

Lando Norris was waved by team-mate Oscar Piastri to win Formula 1’s 2024 Brazil sprint race, with the second McLaren saved from a Max Verstappen attack by a late virtual safety car.

Autosport

Verstappen handed warning for VSC incident in Azerbaijan GP

Max Verstappen has avoided punishment for overtaking under a virtual safety car after the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

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Luck or judgement? How O'Sullivan pulled off a Monaco miracle

If you qualify poorly in Monaco, you will finish in a lowly position unless there is some kind of safety car or weather-related chaos. This is the generally accepted way of things around the streets of the Principality.

Autosport

F2 Monaco: Inspired strategy, VSC gifts O'Sullivan surprise feature victory

O’Sullivan vaulted up the order having started from 15th on the grid after a late incident involving Zane Maloney and Joshua Durksen flipped the script.

Autosport

How To Build A Rally Car

Start with a rulebook, a WRX, and one of the most influential and successful shops in the history of rally.

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F2 Australia: Hadjar scores feature race win as Hauger crashes out

Having lost a win in Saturday’s opener to a post-race penalty, Campos driver Hadjar got redemption in the 33-lap contest on Sunday as he took the chequered flag by 4.4s from Paul Aron.

Autosport

F1 safety car: What is it and how does it work?

The Formula 1 safety car is an important part of a race and can be frequently seen if there is a crash or an incident on the track.

Motorsport

Macau GP: Browning wins after race stopped by fiery crash

Browning proved supreme at both the original start and the late safety car restart, following a red flag for Aron’s incident, to stamp his authority on a race in which the Hitech driver never really looked properly threatened.

Motorsport

F1 safety car: What is the safety car and how does it work?

The Formula 1 safety car is an important part of a race and can be frequently seen if there is a crash or an incident on the track. There are two types of safety car, including a physical car on the track or a virtual safety car (VSC), which can…

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Norris ‘swearing’ in helmet over costly F1 Japan Perez VSC confusion

The McLaren driver was around five seconds behind race-leader Max Verstappen early in the race when the VSC was called out because of debris on the track after Perez had collided with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen.

Motorsport

F1 strategy explained: What’s an undercut, overcut, a DRS train and more

Strategy is a major talking point of an F1 grand prix weekend, with teams formulating initial plans well in advance of arriving at the track.

Autosport

10 things we learned from the 2023 F1 Austrian Grand Prix

On-track, the 2023 edition of the Austrian Grand Prix offered plenty of wheel-to-wheel action, arguably yielding one of the more exciting Formula 1 races of the year.

Autosport

F1 strategy explained: What’s an undercut, overcut, a DRS train and more

Strategy is a major talking point of an F1 grand prix weekend, with teams formulating initial plans well in advance of arriving at the track.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Rules are the key DNA of F1’: Wolff calls for clarity after Australian GP chaos

The Mercedes team principal was unhappy that the race was stopped three times, saying: ‘We need to define what is a safety car, a VSC and a red flag’

Autosport

F2 Saudi Arabia: Vesti wins dramatic feature race after rivals spin out

The Prema driver lined up sixth, making up two places on the first two laps before closing on the leading trio of Ollie Bearman, Victor Martins and Jack Doohan.

Motorsport

F2 Saudi Arabia: Vesti takes victory as rivals spin out

The Prema driver lined up sixth, making up two places on the two laps before closing on the leading trio of Ollie Bearman, Victor Martins and Jack Doohan.

Autosport

Tsunoda VSC ruined six-lap shootout for Dutch GP win, says Mercedes

Mercedes believes Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen would have faced a six-lap shootout for victory at Zandvoort had it not been for the Virtual Safety Car period.

Motorsport

VSC ruined six-lap shootout for Dutch GP win, says Mercedes

Mercedes believes Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen would have faced a six-lap shootout for victory at Zandvoort had it not been for the Virtual Safety Car period.

Sports Illustrated

Verstappen Takes F1 Dutch GP As Mercedes, Ferrari Face Questions

The Dutchman pushed his way to a 10th victory of the season while the Silver Arrows took a questionable gamble and the Prancing Horse lacked pace.

Autosport

"Totally wrong" VSC message interfered in French GP result - Perez

Red Bull's Sergio Perez says he lost third place in the Formula 1 French Grand Prix due to a 'totally wrong' message regarding the ending of the virtual safety car.

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