Motorsport

Audi boss Mattia Binotto believes the Formula 1 team able to calibrate its simulation tools and develop its car quickest will enjoy the biggest success in the first year of the 2026 regulations overhaul.
F1 is preparing for a new era from next year, with both the power unit and chassis rules changing drastically this winter.
On the engine side there will be more emphasis on electrical ...Keep reading

Fresh off finishing runner-up in the 2025 World Superbike Championship, Nicolo Bulega got an early opportunity to sample MotoGP machinery as he joined the factory Ducati team for the Portuguese and Valencia grands prix.
Substituting for world champion Marc Marquez, whose season was curtailed by an arm injury in Indonesia, Bulega finished both races in 15th place. Considering these were the only ...Keep reading

Gresini star Alex Marquez is making his debut on the factory-spec Ducati GP26 in the Valencia test, as he begins his preparations for the 2026 season.
After finishing runner-up in the championship behind elder brother Marc Marquez this year, the Spaniard will get to race the newest version of the Desmosedici, while remaining at his current team, Gresini Racing.
With Marc Marquez still ...Keep reading

Prema Racing boss Rene Rosin says the Italian outfit is “evaluating different solutions” to remain on the IndyCar grid in 2026 amid speculation regarding its future in the series.
The European junior single-seater racing giant made its IndyCar debut this year with a pair of Chevrolet-powered cars for Callum Ilott and Robert Shwartzman, and made headlines when rookie Shwartzman grabbed pole ...Keep reading

The Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend will kick off a three-race run that goes all the way to the end of the 2025 season on 7 December in Abu Dhabi. Over this period, the Formula 1 drivers’ championship will be decided, as well as many positions in the constructors’ standings, which equates to a lot of prize money for the teams. 
However, while almost every F1 squad still has things to ...Keep reading

ASP is prepared to campaign the Lexus RC F GT3 for another season in the World Endurance Championship, with Toyota offering no clarity on when its next-generation GT3 challenger will finally appear.
Long-time Mercedes customer ASP joined forces with Toyota at the start of the WEC’s LMGT3 era last year, fielding a heavily-revised version of the long-running RC F GT3.
A replacement for the ...Keep reading

The easiest way to leave a casino with a small fortune is to enter the premises with a large one. Perhaps that's why Mercedes is actively discouraging predictions of a repeat of last year's 1-2 in the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, when George Russell and Lewis Hamilton not only controlled the race, but left the championship protagonists some way down the road.
It simply wouldn't be a safe ...Keep reading

Vauxhall will make its return to motorsport by fielding a factory backed car in an all-electric rally championship next year.
The British brand will enter the ADAC GSE Rally Cup and it will see aspiring Welsh rally star Ioan Lloyd pilot a Vauxhall Mokka GSE Rally car. 
Formerly known as the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup, the ADAC GSE Rally Cup is a European competition launched in 2021 ...Keep reading

Genesis has signed Jamie Chadwick as its reserve driver for the 2026 World Endurance Championship after she completed her first test in the GMR-001 Hypercar.
Chadwick, who was already a part of Genesis’s Trajectory Programme this year, will step up to the role after finishing third in the 2025 European Le Mans Series in an IDEC Sport Oreca 07.
As the team’s official reserve, Chadwick ...Keep reading

With the official pre-season test at Daytona, the IMSA SportsCar Championship closed out 2025 and effectively opened the 2026 campaign. During running at Daytona International Speedway, the four LMDh manufacturers – Porsche, BMW, Cadillac and Acura – presented updates to their GTP machinery.
Cadillac’s changes were the most striking: the V-Series.R now features a completely redesigned ...Keep reading

F1: The Movie director Joseph Kosinski has confirmed talks are under way with Apple about a potential sequel to the blockbuster starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris.
The film follows nomadic driver Sonny Hayes, portrayed by Pitt, as he returns to Formula 1 to join the struggling APXGP team alongside rookie driver Joshua Pearce, played by Idris. 
The success of the movie, which was released ...Keep reading

McLaren's approach to managing its drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, was defended by former Williams team principal Claire Williams.
The Woking outfit has famously decided not to back an individual driver in the drivers' championship and has instead allowed both Norris and Piastri to fight it out on track, with the proviso that they don't crash into each other.
While they have managed ...Keep reading

Hendrick Automotive Group inked a $2.25 million contract with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August.
The story was first reported by The Washington Post with a follow-up report this week by Charlotte, North Carolina television station WBTV. According to the contract, the agreement was for the sale of 25 Chevrolet Tahoes.
Hendrick Automotive Group is owned by NASCAR ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has announced a new partnership with Epic Games' Fortnite. 
Emily Prazer, F1 chief commercial officer, said: “This innovative collaboration with Fortnite is yet another way Formula 1 is connecting with fans and appearing in places you wouldn’t expect it to. We’re obsessed with finding new and exciting ways to engage with our audiences that make our sport sit alongside their ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar simply wants to be the kind of driver he grew up watching while NASCAR itself is working diligently to create content that spotlights these kinds of personalities.
This is the kind of process that led to the creation of RISING, a documentary series releasing on YouTube with a new episode at 7 ET every night this week, that spotlights young guns Hocevar, Jesse Love and Rajah ...Keep reading

Kaulig Racing is pausing its NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts team in order to venture into the NASCAR Truck Series as the factory team for Ram's re-entry into the sport.
The team previously announced several full-time drivers, including Brenden Queen, Daniel Dye, and Justin Haley. On Monday, the team confirmed plans to launch an all-star truck, which they've described as the 'Free Agent ...Keep reading