F1 | Verstappen storms to victory in thrilling Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix ahead of Norris and Piastri

Max Verstappen has surged to an impressive second victory of the season at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the Dutchman having snatched P1 at the start before holding his position ahead of the McLaren pair in an eventful afternoon that featured Virtual Safety Car and full Safety Car phases.

The race got underway in exciting fashion as polesitter Oscar Piastri initially launched well off the line – only for Verstappen to make a stunning overtake through the Tamburello chicane, resulting in the World Champion going on to build a lead in the laps that followed. –read more–

F1 | Piastri beats Verstappen and Russell to pole in dramatic Imola Qualifying session

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri charged to pole position for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at the end of a dramatic, incident-filled Qualifying session in Imola, narrowly getting the better of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ George Russell.

Verstappen had led the way after the opening Q3 runs but Piastri turned the tables with his final lap to the chequered flag – a stunning effort of 1m 14.670s putting the championship leader three-hundredths up on his Dutch rival.  –read more–

F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix?

After a flurry of flyaway races to kick off the 2025 season, Formula 1 heads to Europe this weekend for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari – otherwise known as Imola.

F1 tyre suppliers Pirelli have chosen the softest trio of compounds in their range to take on the classic, 19-turn circuit, naming the all-new C6 as the soft, the C5 as the medium and the C4 as the hard.  –read more–

The usual suspects.

F1| Piastri wins from Norris and Russell as McLaren seal commanding 1-2 in Miami Grand Prix

Oscar Piastri has strengthened his lead in the World Championship by clinching his fourth victory of the season at the Miami Grand Prix, the Australian leading home team mate Lando Norris to seal a dominant 1-2 for McLaren.

While Max Verstappen initially led away from pole, a battle with Norris saw the Briton run wide and drop down the order – letting Kimi Antonelli and Piastri through in the process. But as the laps ticked down – and Piastri overtook the Mercedes – Verstappen soon found himself under increasing pressure from the championship leader.  –read more–

F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Miami Grand Prix?

The Pirelli choices for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix 2025.

The 2025 Formula 1 season continues at pace this weekend with the Miami Grand Prix, as the Sprint makes its second appearance of the campaign – but which compounds have tyre supplier Pirelli provided for the event at the Miami International Autodrome?

As was the case last time out in Saudi Arabia, the Italian company have chosen the C3 as the hard compound (marked white), the C4 as the medium (marked yellow) and the C5 as the soft (marked red), one step softer than those used during last year’s visit to Miami.

The Pirelli choices for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix 2025.

Blue (Full Wets)

Intermediates (Green)

F1 | Piastri clinches victory in Saudi Arabia from Verstappen and Leclerc as McLaren driver becomes new championship leader

Oscar Piastri has picked up his third win of the season with an assured drive to victory in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the Australian

becoming the new Drivers’ Championship leader in the process.

There was early drama as the race got underway at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, with polesitter Max Verstappen and second-placed Piastri going wheel-to-wheel before Verstappen cut the apex into the first corner.  –read more–

Race Highlights | 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix?

As the first triple header of the 2025 season heads towards its conclusion, F1 arrives in Jeddah for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but which compounds have tyre supplier Pirelli provided for the three days of action?

While the ranges brought to each of the first four races were the same as last year, this weekend Pirelli have gone one step softer, meaning that the C3 will act as the hard, the C4 as the medium and the C5 as the soft.  –read more–

F1 | Piastri storms to controlled victory in Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of Russell and Norris

Oscar Piastri has become the first multiple race winner of the 2025 season by taking a sublime victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix, the Australian driver putting in a cool and collected drive to seal P1 on his 50th start in F1 as well as marking McLaren’s first triumph in Sakhir.

After making a strong start from pole position – despite a close call from George Russell when the Mercedes driver locked up into Turn 1 – Piastri built a solid lead throughout the laps that followed. –read more–

F1 | Piastri beats Russell and Leclerc to pole position during Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri grabbed pole position during Qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix, getting the better of Mercedes rival George Russell and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in a thrilling conclusion – with team mate Lando Norris only sixth.

Practice pace-setters McLaren had been in control through the Q1 and Q2 phases but had to work hard to remain at the top of the timesheets in Q3 – Piastri’s final 1m 29.841s lap putting him a couple of tenths up on Russell.  –read more–

F1| What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix?

Tyres for Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

Bahrain plays host to the fourth round of the calendar, and the middle race of the first triple header of the campaign. The teams have already been at the Bahrain International Circuit this season, for three days of testing in late February.

There, they could run any of Pirelli’s tyre compounds. But this time around, the Italian manufacturer has given them the C1 (hard), C2 (medium) and C3 (soft) compounds – the same as the teams had to work with in Japan last weekend.  –read more–

Blue: (Full Wets) (actively raining; the entire track is wet) Green: (Intermediates) (wet and dry patches over the entire track); White (slicks): (hardest; longest lasting; degrads the slowest) Yellow (slicks) :(medium) Red (slicks): (softest; degrads the quickest)