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Robert Wickens nearly pulled off a phenomenal GTD pole run in qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. 
UPDATE: The pole-sitting #89 Vasser Sullivan was found to have a ground clearance violation in post-qualifying inspection, sending the Lexus to the rear of the grid. That means DXDT Racing and Wickens inherit the pole position. This story was written before technical ...Keep reading

Nick Yelloly stormed to pole in a furious round of IMSA qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The Briton, who shares Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s #93 Acura ARX-06 with Renger van der Zande, blitzed  the field with a flying lap of 1m11.626s around the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit.
BMW M Team WRT’s Marco Wittmann, in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8, ended up second by ...Keep reading

Laurin Heinrich is adjusting quickly to a new change of scenery at this weekend’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
After contesting - and winning - the opening two endurance rounds in IMSA with Porsche Penske Motorsport (PPM), the 24-year-old German was, moreless, loaned out to privateer JDC-Miller MotorSports to co-drive the #5 Porsche 963 with Tijmen van der Heim. And it didn’t take long ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle has labelled Williams' start to the 2026 season as "very concerning".
Despite team principal James Vowles heavily backing the Grove outfit's long-term 2026 project last year, the reality on track has so far fallen short of expectations. 
After missing private testing in Barcelona at the end of January, Williams was already on the ...Keep reading

In the first week of April, IndyCar driver Will Power's father, Bob Power, was approached by an armed gunman who attempted to steal his vehicle as part of a multi-day crime spree. After briefly wrestling with the man, law enforcement arrived on the scene and apprehended the suspect.
Power was uninjured in the encounter. On Friday, ahead of the Long Beach IndyCar race weekend, Will spoke about ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes Red Bull will inevitably be forced to place Max Verstappen's departing race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase on gardening leave to protect highly sensitive future car developments.
Lambiase, affectionately known as GP, has signed to join McLaren in 2028 as chief racing officer. While the move will come when his current contract with Red Bull expires ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Ollie Bearman has revealed that Lewis Hamilton was one of the first people to reach out to the Briton after he made his F1 debut with Ferrari at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. 
Bearman was brought in at the last minute to stand in for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after the Spanish driver was taken ill with appendicitis. He impressed ...Keep reading

Colton Herta has ruled out attempting to run the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula 2 round at Montreal on the same day.  The California native, who is a test driver for Cadillac’s Formula 1 team and currently running his maiden season in F2, was previously rumored to contest this year’s Indy 500 with Andretti Global, his IndyCar team for six years (2020-25). Although the option existed prior ...Keep reading

Ferrari says the decision to keep Balance of Performance data secret in the 2026 World Endurance Championship will take away a key element of the 'race narrative'.
Earlier this week, it emerged that the WEC will no longer publish BoP figures in 2026, with any information kept private between the teams and the series.
Previously, the championship released a detailed table ahead of each round ...Keep reading

Graham Rahal is hoping to hold onto his welcomed momentum, but warns it’ll be a challenge coming into the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The 37-year-old Ohio native ended a 41-race podium drought with a third-place finish in the last round at Barber Motorsports Park. Although that result helped lift the spirits of both he and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL), there is an element of ...Keep reading

Ott Tanak has taken on a test driver role at Toyota to help develop the Japanese marque’s all-new car for the 2027 World Rally Championship.
As first reported by Dirtfish, Toyota has since confirmed to Motorsport.com that the 2019 world champion has joined the team to help with the development of its 2027 WRC challenger, built to new technical regulations that will come into force next ...Keep reading

The highly anticipated prequel to the Ocean's franchise is set to have a Formula 1 link.
Speaking during a Warner Bros. showcase at CinemaCon, Margot Robbie, who will star in the film alongside Bradley Cooper, explained that the heist movie will be set around the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix. 
“Before Danny Ocean ever stepped foot in Vegas, two masterminds taught him everything he knows — his ...Keep reading

Two years ago, Pato O’Ward said there was a deadline to consider the possibility of reaching Formula 1. Now that he is 26 and has established himself as one of the benchmarks in IndyCar, that deadline has passed; however, the Arrow McLaren driver has also lost interest in the F1 due to the new cars and rules. 
In an interview with FOX Deportes ahead of this weekend's Long Beach race, the ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta believes cornering remains the key area where KTM’s MotoGP bike is falling short of pacesetter Aprilia in the early part of the 2026 season.
Aprilia dominated the opening three flyaway rounds across Asia and the Americas, with factory rider Marco Bezzecchi extending a winning streak that began with the Portuguese GP at the tail end of 2025.
But KTM’s heavily-updated RC16 ...Keep reading

Alpine’s strong 2026 Formula 1 form is no surprise and Racing Bulls is set to bring many upgrades to fight back, says the Italian team’s principal Alan Permane.
Having all but stopped developing its 2025 challenger at the end of May to devote its resources to its 2026 project, Alpine finished dead last in last year’s constructors’ championship but has jumped to fifth in the current ...Keep reading

Thierry Neuville says the target for next week’s Rally Islas Canarias is to “make everyone proud again” after a mistake cost Hyundai a World Rally Championship win in Croatia.
Hyundai appeared on course to claim a first win of the season last weekend, with Neuville taking a lead of more than a minute into the final stage. However, a mistake resulted in a collision with a concrete block ...Keep reading

Julien Andlauer will go from sharing a race seat to potentially trading paint with Laurin Heinrich at this weekend’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The two drivers, along with Felipe Nasr, shared driving duties in Porsche Penske Motorsport’s (PPM) #7 Porsche 963 that was victorious in the opening two rounds - Rolex 24 At Daytona and Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring - to start the 2026 ...Keep reading

Cadillac has confirmed Colton Herta’s free practice programme for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign with the ex-IndyCar star contesting four FP1 sessions this season.
The 26-year-old will make his F1 weekend debut at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix on 12-14 June, with his other three appearances to be confirmed at a later date.
This comes amid a year of change for Herta, who ended a ...Keep reading

Formula 1 fans were surprised after Charles Leclerc was spotted in a custom Fiat 500.
Stepping away from the high-performance cars that typically fill his garage, the Monegasque driver was recently spotted in the streets of his hometown in the bespoke, classic Fiat 500. While the model itself is modest, the styling is unmistakably Leclerc.
The Ferrari F1 driver has applied his signature ...Keep reading

Following the postponement of the Qatar 1812km, the 2026 World Endurance Championship season gets underway at Imola. It was at the Italian circuit that factory BMW driver Robin Frijns secured his best Hypercar result in 2025, finishing second.
During this week's Prologue — also held at Imola due to the war in the Middle East — the updated BMW M V8 Hybrid showed strong pace with the ...Keep reading