Motorsport

Just like last year’s Italian Grand Prix in Monza, the Bahrain Formula 1 race weekend turned out to be a low point for Red Bull. Max Verstappen spent large parts of the race battling with Alpine and Haas, although he managed to limit the damage by finishing sixth.
That Monza misery served as a wake-up call for the team, even prompting changes to the development trajectory of the RB20. “Yes ...Keep reading

Farah AlYousef will have her mother cheering her on from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit stands when she takes to the track for Hitech as the F1 Academy wildcard entry this weekend. It will be another poignant moment in AlYousef’s fledging motorsport career, which has already brought both success and progression at the age of 22. It is a far cry from her mother’s experience of cars. She does not ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri says he has developed a signature laid-back style in his Formula 1 career as he worries emotions can sometimes have a “negative impact” on his racing.
From the outside, Piastri appears to be in the same mood whether he’s winning a race or retiring from one. It’s this laid-back vibe, and his excellent driving, that has won the young Australian fans up and ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda is on a mission to close the Formula 1 experience gap between himself and team-mate Max Verstappen.
The recently-promoted Red Bull driver said the RB21 is particularly tricky to drive without prior experience, which gives Verstappen a major advantage. 
“I’m quite happy with my confidence level considering we’re only two races in, but I'm trying to understand how this car ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton enjoys the spotlight and generally makes the most of it. He amply demonstrated his understanding of the enduring power of the image in his exquisitely curated first week at Maranello, down to his crimson-soled Christian Louboutin shoes.
But the combination of Formula 1’s most successful driver and its most historically evocative team has invited a potent level of scrutiny – ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen says his Red Bull car's handling issues can't just be attributed to correlation issues with the Formula 1 squad's ageing wind tunnel.
Red Bull has endured a tough start to the season with a car that is difficult to balance and suffers greater tyre wear than the leading McLaren.
Verstappen managed to limit the damage over the first two rounds and then achieved a shock ...Keep reading

McLaren won three out of the first four races in the 2025 Formula 1 season, and while things are close between Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari, George Russell isn’t expecting his rivals to take the fight to McLaren until a technical directive clamps down on flexible rear wings from the Spanish Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver has been outspoken about McLaren's performance advantage and, despite ...Keep reading

Red Bull’s disastrous showing – by its standards – in last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix has fanned the burning embers of speculation that Max Verstappen will join another team for 2026.
The most lucrative offer on the table is understood to come from Aston Martin, reputed to be worth over £1 billion over five years.
Verstappen is contracted until the end of 2028, but all F1 driver ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has responded to fears that he would leave the team, outlaid by the team's adviser Helmut Marko, who shared his concern that the four-time champion may depart if Red Bull does not improve.
The Milton Keynes-based squad's RB21 has been characterised as a car that is difficult to drive with a narrow set-up window; although Verstappen has proven that he is able to drive around some ...Keep reading

Such are the political sensitivities embedded in the Alpine team’s Anglo-French make-up that the shortcomings in the engine bay represent a weakness that dare not speak its name. 
“You know I can’t answer that question” was Pierre Gasly’s polite but firm reply in Jeddah when asked to account for how much of the difference in Alpine’s performance in Japan (where Gasly finished 13th) ...Keep reading

Aston Martin’s new managing technical partner, Adrian Newey, has hit the ground running, but he’s laser-focused on the 2026 car despite the team’s current on-track struggles. “100% of Adrian’s designing time is focused on 2026,” team boss Andy Cowell told reporters in Jeddah on Thursday, with new Formula 1 regulations coming up next year.
“He joined in March, so there was a ...Keep reading

Reflecting on his return to Racing Bulls, Liam Lawson denies that his confidence took any knocks after his two Formula 1 races with Red Bull, and contends that he hadn't driven enough to determine if he was truly struggling.
The Kiwi reunited with the Italian squad after just a brace of grand prix weekends with the lead Red Bull team, where his results and gap to Max Verstappen were considered ...Keep reading

They were fierce title rivals last year, but Mirko Bortolotti has brought the coveted number one to the Abt DTM team for 2025, following title success last year.
Switching from longtime partner Audi to Lamborghini cars this season, Abt has been impressed by its new driver’s input so far.
“When he was with us for the first time, it was thoroughly positive for all of us – he spent an ...Keep reading

Last week, former rally co-driver and FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid publicly announced his resignation – in an election year, the equivalent of rolling a grenade under the door.
Now he has taken to Substack to clarify his reasons for quitting the post. In the published statement he thanked those within motorsport and the FIA member clubs who had sent him messages of support – ...Keep reading

'Failure is not an option' is the tagline of 1985 film Apollo 13, as NASA flight director Gene Kranz, portrayed by Ed Harris, attempts to save three astronauts in peril aboard the Space Shuttle.
That mantra also permeates the nascent Cadillac Formula 1 team's offices as the US-owned team enters a crucial phase of its grand prix trajectory.
Around its many worldwide outposts, including a ...Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali explained the championship's current position on hosting a race in Africa, stating that the efforts to put on a grand prix are not on hold but still missing certain guarantees.
Efforts to restore F1's place in Africa, to race in all six permanently inhabited continents for the first time since 1993, have been ongoing over the past couple of years. Rwanda has ...Keep reading

NASCAR fans have eagerly anticipated the second season of Netflix's NASCAR documentary, which follows the 2024 Cup Series playoffs in its own version of Formula 1's Netflix documentary series -- Drive to Survive. Despite the meteoritic rise in F1's popularity stateside over recent years, NASCAR remains the most-watched form of auto racing in the United States of America, which Netflix was hoping ...Keep reading

We're just days away from NASCAR's latest effort to return to the historic Rockingham Speedway. While the Cup Series drivers enjoy their one and only off-weekend of the 2025 season, the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series fields will head to ‘The Rock’ in a stunning revival of the North Carolina track. The Trucks will run on Friday, April 18 while the Xfinity drivers will take part in the 'main ...Keep reading

Motorsport legend Jacky Ickx will offer his expertise to the Genesis Magma Racing team as the Korean luxury car manufacturer prepares to expand its presence in endurance racing. The team revealed its GMR-001 hypercar in New York this week, which will take on WEC and IMSA in the coming years with former Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul at the helm. For Ickx, the project offers a rare opportunity to ...Keep reading

At 45 years old, it's strange to think that we haven't seen Kasey Kahne behind the wheel of a NASCAR stock car in nearly seven years. A veteran of over 500 Cup races with an impressive 18 wins, Kahne's NASCAR career came to an abrupt end in the middle of the 2018 season.
Kahne stepped out of the car after struggling with heat exhaustion over the course of the three to four-hour races, facing an ...Keep reading