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Williams Formula 1 team boss James Vowles says the jump from fifth to fourth will be "exponentially more difficult" as he rules out the squad fighting at the front in 2026.
Williams vaulted from ninth to fifth in 2025 with a much-improved car in the midst of a wide-ranging overhaul of its factory, while still concentrating almost all of its in-season development efforts on the 2026 project ...Keep reading

Joan Mir put Honda on top on the second day of MotoGP pre-season testing at Sepang, as Yamaha sat out the action to investigate an engine issue. 
While riders were keen to preserve their limited allocation of soft tyres for the final day of the test, it didn’t take long for lap times to tumble once the track opened at 9am.
Less than an hour into the session, Mir beat Marc Marquez’s ...Keep reading

Factory Aston Martin driver Nicki Thiim will join Comtoyou Racing for his third full season in the DTM in 2026.
The Dane will race one of the two Aston Martin Vantage GT3s fielded by Cometoyou in the ADAC-run championship, with Nicolas Baert remaining in the sister car after his debut campaign in 2025.
The announcement means Thiim will represent his long-time employer Aston Martin for the ...Keep reading

George Russell is eager to contest a Formula 1 title battle against Max Verstappen in 2026 with the Mercedes driver heading into the campaign as the world championship favourite. 
F1 will introduce a new set of regulations this year meaning the car is completely new and with such wholesale changes, the pecking order is currently unknown.
But considering how Mercedes dominated the last ...Keep reading

Yamaha has decided to suspend all on-track activity during the second day of the Sepang MotoGP test while it works to determine the cause of the issue that forced Fabio Quartararo to stop on Tuesday.
The Frenchman crashed at Turn 5 of the Malaysian circuit on the opening day of the official test and fractured the middle finger on his right hand. Despite the swelling and heavy bleeding, he ...Keep reading

Tyler Courtney was of mixed minds in the immediate aftermath of a violent crash at the Knight Before the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway in July that broke his T7 vertebrae and left him with a concussion.
When can I raceIs this a sign that I shouldn’t
 
This was the second crash in three years at Eldora that sidelined ‘Sunshine’ with back injuries and it would be easy for anyone in ...Keep reading

In hindsight, the Cook Out Clash could have been run on Tuesday but when the decision was made on Sunday to run the preseason exhibition on Wednesday, there were so many variables for numerous decision-makers to sort through.
It’s objectively true that the snowstorm that passed through North Carolina was one of the five most impactful in the history of the state. In Winston-Salem, where the ...Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles has explained the context behind the team missing the private test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, admitting it was a consequence of chasing maximum performance and pushing the organisation's operating limits.
Speaking before the reveal of the 2026 livery, the former Mercedes strategist linked the delay to how late the teams are pushing to ...Keep reading

In a late move coming just weeks before the start of the 2026 season, NASCAR and Charlotte Motor Speedway have decided to take the Charlotte Roval off the calendar, replacing the sixth race of The Chase with a traditional oval race.
Marcus Smith, the CEO of Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI), confirmed the news first reported by The Athletic in a Tuesday appearance on the Dale Jr. Download. He ...Keep reading

 The transition into the IndyCar Series has been relatively smooth for Mick Schumacher, so far.
It will get a bit steeper on Wednesday, though, as the 26-year-old German is set for his first oval test at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The private test at the 1.5-mile oval marks the first step of what he expects to be the toughest challenge: learning how to race on ovals.
“The challenges of it ...Keep reading

Adrian Newey, now leading the Aston Martin Formula 1 team into 2026 as team principal, has commented on the use of AI in how the outfit operates. This comes after the Silverstone squad showed off its impressive-looking AMR26 in the private Barcelona testing last week.
With the 2026 regulations demanding plenty from the teams with changes to aerodynamics, chassis and power unit, development ...Keep reading

Cadillac has teased a new merchandise line with Tommy Hilfiger, which will be released on 5 February ahead of the team's livery unveiling on 8 February.
Tommy Hilfiger partnered with the American team in June 2025, prior to Cadillac joining Formula 1 as the 11th team from 2026 onwards. "Cadillac has a proud and storied racing history as far back as 1950 when they began competing at Le Mans at ...Keep reading

Williams unveiled its highly anticipated livery for the upcoming 2026 Formula 1 season today to much fanfare. 
After missing the Barcelona shakedown, which ran from 26 to 30 January, the Grove outfit revealed its new design featuring two tones of blue, white and a red-and-white pinstripe. Drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz joined team principal James Vowles to reveal the new design to the ...Keep reading

Aprilia MotoGP rider Jorge Martin has explained why he required further surgeries during the winter break, revealing he felt so weak that he couldn’t even lift a bottle of water.
Martin had appeared to put his bruising 2025 campaign behind him when he returned to action at the season finale in Valencia last November. This gave him the opportunity to assess his condition during a full race ...Keep reading

Whilst celebrating the third victory in succession for the #7 Porsche 963 at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the #6 crew experienced a difficult finish to a race they had dominated alongside their sister car.
The #6’s race began to unravel when it stayed out as the only GTP car once the pitlane opened during the final caution. Motorsport.com has learned that a widespread communication issue at ...Keep reading

A Formula 1 pitstop is a carefully choreographed display of precision, agility and speed that sees teams replace all four tyres, make front wing adjustments and send a car back out to the race track in a handful of seconds. In total, a stop requires around 20 people doing different jobs, but one role is more stressful than the rest.
In every stop, three mechanics service each wheel, two people ...Keep reading

Dario Franchitti is a four-time IndyCar champion, three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500,  an overall winner in the Rolex 24 ,and even a Daytona 500 starter in NASCAR, but now he's about experience something truly chaotic -- NASCAR Trucks at a street course.
The 52-year-old racer will compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series next month when the series joins IndyCar at the Grand Prix of ...Keep reading

IndyCar and Monumental Sports & Entertainment announced a partnership to promote the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C.
The historic event on 21-23 August will see a race take place on the National Mall and surrounding city streets for the first time for IndyCar - and first since the American Le Mans Series in 2002 - in celebration of America’s 250th birthday, following an executive ...Keep reading

The opening day of the Sepang MotoGP test offered KTM plenty of reasons for encouragement, even if it remains too early to draw firm conclusions about the true performance of the 2026 RC16.
The Austrian manufacturer took an aggressive development approach over the winter, with greater stability at its Mattighofen headquarters allowing it to push ahead with updates that had previously been out ...Keep reading

Williams has unveiled the livery for its delayed 2026 Formula 1 car.
The FW48 will feature a mainly dark blue and black design like its predecessors, but will also feature light blue and white on its sidepods, accommodating the Barclays and Komatsu logos, with more white on the front and rear wings.
The team announced on Wednesday that the British bank would be its “official banking ...Keep reading