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Williams driver Carlos Sainz has been among the more vocal critics of the new Formula 1 regulations, but he now says he’s going to be less negative in public – while still having major reservations.
Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix last weekend, the FIA introduced tweaks to the amount of energy which could be harvested and deployed in qualifying and race scenarios.
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Laurent Mekies offered an insight into Red Bull’s recruitment policy in the wake of the news that Max Verstappen’s long time Race Engineer Gianpiero Lambiase is to leave the team for McLaren.

Thierry Neuville inherited the Rally Portugal lead with one stage remaining after World Rally Championship title holder Sebastien Ogier suffered a puncture on the penultimate stage.
Ogier headed into stage 22 seemingly on course to score an eighth career Rally Portugal victory, equipped with a 17.3s lead over Neuville.
The nine-time world champion had managed to survive the worst of the wet ...Keep reading

Former W Series driver and Sky Sports analyst Naomi Schiff has argued that Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff is not someone who drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli would want to cross in team orders discussions. 
Russell was a clear favourite heading into the 2026 season. But after winning the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese sprint race, his 19-year-old team-mate ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 third driver Fred Vesti has revealed that he completed approximately 1000 laps on the simulator in the impromptu April break ahead of the Miami Grand Prix. 
The five-week break between the Japanese and Miami Grands Prix offered teams an unexpected opportunity to get back to the factory and almost reset before the season resumed. 
"Honestly, I was amazed at how cool the ...Keep reading

A post-Miami Grand Prix moment between Alpine’s Franco Colapinto and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton has earned praise from fans for “good sportsmanship”.
During the opening lap of the race at the Miami International Autodrome, the two drivers collided, resulting in aerodynamic damage to Hamilton’s Ferrari that compromised his race pace.
Frustrated by the contact, the seven-time champion ...Keep reading

Fabio Di Giannantonio has reached an agreement to race for the factory KTM team in the 2027 MotoGP season - opening the door for Nicolo Bulega at VR46.
The 27-year-old, who until now had been contracted by Ducati while racing for VR46, had set Friday of the French Grand Prix weekend as the deadline to receive an offer from the Italian manufacturer that satisfied his financial ...Keep reading

Robin Frijns says BMW "had to win" the Spa World Endurance Championship race after an unusual strategic choice handed the German manufacturer a big opportunity.
At Spa-Francorchamps, BMW opted for a very different strategy compared to the other Hypercar teams. The #20 M Hybrid V8 of Rene Rast, Sheldon van der Linde and Frijns took on significantly less fuel during its first pitstop, allowing ...Keep reading

Cadillac’s Formula 1 debut has been encouraging, but the team is now “in a massive hurry to find performance”, according to Sergio Perez.
Having joined the world championship this year with customer Ferrari power units, Cadillac has been challenging the troubled Aston Martin-Honda squad, which Perez has described as “great motivation” for the team.
At the Miami Grand Prix, the ...Keep reading

David Malukas continues to inch closer to that breakthrough maiden win in the IndyCar Series. 
After starting fifth, the 24-year-old Chicagoan catapulted to the front amid a blend of varying strategies following, leading a race-high 27 of 85 laps in the Sonsio Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. The potential win was in play, too, until Arrow McLaren’s Christian ...Keep reading

A fifth-place finish was enough for Alex Palou to extend his championship lead, now 27 points clear of Kyle Kirkwood. 
A Lap 1 crash from the outside of the front row proved costly for Pato O'Ward, who fell from fourth to seventh in the standings. 
Christian Lundgaard's victory bumped him from fifth up to fourth in the standings, carving 20 points out of his deficit to Palou. 
Another ...Keep reading

Alexander Rossi took umbrage with a hybrid issue that left him stranded on the frontstretch of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which was only furthered after Race Control failed to throw a full course caution as he tried to exit his #20 ECR Chevrolet as cars whizzed by at over 170mph. 
After 21 laps during Saturday’s Sonsio Grand Prix, the California native was left stranded on the ...Keep reading

The sixth round of the 2026 IndyCar season is over, and Arrow McLaren returned to the top step of the podium with Christian Lundgaard. It was his second career win, and his first in almost three years.
David Malukas, still searching for his first career win, finished second for the third time in his career. He was 4.6 second back of Lundgaard at the checkered flag. Graham Rahal rounded out the ...Keep reading

Christian Lundgaard pulled off a remarkable move on David Malukas to win the Sonsio Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
The 24-year-old Dane made an outside pass with 18 laps to go in Turn 4 en route to securing the second win of his career, and first with Arrow McLaren, by 4.6713s at the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course. The win came on the same track Lundgaard made his ...Keep reading

It was an incredible finish to Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Watkins Glen International. Defending series champion Jesse Love was stretching the fuel while Connor Zilisch was running him down on fresher tires.
Even after slicing through the mud and damaging his car, Zilisch ran Love down, passing him in the final corner on the final lap, snatching the win away for JR ...Keep reading

Rally Portugal organisers have been issued a suspended €15,000 fine and a reprimand following a security breach that resulted in two unauthorised vehicles entering a live stage of the World Rally Championship event.
Friday’s second pass through the famous Arganil test (stage seven) was halted after two separate incidents where unauthorised vehicles had entered the stage while it was ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has praised Colin Farrell’s genuine knowledge of the championship after his enthusiastic appearance at the Miami Grand Prix. 
Farrell caught the attention of fans after his interaction with Martin Brundle during the Sky Sports F1 grid walk. "It's lovely to meet you. After all of these years, you don't write, you don't call. Look at this shirt. Old ...Keep reading

Tymek Kucharczyk (HMD Motorsports) captured his first career Indy NXT win in a stellar drive in the nightcap of the doubleheader weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
The 20-year-old Polish driver started fifth and made an opportunistic move for the lead after frontrunners drifted off course in Turn 1 of the opening lap. Despite pressure for all 30 laps, he held serve to win ...Keep reading

Reigning world rally champion Sébastien Ogier delivered a wet weather masterclass as the Toyota driver reclaimed the Rally Portugal lead after Oliver Solberg lost ground to a puncture and spin.  
The nine-time world champion once again outlined his class in tricky conditions to end Saturday’s mammoth 145 kilometre leg with a 21.9s lead over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville. Toyota’s Sami ...Keep reading

The grid is set for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International. Defending winner Shane van Gisbergen earned pole position -- his first at the Glen but fifth at the Cup level. The impressive qualifying effort also comes on the Kiwi's 37th birthday!
Spire Motorsports' Michael McDowell will start from the outside of the front row, a full 0.259s off of SVG's fast lap of ...Keep reading