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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will close the airspace above Reagan National Airport (DCA) from 10:15am EST to 1:15pm EST on August 23 in order to "help ensure the safe and efficient movement of air traffic” during the IndyCar race in Washington D.C. later this month.
This is not an unusual move from the FAA, as they also briefly closed the airspace for the Fourth of July UFC fight ...Keep reading

F1.com Senior Editor Greg Stuart looks back at Damon Hill’s title-winning season, 30 years on.

F1 photographer Alex O’Connor has offered unique insight into how he captured 12 of his most remarkable images over the first half of the 2026 season.

F1.com examines the data to find out how Isack Hadjar has stacked up so far against Max Verstappen, in comparison to those who previously held the second seat at Red Bull.

Building a championship-caliber sports car program from scratch in four months is a daunting task, but Dries Vanthoor is helping steer BMW’s top-class GTP effort through a rapid operational evolution in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Now in his second full-time IMSA season, the 28-year-old Belgian driver finds himself at the center of a major transition for the manufacturer ...Keep reading

Theo Pourchaire has admitted that combining his newly-announced Formula E drive with another campaign in the World Endurance Championship would be tough, but has not ruled out running a dual programme.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that 2023 Formula 2 champion Pourchaire will return to single-seaters, joining the new Opel Formula E team for the 2026-27 season.
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The Pacific Northwest was Alex Palou’s personal playground once again, with the Spaniard coasting to victory in the Grand Prix of Portland.
Despite falling to third during the opening stint of the 110-lap race, Palou utilized his classic overcut and stayed out a lap longer than pole-sitter Felix Rosenqvist to vault to the top spot after the first green flag pit cycle. From there, Palou ...Keep reading

How serious was the retirement threat from former champion Thomas Preining at the Norisring weekend really? After a disappointing Saturday race in Nuremberg, the Manthey Porsche driver settled scores with the Balance of Performance (BoP) in the DTM and said in an interview with Motorsport-Total.com, "I'm really close to saying: There's no point anymore, I'm stopping."
Three weeks later, the ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia endured a nightmare weekend at the British Grand Prix, failing to score points for the first time this season.
Returning to MotoGP action just weeks after surgery on his right forearm, Bagnaia never looked comfortable on his Ducati GP26 at Silverstone, but remained optimistic about a turnaround.
Instead, however, his weekend only got worse with each session. In practice, he ...Keep reading

Darlington Raceway has announced its race dates for the 2027 season. The historic track, which opened in 1950, will again hold a triple-header weekend from April 2-4 with all three national divisions. 
However, there is a change for later in the season when NASCAR returns to Darlington for 78th running of the Southern 500. The race will be held on September  5, and preceded by the NASCAR ...Keep reading

Mercedes deputy team principal Bradley Lord has given several reasons behind Kimi Antonelli’s rise into a Formula 1 title contender this season.
Antonelli endured a tough rookie campaign last year as F1’s third-youngest driver in history, having bypassed F3 to spend just one year in F2 before joining one of the most successful teams in the world championship – courtesy of Lewis Hamilton ...Keep reading

MotoGP’s new 850cc era will kick off with a special season-launch event at Rio de Janeiro on 21 February 2027.
As reported by Motorsport.com last month, the entire MotoGP grid will travel to Brazil at the start of next year to mark the launch of the new season. 
The main event will take place at Botafogo Beach, with the famous Sugarloaf Mountain serving as the backdrop
The launch will ...Keep reading

Leonardo Fornaroli has reflected on a busy and “very helpful” eight months as part of McLaren’s Driver Development Programme, with the young Italian “trying to learn as much as possible” while edging closer to his F1 dream.

How is Audi's first season as a works outfit in Formula 1 going? We recap everything so far in their half term report.

From all the teams that wrote off 2025 or shifted focus to 2026 much earlier, Alpine is actually the squad that saw the biggest benefits from that approach. Powered by Mercedes engines, the squad enjoyed a strong start to the season. But Alpine's first half of the year has been slightly downgraded to a B- as it got caught by its rivals ahead of the summer break, ending the first half of the season ...Keep reading

Formula E’s Gen3.5 era is set for an epic conclusion in London this weekend, with the fight for the 2025/26 title going down to the wire.
As many as nine drivers remain in mathematical contention heading to the ExCel double-header, the most since the chaotic 2020/21 season when 18 drivers went into the final races in Berlin with a chance of becoming champion.
Prior to last month’s races ...Keep reading

MotoGP has not ruled out moving the Qatar Grand Prix to another country amid the uncertainty caused by the war in the Middle East, and could potentially follow the same strategy Formula 1 has taken by hosting its Bahrain race in Malaysia. 
The conflict that erupted several months ago in the Persian Gulf between the United States, Israel and Iran has had a direct impact on this year's sporting ...Keep reading

McLaren says Ferrari's vast number of Formula1 car upgrades over the first half of the 2026 season is an "inspiration" as it aims to keep rolling out updates of its own.
The dawn of a new era of regulations triggered a huge development war over the first half of the 2026 campaign, with Ferrari and Red Bull in particular impressing rivals with the quantity of upgrades they have been able to ...Keep reading

Formula 1.com is delving into F1 driver bubbles to gain a greater understanding of the lives of those who work closely with the stars of F1. Carlos Onoro, manager of Williams' Carlos Sainz, provides an insight into working with his cousin, his responsibilities, and dealing with the famous ‘silly season’.

While Aston Martin introduced its first major upgrade package for the AMR26 in Hungary, Honda will bring its first update of the 2026 Formula 1 season to Zandvoort.
With Adrian Newey’s first upgrade package of the year, the deficit on the chassis side has been reduced considerably. Aston Martin is still a long way from where it wants to be, but figures from Paceteq show that its deficit in ...Keep reading