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Oliver Bearman has revealed that the infectious dedication and high targets set by the Haas Formula 1 team are boosting his own motivation to bring the American outfit towards the front of the grid.
The British driver is in his second full-time season in the championship. Now with seven rounds of the 2026 season, which featured a new wave of regulations, under his belt, the 21-year-old ...Keep reading

Lando Norris was happy to see Lewis Hamilton return to the top step of the podium with his maiden victory for Ferrari at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

Here are all the timings – along with all the additional information you need – for the eighth Grand Prix weekend of the 2026 season from the Red Bull Ring.

Factory Honda rider Joan Mir says it is a "smart move" that the manufacturer is allowing him and fellow departing rider Luca Marini to test the 2027 bike and tyres at Brno today. 
As reported last week, Honda has decided that the input of its current race riders will be worth more than the potential downside of them getting a head start as they move to rival teams next year. 
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For those who closely follow or even have a casual interest in NASCAR car number stats, this is the story for you. Part-time driver Corey Heim took the unchartered No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota and claimed victory in just his 13th career start.
He had to pass championship leader and teammate Tyler Reddick in a head-to-head fight, prevailing only after an intense back-and-forth battle with just a ...Keep reading

The first two race weekends of Formula 1’s European season have served as another reality check for Aston Martin and its engine partner Honda. Although Fernando Alonso scored the team’s first point of the season in Monaco, he immediately added that it was no reason for celebration.
During qualifying in the principality, both Aston Martin cars occupied the last two positions, and that ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles has revealed the reasoning behind Alex Albon's extended pit visit during the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, explaining how a loose onboard camera prompted the team to turn a compromised race into a testing session.
It was a difficult weekend for the Grove outfit in Barcelona, with car weaknesses exposed by the high-speed, high-temperature demands ...Keep reading

The question of when a female driver will line up on the Formula 1 grid is a persistent one for F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff. However, as the all-female racing series continues to grow, Wolff is clear that having a woman in F1 is not the only benchmark of success for the series.
Speaking during an in-season test at Silverstone, Wolff reflected on the impact that F1 Academy is having ...Keep reading

Aprilia says it chose to appeal against Marco Bezzecchi’s ban from the Czech Grand Prix due to previous incidents in which other riders received more lenient sanctions for physical misconduct. 
The championship leader was excluded from Sunday’s race at Brno after striking a marshal towards the end of the sprint. The Italian was irked by the track worker accidentally revving up the engine ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton called on the FIA and F1 to implement further changes to make motorsport more accessible, citing the "ridiculous" costs of karting.
Hamilton feels motorsport is going in the "wrong direction" with its cost of entry, which is making it much harder for children from lower- and middle-income households to participate.
"I've not spent any time really ...Keep reading

Aged 41, Lewis Hamilton has found a new lease of life at Ferrari, but which other sports stars have enjoyed late-career resurgences?

Rob Smedley has given his take on Lewis Hamilton’s turnaround from struggling at the back of the field to winning with Ferrari, explaining how former colleagues at the famous Italian marque “absolutely love him” and are “putting him on a pedestal”.

Isack Hadjar has reflected on his relationship with Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen after he joined the team alongside the four-time Formula 1 world champion.
Hadjar’s convincing maiden F1 campaign earned him a graduation to the Milton Keynes-based outfit, after previous drivers repeatedly struggled to even come close to Verstappen’s level – including Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda in ...Keep reading

The MotoGP plot just keeps on delivering new twists. The Czech Grand Prix felt like a real momentum shift in this year's title battle, and also included a touch of the bizarre as the championship leader was banned from the race...
Winner: Marc Marquez
This victory came as a painful hammer-blow for all the other riders hoping to win the 2026 MotoGP world championship. After his maximum points ...Keep reading

Ironically, the weekend that should have gone down in history as an era of concord – following the announcement of a historic agreement between the manufacturers and the promoter – will end up tattooed on the collective memory due to a much less fraternal, infinitely more unpleasant sequence.
Until now, Brno had hosted historic milestones such as Valentino Rossi's first-ever world ...Keep reading

There's no competition for the "worst surprise" award of the 2026 Formula 1 season start, as Aston Martin - despite all the hype around Adrian Newey joining the team and leading it into the new era - sits second from last in the constructors' championship after seven rounds.
With one point on the board, it is only ahead of Cadillac, the completely new project that was expected to struggle in ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles has warned that the upcoming Austrian Grand Prix could see a repeat of the team's recent struggles, anticipating a "fast and frantic" weekend.
Following a difficult weekend at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, where the underlying flaws of the Williams challenger were laid bare, Vowles offered an honest assessment of how the team could fare at ...Keep reading

The 2026 MotoGP grid has weighed in on Marco Bezzecchi’s altercation with a marshal, which resulted in the Aprilia rider being banned from competing in Sunday’s Czech Grand Prix. 
Riders were unanimous in condemning Bezzecchi’s actions, even though they understood why he reacted in such a way in the heat of the moment.
However, opinions diverged when they were quizzed about the ...Keep reading

Ten riders representing five different manufactures will take part in the official Pirelli MotoGP test at Brno on Monday.
The Czech venue will be the ideal setting for the full-time MotoGP riders to sample the new 850cc prototypes fitted with Pirelli tyres that will be introduced in 2027, marking a new era in the motorcycle world championship.
Each of the five manufacturers will field two ...Keep reading

Surprisingly, Denny Hamlin managed to edge closer to Tyler Reddick in the points battle after the San Diego street course race.
While battling for the race win, Tyler Reddick made contact with teammate Corey Heim, and cut a left-front tire down soon after. That cost him over 20 points as he fell to 25th in the running order. Hamlin finished 14th, slicing the margin from 19 points to just eight ...Keep reading