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Broadcaster Naomi Schiff has warned that Red Bull's narrow set-up window could be compromising Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar's 2026 Formula 1 campaigns.
At the United States Grand Prix, both drivers' races were derailed in the opening stages. Hadjar suffered a launch issue that prompted him to demand a clutch redesign, while Verstappen lacked electrical deployment out of Turn 1, which ...Keep reading

When Manthey expanded its program to North America, the transition appeared to deliver the typical dominance associated with the team at first glance.
The German squad swept to victory in its second race at the Twelve Hours of Sebring in GTD Pro, followed up with another class win for its GTD entry during its five-race Endurance Cup campaign.
However, competing at the top level of American ...Keep reading

Heading into the 2026 season, BMW was under immense pressure. After three years of limited success, the update package for the M Hybrid V8 really needed to deliver.
In IMSA, the challenge was compounded by a late-notice team switch from RLL to WRT. Now, after a full season with the updated LMDh car, it is clear that the hard work has paid off.
With the revised Evo package, BMW deliberately ...Keep reading

The United States Grand Prix was a wildly successful weekend for Ferrari, if you strictly go off the timing sheets. The newly upgraded car possessed blazing-fast race pace, tyre degradation was fully under control, and Charles Leclerc dragged his machine to a brilliant second-place finish behind Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.
But inside the Scuderia garage, there is a lingering feeling of "what ...Keep reading

When your star driver gets out of the car after grabbing a podium and immediately tells the global broadcast that the pitstops, tyres, and engine braking were all complete garbage, it is up to the team principal to jump on the nearest microphone and put out the fire.
Following Verstappen's radio meltdown at the United States Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal Laurent Mekies ...Keep reading

Sources have confirmed to Motorsport.com's Matt Weaver that Cleetus McFarland (real name: Garrett Mitchell) is set to compete full-time in the ARCA Menard's Series next year. George Siciliano, better known as Squirrel McNut online, will be full-time in 2027 as well.
Motorsport.com understands that an announcement is expected this week, with George in a Rette Jones Racing car and Cleetus driving ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff believes George Russell has struggled to get the most out of Mercedes’ W17 this season due to a “difficult” operating window, with the Briton only finishing eighth in last weekend’s United States Grand Prix.

Kimi Antonelli moved to the brink of his first world title with a superb drive in the United States Grand Prix. But as the Italian champion elect celebrated a commanding victory in Austin, others didn’t have much to write home about. Lawrence Barretto selects his winners and losers at the Circuit of The Americas.

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has dismissed the narrative that drivers can blame poor performance on the championship's new 2026 regulations, insisting the all-time greats successfully adapt to any machinery.
F1 introduced a major regulation change in 2026. While several drivers have struggled to extract consistent pace from the new generation of cars, Coulthard argued that a driver's ...Keep reading

George Russell's long-term future at Mercedes has been questioned following the United States Grand Prix.
Russell entered the 2026 Formula 1 season as one of the favourites for the title. But after winning the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese sprint race, the Briton watched as his team-mate Kimi Antonelli became the youngest driver to lead the championship.
After winning ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has explained the reasoning behind asking Oscar Piastri to wave Lando Norris past in Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix.
Piastri and Norris locked out the fourth row of the grid at the Circuit of The Americas, having failed to challenge the Mercedes, Red Bulls and Ferraris in Q3.
However, over the first seven laps of the race, Piastri lost one second ...Keep reading

This October's NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway was certainly a memorable one, and pretty much all title contenders encountered issues except for the one already sitting atop the standings.
This race featured a bizarre opening stage where three cars drove off to a 40+ second lead amid fuel-saving shenanigans, a very persistent lapped car that nearly won the race, championship ...Keep reading

Andrea Stella believes that McLaren matched the performance of Ferrari and Red Bull during the United States Grand Prix, despite Lando Norris eventually slipping to fifth last weekend.

Colton Herta is watching IndyCar’s European expansion from a unique vantage point.
Now competing in Formula 2 with Hitech and serving as Cadillac Formula One Team’s test driver following his fourth FP1 outing at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas, the nine-time IndyCar race winner remains closely connected to the American open-wheel paddock. Last Friday ...Keep reading

Chase Elliott said the decision to withdraw his name from the NASCAR Cup Series most popular driver award to encourage a posthumous victory by Kyle Busch was inspired by his father before him.
In 2001, Bill Elliott withdrew his eligibility after winning the award 15 of the previous 17 seasons in response to the death of the Dale Earnhardt on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Despite his immense ...Keep reading

Ducati believes Aprilia got “unlucky” with weather changes over the Australian Grand Prix weekend, citing the RS-GP’s superior pace in dry conditions.
Aprilia was expected to dominate proceedings at Phillip Island after Marco Bezzecchi led a 1-2-4-5 result for the Noale-based manufacturer in Friday Practice. But Saturday’s running didn’t quite go as it had expected, with Ducati’s ...Keep reading

Red Bull's Laurent Mekies admits that Kimi Antonelli and Mercedes were "faster than us" in last weekend's United States Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen could only finish third.

The United States Grand Prix weekend was something of a mixed one for Ferrari, and in the end a solid second place was not quite enough for Charles Leclerc, who made it clear that he wanted more.

Kimi Antonelli pulled off a sensational victory from 19th at the Italian Grand Prix, but Formula 1’s champion-elect reckons his dominant performance from pole in Austin was even better.
The Mercedes driver was forced into a back row start at Monza in September due to a change of power unit, yet the rapid Italian still scythed through the field to take victory.
That gave Antonelli his ...Keep reading

Austin Hill is one of the most impressive drivers at drafting tracks in the secondary level of NASCAR, earning four wins at Daytona, two at Talladega, and five at the reconfigured Atlanta.
While still fairly new to the Cup Series, he got to showcase some of that superspeedway prowess this weekend. Driving the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, he qualified on the outside of the front ...Keep reading