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Formula 1 commentator Alex Jacques has claimed that Fernando Alonso hasn't got enough years left  in the championship to see the Aston Martin and Honda partnership come good.
At 44 years old, Alonso is the oldest driver on the grid. With the new partnership between Honda and Aston Martin, and the first car from the Silverstone outfit designed under the leadership of Adrian Newey ...Keep reading

2025 F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin has taken part in a Formula 1 test with Mercedes. 
The French driver recently revealed in an interview on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast that the plan was to take part in an F1 test with the Brackley outfit. Now, Mercedes has shared photos of the milestone moment with the caption, "A milestone moment for Doriane Pin. Getting behind the wheel of an F1 car ...Keep reading

The #24 Gamota BMW #23 secured pole position on Saturday during qualifying for the first race of the 2026 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers, surprising many of the favoured teams.
David Jahn set a time of 8m09.488s early in the session, which was temporarily interrupted, and none of the rivals could beat it.
The #3 Winward Mercedes of Max Verstappen and Lucas Auer had originally qualified sixth ...Keep reading

Toyota has been part of the World Endurance Championship since its inception in 2012. From LMP1 to the Hypercar era, the Japanese manufacturer has experienced many highs and lows as it approaches its 100th race in the series.
During that time, Toyota has claimed 49 wins and started from pole position 42 times. In total, it has secured 13 world titles, split between seven manufacturers’ and ...Keep reading

Brodie Kostecki and Matt Payne took a win apiece on Saturday on the second day of Supercars racing at Ruapuna Park near Christchurch in New Zealand.
Kostecki took the opening 37-lap sprint race, but everyone had to give best to Grove Racing’s Payne in the second encounter, as he dominated the race to lead home Triple Eight Ford’s Broc Feeney.
The first Saturday race was a reverse image ...Keep reading

George Russell is eager for Max Verstappen to stay in Formula 1 but isn’t worried by any impact his departure would have - arguing no driver is bigger than the championship.
The four-time world champion is currently weighing up his future after being left incredibly frustrated by the new-for-2026 regulations, which he claimed are “anti-racing”. 
It also doesn’t help that his Red ...Keep reading

The WSK Promotion programme enters the heart of its calendar this weekend, fresh from the WSK Super Master Series, which, across its five rounds, kickstarted the 2026 season and crowned the season's first international karting champions.
Now, the spotlight shifts to Lonato for the second round of the WSK Euro Series, which picks up from the first round at the Leopard Circuit in Viterbo in ...Keep reading

Formula 1's long-serving safety car driver Bernd Maylander has explained how the tragic events of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix served as a catalyst in dramatically improving the championship's safety car system.
Maylander reflected on the era before widespread standardisation during an appearance on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast. 
"I think the medical car was always a part of it, or ...Keep reading

Robert Wickens nearly pulled off a phenomenal GTD pole run in qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. 
UPDATE: The pole-sitting #89 Vasser Sullivan was found to have a ground clearance violation in post-qualifying inspection, sending the Lexus to the rear of the grid. That means DXDT Racing and Wickens inherit the pole position. This story was written before technical ...Keep reading

Nick Yelloly stormed to pole in a furious round of IMSA qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The Briton, who shares Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s #93 Acura ARX-06 with Renger van der Zande, blitzed  the field with a flying lap of 1m11.626s around the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit.
BMW M Team WRT’s Marco Wittmann, in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8, ended up second by ...Keep reading

Laurin Heinrich is adjusting quickly to a new change of scenery at this weekend’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
After contesting - and winning - the opening two endurance rounds in IMSA with Porsche Penske Motorsport (PPM), the 24-year-old German was, moreless, loaned out to privateer JDC-Miller MotorSports to co-drive the #5 Porsche 963 with Tijmen van der Heim. And it didn’t take long ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle has labelled Williams' start to the 2026 season as "very concerning".
Despite team principal James Vowles heavily backing the Grove outfit's long-term 2026 project last year, the reality on track has so far fallen short of expectations. 
After missing private testing in Barcelona at the end of January, Williams was already on the ...Keep reading

In the first week of April, IndyCar driver Will Power's father, Bob Power, was approached by an armed gunman who attempted to steal his vehicle as part of a multi-day crime spree. After briefly wrestling with the man, law enforcement arrived on the scene and apprehended the suspect.
Power was uninjured in the encounter. On Friday, ahead of the Long Beach IndyCar race weekend, Will spoke about ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes Red Bull will inevitably be forced to place Max Verstappen's departing race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase on gardening leave to protect highly sensitive future car developments.
Lambiase, affectionately known as GP, has signed to join McLaren in 2028 as chief racing officer. While the move will come when his current contract with Red Bull expires ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Ollie Bearman has revealed that Lewis Hamilton was one of the first people to reach out to the Briton after he made his F1 debut with Ferrari at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. 
Bearman was brought in at the last minute to stand in for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after the Spanish driver was taken ill with appendicitis. He impressed ...Keep reading

An exciting season match bet battle is brewing at Audi.

Colton Herta has ruled out attempting to run the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula 2 round at Montreal on the same day.  The California native, who is a test driver for Cadillac’s Formula 1 team and currently running his maiden season in F2, was previously rumored to contest this year’s Indy 500 with Andretti Global, his IndyCar team for six years (2020-25). Although the option existed prior ...Keep reading

F1 Unlocked is giving fans the chance to attend Ask DC: An Evening with David Coulthard at F1® Arcade, a must-see night celebrating all things Formula 1®.

George Russell has shared an insight into how he is approaching the resumption of the season in May, with the Mercedes driver hoping that the championship battle continues to be between himself and team mate Kimi Antonelli whilst remaining wary of the competition.

Cadillac have announced that Colton Herta will make his practice debut with the team at the upcoming Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.