Formula 1

Toyota Gazoo Racing chairman Akio Toyoda has expressed his desire for there to be an improved pipeline to Formula 1 for Japanese drivers.

Aston Martin will use its reserve driver Felipe Drugovich in the opening practice session of this month’s Mexico City Grand Prix.

Brando Badoer has earned full McLaren Formula 1 junior status for 2025, as well as a FIA Formula 3 Championship seat at Prema.

Formula 1 has decided not to go ahead with a post-season race which would be contested solely by rookie drivers.

Rodin Cars and MotorSport New Zealand have tied up to provide a prize to next year’s New Zealand Formula Ford champion.

Fernando Alonso has called his protege Gabriel Bortoleto “an incredible talent” amid rumours that the F2 star will step up to F1 next year

Red Bull has added four more new names to its Junior Team roster following the relaunch of its Driver Search initiative.

Joseph Loake was still buzzing a week after his maiden F1 test, part of his prize for winning the 2023 Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award.

The Champions of the Future season concluded at PF International with local knowledge coming to the fore in the OK and OK Junior contests.

McLaren junior and Formula 2 title contender Gabriel Bortoleto has completed his first Formula 1 test at the Red Bull Ring.

The finalists have been named for the seventh running of the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout, which awards a paid-for seat in Spanish F4 as its prize.

Formula 2 racer Ollie Bearman has been called up by Haas to race in next weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, subsitituting for Kevin Magnussen.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli will race for the Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 team next year, it was confirmed on Thursday.

Kimi Antonelli is close to being an F1 driver, realising the ambition of Toto Wolff. So far, the 18-year-old has handled the excitement best

Formula 2 racer Franco Colapinto will step up to Formula 1 for the remainder of the season, replacing Logan Sargeant at Williams.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli will make his Formula 1 practice debut with Mercedes-AMG at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.

The Williams Formula 1 team has announced the addition of Dutch karter Dean Hoogendoorn to its driver academy.

Alpine has promoted academy driver Jack Doohan to a Formula 1 race drive for the 2025 season.

Red Bull has announced the addition of teenaged karters Fionn McLaughlin and Scott Lindblom to its junior team.

Alpine has just signed Hitech GP boss Oliver Oakes as team principal. Who else has gone from running a junior single-seater team to managing somebody else’s F1 operation?