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Hyundai’s Hayden Paddon led a World Rally Championship event for the first time since Portugal 2018 after emerging from a brutal morning at Rally Paraguay that decimated the Rally1 field.  
Paddon and co-driver John Kennard were the only Rally1 crew to avoid trouble across four stages that resulted in Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta, Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and reigning world champion ...Keep reading

Rinus VeeKay enters the final stretch of the IndyCar Series season with two clear targets: a return to the podium and a first career top-10 championship finish.
The 25-year-old Dutchman currently sits 11th in the standings with 302 points, trailing Andretti Global’s Will Power by 26 points with just three races remaining over two weekends. Following a frustrating race last Sunday in D.C., the ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta says KTM is "too lost" to challenge Aprilia and Ducati, admitting the gap to rivals in Aragon Grand Prix practice was larger than expected.
The Spaniard ended Friday's running at MotorLand Aragon in eight place, over six tenths off the pacesetting Aprilia of Marco Bezzecchi. But he was comfortably the fastest KTM rider on track, with Tech3's Enea Bastianini finishing another nine ...Keep reading

Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi believes Marc Marquez has more pace in hand than he showed in Friday practice for the Aragon Grand Prix.
Reigning MotoGP champion Marquez kicked off the Aragon weekend as the favourite for victory, a status he only reinforced after topping the first timed session on Friday morning.
The Spaniard also led the timesheets for much of the afternoon session after ...Keep reading

At Daytona International Speedway, Shane van Gisbergen will attempt to hold back Ryan Preece for the 16th and final spot inside the Chase, with the entire field of title combatants locked in once the checkered flag flies. These two are separated by 31 points in the drivers' standings, and just six points in the owners' standings.
(Note: Preece was docked 25 driver points for intentionally ...Keep reading

Red Bull's driver swap at the Dutch Grand Prix has renewed paddock discussions about two Formula 1 teams sharing the same ownership.
Following a wrist fracture sustained by Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar ahead of the Zandvoort race weekend, the Milton Keynes outfit called up Liam Lawson from sister team Racing Bulls to take his place alongside Max Verstappen.
To fill the resulting vacancy at ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda seized the opportunity to put his name back on the radar with his stand-in performance for Racing Bulls in Zandvoort, following in the footsteps of other drivers who have bounced back from disappointment.

Marco Bezzecchi topped Practice for the Aragon Grand Prix with a new all-time track record at MotorLand, beating the Ducatis of Alex Marquez and Marc Marquez.
The factory Aprilia rider set a time of 1m45.455s with just two minutes left on the clock, dethroning pre-weekend favourite Marc Marquez from the top.
Alex Marquez also managed to deliver a late improvement on the Gresini Ducati ...Keep reading

Ferrari will use its ADUO-permitted upgrade on its engine for the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, while also bringing aerodynamic updates and track-specific parts for its home round.
Following reliability checks and the announcement of Ferrari being over 4% behind on the Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) benchmark – and therefore permitted to two upgrades this season – ...Keep reading

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli has revealed the team allowed him to keep the original winner's trophy from his maiden Formula 1 victory.
Speaking to GQ Magazine in a 10 Things F1 Driver Kimi Antonelli Can’t Live Without feature, the Italian showed the original trophy he received on the podium following his breakthrough win at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix. 
In F1, it is standard practice ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez reckons that he has "maybe three more years" before he reaches his sell-by date in Formula 1, and wants to devote that to helping the Cadillac project move forward.
The Mexican found himself out of F1 at the end of 2024 when he was released by Red Bull, following a difficult campaign. This had its genesis in 2023; although Perez finished second in that season's championship, his ...Keep reading

Ukraine has lodged a formal complaint to the FIA ethics committee following the lift to the ban on Russian competitors in international motorsport.
The Ukrainian Automobile Federation (FAU) requested an urgent investigation into the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF) on Thursday, stating it is in breach of FIA rules over national sporting authorities.
The FAU has alleged that the RAF has ...Keep reading

Ferrari has officially revealed the special Formula 1 race suits that Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will wear at the team's home Italian Grand Prix, paying tribute to the legacy of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher.
The Maranello outfit is currently preparing for its home race at Monza, which is scheduled to take place next weekend from 4-6 September. Ferrari is dedicating the weekend ...Keep reading

BMW has cited a lack of opportunities for technology transfer as the key reason why it is not interested in joining Mercedes and Audi in Formula 1.
The Munich-based manufacturer has remained absent from F1 since it sold its majority stake in Sauber in 2009, despite the series’ growing popularity making it more attractive to carmakers than ever before.
The same Sauber team that BMW ...Keep reading

F2 racer Nikola Tsolov has gotten behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car for the first time as part of a Testing of Previous Cars programme with Racing Bulls.

Former IndyCar winner and F1 TV analyst James Hinchcliffe takes a close look at the performances of Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.

One of the hottest topics during every Formula 1 season is that of drivers’ futures, with some close to their contract expiry date, some signed up for the short-term and others boasting longer deals. So, who will be driving where in 2027 and beyond as things stand?

MotoGP is working to keep the Qatar Grand Prix on the 2026 calendar despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, newly-appointed deputy CEO Carlos Ezpeleta said on Friday.
One of the biggest questions facing MotoGP at this stage of the season is the composition of the 2027 calendar and how the conflict in the Middle East could affect this year’s Qatar Grand Prix, which was rescheduled to ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 driver and current championship leader Kimi Antonelli has featured as a driving instructor in Amelia Dimoldenberg's YouTube series, Passenger Princess.
Produced in collaboration with F1 as part of the championship's ongoing push to engage a younger and more diverse audience, the show's second season tasks current drivers with teaching the Briton how to drive.
Antonelli's ...Keep reading

Red Bull has given Nikola Tsolov his first Formula 1 test as it continues to assess its options for its 2027 driver line-up at Racing Bulls.
The current Formula 2 championship leader completed 690km in a VCARB 02 – Racing Bulls’ 2025 F1 car – at Imola on Thursday as part of the team’s testing of previous cars (TPC) programme, which gave Red Bull a chance to assess its junior in grand ...Keep reading