Hamilton says 'worst F1 season ever' is only getting worse Lewis Hamilton's "worst season ever" in Formula 1 is spiralling into hopelessness, with the seven-time world champion left devastated again after the Vegas Grand Prix.Hamilton made up nine places relative to his starting position in the 50-lap Vegas race, but most of that was accomplished in a "pretty straightforward" opening lap, in which Hamilton "just stayed out of trouble".He only cleared the ... Read more:

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Hamilton says 'worst F1 season ever' is only getting worse

Lewis Hamilton's "worst season ever" in Formula 1 is spiralling into hopelessness

Norris and Piastri face exclusion from Vegas GP F1 results Formula 1 title rivals and McLaren team-mates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri face disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix after a skid wear problem was recorded during post-race technical inspections.Norris finished second with Piastri fourth in a race won by championship outsider Max Verstappen.Both have now been referred to the stewards after the measured thickness of the rearmost skid on... Read more:

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Norris and Piastri face exclusion from Vegas GP F1 results

McLaren Formula 1 title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are both likely to be thrown out from the Las Vegas Grand Prix results due to skid bl...

Verstappen wins Las Vegas GP as Norris closes in on 2025 F1 title Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen took victory in the 2025 edition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, but Lando Norris took another big step towards a first F1 title.Team-mate Oscar Piastri was fortunate that his McLaren withstood a potentially race-ending collision at Turn 1, but a recovery to fourth still leaves the Australian 30 points back from Norris - with Verstappen another 12 back.Norri... Read more:

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Verstappen wins Las Vegas GP as Norris closes in on 2025 F1 title

Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen took victory in the 2025 edition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, but Lando Norris took another big step tow...

F1 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix race result Max Verstappen beat Lando Norris to victory in Formula 1 2025's Las Vegas Grand Prix. Below you'll find the full race results... Max Verstappen (Red Bull) Lando Norris (McLaren) +20.7sGeorge Russell (Mercedes) +23.5sOscar Piastri (McLaren) +27.6sKimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +30.4sCharles Leclerc (Ferrari) +30.6sCarlos Sainz (Williams) +34.9sIsack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) +45.2sNico Hulkenberg (Sauber) +... Read more:

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F1 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix race result

Max Verstappen beat Lando Norris to victory in Formula 1 2025's Las Vegas Grand Prix

The 'hated' Norris weakness that could transform Vegas F1 race Lando Norris took another huge step towards the 2025 Formula 1 title with Las Vegas Grand Prix pole - but may need to overcome a major weakness, both his own and McLaren's, to make it stick.Norris soared in the wet conditions of qualifying, but performance over stints was in any case a bigger concern coming into the weekend - given McLaren was badly graining-limited in the race last year, leaving ... Read more:

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The 'hated' Norris weakness that could transform Vegas F1 race

Lando Norris secured a huge pole position for his title chances, but there's still a hidden enemy he needs to overcome to be successful in the Las ...

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix starting grid For a third race in a row, it's Lando Norris who will start from pole position at the Las Vegas Grand Prix as he looks to cement his 2025 Formula 1 championship lead.He will share the front row with Max Verstappen, one of Norris's two remaining F1 title rivals - with the other, Oscar Piastri, lining up fifth in the second McLaren.Carlos Sainz was a standout third for Williams ahead of George Russe... Read more:

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F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix starting grid

Here's where every driver will line up for the F1 2025 Las Vegas GP

Winners and losers from 2025 Las Vegas GP F1 qualifying The arrival of rain at the Las Vegas Grand Prix helped a handful of teams to some dragon-slaying heroics in qualifying - yet it was Formula 1's form driver who walked away from it all in the pound seat once again.Here's our pick of winners and losers from Friday in Las Vegas.Loser: Oscar Piastri (5th)Piastri's latest setback was a new one as ending Las Vegas qualifying only fifth fastest continued... Read more:

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Winners and losers from 2025 Las Vegas GP F1 qualifying

The arrival of rain ahead of Las Vegas GP qualifying helped a handful of teams to some dragon-slaying heroics - yet it was F1's form driver who end...

