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Surprisingly, Am Racing has withdrawn from this weekend's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Rockingham. Nick Sanchez was set to drive the No. 25 Ford Mustang, as he has for the entire 2026 season. No reason has been given, at this time.
The team has ran every O'Reilly race so far this year. Sanchez earned an impressive third-place finish at Atlanta, but beyond that, they have just one ...Keep reading

Photos of Oscar Piastri's custom McLaren 750S have emerged on social media. 
The Australian driver recently took delivery of the 750S, which is the lightest and most powerful series-production McLaren to date. While Piastri's is a custom specification, the 750S is powered by a 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces a blistering 750PS (740bhp) and 800Nm of torque. This has resulted ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri recently traded in his McLaren Formula 1 car for the world of Australian V8 Supercars. Returning to his Aussie roots, the 24-year-old joined fellow countryman and Supercars driver and 18-time race winner Cam Waters.
"To be honest, I probably watched the V8s more than I watched F1 because the time difference was a lot kinder. Used to watch the drag races here with my dad," ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton opened up on his first podium finish with Ferrari at the Chinese Grand Prix, claiming he "never had to work so hard to get a podium".
While the seven-time champion secured the Chinese sprint race win with Ferrari in 2025, he failed to reach the podium at a grand prix. Now, after coming back from a rejuvenating winter break and gelling with the new era of regulations, Hamilton ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports F1 analyst Karun Chandhok has urged Aston Martin to stop finger-pointing amid the Silverstone outfit's troublesome start to the 2026 season.
The Lawrence Stroll-led team headed into the 2026 season, which welcomed a new wave of regulations into the championship, with a new power unit partnership with Honda and the technical leadership of Adrian Newey. It's ...Keep reading

Laurent Mekies watched his team score just four points in Japan, as Max Verstappen finished eighth and Isack Hadjar was outside the points in P12. The team have a best finish of sixth so far this season – not the return they hoped for from the first three races of the year.

Kimi Antonelli reached a new milestone at the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, becoming the youngest championship leader in Formula 1's history. F1 TV pundit Alex Brundle commended the Italian driver's "tremendous performance" during the race at the Suzuka circuit. 
Antonelli arrived in Japan on the back of his maiden F1 victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, where he became the second-youngest driver to ...Keep reading

Beard Motorsports has reached an agreement with Casey Mears for him to run five NASCAR Cup races this year, driving the No. 62 Chevrolet. 
Mears' first race with the team will come on April 26 at Talladega Superspeedway. He will also compete in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the second Daytona race, the second Talladega race, and the season finale at Homestead-Miami ...Keep reading

Robert Wickens is staying put at DXDT Racing and will contest the sprint rounds of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, beginning with next month’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The 37-year-old Canadian revealed the announcement on Tuesday during an IMSA-hosted Zoom media session. He will reprise his role behind the wheel of the team’s Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, with Mason ...Keep reading

Jari-Matti Latvala will make his maiden appearance in the American Rally Association National Championship with an outing at the Olympus Rally next month.
The Toyota World Rally Championship team principal announced plans to pilot a second factory-backed Toyota GR Corolla Rally RC2 car at the Washington-based gravel rally held from 17-19 April. The outing marks the 18-time WRC rally winner’s ...Keep reading

Set aside for now the irony of Max Verstappen criticising the state of Formula 1 while eulogising GT3 racing – the epitome of an artificial formula where the competitors regularly bemoan the balance of performance regime. His body language in recent grand prix weekends has signalled that his hints about fading motivation are real.
“Every day I wake up, I convince myself again. And I ...Keep reading

It was an encore performance by Alex Palou this past Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. 
The 28-year-old Spaniard and driver of the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda came in as the defending race winner and had a nearly identical performance; starting on pole, leading 79 laps (two less than last year), and winning by 13.2775s (compared to 16.0035 in 2025) over Christian Lundgaard for a second ...Keep reading

Mark Hughes examines the front wing, floor, and sidepod concepts that make Audi’s R26 one of the grid’s most distinctive designs.

Kimi Antonelli made it two wins from two Grands Prix at the Japanese Grand Prix – impressing our Power Rankings judges along the way. But who else reached the top 10 on our Suzuka list? Check out the latest scores and overall leaderboard below…

Franco Colapinto is set to become the first Argentinian to drive an F1 car on the streets of Buenos Aires, with the Alpine racer confirmed to take part in a historic road show in April.

Daniel Dye was suspended by both NASCAR and Kaulig on March 17 after he was recorded making homophobic remarks about Team Penske IndyCar Series driver David Malukas over a live stream.
During the Whatnot live stream, Dye made an imitation and said, “As soon as I start doing a David Malukas gay voice, I get a gold so let’s keep it going.” He made other comments as well, and later ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia identified tyre wear on Sundays as a recurring problem area as he tries to inject some momentum into his 2026 MotoGP campaign. 
The Italian, who is trying to bounce back from a nightmare season in 2025, has had limited success in that ambition so far this season. He did have an encouraging outing in the USA last weekend, qualifying fourth-fastest and coming within half a lap ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri had a tough start to Formula 1’s new era in 2026. But after a second-place finish in the Japanese Grand Prix, his McLaren boss Andrea Stella believes the “best version” of the young Australian was on show last weekend.
Piastri failed to start the first two grands prix of the year after crashing on the way to the grid in Melbourne and being hit by a mechanical issue ahead of ...Keep reading

Ford is aiming to conduct the first test of its LMDh car in the third quarter of the year, ahead of its debut in the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class in 2027.
In a call with select media outlets on Monday, Ford LMDh chief Dan Sayers said that development of the American marque’s first prototype sportscar since the C100 is progressing as planned.
Multiple teams across the ...Keep reading

There has been a considerable amount of debate over the past week about who should be eligible for the NASCAR Hall of Fame and now Denny Hamlin has weighed in with his opinions as well.
The debate centers around drivers who have had tremendous success at levels lower than the Cup Series and if they should continue to be enshrined alongside the likes of Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon ...Keep reading