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This weekend, great international karting by WSK Promotion returns with the third and final round of the WSK Euro Series, which will award the 2026 season category titles at the Cremona Circuit, following the first two rounds in Viterbo and Lonato.
For this important mid-summer event, the starting grids are again quite packed, with approximately 280 drivers from over 50 nations in the ...Keep reading

Will Buxton believes Isack Hadjar is the most competitive Formula 1 team-mate Max Verstappen has faced since Daniel Ricciardo.
During the latest episode of the Up To Speed podcast alongside former F1 driver David Coulthard, Buxton evaluated the current state of Red Bull's driver roster.
With ongoing paddock speculation regarding an exit clause in Verstappen's contract, Buxton noted that the ...Keep reading

Following the anticlimactic safety car finish at the British Grand Prix, former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has heavily criticised the championship's current procedures. 
During the Up To Speed podcast, the 13-time grand prix winner argued the safety car process is unnecessarily slow and backed a proposal to mandate automatic red flags for incidents within the final 10 laps of a ...Keep reading

Good news for Maximilian Paul: The DTM pilot, who was seriously injured at the Norisring on Saturday, suffering a fractured tibia and fibula as well as a lumbar vertebra fracture, has left the hospital in Nuremberg. This was confirmed by his team principal Gottfried Grasser.
"Max has been discharged and is now going home to recover," the Austrian said when asked by Motorsport-Total.com. Adding ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has been utterly dominant at Red Bull in recent years, but Isack Hadjar is putting up more of a fight than his predecessors and is only going to keep getting better.

Mark Webber, manager of Oscar Piastri, has shared his response to rumours over the Australian driver's future at McLaren.

Anthony Davidson has defended the decision to finish the British Grand Prix under safety car conditions, insisting that the Formula 1 regulations must be followed regardless of the entertainment factor.
The end of the race at Silverstone drew mixed reactions from fans after the drivers crossed the finish line under safety car conditions. The safety car was deployed on lap 48 of 52 when Max ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin is struggling to remain optimistic about his chances of ending a miniature victory drought at this weekend's German Grand Prix.
The MotoGP points leader looked on course to lead Aprilia's 2026 challenge when he won the French Grand Prix in May, but the factory rider has not been able to recapture that kind of form since. 
Although he made it through to Saturday's Q2 session at ...Keep reading

Rome’s plan to host a round of the World Rally Championship next year has reached a milestone following the completion of a constructive candidate event last week.
The WRC announced plans to switch the location of its Italian round for 2027 last year, with the asphalt-based Rally di Roma Capitale set to take over from the gravel stages of Sardinia.
Sardinia has hosted the WRC every year ...Keep reading

Jenson Button has argued that Lewis Hamilton's return to form is primarily down to the latest generation of Formula 1 machinery suiting his driving style, rather than simply settling into his new surroundings at Ferrari.
The seven-time champion has bounced back this season. He secured his first grand prix podium finish as a Ferrari driver with third place at the Chinese Grand Prix.
He went ...Keep reading

MotoGP is working towards holding its 2027 season launch in Rio de Janeiro, where the championship's new 850cc bikes are expected to be unveiled.
The Brazilian city is one of the options being considered by MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group (MotoGP SEG), the commercial rights holder of the world championship, as a successor to Kuala Lumpur, which hosted the 2026 edition of the event.
Among ...Keep reading

Next up on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta), and it's a race that is unique among the rest of the tracks on the NASCAR schedule.
Following a massive reconfiguration project after the 2021 season, it is neither a true intermediate nor a proper superspeedway these days, but a strange hybrid of the two.
But since the start of the Next Gen era in 2022, it has ...Keep reading

A year ago, it was the Sachsenring's tricky first corner that caused mayhem during the German Grand Prix, when the right-hander conspired with the wind to catch out multiple riders on raceday.
But if Friday's evidence is anything to go by, the trap waiting to catch competitors this year has moved a little further along the unique Sachsenring circuit - and it lies directly on the racing ...Keep reading

KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer says negotiations with Maverick Vinales broke down when the Spaniard learned that the seat available for MotoGP 2027 was at Tech3 rather than the factory team.
Vinales has made several accusations against KTM in recent weeks, openly blaming the Austrian manufacturer for leaving him without a seat next year.
Ahead of this weekend’s German Grand Prix, he ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso has “no idea” what he will decide to do once he eventually calls time on his Formula 1 career, as intrigue over his future continues.
The two-time F1 world champion has consistently stated he will make a decision on his future in grand prix racing around the summer break, while dismissing the timeline being linked to Aston Martin’s upcoming upgrade package set to arrive ...Keep reading

Four different drivers have won a race across the last four rounds – but can one of these names go on to become World Champion, or could another challenger emerge? Have your say in our poll…

With Silverstone's DNF Max Verstappen's third of the season, extending his win-less run to nine, there has been chatter that teh Dutchman is weighing up his future.

Just a week on from the British Grand Prix, F1 fans are being treated to another spectacle with the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where a host of drivers and teams have wowed the crowds.

iRacing and IndyCar have officially announced IndyCar Racing The Game, a highly anticipated standalone video game developed by iRacing Studios, the world-renowned motorsport simulation company. The title is scheduled to launch in early 2027 in the countdown to the 111th Running of the Indianapolis 500, marking the sport's first dedicated standalone video game in more than 20 years.
The upcoming ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez ended Friday Practice for the German Grand Prix on top, as three Ducati riders finished inside the top four.
The reigning MotoGP champion set a best time of 1m19.394s on the factory Ducati, beating the Trackhouse Aprilia of Raul Fernandez by 0.166s as the two Italian manufacturers spent much of practice trading the top spot.
When the hour-long session began, Aprilia's Marco ...Keep reading