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Ferrari hasn’t quite had the best of times and the worst of times, as Charles Dickens would put it, so far in the 2026 Formula 1 season, but team principal Fred Vasseur still views the first 11 rounds of the year as following a twofold pattern.
Ferrari has held second in the constructors’ championship ever since the opening round of the campaign, but has been challenging Mercedes’ ...Keep reading

BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson analyses the five key things we've learned from the 2026 season so far.

Back in 2018, Kyle Larson got himself in a bit of trouble with the NASCAR community when he expressed a desire to retire from the Cup Series to pursue a full-time winged Sprint Car championship at some point before his 40th birthday.
He first teased the timeline during an interview on the Open Red podcast and then followed it up with this exchange on social media.
 
Naturally, there was ...Keep reading

This isn’t ordinary from Hendrick Motorsports but in fairness, Corey Day is no ordinary prospect.
The last time Rick Hendrick signed off on a multi-year development project of any kind was Chase Elliott in 2011. This was five years before the eventual 2020 champion even reached the Cup Series.
Prior to that, the only other recent examples of such endeavors were Landon Cassill in 2007 and ...Keep reading

After falling off the schedule from 2021 through 2023, the Brickyard 400 has been back as a NASCAR Cup race for the last three years now. However, some -- including third-generation racer Kyle Petty -- believe that it should not be counted among the crown jewel races of NASCAR.
Petty even took it a step further, noting that he was never in favor of NASCAR going to Indianapolis, even before the ...Keep reading

With a third team and fifth different driver standing on the top step of the podium in Budapest, the betting markets are about to get more competitive.

Mercedes have shared some more insight into George Russell’s disastrous start at the Hungarian Grand Prix, explaining how he was left with “much too little throttle” when the red lights went out “through no fault of his own”.

What a weekend for Lando Norris, who took his first victory as reigning champion in Budapest, on a weekend he put together almost perfectly.

Claiming a first World Rally Championship win won't make this week's homecoming Rally Finland "any easier", according to Sami Pajari, who said he cannot “underestimate the competition".
After dominating the first fast gravel event of the WRC season in Estonia, Pajari will now be viewed as one of the favourites to challenge for victory on home soil. The factory Toyota driver heads into the ...Keep reading

The IndyCar Series took a monumental step into its future with the first official look at the Dallara IR-28 - the brand-new chassis and aerodynamic package set to usher in a new era of open-wheel racing in 2028. Replacing the long-serving DW12 platform, the IR-28 features an aggressive visual overhaul, a purpose-built safety structure, significant weight reduction, and refined aerodynamics ...Keep reading

Corey Heim is a special driver, and I think we were already aware of that even before his recent Cup victories. He's won 26 Truck races in less than 100 starts, and toppled various records there en route to his 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series title.
But there's always an adjustment period when a rising star moves up to Cup, right? Well, maybe not for Heim. 23XI Racing being a top-level team ...Keep reading

The excitement surrounding KTM's signing of Johann Zarco ahead of the 2019 MotoGP season was matched only by the shock created by his abrupt dismissal just a few months later, with the championship already underway, after the Frenchman accepted he could not adapt either to the RC16 or to the way the company operated.
The Zarco episode was the first clear indication of KTM's distinctive approach ...Keep reading

On Tuesday, Front Row Motorsports announced that Chandler Smith will not return to the organization in 2027.
Smith has been a part of FRM's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team since the start of the 2025 season, and they've won four races together over the past two years. Those wins came at Bristol, Daytona, and back-to-back races at North Wilkesboro.
"Chandler Smith will not return to Front ...Keep reading

In a major step forward for open-wheel racing, IndyCar has officially revealed its next-generation machine: the IR-28. Set to make its competitive debut at the start of the 2028 IndyCar season, the newly designed chassis and engine package promises faster lap times, unprecedented safety, and enhanced wheel-to-wheel action across all track disciplines.
Developed in partnership with long-time ...Keep reading

Streaming NASCAR O’Reilly Series content will be moving to the ESPN app next month as part of an agreement between the CW Network and the Worldwide Leader in Sports.
The streaming agreement, which will require a purchased ESPN Unlimited account, begins in August with the WWE NXT live on Tuesday, August 4, and the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race from Iowa Speedway on Saturday, August ...Keep reading

After winning the first six races of the season, Mercedes has finally had its Formula 1 dominance challenged in recent weeks – winning just two out of the last five grands prix. However, despite advances for McLaren that helped it take the win from pole at last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, Silver Arrows boss Toto Wolff isn’t too worried about his rivals’ progress.
Mercedes was the ...Keep reading

Two updated cars in Budapest showed a spectacular improvement in competitiveness: the McLaren and Aston Martin.

Lando Norris and McLaren claimed their first victory of the 2026 season in Hungary, leading home Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli on a dramatic Sunday afternoon. But who else impressed our Power Rankings judges at the Hungaroring? Check out the latest scores and overall leaderboard below...

Ollie Bearman admits that he "lost all level of confidence in the car" during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, as he and team mate Esteban Ocon failed to reach the points for Haas.

Ferrari and Peugeot have started testing the upgraded versions of their respective Le Mans Hypercars as they ramp up preparations for the 2027 World Endurance Championship.
Although the 2026 season is only halfway through, development work is already under way for next year's campaign, which is scheduled to begin in Qatar on 27 March 2027. 
On Tuesday, Ferrari released an image of a ...Keep reading