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Colton Herta will represent the Hitech squad when he switches from IndyCar to F2 in 2026, it has been announced, with the American attempting to pave the way for his “ultimate ambition” of one day racing in F1.

Lewis Hamilton had a rather uneventful race at the United States Grand Prix until the final lap, when an unidentified problem cost him four seconds and put him under threat from Oscar Piastri.
After getting a good start that allowed him to move ahead of George Russell while keeping Piastri at bay on the outside of Turn 1, Hamilton spent some time as a privileged spectator to the battle between ...Keep reading

MotoGP has confirmed the return of the Repsol brand after the lubricant supplier ended its Honda partnership at the end of the 2024 campaign. 
Repsol will become the official lubricant supplier to Moto2 and Moto3 next year, as well as serving as a title sponsor at a grand prix and enjoying prominent trackside branding throughout 2026.
This comes after Autosport reported earlier this month ...Keep reading

Zak Brown personally apologised to Nico Hulkenberg after blaming him for the retirements of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris from the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix sprint, according to Sauber boss Jonathan Wheatley. 
The McLaren drivers crashed out on lap one of Saturday’s race after championship leader Piastri attempted a cutback on team-mate and title rival Norris at Turn 1 in the fight ...Keep reading

Cadillac Formula 1 test driver Colton Herta will join Hitech for his highly-anticipated move from IndyCar to Formula 2 in 2026.
The 25-year-old will combine his newly-announced racing commitments with development work for Cadillac’s new grand prix team in the “simulator and at selected grands prix.”
The TWG-owned squad said that “the close alignment of the F2 and F1 schedules will ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen’s United States Grand Prix victory was his third in four weekends. In the five races since the summer break he has not finished outside the top two, and his championship hopes – which looked long forgone – have suddenly been re-lit.

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has called on the team to deliver a better result next weekend in Mexico after what he called a "disappointing" showing in the US Grand Prix in Austin.

Red Bull Racing’s rise during the second half of the F1 season has been, to use Laurent Mekies’ own words from Singapore, “spectacular”. Since the summer break, Max Verstappen hasn’t finished lower than second. The pure pace wasn’t there in Zandvoort, but from then on, the form has been impressive: three wins (Monza, Baku, and Austin) and a sprint victory. 
It confirms that Red ...Keep reading

Antonio Felix da Costa will return to the World Endurance Championship in 2026 as part of Alpine’s factory squad in the Hypercar class.
As reported by Motorsport.com last month, da Costa will join a revamped line-up at the French car manufacturer after ending a three-year spell with Porsche during which he primarily competed in Formula E.
The Portuguese will combine his new WEC ...Keep reading

Developing a brand new car to compete under the World Rally Championship’s new 2027 technical regulations remains the priority for M-Sport , rather than upgrading its Rally2 car. 
The WRC is gearing up to introduce a new ruleset for 2027, which is designed to be more affordable and flexible in a bid to attract more manufacturers and teams. 
Built to a €345,000 cost cap, the new WRC27 ...Keep reading

United Autosports is stepping down as McLaren’s representative in the LMGT3 class of the World Endurance Championship for next year to be replaced by Garage 59. 
The British Garage 59 squad will field a pair of McLaren 720S GT3 EVOs in the 2026 WEC as United gears up for its graduation to the Hypercar ranks with the marque’s forthcoming LMDh prototype in 2027.  
Testing of the new ...Keep reading

Yamaha's MotoGP test rider Augusto Fernandez will compete in this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix with the aim of boosting the Iwata-based manufacturer's new V4 engine project.
The constant pressure Fabio Quartararo is putting on Yamaha to make progress in the development of its new V4-powered bike has led the Japanese manufacturer's engineers to enter Fernandez in the Malaysian event.
The ...Keep reading

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions following the United States Grand Prix.

Jenson Button believes that Lando Norris has shown more confidence over recent races as he closes the gap to his McLaren team-mate and current championship leader Oscar Piastri.
Speaking ahead of the United States Grand Prix, the 2009 Formula 1 champion explained that if Norris could “come out on top” at the Circuit of The Americas then he would go into the remaining five race weekends of ...Keep reading

This is an important week in the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports vs NASCAR lawsuit and countersuit.
It could also be the final off-ramp, one final chance to reach a settlement, before preparation begins in full for a trial by jury in a Charlotte, North Carolina courtroom on December 1. To be sure, a settlement could be reached at anytime before then, but a decision from the judge ...Keep reading

2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has offered advice to championship leader Oscar Piastri as he deals with the pressure of fighting for his first drivers’ championship.
The Australian driver is currently in an intense battle for the title with his team-mate Lando Norris, and now four-time champion Max Verstappen has made a late surge in the standings to threaten the McLaren ...Keep reading

To win the NASCAR Cup Series championship in less than two weeks, Denny Hamlin and the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 team will need to be perfect at Phoenix Raceway.
On one hand, they executed last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to become the first driver to lock into the final four but this past month has also seen the team experience power steering and stuck throttles at Kansas and Talladega ...Keep reading

Two Joe Gibbs Racing drivers are guaranteed a spot in the Championship 4, while the remaining six drivers will be left to fight over the final two spots at Martinsville. NASCAR leaves Talladega after a dramatic race from start to finish, featuring an incredible number of lead changes and nonstop action.
In the end, Chase Briscoe passed Bubba Wallace on the final lap as Hendrick Motorsports ...Keep reading

The Las Vegas Grand Prix (Saturday, 22 November) is the final chance to be there to see Formula 1 in the United States this season.

The F1 Nation team look back on all the biggest news and topics from the United States Grand Prix weekend at the Circuit of The Americas.