The key reasons behind Norris topping F1 2025's toughest session In terms of degree of difficulty, this was probably the trickiest Formula 1 qualifying session of the entire year so far.It had a transition from wets to inters on a super low-downforce and gripless track after precious little relevant practice running. Super-fast corners that were mere kinks in the dry but a 180mph risky handful now. Poor visibility, slippery painted road markings and solid walls... Read more:

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The key reasons behind Norris topping F1 2025's toughest session

Mark Hughes analyses the key calls that helped Lando Norris top what was probably the trickiest F1 qualifying session of the entire year so far

Mercedes avoids penalty, exonerated after 'IT security issue' Mercedes has avoided a penalty for failing to send its set-up sheets to the FIA before Las Vegas Grand Prix Formula 1 qualifying because it did send them - the problem was a computer security issue.The team was referred to the stewards by F1 technical delegate Jo Bauer on the basis that it "still had not submitted the set-up sheets" for both cars 12 minutes into the qualifying session. By this tim... Read more:

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Mercedes avoids penalty, exonerated after 'IT security issue'

Mercedes has avoided a penalty for failing to send its set-up sheets to the FIA before Las Vegas GP F1 qualifying because it did send them - the pr...

Fresh Piastri F1 title blow and odd Hadjar near-miss explained Oscar Piastri’s Formula 1 championship hopes took a further blow in Las Vegas qualifying as he wound up fifth on the grid with McLaren team-mate and points leader Lando Norris on pole. Piastri is on a poor run of form that has completely overturned the 34-point advantage he had after winning the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August. He is now 24 points behind Norris having failed to stand on the ... Read more:

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Fresh Piastri F1 title blow and odd Hadjar near-miss explained

Oscar Piastri’s title hopes took a further blow in Las Vegas qualifying as he wound up fifth while Lando Norris took pole

Hamilton's latest low in his 'hardest year' in F1 Lewis Hamilton's disastrous Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying went beyond just him backing off and not pushing for a final Q1 effort - as another disappointment compounded what he says has been his "hardest year" in Formula 1.The Ferrari driver was slowest in the first qualifying segment in Las Vegas to get dumped out of Q1 and will start Saturday's race from 20th on the grid.Much has been made of H... Read more:

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Hamilton's latest low in his 'hardest year' in F1

Lewis Hamilton's disastrous Las Vegas GP F1 qualifying went beyond just him backing off and not pushing for a final Q1 effort

Norris beats Verstappen to pole in wet Las Vegas qualifying Championship leader Lando Norris continued his momentum in the closing stages of the 2025 Formula 1 season by taking pole position for the Las Vegas Grand Prix in a wet qualifying session.The McLarens ending up 19th and 20th in FP3 appeared a deceptive result, but even so the rain that returned between final practice and qualifying appeared transformative to the team's prospects - particularly aft... Read more:

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Norris beats Verstappen to pole in wet Las Vegas qualifying

Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen to Las Vegas F1 pole with Carlos Sainz in the top three (but under investigation) and Lewis Hamilton last. Here is...

2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix Formula 1 qualifying results Lando Norris took pole position for Formula 1's 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix with a mighty final lap in wet conditions, as title rival and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri qualified down in fifth.Results1 Lando Norris (McLaren)2 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)3 Carlos Sainz (Williams)4 George Russell (Mercedes)5 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)6 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)7 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)8 Isack Hadja... Read more:

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2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix Formula 1 qualifying results

Lando Norris took pole position for Formula 1's 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix, as title rival and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri qualified down in fifth

F1 teams warned over tyre temperature tricks after two breach limit Formula 1 teams have been fired a warning shot about employing tyre temperature tricks at the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix, after some were caught with rubber that had been heated above the legal limit in final practice.The cool conditions in Las Vegas, allied to it being a track around which generating tyre temperature is difficult, means there is a premium in teams getting their tyres as hot as pos... Read more:

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F1 teams found to be breaching tyre temperature limits in Las Vegas

F1 teams have been warned about employing tyre temperature tricks at the 2025 Las Vegas GP, after some were caught with rubber that had been heated...

