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Haas were back in action at Japan’s Fuji Speedway this week as the team staged another event for their fans – while giving Toyota-backed drivers Sho Tsuboi and Nirei Fukuzumi time in F1 machinery.

After a busy first half of the 2026 campaign, F1 drivers and teams are now enjoying a well-earned break. The perfect moment, then, to reflect on some of the hot topics from the year so far – take the Mercedes intra-team battle or Lewis Hamilton’s resurgence with Ferrari…

McLaren driver Lando Norris has expressed satisfaction over the level of performance he is delivering in 2026, believing he has driven “better than I probably did to this point last year”, when he was pushing for a maiden F1 world title.

Marco Wittmann has the toughest race weekend of his career behind him: The two-time DTM champion arrived at the home game of his Schubert squad in Oschersleben of all places with a stomach flu and lost five kilograms of body weight in four days!
"I have never experienced losing five kilograms in such a short time - and accordingly, that was the most difficult racing week for me," says the BMW ...Keep reading

MotoGP has announced that the championship's 850cc era will begin with the 2027 Thai Grand Prix from 5-7 March.
In an official statement released on Friday, MotoGP announced that it will start its season at Buriram for the third consecutive year.
The news came in the wake of renewed tensions in the Middle East, which has already cast doubt about the viability of the postponed Qatar GP in ...Keep reading

Mercedes is weighing up if it needs to take Formula 1 grid penalties for engine changes over the second half of the season, which could see Kimi Antonelli hit with a drop for his home race at Monza.
The F1 world championship leader is already at the limit of his used internal combustion engines, exhaust sets, energy stores and control electronics, while he has one additional turbocharger and ...Keep reading

Fermin Aldeguer has not recovered from his injuries in time to make a return at next week's British Grand Prix, with World Superbike star Iker Lecuona replacing him at Gresini's MotoGP team.
The Spaniard suffered a fracture to a thoracic vertebra, T7, during practice for the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of June.
The doctors opted for a conservative treatment, without surgery, with rest for a ...Keep reading

The 2026 Formula 1 season is shaping up how it was expected to be, with the development race deciding the pecking order as the campaign progresses. Although Mercedes started this regulation cycle in dominant form, winning the opening six grands prix from pole, it has ‘only’ won two of the last five with Ferrari and McLaren entering the fray.
Ferrari, in particular, has made headlines thanks ...Keep reading

Super Formula's provisional 2027 calendar has been revealed by national federation JAF, with Suzuka returning to its place as the venue for the opening round.
Published on Friday, the calendar features the usual seven weekends across five different domestic circuits and no overseas rounds.
Suzuka and Fuji maintain two dates each, with single visits each to Motegi, Autopolis and Sugo making ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes George Russell is already exploring options outside of Mercedes, suggesting the British driver could be evaluating a potential switch to Audi for the 2028 F1 season.
Despite holding a seat at Mercedes, Russell's future at the Brackley outfit has become a topic of debate following the impressive performance of his teenage ...Keep reading

Spire Motorsports has announced that rising star Tristan McKee will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut with the team at Richmond Raceway on August 14, eleven days after his 16th birthday. McKee is part of Spire's Ascent Driver Development Program.
Due to his age, McKee will only be able to compete at tracks that are 1.25 miles in length or smaller. Spire also revealed that his ...Keep reading

The Legacy Motor Club team announced nearly a dozen new investors into its NASCAR Cup Series team on Thursday, including IndyCar legends Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, and Dario Franchitti.
As part of this new strategic ownership group, Legacy Motor Club previously announced Emmy Award-winning television host and restaurateur Guy Fieri, as well as three-time Grammy award winning singer/songwriter ...Keep reading

Adrien Fourmaux grabbed the early Rally Finland lead after blitzing the opening stage of the famous fast-gravel WRC event’s 75th-anniversary edition.
The Hyundai driver made light work of the technical Harju super special stage to post a time 1.1 seconds faster than team-mate Thierry Neuville.
"I really tried to optimise everything. I remember last year that the gaps were so tight in the ...Keep reading

Following the official unveiling of the next-generation IR-28 chassis, the IndyCar Series is taking its first major step into the future this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Reigning four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou and 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi will drive the car during its first validation test on Saturday, Aug. 1 and Sunday, Aug. 2. The shakedown will take ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen and Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff have been photographed together on holiday during the first week of the summer break, sparking fresh paddock speculation regarding the four-time champion's long-term future. 
Images have been circulating across social media showing the Dutchman and his partner Kelly Piquet with Wolff and his wife, F1 Academy managing director ...Keep reading

At Indianapolis Motor Speedway, JR Motorsports became the first NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series team to finish 1-2-3-4 in a race. In fact, it was just the sixth NASCAR team in history to ever achieve the front four sweep across the three national divisions.
It's happened only once in both NASCAR O'Reilly and the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks, however it's happened four times in the top ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi, who was injured after a heavy crash during the German Grand Prix held in mid-July, has ridden a sports bike again, completing four practice sessions at Misano.
The Italian was diagnosed with a fractured left collarbone after falling off his factory Aprilia during the opening lap of the Sachsenring sprint on 11 July. That same day, he travelled back to his home country, Italy ...Keep reading

In the latest instalment of Off The Grid, Liam Lawson clears his schedule for a day to give us a look at his life away from the track – and in return, we take him to a place we know he'll love, just a short drive away from where he lives...

Justin Marks recently spoke about Trackhouse Racing's Project 91 program, a part-time entry that features various star drivers from around the world and offers them the opportunity to take on NASCAR.
2007 Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves, and most recently Kevin Magnussen have piloted the car.
Three-time Supercars champion Shane ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli has given new insight into how Mercedes handled Lewis Hamilton’s departure ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 campaign.
On 1 February 2024, it was announced that Hamilton was going to leave his longtime Mercedes squad to join Ferrari from the 2025 season onwards.
The move was a direct consequence of Mercedes not giving the seven-time world champion a firm contract for 2025 – the ...Keep reading