
2025 is F1’s most polite title battle ever – Up/Down in Austria
Describing this year's championship race as a 'battle' might be slightly over-egging it, writes James Elson
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a world title for Jacky Ickx and birthdays for some sports car stars
2011: Peter Gethin passes away after a long illness. In profile
1896: Bentley Boy and Le Mans winner Bernard Rubin is born. In profile
1948: 1982 Formula 1 world champ Keke Rosberg is born. In profile
1955: Le Mans winner and DTM champion Manuel Reuter is born. In profile
1924: Multiple South African F1 Championship winner John Love is born. In profile
1925: Fifties racer Hermano da Silva Ramos is born. In profile
1936: Racer turned team owner Bob Tullius is born. Racing career
1984: Robert Kubica is born. In profile
2015: F2 podium finisher Peter Westbury passes away, aged 77. In profile
1983: New world champion Neel Jani is born. In profile
2008: Xavier Perrot dies aged 76. In profile
1936: Sports car racer-turned-Olympian and vineyard owner Ben Pon is born. In profile
1947: Porsche man Jürgen Barth is born. In profile
1954: Le Mans winner Price Cobb is born. In profile
1983: Derek Bell and Stefan Bellof win at Kyalami, while third is good enough for the title for Jacky Ickx. Report
2010: Jacques Swaters dies aged 84. In profile
Describing this year's championship race as a 'battle' might be slightly over-egging it, writes James Elson
You had to read between the lines at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix as George Russell dropped hints over about his dissatisfaction, and F1 sent a message to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem
From zero to hero: in a pacy McLaren, at one of his favourite F1 circuits, Lando Norris picked himself up from a disastrous Canadian race to reign supreme in the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix
Full F1 schedule for the year, including the next F1 race of 2025: the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the whole calendar and circuit guides for the 24-race Formula 1 season