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There are six sprint races in the 2026 season and here is all you need to know about how the format works.

Singapore has a reputation of punishing even the best Formula 1 drivers. But talking to fans ahead of the sprint weekend, Oscar Piastri offered a more personal and hilarious answer as to why this weekend could be difficult.
During McLaren Racing Live at Singapore's Sands Theatre yesterday, the McLaren driver was asked what makes the Singapore race so difficult. A standard answer would focus on ...Keep reading

Against the backdrop of the disagreements sparked by MotoGP’s new format for next season, Marc Marquez believes the riders will eventually come together in a commission to give themselves a stronger voice, along the lines of Formula 1’s GPDA.
MotoGP, together with the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), confirmed on Wednesday the changes to the grand prix weekend schedule that ...Keep reading

Live coverage of all the build-up ahead of the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix weekend.

After the lights go out in Malaysia, bettors will be watching closely to make smart betting decisions in real time.

Former Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal Christian Horner received a combined £100.482million in compensation for loss of office following his departure from the Milton Keynes outfit in July 2025, according to newly published UK Companies House documents.
The Briton was replaced in the role on 9 July 2025 by former Racing Bulls team principal Laurent Mekies, before officially leaving the ...Keep reading

Formula 1 seems to be growing in popularity every minute, so it's no surprise that the sponsor pool is getting deeper and deeper. Today, the McLaren Formula 1 team has confirmed a new partnership with Procter & Gamble, a company behind some of the largest household brands in the world.
The announcement arrives ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix sprint weekend, with the partnership boasting a ...Keep reading

The Singapore Grand Prix is declared a heat-hazard race, the second weekend in a row that the designation has been used in Formula 1.

Aprilia and Ducati's MotoGP bosses are sticking to a diplomatic if unconvincing line in the face of suggestions that the costly switch to 850cc engines for 2027 has already failed in terms of reducing corner speeds.
On Thursday, Massimo Rivola (Aprilia) and Gigi Dall'Igna (Ducati) appeared in a special press conference ahead of this weekend's Indonesian Grand Prix. In it, they were asked for ...Keep reading

The one-off double header of Malaysia and Singapore, to recover the Bahrain Grand Prix at a guest venue, made sense from a logistical and financial point of view, but it also offered the F1 community an opportunity to explore one of the more interesting parts of the calendar.
Most sensible people would take the one-hour hop along the Malacca strait to cover the 360km distance between the two ...Keep reading

Ford and Chevrolet teams have shared the honours on a controversial opening day of practice at the Bathurst 1000 in New South Wales.
Late in the evening prior to the 26 cars taking to the Mount Panorama track last-minute changes were approved for the Ford Mustangs in the event, which have caused some comments and finger-pointing in the pitlane.
Supercars conducted some assessments at its ...Keep reading

After Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff recently confirmed that the team would run a drastic split-specification comparison test to troubleshoot their troubled aerodynamic updates, the exact garage assignments remained a complete mystery.
Now, with the paddock setting up for the highly anticipated Singapore Grand Prix sprint weekend, Mercedes has officially defined its strategy.
The split ...Keep reading

MotoGP’s new weekend format for 2027 has divided the grid, with riders such as Francesco Bagnaia and Luca Marini believing the changes will help promote the championship, while Pedro Acosta and Alex Marquez feel they push the demands on riders too far.
The introduction of the new weekend format was the main topic of conversation among riders ahead of the Indonesian Grand Prix, a day after ...Keep reading

An unusual legal fight is currently unfolding in London's High Court. According to a new report from the Daily Mail, Williams Racing has officially launched extreme legal action against a local garage owner after a priceless piece of the team's Formula 1 heritage disappeared without a single explanation.
The missing FW23 chassis
The legal dispute revolves around an incredibly rare 2001 ...Keep reading

When Formula 1 teams bring massive aerodynamic packages to the grid, the expectation is some level of quantifiable improvement. But for Mercedes, their heavily hyped updates at the relocated Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia completely backfired, leaving the team baffled by their sudden drop in pace. 
Now, rather than blindly committing to the new parts, team principal Toto Wolff is forcing his ...Keep reading

Ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, the FIA has issued a statement following the events at Sepang. The opening phase of the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia descended into chaos when half the field came to a standstill behind the safety car.
The issue turned out to be a software bug linked to the 250kW restrictions imposed by the FIA for wet-weather races. Nikolas Tombazis immediately provided an ...Keep reading

Peugeot has announced that Alex Quinn will step into a race seat for the 2027 World Endurance Championship as part of a major reshuffling of its driver line-up.
Quinn will join the French manufacturer’s Hypercar squad after impressing Peugeot in his role as a test and development driver this year.
The Briton turned his first laps in the 9X8 during last November’s Bahrain rookie test ...Keep reading

Huge bad luck at the moment of triumph: Thierry Vermeulen appears to have injured his foot just days before the DTM season finale at Hockenheim. The 24-year-old Emil Frey driver triumphed alongside teammate Ben Green in Sunday's GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (GTWCE) season finale in Barcelona and jumped off the roof of his Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo during the celebrations.
The protege of Max ...Keep reading

Retired MotoGP star Casey Stoner says he will be "fighting" to see Phillip Island return to the schedule despite plans to switch the Australian Grand Prix to Adelaide from 2027.
Phillip Island is undoubtedly the spiritual home of the race. Disregarding COVID-19 interruptions and the six editions hosted by Eastern Creek in the 1990s, the Victorian track has staged the race every year since ...Keep reading

MotoGP deputy CEO Carlos Ezpeleta stresses that the latest change to the weekend format, which will be introduced in 2027, stems from the teams’ own desire to make improvements, as a different type of executive profile begins to emerge within the championship
The Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) confirmed on Wednesday another change to the MotoGP grand prix weekend format. As ...Keep reading