Author: Vyas Ponnuri

ART Grand Prix’s Victor Martins will take the wheel for Williams during the upcoming FP1 session in Barcelona. The Frenchman, currently racing in F2, will step into Alex Albon’s FW47 for the 60-minute FP1 session on Friday. Martins, who joined the Williams Driver Academy in March, has made stellar strides in 2025. The 23-year-old has accumulated 33 points in his third F2 campaign and holds a stellar record of not qualifying outside the top three in 2025. A former Alpine junior, Martins burst onto the F2 scene in 2023. The ART racer won the F3 title in 2022 by narrow…

Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll lamented their poor luck in Imola, with neither driver converting top ten starts into points. Both drivers made Q3 for the first time in 2025. Alonso qualified a stellar fifth, his best start in 2025, while Stroll started eighth on Saturday in Imola. Aston Martin rolled the dice and sent both drivers out on mediums in Q2 and Q3, garnering praise. During the Imola race, however, both Alonso and Stroll pitted earlier, emerging into traffic after their stops. However, they lost out to Leclerc in the pit stops. A fiery Alonso radioed to…

Max Verstappen finished off the podium for only the second time in 2025 in the F1 Miami GP. The Red Bull man started from pole, but could not match the McLaren duo on outright pace. An up-and-down Miami weekend for Verstappen Verstappen’s Miami GP weekend ebbed and flowed. Starting fourth for the 19-lap sprint, the reigning champion moved up to third before the switch to slicks late on. It was here that his race came apart. With Red Bull keen to release Verstappen onto the fast lane, they failed to notice the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli coming down the pit…

F1 Academy’s second race at the Miami International Autodrome did not get underway. Torrential and persistent downpour led to several laps behind the Safety Car, before the race start procedure was suspended. With a tight schedule, the race was cancelled. Wet Formation Laps behind the Safety Car Home favourite Chloe Chambers grabbed pole around the Miami International Autodrome for Sunday’s F1 Academy race. Alisha Palmowski and Doriane Pin rounded out the top 3 grid spots, while American Lia Block started an excellent fourth. The second F1 Academy race in Miami commenced behind the safety car. However, with plenty of standing…

Lando Norris came out on top in a frantic, action packed F1 Miami GP Sprint on Saturday. The McLaren man benefitted from a late safety car to grab a win ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri. Lewis Hamilton made it two sprint podium finishes in sprints in 2025, finishing an excellent third for Ferrari. A delayed start to the day It was a sodden Miami International Autodrome when the drivers took to the track for the second F1 sprint of the year. Charles Leclerc crashed into the barriers on his way to the grid. With the damage too much to repair,…

The one and only FP session at the 2025 F1 Miami GP saw championship leader Oscar Piastri top the time sheets. The Australian finished a dominant 0.356s ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, while Max Verstappen rounded out the top three for Red Bull. FP as it unfolded at the 2025 F1 Miami GP Championship leader Piastri kicked off FP1 at the Miami International Autodrome. Teammate Lando Norris followed him in tow. The rest of the grid made their way onto the track to get crucial running in, ahead of sprint qualifying. While Piastri set a steady 1:30.059, Norris radioed of…

As announced in 2024, F1 Academy’s new docu-series will air on Netflix, with a final date in sight. The F1 Academy documentary will air globally on Netflix on May 28.

Richard Verschoor pulled off a stellar tyre strategy to take victory for MP Motorsport in the F2 feature race at Jeddah on Sunday. The Dutchman overtook pole-sitter Jak Crawford on the final lap to take victory. Crawford and Victor Martins rounded out the podium on Sunday. Lights out in Jeddah DAMS and Jak Crawford took their first poles since 2023, setting themselves up during the 30-minute qualifying session on Friday. The American looked to take his and DAMS first win in 2025 at the F2 feature race in Jeddah. As F2 commenced its 28-lap feature race at Jeddah, the top…

Max Verstappen comes to the Saudi Arabian GP from a difficult Bahrain outing. In an uncharacteristic race for Red Bull, Verstappen found himself scrapping away at the lower end of the points. The Dutchman secured sixth only after a last-lap pass on Alpine’s Pierre Gasly in Bahrain. When asked on media day ahead of the Saudi Arabian GP if Red Bull’s issues were quick fixes, Verstappen alluded to exploring and trying different setups on the car to find the right balance. “I think we’ve experienced enough to focus on this year and next year. But naturally, we’re still trying things…

Pascal Wehrlein claimed he was lucky to win out in a 26-lap Miami E-Prix he said was ‘super tricky’. The German took the win in Miami after Norman Nato’s ten-second penalty for an attack mode infringement dropped him to sixth. Wehrlein’s Miami E-Prix weekend was by no means easy. A topsy-turvy qualifying saw the Porsche driver take ninth on the grid, just missing out on a duel’s spot. However, in a close Formula E grid, and the potent Porsche powertrain underneath, he certainly fancied his chances. The German timed his attack mode usage to perfection during the 26 laps of…