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Oscar Piastri halted Mercedes dominance by pipping Kimi Antonelli to top second practice for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.
The McLaren driver set a 1m30.133s which was 0.092s quicker than Antonelli, whose Mercedes team-mate George Russell completed the top three after dominating opening practice.
FP1 saw the championship leader top a Silver Arrows 1-2, but Mercedes struggled ...Keep reading

Live coverage of Friday's second practice session for the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

George Russell set the fastest time in Free Practice 1 for the Japanese Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver leading team mate Kimi Antonelli.

Aston Martin Formula 1 ambassador Pedro de la Rosa has stated Adrian Newey’s team principal job “will remain unchanged” and Jonathan Wheatley isn’t joining the squad “for the time being”.
Wheatley officially left his position at the rival Audi team last Friday ”due to personal reasons”, one day after Motorsport revealed he was set to replace Newey as Aston Martin’s team ...Keep reading

George Russell was the driver to beat in the first practice session at the Suzuka Circuit.

Live coverage of Friday's first practice session for the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

George Russell leads team-mate Kimi Antonelli to a Mercedes one-two ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris in first practice at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Championship leader George Russell has topped Formula 1's first free practice session at Suzuka's Japanese Grand Prix, pipping Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli by a tiny margin.
With Russell and Antonelli having divided the first two grands prix wins between themselves, Mercedes' early-season dominance showing little signs of slowing down at the third event of the 2026 era.
Russell led the ...Keep reading

Setting aside the issue of whether the racing was artificial or not, the battles for the lead between the Ferrari and Mercedes drivers in the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix has created the impression that these two teams enjoy a healthy advantage over the rest of the field.
How close they are to each other is open to question, and Charles Leclerc has challenged the narrative that his ...Keep reading

Mario Andretti has shared his respect for Colton Herta after the American driver decided to step away from the IndyCar Series to pursue his dream of driving in Formula 1.
Herta currently serves as the test driver for the Cadillac F1 team, while also racing in Formula 2 as he works towards a seat in F1.
"You can tell he truly, truly wants to do it," Andretti told Autosport in an exclusive ...Keep reading

Judge Susan C. Rodriguez of the Western District of North Carolina heard arguments from all parties involved in the Joe Gibbs Racing vs Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports case on Thursday but ultimately did not render a preliminary injunction ruling.
Specifically, Joe Gibbs Racing is seeking an injunction from the court that would prevent Gabehart from working for Spire in any function ...Keep reading

The fourth round of the 2026 IndyCar season takes the series back to a traditional road course.
The track is 2.38 miles in length with 17 corners, and Alex Palou is the defending race winner.
So far, three different drivers have visited Victory Lane in 2026, and each of them have traded the championship lead with Arlington winner Kyle Kirkwood now atop the points.
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Maverick Vinales continues to deal with a complicated left shoulder injury dating back to July, which forced him in and out of MotoGP races in 2025. The Spaniard will test his condition on Friday in Austin before deciding whether to take time out to recover.
The Tech3 rider was thrown from his KTM at the start of Q2 at the 2025 German Grand Prix, sustaining a fracture of the greater tubercle of ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi has downplayed his chances of extending his MotoGP winning streak at this weekend’s US Grand Prix, pointing to Marc Marquez’s formidable track record at Austin.
Aprilia rider Bezzecchi heads to the Circuit of the Americas as the championship leader after dominating the opening two grands prix of the season at Buriram and Goiania. Combined with victories at Portimao and ...Keep reading

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia says MotoGP should test at new circuits before racing there. 
His comments come in the wake of the championship's return to Brazil last weekend, which turned into an embarrassment as serious problems emerged with the revamped track surface at the Goiania circuit.
Bagnaia was speaking as the MotoGP circus reconvened in Texas, where the topic of how to ...Keep reading

Since the beginning of automobile racing, men have stood at its centre. Women, it was long assumed, were better suited to modelling cars than driving them, while engineering or managing a team remained entirely out of the question. It is precisely for this reason that seeing more women find their way onto the grid today feels so significant. And yet, women have always been a fundamental – if ...Keep reading

Jonathan Wheatley's exit from his role as Audi Formula 1 team principal has been branded a "shock decision" by F1 TV presenter Lawrence Barretto.
Audi confirmed last week that Wheatley was to leave the team with immediate effect due to personal reasons. The Briton had only joined the team in 2025 and was part of the transition from Sauber to Audi. 
"As it continues its journey towards the ...Keep reading

Mercedes drivers have won every grand prix and sprint race this season. A modest sample size, given this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix is round three, but that hasn’t stopped George Russell continuing to be the championship favourite.
Oscar Piastri, a title contender last season, has yet to actually start a grand prix this year, and his McLaren team is having to come to terms with the fact ...Keep reading

Will Power’s opening three races with Andretti Global has been a rollercoaster. 
The 45-year-old Aussie has shown flashes of brilliant pace at times and gone over the limit on others, with four incidents combined through practice sessions or in the race, including crashing out while leading at Phoenix Raceway earlier this month. However, his latest result, a third-place finish in the Grand ...Keep reading

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu is “very proud” of the way Esteban Ocon handled his collision with Franco Colapinto in Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix.
The incident occurred after Colapinto pitted from eighth on lap 32 of the race; the Alpine emerged out of the pits right in front of Ocon, who attempted a late lunge down the inside in the Turns 1-2 curve but ended up with nowhere to go ...Keep reading