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It has long been known that a key battleground of the 2026 Formula 1 campaign will be the development race. Whichever team is able to apply the correct upgrades in good time is expected to succeed, and although this is the case with any regulation switch, it is even more significant this year due to the sheer complexity of the new ruleset.
But what is interesting is observing the upgrade ...Keep reading

Factory BMW driver Robin Frijns expects Max Verstappen to make the switch to the World Endurance Championship in the future, with Hypercar likely to be his preferred category.
Frijns recently returned to the Nurburgring-Nordschleife for the third round of the Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS). Together with Marco Wittmann and Phillip Eng, he competed in the Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 ...Keep reading

After a two-week break, IndyCar is back with Round No. 5 -- the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Kyle Kirkwood is the defending winner of the event
IndyCar will be joined by IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the GTP and GTD classes racing this weekend as well.
Kirkwood leads the IndyCar championship at the moment, just two points ahead of Alex Palou, who won the most recent race at ...Keep reading

Toyota has been an ever-present fixture in the World Endurance Championship since its (re)birth in 2012. While its rivals have joined, left and returned over the last decade and a half, Toyota remained committed to the championship through wider automotive industry shifts and even a global pandemic. 
It has not been a smooth ride though, and the Japanese marque had to endure years of ...Keep reading

Formula 1 rolled out sweeping regulations for 2026, bringing smaller, lighter cars to the track and increasing the emphasis on electrical energy in the power units. Since the launch of the season, however, these rules have proven to be divisive, which Liam Lawson believes was inevitable.
The Racing Bulls driver’s former team-mate Max Verstappen has been the most outspoken about F1’s new ...Keep reading

Driving the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and future NASCAR Hall of Famer Denny Hamlin, NASCAR Cup Series star Tyler Reddick has had a dream start to the 2026 season.
He won the season-opening Daytona 500 with a dramatic last-lap pass and went on to win the opening three races of the season -- something no other driver in NASCAR Cup history had previously ...Keep reading

2025 Formula 1 champion Lando Norris has been featured on TIME Magazine's prestigious 100 Most Influential People list for 2026. 
The McLaren driver, who claimed his maiden F1 drivers' championship title at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after an intense battle with his team-mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, is joined by an exclusive group of 'global leaders, artists ...Keep reading

George Russell has opened up on racing against his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli, praising the Italian driver's "perfect start to the year".
Mercedes has enjoyed a dominant start to the 2026 Formula 1 season. After Russell claimed the victory in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and the first sprint race of the year in China, Antonelli celebrated back-to-back wins at the Chinese and ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo revealed he is trying to stay a “little bit out” of Yamaha’s bike development process amid mounting frustrations with its V4 project in MotoGP.
The Japanese manufacturer’s decision to abandon its long-running inline-four engine configuration has left it firmly on the back foot in 2026, even as management remains convinced it will pay off in the long term.
Quartararo ...Keep reading

Andrew Benson assesses how much money is needed to reach Formula 1 and why costs have increased so much.

The Balance of Performance in the World Endurance Championship will no longer be made public in 2026, in a move aimed at preventing speculation and misinterpretation, the FIA and ACO officials explained during a media briefing at Imola.
As teams were still arriving at the circuit on Thursday morning, a small group of media outlets – including Motorsport.com – heard from Bruno Famin and ...Keep reading

F1.com takes a look back at some of the sport’s most striking liveries, designs that it would be fun to see race again on the modern-day grid.

This season has seen sweeping new regulations implemented, and a new era of cars always means plenty of intriguing technical innovations.

Stefano Domenicali has shared an insight into how all parties in Formula 1 will work to find the “right adjustments” to the 2026 technical regulations amid discussions during the current April break, with the President and CEO confident that everything is going in the “right direction”.

The Mexican veteran has already shown early signs of improvement in the first three races.

Paul Di Resta may have never achieved a Formula 1 podium, but there was a time when he beat a future four-time world champion – and many other upcoming grand prix drivers.
Back in 2006, the likes of Sebastian Vettel, Giedo van der Garde, Kazuki Nakajima, Kamui Kobayashi, Sebastien Buemi and Romain Grosjean featured on the grid of the Formula 3 Euro Series – a championship whose reigning ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports F1 analyst Martin Brundle argued that George Russell "lost his head a little bit" during the Japanese Grand Prix. 
The Briton started the 2026 season as the favourite as Mercedes was expected to bring dominant machinery to the new era of regulations.
And while Russell started off strong with wins in the Australian Grand Prix and Chinese sprint race ...Keep reading

Supercars will make a parity change to the Chevrolet Camaro teams in time for this weekend’s fourth round at Ruapuna Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.
On Thursday, the Supercars Commission notified the teams that small changes will be made to the Camaro front splitter and rear wing to shift the car's aerodynamic balance rearwards.
In a note to the teams the Commission said: “Following ...Keep reading

Mercedes, McLaren and Alpine took to the track this week with their 2026 Formula 1 cars.
Mercedes and McLaren partook in a Pirelli test at the Nurburgring, with all four race drivers in action.
On Tuesday, George Russell covered 127 laps, with Oscar Piastri down on 65 due to a technical issue. Yesterday, championship leader Kimi Antonelli and Lando Norris completed 109 and 108 laps ...Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali believes the series as a whole should try and agree on a future power unit formula as early as this year, backing a push for a lighter and simpler engine.
Initiated by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's public desire for F1 to move to simpler, cheaper power units in the future, F1 stakeholders held meetings 12 months ago on what a future engine ...Keep reading