Back-to-back victories for the first time since early July have ignited Lando Norris’s championship hopes. But it was another miserable day for McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri that has truly swung the title race in Norris’s favour. 🔗 theathletic.com/6791965/?sou...

Lando Norris has won the 2025 Brazilian GP 🇧🇷

🟠 Lando Norris will be on pole for tomorrow's Brazil sprint.

McLaren is willing to risk losing the drivers’ championship to Max Verstappen by sticking to its racing principles instead of “playing favourites” between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. More from @lukesmithf1.bsky.social

🇧🇷 First Brazilian F1 driver to race at home since 2017 🏆 A junior career CV to match Piastri, Russell and Leclerc 🔮 What his manager and racing rival, Fernando Alonso, saw in his future @madelinecoleman.bsky.social interviews rookie sensation Gabriel Bortoleto.

After the Singapore GP last month, Carlos Sainz said there was too much focus from the TV broadcast on “famous people and girlfriends.” Last week, F1 opened up its Media and Technology Center, to offer a glimpse of how such productions come together. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...

EXCL: Aston Martin launches a collaboration with the Pixar film, Toy Story. Thirty years since the movie that resonated across generations hit the big screen, the focus of the collaboration is on the overlapping theme of teamwork. ✍️ @madelinecoleman.bsky.social ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...

There will be a new team in Formula 1 next year for the first time since 2016. But, unlike Haas, Cadillac is manufacturing its car completely in-house. This required a leap of faith. ✍️ @lukesmithf1.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6760448/?sou...

Formula 1’s VIP joyrides are booming, and Circuit Of The Americas is building an Augusta-style private club for 2027. But what about regular fans who want to experience what F1 drivers feel? COTA may have a solution for that. ✍️ @lukesmithf1.bsky.social 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

The FIA has confirmed there were no spending breaches of Formula One’s cost cap through the 2024 season after completing its review of the entire grid. Full story from @lukesmithf1.bsky.social ⬇️

Everyone's been talking about Max Verstappen's comeback and Oscar Piastri's form. Meanwhile, Lando Norris quietly closed the gap and now leads the championship for the first time since April — one point ahead of Piastri with four races left. He dominated in Mexico, winning by 30 seconds.

Everything was finally coming together for Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari. Third in qualifying. A podium finally in sight. Then a controversial penalty at Turn 4 sent him from third to 14th. The rollercoaster continues. 📝 @lukesmithf1.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6752656/?sou...

Lando Norris delivered a commanding performance at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, converting pole position into an easy victory that handed him the championship lead for the first time since April by a single point. 🔗 theathletic.com/6751859/?sou...

Lando Norris wins the Mexico Grand Prix - McLaren's first win in Mexico since 1989. Charles Leclerc held off Max Verstappen - via the help of a virtual safety car with two laps left - to finish second. Oliver Bearman finishes P4 — his best ever result, and it equals Haas’ best too.

🗣️ “That’s bulls***!” Lewis Hamilton wasn't happy with his 10-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage at Turn 4... There's no further action over the Hamilton-Verstappen collision at Turn 1, nor Max Verstappen going off the track and gaining an advantage at Turn 3.

It's lights out in Mexico City and Max Verstappen runs wide at turn one! George Russell is on the radio asking for Verstappen to give up P4, which is where he’s returned to the track after running wide and basically avoiding the opening corners.

Turn 1 at the U.S. Grand Prix is something rare in modern Formula 1: A general admission area packed with fans that feels essential rather than an afterthought. In 2027, a luxury club will rise above it — literally. For now, COTA embodies F1's balancing act. ✍️ @eyeversehen.bsky.social

Aston Martin has committed a minor procedural breach in its compliance with the 2024 Formula One cost cap. The news comes during an unprecedented wait for the FIA to publish its findings on the entire grid. More from @lukesmithf1.bsky.social ⬇️

Red Bull Formula One team boss Laurent Mekies has signaled an end to “silly games” with rival McLaren, saying these “got out of hand” in efforts to remove tape from Lando Norris’ race start grid spots. 📝 @lukesmithf1.bsky.social and @madelinecoleman.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6746249/?sou...

This summer, Max Verstappen was 104 points behind Oscar Piastri for the F1 championship. That gap is down to just 40. Verstappen's surge has transformed what looked like a done deal into a potential three-way title fight. 📝 @lukesmithf1.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6738436/?sou...

When Graeme Lowdon walks into the Formula One paddock next season, he’ll be running an F1 operation from the pit wall for the first time in nearly a decade. With Cadillac, he will have resources his old outfit, Manor Marussia, could only dream of. It’s a different challenge entirely.

Red Bull has been fined €50,000 ($58,279; £43,419) after a team member tried removing a piece of tape from McLaren driver Lando Norris’s grid slot ahead of Sunday’s United States Grand Prix. More from @lukesmithf1.bsky.social ⤵️ 🔗 theathletic.com/6733578/?sou...

Charles Leclerc helped Ferrari to a fine podium finish in the 2025 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, but that was a long way from their win here a year ago. Leclerc battled well with McLaren's Lando Norris, but the SF-25 doesn't look anything like a regular frontrunner. 📝 @madelinecoleman.bsky.social

Oscar Piastri has led the 2025 F1 championship since April. Leaving Zandvoort at August's end, he had a 34-point gap to Lando Norris and 104 over Max Verstappen. Now, after another poor weekend for Piastri, both have caught up significantly, with Verstappen suddenly just 40 points back in third.

