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The DTM has officially presented its calendar for the 2027 season - and it does so without a ninth race weekend on international soil, with which series organizer ADAC had actually wanted to expand the calendar. Instead, the series remains loyal to its eight venues and, as in 2026, will start from April 23 to 25 in Austria at the Red Bull Ring, with the traditional season finale in October ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc and his wife, Alexandra Leclerc, who married in a private Monaco ceremony earlier this year, are currently holidaying in Sardinia.
Recent photographs from their luxury yacht getaway have fuelled rumours that the couple are expecting their first child, with Alexandra appearing to show a baby bump. 
While the couple have yet to officially announce the ...Keep reading

Cadillac Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas has already seen progress with the newly formed team in the first half of its maiden season in the championship.
Cadillac joined F1 in 2026 as its 11th team with the experienced driver line-up of former Mercedes driver Bottas and former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez. While it is yet to score its first point in the series and has suffered reliability ...Keep reading

Red Bull made an admirable start to life as a bona fide power unit manufacturer, but on the chassis side the team has been lagging behind its top rivals since day one. A late push towards the summer is salvaging a C- grade rather than a less satisfactory score.
The bad
Red Bull started 2026 as F1's fourth-fastest team in Melbourne. Initially, a lot of that deficit was attributed to the ...Keep reading

Former Ferrari Formula 1 race engineer Rob Smedley has argued that the structure of Haas will prevent it from becoming a frontrunning team in the championship.
The American outfit joined the F1 grid in 2016, relying heavily on a technical partnership with Ferrari. While the approach allowed Haas to enter the championship in a more cost-effective manner, it has often contributed to a mid-season ...Keep reading

Cleetus McFarland (Garrett Mitchell) took his newly purchased No. 33 Late Model car to Berling Raceway in Michigan for the prestigious Tekton 250 Battle at Berlin. He qualified 22nd in the 27-car field.
It was an eventful race for the popular YouTuber, which included an early spin while trying to avoid an incident ahead. He rubbed fenders, battled a tire rub, and even drew a middle finger from ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin has revealed a major mindset shift was made in pursuit of the 2026 MotoGP title, saying he stopped obsessing over winning races or remaining in the championship lead.
The factory Aprilia rider has emerged as a leading contender in this year’s championship fight, having bounced back from his 2025 nadir to become a race winner again.
At last weekend’s British Grand Prix ...Keep reading

Two-time Formula 1 champion Mika Hakkinen has opened up about working alongside David Coulthard at McLaren, explaining that a shared belief in the Woking outfit's future success prevented on-track collisions from affecting their working relationship.
Coulthard and Hakkinen reflected on their long stint as McLaren team-mates, which resulted in two drivers' titles for the Finnish driver and a ...Keep reading

Sebastien Buemi will retire from Formula E at the end of this weekend’s London E-Prix to take on an advisory role with Envision Racing, it has been announced.
The Swiss driver will bring the curtain down on a glittering stint in the all-electric championship after 12 seasons during which he scored 14 wins, 36 podiums, 17 pole positions and the 2015-16 drivers’ title.
Speculation has been ...Keep reading

Cadillac Formula 1 team CEO Dan Towriss has refuted reports that the team is looking at Formula 2 frontrunner Rafael Camara for 2027, albeit admitting that “things can always change”.
Motorsport revealed at the Hungarian Grand Prix that the Ferrari-powered outfit was tracking Camara with a view to make the Scuderia’s junior one of its race drivers for next season.
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More than a week before the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, the Formula 1 world was abruptly awakened from its summer break.
At 3pm UK time, Cadillac decided the time was right to make a shock announcement: Graeme Lowdon had been replaced as team principal with immediate effect by Marcin Budkowski.
Two elements of that news are not particularly strange in themselves. For many in the paddock ...Keep reading

This is the best Sheldon Haudenschild has ever looked in 410 Sprint Car racing and that was before he claimed night one of the Knoxville Nationals on Wednesday night.
During his previous tenure at Stenhouse Jr – Marshall Racing, the now 32-year-old was perpetually fast but also incredibly inconsistent. It always felt like there were missing puzzle pieces and they may have come together this ...Keep reading

This is just what Kasey Kahne does.Racers race.
Eight years removed from his last NASCAR Cup Series race, Kasey Kahne is 46-years-old and as busy as ever.
“It's been a really good year and it's been fun because I've done a lot of things away from the racetrack and at the racetrack this year and some unexpected things,” Kahne told Motorsport.com on Wednesday before his Knoxville Nationals ...Keep reading

Lap 46 of 50August 13, 2022
Donny Schatz passed David Gravel to win the Knoxville Nationals for the 11th time in his career and there has not been a pass in the feature of the Granddaddy of Them All ever since.
Kyle Larson led every lap in 2023Kyle Larson led every lap in 2024Ryan Timms led every lap in 2025
There are a lot of reasons for this but at the end of the day, the event format ...Keep reading

Ty Gibbs probably doesn't want to change a thing about his current setup.
The No. 54 team is coming off of an impressive win at Iowa Speedway and is primed to enter the Chase as a true title contender. But while his car and operation are currently working to perfection, he joked with Dale Earnhardt Jr. that there's one change he wouldn't mind seeing NASCAR make in the near future.
Speaking ...Keep reading

Daniel Dye will pilot the No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing  Bommarito Autosport Chevrolet in four NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series races later this year.
Dye will first drive the JAR entry at Daytona International Speedway on August 28, and then at Darlington Raceway on September 5, Talladega Superspeedway on October 24, and finally Martinsville Speedway on October 31.
Champion Container will ...Keep reading

New Cadillac Formula 1 team boss Marcin Budkowski has praised Sergio Perez for his role in the 2026 campaign - denying any rumours linking him away from the debutant squad.
The 36-year-old joined the American outfit for its F1 debut in 2026 and although he is yet to score a point due to inferior machinery, Perez has still shown what he is capable of.
Perez leads team-mate Valtteri Bottas ...Keep reading

At 41-years-old, Michael McDowell isn’t ready to retire from the NASCAR Cup Series but knows exactly when he would like to.
“Tristan McKee is really switched on, focused, and he’s the real deal,” McDowell said earlier this season. “I’ve been asked a lot when I’m going to retire. I’m going to quit when he’s ready to go Cup racing, Lord willing.”
That’s high praise for a ...Keep reading

Ahead of the IndyCar Series’ inaugural run through the nation’s capital, AJ Foyt Racing, Homes For Our Troops (HFOT), and the White House Historical Association (WHHA) have teamed up for a collaborative campaign surrounding the upcoming Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C.
Timed to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, the Aug. 22–23 event brings street racing to the president's ...Keep reading

Damon Hill looks back on his 1996 title-winning season – and the bombshell revelation that came halfway through it.