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Round-up: Piastri triggers TV rights race, Verstappen tests GT Ferrari and more

5 days ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday!Happy birthday to Julian Castaldi!On this day in motorsportNico Rosberg closed within 20 points of team mate Lewis Hamilton by winning in Spain today in 2015Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free
Helmet Senna wore in 1992 sells for record-breaking £720,000

6 days ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

A helmet worn by Ayrton Senna during his final season driving for McLaren-Honda has sold for almost three-quarters of a million pounds. The Shoei helmet was sold at an auction which also featured dozens of items previously owned by the 1992 world champion, Nigel Mansell. Auction house RM Sotheby’s confirmed the helmet, sold at its Shift Online: Europe and Middle East sale, achieved the highest price ever for an F1 helmet.
Round-up: Ferrari expect Spanish GP 'reset', ex-Alpine boss's brother arrested and more

6 days ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

Welcome to Friday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday to kbc, taurus and JerichoKane!15 years ago today Mark Webber won the Spanish Grand Prix while Lewis Hamilton crashed out due to a wheel failure late in the raceBorn on this day in 1951: Formula 1 designer Gary Anderson, whose cars included the Jordan 191 Michael Schumacher made his debut in10 years ago today Esteban Ocon won the first race of the new GP3 (now FIA Formula 3) season.
Albon did not disobey team orders in Miami says Vowles after Sainz's complaint

6 days ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

Williams team principal James Vowles explained the confusion which prompted Carlos Sainz Jnr’s critical radio messages after the Miami Grand Prix. Sainz believed his team mate Alexander Albon overtook him when he had been ordered not to during the race. Albon went on to finish fifth, Sainz ninth. “You told me he’s been told,” Sainz said to race engineer Gaetan Jego after Albon passed him.
McLaren score their most emphatic win since Hamilton's 2008 Silverstone triumph

1 week ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

McLaren domination is starting to look like Oscar Piastri domination as he scored his fourth win in the last five grands prix in Miami. Had it not been for an unfortunately-timed Virtual Safety Car, he would have won the sprint race too. Piastri’s grand prix victory was his third in a row. He is the only driver besides Max Verstappen to have won three consecutive grands prix since 2021. With Lando Norris following him home in second place, this was McLaren’s second one-two finish of the year.
Mercedes bringing "more obvious" upgrades for next races · F1 · RaceFans

1 week ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

Mercedes will step up their upgrade programme over the coming races after making their best start to a season in four years. The team lies second in the constructors’ championship, albeit already over 100 points behind leaders McLaren. According to the FIA’s documentation, Mercedes brought their first upgrade of the season at the Miami Grand Prix last weekend. The team’s chief technical officer James Allison indicated there had been other changes to their car since the start of the year.
Round-up: Bottas seeking 2026 F1 return, Correa joins F2 rival Hauger in Indy Nxt and more

1 week ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and linksBottas is in talks to return to Formula 1 in 2026 (Top Gear)'what I feel like I need is a clear project. And I think it’s a good example with a new team, that would be quite refreshing, when you can really start from scratch. But at the same time, if a place opens up in a car that you can fight for good points or even podiums or wins, then of course I would be happy to.'Kimi or Andrea?
No truth to claims Oakes resigned over disagreement - Briatore

1 week ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

Alpine executive consultant Flavio Briatore has insisted Oliver Oakes’ departure from the team was not down to any disagreement between them. In a social media post Briatore claimed Oakes stood down for “personal” reasons and published a statement from the former team principal. The team announced Oakes’ departure yesterday evening, 12 hours before confirming it would replace Jack Doohan as one of its drivers from the next round of the championship.
Doohan out, Colapinto in: Have Alpine made the right call?

1 week ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

It’s a tired journalistic cliché to describe a piece of breaking news as “not a surprise.”But it is one that undoubtedly applies in the case of Franco Colapinto replacing Jack Doohan from the next round in Imola. Flavio Briatore, who returned to Formula 1 as a consultant to Alpine in the middle of last year, was long thought so enamoured with Colapinto that doubts over Doohan’s future emerged before he even made his debut for Alpine.
Alpine confirms Colapinto will replace Doohan for next five rounds

1 week ago | racefans.net | Keith Collantine

Alpine has confirmed Jack Doohan will not race for the team at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. The team’s reserve driver Franco Colapinto will replace him for the event at Imola. Alpine said in a statement Colapinto will take Doohan’s place for the next five rounds at Imola, Monaco, Catalunya, Montreal and Red Bull Ring. The team then intends to re-evaluate its driver line-up before the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.