Max Verstappen wins the United States Grand Prix. It wraps up a dominant weekend for the four-time world champion, who closes the gap to Oscar Piastri in the championship lead to just 40 points.

Max Verstappen retains the lead, whilst Charles Leclerc moves past Lando Norris into second on lap one. Follow the rest of the 2025 United States Grand Prix with our blog ⤵️ 🔗 bit.ly/4o3QmeA

Max Verstappen had a perfect Saturday in Austin. McLaren had a nightmare. Verstappen is now a serious contender with five races left — and McLaren should be worried. 📝 @lukesmithf1.bsky.social

After pole and a win in the sprint, Max Verstappen is on pole for Sunday's United States GP.

Max Verstappen won the 2025 United States Grand Prix sprint race, which featured a nightmare start for McLaren, as both its drivers crashed out at Turn 1. More from @madelinecoleman.bsky.social

F1 got a bigger check from Apple. But did it make the right choice? Apple's MLS deal hasn't generated buzz, and it's MLB Friday games are widely disliked. Apple won't share viewership numbers its sports broadcasts - not usually a good sign.

George Russell has been one of F1’s top performers this season. Despite having, at times, only the fourth-fastest car on the grid, he’s managed to snare two race wins in a year largely dominated by McLaren and Red Bull. 🔗 theathletic.com/6722538/?sou...

George Russell has secured a Formula One contract extension with Mercedes. @lukesmithf1.bsky.social: "In 2025, he’s hit another level, picking up big results in a year where the McLarens and Verstappen’s Red Bull have drawn much of the attention."

𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀—. Fred Vasseur knew the Ferrari job came with glory 𝙖𝙣𝙙 heat. He speaks with @lukesmithf1.bsky.social about the truth behind Ferrari's tough 2025 — and why he's confident next year will be better.

Carlos Sainz has criticised the sport’s broadcast coverage during the Singapore Grand Prix for missing key race action and focusing on “famous people and girlfriends”. More from @alirampling.bsky.social ⤵️ 🔗 theathletic.com/6700165/?sou...

"Everybody seemed to be converging. Then McLaren came and basically destroyed everybody." - Charles Leclerc In the final year of a regulation cycle, when the pack should've been closest, McLaren went the other way: taking design risks that put them on a different planet. @lukesmithf1.bsky.social

McLaren clinched the F1 constructors' championship with six races still to go. The numbers are absurd: ▪️ 12 wins ▪️ 28 podiums ▪️ 55 percent of all laps led this season It might be the most dominant F1 season under current regulations. ✍️ @madelinecoleman.bsky.social

▪️ A superb win for Russell who ‘does everything’ again for Mercedes ▪️ McLaren’s big moment comes ▪️ Red Bull's revival continues but Verstappen needed more ▪️ Antonelli’s good form continues Instant analysis of what went down in Marina Bay from @lukesmithf1.bsky.social & @madelinecoleman.bsky.social

Lando Norris' third-place finish means McLaren have won consecutive constructor championships. It's their 10th title in total.

🚨 George Russell wins the Singapore Grand Prix!

We're all set for lights out in Singapore - George Russell on pole, Max Verstappen alongside him on the front row. Could be a very interesting race! Live updates on @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

Max Verstappen was not happy after Lando Norris seemed to keep him from qualifying on pole in Singapore. But the fact he was a pole threat at all shows just how far Red Bull have come from their summer doldrums. 📝 @lukesmithf1.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6689319/?sou...

George Russell secured pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, the seventh of his career and first since June’s Canadian Grand Prix which he won. Max Verstappen, strengthening his credentials as a title threat, was second with championship leader Oscar Piastri third.

Formula 1's current engines are the most efficient on the planet. They've helped deliver a decade of competitive racing. So why is F1 scrapping them in 2026? Business and politics. @nauckas.bsky.social on F1's latest reinvention, and the compromise at its heart. 🔗 bit.ly/4nUFLlB

Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina was F1's very first world champion in 1950. The New York Times called him “a speed-loving Italian doctor.” His peers had very different words for him. The sport's inaugural champion remains one of its most complicated figures. ✍️ @lukesmithf1.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4pWXBGH

Roscoe, the English Bulldog who became famous for his constant companionship with Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, died on Sunday 💔

Alpine's 2026 driver decision looms. Franco Colapinto was meant to make that easier after replacing Jack Doohan. But 11 races later, Alpine is no closer to knowing who partners Pierre Gasly next season. 📝 @madelinecoleman.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6671939/?sou...

🍝 Kitchens as big as four football pitches 🥗 100,000 meals in a weekend 🦞 Up to 3,000 lobsters per day Feeding F1's VIPs is no easy task. But one man, Attila Dogudan, has created a small empire out of it after a life-changing phone call 33 years ago... ✍️ @lukesmithf1.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4mzFsvA

Romain Grosjean will make his return to the cockpit of a Formula One car by taking part in a test day with his former team, Haas, in Italy on Friday. The outing comes almost five years after Grosjean sustained severe injuries in an accident at the start of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Carlos Sainz took a big gamble on joining Williams when he left Ferrari. Through most of 2025, bad luck and incidents have plagued his Sundays. But finally, a breakthrough in Baku: Sainz delivered Williams' first podium for four years. ✍️ @madelinecoleman.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4nm3rjc

Red Bull has announced it has finalized an agreement with Christian Horner over the termination of his contract, after his exit as its Formula One team principal and CEO in July. ✍️ @lukesmithf1.bsky.social and @nauckas.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6651258/?sou...