Formula One

Race winner Oscar Piastri has equalled Mark Webber’s career wins.

Piastri hits Webber mark in ‘big day’ for Aussie motorsport

Oscar Piastri’s landmark victory in a dramatic Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday has been described as a ‘big day for Australian motorsport’ by a former Aussie Formula One star.

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Oscar Piastri celebrates his Dutch grand prix win, his seventh and maybe most decisive of 2025. (AP PHOTO)

Piastri wins Dutch GP as Norris hopes go up in smoke

Australian Oscar Piastri has extended his Formula One world championship lead after winning the Dutch Grand Prix while title rival Lando Norris was forced to retire.

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Melbourne-born star Oscar Piastri could become an F1 champion in 2025.

Inside F1’s fiercest rivalry and how Piastri can win it all

Oscar Piastri stands on the precipice of Australian motorsport immortality but his superstar teammate stands in his way.

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McLaren driver Oscar Piastri will have a grandstand named after him at the Albert Park GP circuit.

Oscar Piastri to receive huge F1 honour

Young Melburnian Formula One ace Oscar Piastri will have a grandstand named after him when he returns to his home circuit for the Australian GP in 2026.

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Daniel Ricciardo was reportedly injured in a dirt bike accident in Queensland.

Daniel Ricciardo reportedly hospitalised after motorbike accident

The former F1 star has been injured just days after making a rare public appearance in Australia.

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Daniel Ricciardo has opened up about his time since being sacked by Red Bull.

‘Who I am’: Ricciardo’s new look after challenging year

One of Australia’s most adored sporting superstars, Daniel Ricciardo, has given a candid insight into life after his inglorious sacking from the Red Bull F1 team, and his attempts to be ‘better’.

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Oscar Piastri is in the fight of his life with McLaren teammate Lando Norris.

‘Bad blood’: Piastri may be fall guy for McLaren success

McLaren boss Zak Brown has outlined his plan to deal with the fallout from the red-hot competition between drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

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Lando Norris celebrates his hard-fought victory in Hungary. (AP PHOTO)

Norris closes gap on Piastri in Hungary thriller

Lando Norris has held off a dramatic late charge from Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian GP and cut the Australian's world championship lead to nine points.

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Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren and Second placed Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren celebrate on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Belgium.

F1 title chase looks like a two-horse race: Piastri

Oscar Piastri has admitted that with third-placed Max Verstappen 81 points off the lead, the world title race is between him and McLaren teammate Lando Norris.

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Christian Horner's successful reign as Red Bull boss has been ended sensationally with his sacking. (AP PHOTO)

Christian Horner sacked by Red Bull in bombshell decision

Christian Horner has been sacked as the principal of Red Bull, a year on from a sexting scandal with a female employee. 

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Oscar Piastri’s 10-second penalty robbed him of a chance of British GP glory. (AP PHOTO)

Frustrated Piastri blows up over penalty: ‘It hurts’

Oscar Piastri's 10-second penalty robbed him of a chance of British GP glory, taken by McLaren teammate Lando Norris but the Australian says he broke no rules.

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Daniel Ricciardo with parents Grace and Joe at Wimbledon on his 36th birthday.

Daniel Ricciardo finally speaks on ‘weird’ retirement from Formula 1

The Aussie has made a rare public appearance after dodging the F1 circus since his unceremonious axing.

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Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise attend the European Premiere of F1 AE The Movie in London.

Tom Cruise crashes Brad Pitt’s F1 London premiere

Tom Cruise was a special surprise guest at the London premiere of Brad Pitt’s F1 movie, a film the Mission: Impossible star has nothing to do with.

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Brad Pitt and Damson Idris in F1.

Before the F1 movie, rev up with these racing flicks

Brad Pitt’s F1 movie is just around the corner, but while you wait another week, get ready with the best racing-themed films including Ford v Ferrari, Le Mans and Senna.

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Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

McLaren throw down gauntlet to Norris over Piastri crash

The team’s principal has detailed what the Briton needs to do to get back in the good books after his reckless act nearly cost the Aussie star dearly.

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