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Josh Williams was initially slated to drive the No. 92 DGM Racing Chevrolet in this weekend's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) race at Watkins Glen International. 
Williams has been driving the car in every NASCAR O'Reilly race this year (but DNQed at COTA and Phoenix), and sits 28th in the standings.
However, DGM announced on Tuesday that Williams will not be driving the car at ...Keep reading

After two seasons in the World Endurance Championship, Valentino Rossi has stepped away from the series, and while it's a loss for some fans BMW believes the series is more than capable of absorbing that loss.
Rossi’s raced for BMW's customer WRT team in the LMGT3 category in both 2024 and 2025, but was absent from the entry list this year. The MotoGP legend had become a major crowd-puller ...Keep reading

Former F1 Driver Jolyon Palmer assesses how George Russell will respond following Kimi Antonelli's barnstorming Miami weekend.

Kimi Antonelli converted his third successive pole position into a third successive Grand Prix win at the Miami International Autodrome. But who else joined him in the top half of the Power Rankings charts? Check out the latest scores and overall leaderboard below...

After a tough start to the 2026 Formula 1 season, McLaren was back on form in Miami with drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finishing the race in second and third respectively. But that might not have been enough for the reigning world champion, who questioned whether his team had “maximised everything” in Florida.
The fourth round of the 2026 campaign saw McLaren roll out a raft of ...Keep reading

Photos of a distressed Maverick Vinales published on social media this weekend hinted at bad news regarding his return at the French MotoGP. Now, after undergoing surgery in early April to remove a screw that had been fixing his left shoulder, the Tech3 rider has been advised to miss the race at Le Mans.
After undergoing surgery related to the injury he sustained last July, Vinales’ first ...Keep reading

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli is currently the standout figure in Formula 1 – and he is rewriting the series’ record books. While drivers before him had managed to secure either their first three pole positions in succession or their first three grand prix victories in succession, no one had ever combined both streaks. Antonelli has now achieved exactly that.
“It's a cool stat,” ...Keep reading

Red Bull made a significant step forward during the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix weekend. Max Verstappen’s fifth place on Sunday does not fully reflect the overall picture, but that result is mainly due to his spin on the opening lap, and the early pit stop that followed.
In terms of pure pace, Red Bull made a much stronger impression than in Japan, where Verstappen did not even make it into ...Keep reading

Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has reflected on the Miami Grand Prix as the team show signs of progress.

The Italian teenager is the new favourite to win the Drivers’ Championship, but can he handle the pressure at the top?

Jay Penske’s eponymous squad looks set to remain in Formula E following the departure of DS Automobiles, with an announcement regarding its Gen4 plans expected soon.
The American business magnate has been part of the all-electric championship since its inception in 2014, with the team that was originally known as Dragon Racing evolving into the factory DS Penske squad in 2021.
However ...Keep reading

Former MotoGP and WorldSBK star Andrea Iannone will return to full-time competition in the new FIM Harley-Davidson Baggers World Cup, a support series that features races across six MotoGP weekends.
The FIM Harley-Davidson Baggers World Cup debuted this season as its own championship within the programme at MotoGP grands prix. The first event took place at the United States GP and saw nine ...Keep reading

Ott Tanak taking on a role to help develop Toyota’s 2027 World Rally Championship car will provide useful information and reduce workload for the team's current drivers, says Sebastien Ogier.
Toyota has enlisted the services of 2019 world champion Tanak to help carry out valuable testing and develop the Japanese brand's all-new car built to the WRC’s new technical regulations that will ...Keep reading

Toprak Razgatlioglu admitted he has considered pulling into the pits to retire from races following a challenging start to his MotoGP career on an uncompetitive Yamaha.
Razgatlioglu’s highly-anticipated move to the premier class hasn’t gone according to plan so far, with the Turk scoring just a single point across the opening four rounds.
While adapting to prototype machinery was always ...Keep reading

After a five-week break, the balance of power in Formula 1 appears to have shifted significantly. Although the winner in Miami – Kimi Antonelli – was the same as in Japan, a wave of updates and possible adjustments to battery usage may have reshuffled the competitive order in a lasting way.
A look at the season averages from the first three race weekends of 2026 shows that Mercedes was ...Keep reading

Franco Colapinto admits he was "proud to put in that performance" during the Miami Grand Prix, as the Alpine driver claimed his best-ever result in Formula 1 after finishing seventh on Sunday.

Williams achieved their highest points haul of the season so far at the Miami Grand Prix, with both Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon finishing in the top 10.

Team Principal Fred Vasseur has reflected on Ferrari's difficult Miami Grand Prix, suggesting "that the weekend went pretty well until the race" as Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc finished P6 and P8 respectively.

McLaren’s LMDh challenger hit the track for the first time at Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, completing its initial test ahead of its planned debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2027.
As first reported by Motorsport.com, the circuit adjacent to chassis supplier Dallara's headquarters in Varano de' Melegari was chosen by the British marque for the MCL-HY’s shakedown.
While the ...Keep reading

Mercedes remains on the maximum score of four wins after four Formula 1 grands prix, although the competition was significantly closer in Miami than during the three race weekends prior to the April break.
McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull all travelled to Florida with significant upgrades, while Mercedes has its first major package of the year planned for the Canadian Grand Prix in ...Keep reading