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Marco Bezzecchi says he exceeded his own expectations by finishing on the British Grand Prix sprint podium despite feeling exhausted and “destroyed” by Saturday’s running.
While the factory Aprilia rider had topped Friday’s main practice session on his return from the injuries he sustained at the Sachsenring, Saturday provided the first serious test of his fitness as qualifying and the ...Keep reading

As the IndyCar Series enters its closing stretch, Team Penske veteran Scott McLaughlin believes the key to aiding teammate David Malukas in his championship pursuit against points leader Alex Palou comes down to flawless execution and a collective team effort.
Malukas currently sits 83 points behind four-time and reigning series champion Palou in the overall standings, facing his first true ...Keep reading

Saturday at Iowa Speedway was big for the underdogs, as driver/owner Ryan Sieg earned his first-ever pole as a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series driver.
Driving the No. 39 RSS Racing Chevrolet, Sieg went fastest with a 23.966-second lap at Iowa, 0.064s clear of Ross Chastain in second. Chastain led a fleet of JR Motorsports cars, with Carson Kvapil third, Rajah Caruth fourth, and Justin ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez says he had no explanation as to why he suffered such a severe tyre drop in the British Grand Prix sprint after slumping to ninth at the finish.
The factory Ducati rider was immediately on the move when the race began, passing the Aprilia of Marco Bezzecchi for fourth by the end of the first lap.
His race began to unravel on lap five when Bezzecchi repassed him through Maggots ...Keep reading

Will Power has heaped high praise on the working relationship built with Andretti Global teammates Kyle Kirkwood and Marcus Ericsson during his first season with the organization in 2026.
Following the team’s decision to renew Ericsson’s contract for 2027, announced earlier this week, the two-time IndyCar Series champion expressed relief and excitement for the future. Kirkwood, currently ...Keep reading

Brent Marks Racing has now become Chase Briscoe Racing in the High Limit Sprint Car Series.
The NASCAR Cup Series contender, now in his second year driving for Joe Gibbs Racing has a second-generation non-wing Sprint Car background and has continued to support the discipline as a team owner in recent years.
Meanwhile, Marks has struggled to balance running a family team alongside trying to ...Keep reading

British GP sprint winner Jorge Martin says reverting to an older-specification Aprilia base set-up has helped him climb “out of the hole” and rediscover his winning form.
The Aprilia rider dominated Saturday’s half-distance race at Silverstone from pole position, leading every lap to extend his championship lead to 17 points.
The result allowed him to bounce back from a tough run of ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin converted pole position into a commanding victory in the British Grand Prix sprint to extend his lead at the top of the MotoGP standings.
The Spaniard nailed the start and then led every lap of the half-distance race at Silverstone, only facing a brief threat from Trackhouse’s Ai Ogura during the middle stages before pulling comfortably clear in the final laps.
With Marco ...Keep reading

F1 TV Lead Commentator Alex Jacques takes us through five young drivers we should all be paying attention to for the rest of 2026.

The Haas Factory Team will add a third car for the 2027 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series schedule, signing Dean Thompson. They currently field the No. 00 with Sheldon Creed and the No. 41 with Sam Mayer.
The 24-year-old will have sponsorship from Thompson Pipe Group and MCM Transportation, while details regarding the car number and crew chief will be announced at a later date. It is a ...Keep reading

Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has shared his first photos with the newest member of his family, a golden retriever puppy named Halo.
After a demanding first half of the 2026 season, in which Hamilton secured his maiden grand prix victory with Ferrari at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix and a string of podiums, the Briton is taking the opportunity to rest and recharge with a new ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar has described his graduation from Racing Bulls to the senior Red Bull team as a "culture shock", though the 21-year-old insists his years in the junior programme made the transition feel natural.
Hadjar stepped up to partner four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen at Red Bull for the 2026 season following his rookie year with Racing Bulls. While both operations fall under the ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Oliver Bearman has opened up on his deeply emotional experience driving Ayrton Senna's 1985 race-winning Lotus, admitting the moment moved him to tears.
In a recent appearance on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, Bearman detailed his unforgettable run in Senna's iconic Lotus 97T at Silverstone. The 21-year-old Briton drove the exact chassis in which the three-time champion ...Keep reading

MotoGP points leader Jorge Martin beat Raul Fernandez by 0.021s in a last-lap effort to claim pole position for the British Grand Prix.
Trackhouse rider Fernandez appeared to have done enough to top qualifying for the first time in his MotoGP career, having lowered Marco Bezzecchi’s circuit record at Silverstone on his final run.
But factory Aprilia rider Martin had little more left in the ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is yet to win a Grand Prix in 2026, but some betting fans still see him as a value bet for the second half of the season.

F1.com looks back at some of the famous names from outside of the sport who have been given the opportunity to drive a Formula 1 car.

After an extremely difficult 2025 season, Alpine is once again fighting for the 'best of the rest' title this year – in other words, to lead Formula 1's midfield behind the four top teams. But the Enstone-based team's ambitions go further than that, and that is certainly true of Flavio Briatore, the flamboyant executive advisor effectively running the outfit.
As is well known, the now ...Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles has revealed that Formula 1's financial cost cap is forcing the Grove outfit to divert resources away from current car development to urgently modernise its outdated facilities.
Following a bruising start to the 2026 campaign, compromised by an overweight and delayed car over the winter, Vowles admitted the team was "very exposed" by underlying ...Keep reading

Otmar Szafnauer has revealed the fascinating origin story behind Formula 1's famous pink livery, sharing that Best Water Technology (BWT) initially approached Mercedes for a sponsorship deal before being turned away by the Brackley outfit's board.
The former team boss, who oversaw the Silverstone-based Force India and, later, Racing Point squads during their vibrant pink era, shed light on the ...Keep reading

Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley has revealed that long-serving Maranello personnel are drawing direct comparisons between seven-time champions Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher.
After a difficult maiden campaign with Ferrari in 2025, Hamilton has bounced back under this season's new Formula 1 technical regulations. Having claimed his long-awaited first victory in red at the ...Keep reading