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Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson chats to F1.com about his impressive first half of the 2026 season – and what his hopes are for the remainder of the campaign.

Toto Wolff revealed that Mercedes is set to bring more upgrades in the second half of the 2026 Formula 1 season - but is "closely monitoring" when to introduce them.
The start of this new regulation cycle has gone as expected with the development race largely dictating the ever-changing pecking order as teams gain more understanding of the ruleset.
It saw Mercedes win the opening six grands ...Keep reading

Despite major structural changes sweeping across Porsche AG as part of its newly negotiated corporate reorganization, Porsche Motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach confirms that the manufacturer’s top-tier sports car racing commitments remain firmly on track.
Addressing questions regarding the Porsche Penske Motorsport program, Laudenbach confirmed its two-car IMSA GTP effort will continue as ...Keep reading

Casey Stoner believes Francesco Bagnaia "got the short straw" amid his Ducati struggles, arguing that too many people dismissed the Italian's complaints about the bike before he was ultimately dropped by the factory.
Throughout 2025, Bagnaia suggested that something had fundamentally changed on the Desmosedici, as he went from a title contender in 2024 to an also-ran on occasions. Although he ...Keep reading

Here are some of the most unique places to experience an F1 Grand Prix, featuring some of the most picturesque races on the calendar.

This is how each team mate pairing has stacked up against each other during the first half of the 2026 F1 season.

Alex Albon conceded that Williams will endure a tough end to the 2026 Formula 1 campaign with priority now shifting to building a fast car for 2027.
The Grove outfit has failed to kick on from its multi-podium season in 2025 and is ninth in the 2026 championship after 11 rounds with only 11 points and none since Monaco in June. 
Hungary last time out was its worst result yet, finishing ...Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera says he is open minded about his return to competitive motorsport next year as the two-time world rally champion plans to discuss his next steps with Toyota.
Rovanpera has received the green light to resume his motorsport career after recovering from a health issue that forced the Finn to abandon plans to make the leap from rallying to circuit racing in Super Formula this ...Keep reading

There is no let-up for Stephane Ratel and his working group, who have recently been grappling with the issues facing the GT3 platform.
The grids in every championship built around GT3 machinery remain healthy and, on the surface at least, there appears to be little risk of declining participation. Yet SRO Motorsports Group founder and CEO Ratel caused quite a stir during the Spa 24 Hours when ...Keep reading

Heading into Formula 1's major technical overhaul, expectations at Aston Martin were high. With a state-of-the-art factory in Silverstone, legendary designer Adrian Newey and a works partnership with Honda, all the ingredients for success appeared to be in place.
That may still prove to be the case in the longer term, but the start of the new era has proved far more challenging than ...Keep reading

Trackhouse has announced that it has renewed its contract with Raul Fernandez for the 2027 and 2028 MotoGP seasons.
After a tug-of-war that lasted almost half a year, the two parties reached an agreement for the next two seasons.
In fact, it was precisely the length of the contract that stalled the negotiations for months, as Fernandez had always asked for a two-season deal, while the team ...Keep reading

After urging from Dale Earnhardt Jr. and several others, Cleetus McFarland (real name Garrett Mitchell) has finally purchased his own Pro Late Model. He unveiled the No. 33 Rette Jones Racing Pro Late Model in a recent YouTube video, and hopes to perfect his racecraft with it as he continues his climb up the NASCAR ladder.
Cleetus did a full day of testing with his new Pro Late Model at ...Keep reading

Tom McCullough is set to leave the Silverstone-based squad at the end of the current Formula 1 season.

F1 technical expert Mark Hughes takes a close look at the unraced McLaren MP4-18 designed by Adrian Newey – and how it has much in common with the Aston Martin AMR26.

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard says George Russell's bruising 2026 campaign has become a "character-building" exercise, claiming the Mercedes driver's current run of bad luck is too unbelievable for a Rocky film.
Russell won the Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese sprint race, but his season has since taken a turn. As F1 enters its August shutdown, the Briton trails his teenage ...Keep reading

Anyone who assumed the political drama surrounding the NLS and the ill-fated NES marked peak Eifel absurdity clearly spoke too soon. The bombshell dropped by ADAC Nordrhein on 27 July 2026 when it unveiled plans for a rival Nordschleife series dwarfs any previous political squabbling.
The situation has descended into a convoluted web of competing interests, and the stakes are high. At risk is ...Keep reading

A short clip doing the rounds on social media shows a dark blue Lamborghini Sian FKP 37 rolling through the streets of Monaco with Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso behind the wheel.
The video doesn't give a clear view of the driver, but Alonso's ownership of this specific car has already been confirmed when photographers caught him getting in and out of the vehicle earlier this year. The ...Keep reading

The GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the FIA World Endurance Championship will race on the same weekend in October, with Portimao and Barcelona hosting events on the exact same dates. As a result, SRO Motorsports Group has been forced to revise the schedule for what will be the final Endurance Cup round of the 2026 season.
The clash emerged after the WEC confirmed that that the ...Keep reading

With FOX, Prime, and TNT now wrapping up their leg of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season, the final 14 races of the year will be split between two networks -- NBC and USA Sports (on the USA Network).
Only four of these races will actually air on the NBC network channel, including the final three races of the year at Talladega Superspeedway, Martinsville Speedway, and the title-decider at ...Keep reading

Laurin Heinrich’s championship prospects shifted dramatically on Sunday after he navigated a chaotic Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America to secure an unlikely second-place finish, trimming his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP title deficit to 108 points.
Sharing the #5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Porsche 963 with co-drivers Kaylen Frederick and Tijmen van der Helm, the ...Keep reading