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Vote: Autosport Best of the Month for June 2026

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 17:27
Welcome to an exciting new monthly poll, where you the reader is being offered the opportunity to choose the best drivers and moments from the past month of racing action around the world. You can cast your vote by visiting Motorsport.com/vote/ or simply by clicking this link.
There are several categories in our  ‘Autosport Best of the Month’ voting, with four options available for each ...Keep reading

Norris explains if he sees himself as a one-team driver

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-07-01 16:14
Lando Norris assessed whether he could be a one-team driver on the *Beyond The Grid* podcast ahead of Silverstone.

Cadillac unveil special livery for British GP

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-07-01 16:14
Cadillac are the latest team to showcase a special livery for the British Grand Prix weekend.

The top finds from the F1 Hub and F1 Flagship pop-up stores

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-07-01 16:14
A visit to the F1 Flagship Store at Silverstone and F1 Hub on Oxford Street is a must for racing fans in the UK – here are some standout pieces from both exclusive stores.

McLaren searching for answers behind losses to Mercedes on straights, despite same F1 power unit

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 16:00
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella says that the team will investigate why it is losing around "one-and-a-half tenths" to Mercedes in the straights, despite running with a common power unit.
Explaining where the MCL40 is currently stacked against the current championship-leading W17, Stella estimates that the gap between the two cars is around three-to-four tenths per lap, with ...Keep reading

Cadillac marks 250 years of American independence with British GP livery

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 15:49
The Cadillac Formula 1 team has unveiled a special livery to mark 250 years of American independence, which it will run at the British Grand Prix this weekend.
Cadillac, which made its F1 debut this season at the Australian Grand Prix, will swap its signature monochrome look for the stars and stripes when it takes to the Silverstone circuit this weekend. It follows similar special liveries from ...Keep reading

Aprilia: Marco Bezzecchi “needs a break” after recent MotoGP troubles

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 15:07
Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola believes Marco Bezzecchi "needs a break" after a bruising run of races that has seen him lose the lead of the MotoGP championship.
Bezzecchi was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons last month, and his title challenge took a huge knock after two non-scores in the Czech and Dutch Grands Prix.
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Five things to look out for at the F1 British GP

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 14:00
Formula 1 enjoyed an afternoon of chaotic racing last time out in Austria, and Silverstone could be the perfect site for a repeat performance this weekend.
The British Grand Prix weekend hosts a sprint race on Saturday, so teams will have just a single practice session at the historic track in which they must dial in their setups to try and extract the best lap time possible.
This, coupled ...Keep reading

New breed of race-first GT3 cars “the right way to do it”, says Ben Keating

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 13:30
Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Ben Keating has thrown his support behind the new breed of GT3 machinery, arguing that building a car for the track from the ground up is the “right thing to do”.
The likes of Mercedes, Toyota and Genesis are all developing new cars specifically for GT3 racing, with the requirements of the sister road-going model becoming secondary during the design ...Keep reading

Hamilton's best Silverstone wins ranked by you

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-07-01 13:14
Lewis Hamilton has achieved a record-breaking nine wins at Silverstone – so we asked you to vote on which of his victories was the best.

How to stream the 2026 British Grand Prix on F1 TV Premium

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-07-01 13:14
Here is all the information you need to follow the British Grand Prix weekend live on F1 TV.

QUIZ: British winners of the British Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-07-01 13:14
The Formula 1 circus is heading to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix this weekend, but how much can you remember about these home winners?

Oliver Bearman warns Haas risks being outdeveloped in F1 2026

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 12:45
Oliver Bearman warned that his Haas Formula 1 team could lose out to its rivals if it doesn't speed up its rate of development after he finished 14th and out of the points in Austria.
Bearman had a strong start to his second year in Formula 1, making the most of his Haas VF-26 to pick up points in the first two rounds of the year in Australia and China. However, in the six rounds since, the ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez: "I didn't want to walk into the paddock because I associated it with pain"

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 12:04
Marc Marquez has admitted there were moments during the long succession of surgeries on his right arm when he simply did not want to set foot in the MotoGP paddock because he associated it with the pain he had endured.
Six weeks ago, Marquez underwent another operation – his seventh on the same arm in six years – this time to solve the loss of feeling and lack of connection caused by ...Keep reading

"Huge difference": DTM measure aimed at preventing Norisring pit lane accidents

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 11:27
The DTM is finally reacting to the pit lane accidents in Zandvoort and the warnings from some teams that we are "reaching a point where someone is going to die" ahead of the highlight at the Norisring this coming weekend. At the Norisring, which alongside Zandvoort features the narrowest pit lane on the DTM calendar, the pit tent will be extended and the gantries will be pulled further ...Keep reading

Williams plans “almost entirely new car” by Azerbaijan GP

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 10:30
Williams team principal James Vowles says an “almost entirely new car” will arrive by the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in late September.
The Grove-based squad has endured an underwhelming start to F1’s new era, especially having spent so much of its efforts focused on preparing for 2026 last year, as its FW48 was completed late and overweight.
The weight issue and lack of quick ...Keep reading

Kakunoshin Ohta tops Super Formula Fuji test fresh from IMSA Watkins Glen round

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 09:53
Super Formula points leader Kakunoshin Ohta went fastest in this week’s in-season test at Fuji, as Giuliano Alesi made his first outing in the category for three years.
Ohta set the quickest time of 1m22.361s aboard his Honda-powered Dandelion Racing car at the very end of the afternoon session on the second day of the two-day test, during the second of two 10-minute runs reserved for ...Keep reading

Yamaha confirms Jorge Martin and Ai Ogura as 2027 factory MotoGP riders

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-07-01 09:17
Yamaha confirmed the signings of Jorge Martin and Ai Ogura on Wednesday, with the pair set to form the manufacturer's factory MotoGP line-up for the next two seasons.
The announcement of Martin and Ogura's arrivals, first reported by Motorsport.com several months ago, comes one day after Yamaha bid farewell to Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins, leaving Honda and KTM as the only manufacturers yet ...Keep reading

5 drivers most likely to win the British Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-07-01 00:54
We look at the betting markets to see who bookmakers expect to win at Silverstone.

Alex Bowman says decision on NASCAR future coming "sooner rather than later"

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-06-30 22:56
Not much has gone right this season for Alex Bowman, one in which he entered approaching free agency and questions about his future, and that’s not even including missing four races due a bout of vertigo.
Before and after the ailment, Bowman and his No. 48 team has struggled on the track, with the car sitting 30th in the owner standings.
"We've had some good weeks and a lot of not good ...Keep reading

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