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Williams were a squad many of their midfield rivals envied in 2025, having returned to the Grand Prix podium with new signing Carlos Sainz and risen to fifth position in the Teams’ Championship – their best classification since the 2017 season.

It's common to see fans credit a manufacturer's progress - or struggles - to the quality of its riders. Some are considered exceptional development riders, while others are accused of leading engineers in the wrong direction. But how much influence does a MotoGP rider actually have over the technical evolution of a bike?
Joan Mir has experienced both ends of the spectrum, winning the 2020 world ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly reckons Alpine’s upgrades at the forthcoming Dutch Grand Prix are “critical” for it to maintain pace in the Formula 1 midfield as it has been outdeveloped by rivals.
The French marque started the 2026 campaign as the leading midfield team, sitting fifth in the standings after round six in Monaco where Gasly claimed a contentious podium.
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1996 Formula 1 champion Damon Hill has likened the current Mercedes intra-team battle between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli to his own experience of facing a fiercely competitive newcomer in Jacques Villeneuve.
With the 2026 F1 season well underway, the driver dynamic at the Brackley outfit continues to be a major talking point. Following his rookie campaign last year, having stepped into ...Keep reading

Since its launch in 2012, the FIA World Endurance Championship has visited a wide variety of tracks around the world, racing across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Some events like Spa have become permanent fixtures on the calendar, while others disappeared quickly without leaving a mark.
At its peak, the WEC hosted as many as 10 rounds in a season before shrinking to just six during the ...Keep reading

F1.com rounds up five of the key lessons from the first half of the 2026 Formula 1 season.

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has praised Red Bull's recent appointment of Gwen Lagrue to head up its junior driver programme, suggesting the move is a big step in maintaining the pipeline established by Helmut Marko. 
Following the departure of long-time motorsport adviser Marko at the end of the 2025 season, the future direction of the Red Bull junior driver programme ...Keep reading

Some conversations stay with you. They remind you that, even in today's Formula 1, it is still possible to be yourself - to speak openly, without filters, carefully rehearsed answers or media-trained soundbites.
The fact that this interview was conducted with the youngest driver currently on the F1 grid makes it even more remarkable. Arvid Lindblad will celebrate his 19th birthday next ...Keep reading

Drivers are excited for the future of the World Rally Championship following what the FIA has labelled the “biggest deal in history” for rallying.
After months of discussions, French automotive company Cosmobilis and private credit investor Park Square Capital have officially acquired WRC Promoter GmbH to take over the commercial rights of the WRC and the European Rally Championship in an ...Keep reading

Sky Sports Formula 1 commentator David Croft has praised the new Cadillac F1 team for its resilience and refusal to hide behind its rookie status, following another challenging weekend for the American outfit at the Hungarian Grand Prix. 
Cadillac joined the F1 grid as the 11th team in 2026. The General Motors-backed squad, running Ferrari power units with an experienced driver line-up of ...Keep reading

With the first Formula 1 season under the new technical regulations approaching its halfway point, the summer break provides a good opportunity to take stock. The 2026 rules, with their much greater emphasis on electric power, sparked considerable debate both in and outside the paddock.
F1 insists that fan ratings – for example in its own Formula 1 Fan Voice programme – have been largely ...Keep reading

After 18 grueling months of internal pressure, transition, and painful near-misses, Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) returned to win in emotional fashion at the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America.
The team delivered a remarkable performance across the 4.048-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course, claiming victory and third place. The victory marked WTR’s first GTP-class triumph ...Keep reading

Filipe Albuquerque ended Wayne Taylor Racing’s two-year victory drought in a chaotic Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America.
Albuquerque, who shares the #10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R with co-driver Ricky Taylor, held off a furious final push to the finish in a wild race that featured nine cautions and ended under yellow around the 4.048-mile, 14-mile natural ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Oliver Bearman has reaffirmed his commitment to the Ferrari driver programme, dismissing the prospect of a switch to Aston Martin in the near future. 
Speaking on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, the 21-year-old driver addressed the increasingly fluid driver market and his own long-term future. 
Despite an impressive start to his full-time F1 career with Haas ...Keep reading

Julien Andlauer used a short-fill during the latest caution period to take the lead at the halfway point of the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America.
Porsche Penske Motorsport held a 1-2, with Kevin Estre in the #6 Porsche 963 following Andlauer in the #7 sister car. 
The #24 BMW M Hybrid of BMW M Team WRT led the majority of the first half of the race at the 4.048-mile ...Keep reading

Sami Pajari says winning Rally Finland is “a massive thing”, claiming that a home victory and a World Rally Championship title are equally important to Finnish drivers.
After claiming his first WRC win two weeks ago in Estonia, the Toyota driver beat team-mate Oliver Solberg to victory by 26.7s in what proved to be a drama-filled fast gravel rally.  
Pajari became the 14th Finn to win ...Keep reading

Hayden Paddon will take over the third seat at Hyundai Motorsport for the next World Rally Championship event in Paraguay later this month.
Hyundai had been waiting until after this weekend’s Rally Finland to determine its Rally1 driver-up for the event in South America (27-30 August). This season the Korean marque signed Paddon, Dani Sordo and Esapekka Lappi as its drivers to share the car ...Keep reading

Esteban Ocon has opened up about the 2019 Formula 1 season, which he spent as a Mercedes reserve driver following an unfavourable chain of events.
Back in July 2018, Ocon was riding a wave of momentum. In his second full F1 campaign, the Mercedes protege was narrowly leading seasoned Force India team-mate Sergio Perez in the drivers’ standings, and had just outqualified him seven times in a ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Oliver Bearman has admitted that Lewis Hamilton's return to race-winning form with Ferrari has complicated his own aspirations of securing a seat at the Maranello outfit. 
After an impressive debut at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, when he stood in for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari, Bearman secured a full-time seat at Haas in 2025.
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Sky Sports Formula 1 lead commentator David Croft believes McLaren's recent upgrade package has positioned the team to mount a genuine challenge against championship leader Mercedes over the remainder of the 2026 season. 
McLaren arrived at the Hungarian Grand Prix seeking to close the gap to the Brackley outfit following a demanding opening half of the season. Lando Norris subsequently ...Keep reading