Russell beats Verstappen in Vegas FP3 as McLarens lap slowest of all George Russell edged Max Verstappen for the fastest time in final practice for Formula 1’s 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix, as the two McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris ended up slowest of all.Earlier rain over the Vegas strip meant the early part of this session was pretty much a total write-off, as cars slithered their way around on a cold and damp circuit, where the track temperature barely ... Read more:

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Russell beats Verstappen in Vegas FP3 as McLarens lap slowest of all

George Russell edged Max Verstappen for the fastest time in final practice for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, as the two McLarens were slowest

Huge decisions in Massa's F1 'conspiracy' case explained Felipe Massa can proceed with parts of his £64million legal action over the “conspiracy” he alleges denied him the 2008 F1 title, as both sides claim a key legal ruling as a victory.Massa argues he is the “victim of skullduggery” following Renault’s Crashgate scandal in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix and an alleged subsequent Bernie Ecclestone-Max Mosley cover-up to keep the truth under wraps until... Read more:

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Huge decisions in Massa's F1 'conspiracy' case explained

Felipe Massa can proceed with parts of his £64million legal action over the “conspiracy” he alleges denied him the 2008 F1 title - here's what...

FIA admits to 'weakness' in F1 cost cap rules that Red Bull exploited The FIA has conceded that a “weakness” in the Formula 1 regulations leaves the door open for teams to make power unit changes without cost cap consequences.The issue of whether teams must pay for engine swaps if they opt for one for performance reasons erupted after the Brazilian Grand Prix.McLaren suggested that it wanted answers as to whether Red Bull’s decision to fit a fresh engine in Max Vers... Read more:

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FIA admits to 'weakness' in F1 cost cap rules that Red Bull exploited

The FIA has conceded that a “weakness” in the Formula 1 regulations leaves the door open for teams to make a key change without cost cap conseq...

Mark Hughes: Making sense of near-unreadable Vegas practice No long running in FP2 and a big mixture between drivers who got a low-fuel lap in on the soft tyre and those who didn't: that made reading the form on the first day of running at Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix extremely tentative.We can probably say that the top four teams are closely-matched and that the Alpine and Williams seem to be relatively competitive on this combination of low grip and ... Read more:

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What we can learn from a near-unreadable Vegas practice

Only a handful of drivers getting low-fuel laps in on the soft tyre means the FP2 order at the Las Vegas GP has to be taken with a pinch of salt. M...

Wolff's $300million Mercedes stake sale - what you need to know The $300million deal Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Wolff has done with CrowdStrike CEO and founder George Kurtz for part of his stake in the squad certainly delivers the kind of financial security that makes a good retirement.But this is not Wolff cashing out and commencing an F1 exit plan. Retirement is far from his thoughts right now.Instead, the sale of a stake in his Mercedes interests is more ... Read more:

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Wolff's $300million Mercedes stake sale - what you need to know

Toto Wolff's $300million deal to sell part of his Mercedes F1 team stake isn't step one of an exit plan, despite how it might look

Not 'F2 pace' - FIA hits back at latest 2026 F1 fear FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis has torpedoed claims that the all-new 2026 Formula 1 cars will be much closer in performance to current F2 machinery. Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar suggested on Wednesday in Las Vegas that, based on his experience in the driver-in-loop simulator, the 2026 cars are "closer to an F2", clarifying he meant "car performance wise".But the FIA's laptime simu... Read more:

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Not 'F2 pace' - FIA hits back at latest 2026 F1 fear

FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis has torpedoed claims that the all-new 2026 Formula 1 cars will be much closer in performance to current...