Motorsport

Cadillac marks 250 years of American independence with British GP livery

Wed, 2026-07-01 15:49
The Cadillac Formula 1 team has unveiled a special livery to mark 250 years of American independence, which it will run at the British Grand Prix this weekend.
Cadillac, which made its F1 debut this season at the Australian Grand Prix, will swap its signature monochrome look for the stars and stripes when it takes to the Silverstone circuit this weekend. It follows similar special liveries from ...Keep reading

Aprilia: Marco Bezzecchi “needs a break” after recent MotoGP troubles

Wed, 2026-07-01 15:07
Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola believes Marco Bezzecchi "needs a break" after a bruising run of races that has seen him lose the lead of the MotoGP championship.
Bezzecchi was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons last month, and his title challenge took a huge knock after two non-scores in the Czech and Dutch Grands Prix.
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Five things to look out for at the F1 British GP

Wed, 2026-07-01 14:00
Formula 1 enjoyed an afternoon of chaotic racing last time out in Austria, and Silverstone could be the perfect site for a repeat performance this weekend.
The British Grand Prix weekend hosts a sprint race on Saturday, so teams will have just a single practice session at the historic track in which they must dial in their setups to try and extract the best lap time possible.
This, coupled ...Keep reading

New breed of race-first GT3 cars “the right way to do it”, says Ben Keating

Wed, 2026-07-01 13:30
Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Ben Keating has thrown his support behind the new breed of GT3 machinery, arguing that building a car for the track from the ground up is the “right thing to do”.
The likes of Mercedes, Toyota and Genesis are all developing new cars specifically for GT3 racing, with the requirements of the sister road-going model becoming secondary during the design ...Keep reading

Oliver Bearman warns Haas risks being outdeveloped in F1 2026

Wed, 2026-07-01 12:45
Oliver Bearman warned that his Haas Formula 1 team could lose out to its rivals if it doesn't speed up its rate of development after he finished 14th and out of the points in Austria.
Bearman had a strong start to his second year in Formula 1, making the most of his Haas VF-26 to pick up points in the first two rounds of the year in Australia and China. However, in the six rounds since, the ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez: "I didn't want to walk into the paddock because I associated it with pain"

Wed, 2026-07-01 12:04
Marc Marquez has admitted there were moments during the long succession of surgeries on his right arm when he simply did not want to set foot in the MotoGP paddock because he associated it with the pain he had endured.
Six weeks ago, Marquez underwent another operation – his seventh on the same arm in six years – this time to solve the loss of feeling and lack of connection caused by ...Keep reading

"Huge difference": DTM measure aimed at preventing Norisring pit lane accidents

Wed, 2026-07-01 11:27
The DTM is finally reacting to the pit lane accidents in Zandvoort and the warnings from some teams that we are "reaching a point where someone is going to die" ahead of the highlight at the Norisring this coming weekend. At the Norisring, which alongside Zandvoort features the narrowest pit lane on the DTM calendar, the pit tent will be extended and the gantries will be pulled further ...Keep reading

Williams plans “almost entirely new car” by Azerbaijan GP

Wed, 2026-07-01 10:30
Williams team principal James Vowles says an “almost entirely new car” will arrive by the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in late September.
The Grove-based squad has endured an underwhelming start to F1’s new era, especially having spent so much of its efforts focused on preparing for 2026 last year, as its FW48 was completed late and overweight.
The weight issue and lack of quick ...Keep reading

Kakunoshin Ohta tops Super Formula Fuji test fresh from IMSA Watkins Glen round

Wed, 2026-07-01 09:53
Super Formula points leader Kakunoshin Ohta went fastest in this week’s in-season test at Fuji, as Giuliano Alesi made his first outing in the category for three years.
Ohta set the quickest time of 1m22.361s aboard his Honda-powered Dandelion Racing car at the very end of the afternoon session on the second day of the two-day test, during the second of two 10-minute runs reserved for ...Keep reading

Yamaha confirms Jorge Martin and Ai Ogura as 2027 factory MotoGP riders

Wed, 2026-07-01 09:17
Yamaha confirmed the signings of Jorge Martin and Ai Ogura on Wednesday, with the pair set to form the manufacturer's factory MotoGP line-up for the next two seasons.
The announcement of Martin and Ogura's arrivals, first reported by Motorsport.com several months ago, comes one day after Yamaha bid farewell to Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins, leaving Honda and KTM as the only manufacturers yet ...Keep reading

Alex Bowman says decision on NASCAR future coming "sooner rather than later"

Tue, 2026-06-30 22:56
Not much has gone right this season for Alex Bowman, one in which he entered approaching free agency and questions about his future, and that’s not even including missing four races due a bout of vertigo.
Before and after the ailment, Bowman and his No. 48 team has struggled on the track, with the car sitting 30th in the owner standings.
"We've had some good weeks and a lot of not good ...Keep reading

TV ratings released for Sonoma NASCAR weekend

Tue, 2026-06-30 22:49
This is the first race of the five race 'Summer Series' for the Turner Sports brand. It was the first of five races this summer on TNT, following FOX Sports and Prime Video.
The race at Sonoma last year earned 2.2 million viewers but did not face competition from the World Cup, one that also took place on the same continent. The race at Sonoma last year also was in July.
Meanwhile ...Keep reading

Dennis Hauger is done playing the patient rookie: “I don’t want to fight midfield”

Tue, 2026-06-30 20:21
Dennis Hauger is leading the IndyCar Rookie of the Year standings, but has no intention of just coasting to a freshman title.
The 23-year-old Norwegian driver of the #19 Dale Coyne Racing Honda – effectively on loan from Andretti Global, the powerhouse outfit he secured the 2025 Indy NXT championship with – has turned heads with a string of resilient performances. Now, as the paddock heads ...Keep reading

Vasser Sullivan honors late Dennis Reinbold with emotional Watkins Glen Victory

Tue, 2026-06-30 20:19
A year after enduring one of the most heartbreaking finishes in program history, Vasser Sullivan Racing found ultimate redemption at the Sahlen’s Six Hours at The Glen—and they did it while carrying the memory of a paddock legend.
Co-drivers Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat drove the #14 Lexus RC F GT3 to a dominant GTD Pro class victory from the pole position at Watkins Glen ...Keep reading

Filipe Albuquerque doesn’t see Acura’s exit as “downfall” for IMSA’s GTP class

Tue, 2026-06-30 17:45
IMSA front-runner Filipe Albuquerque is confident about the future of endurance racing, arguing Acura’s decision to suspend its LMDh programme doesn’t mark the “downfall” of the GTP class.
Honda’s luxury car brand will halt its factory participation with the Acura ARX-06 at the end of the current IMSA season, nine years after it returned to prototype racing in what was then known as ...Keep reading

McLaren launches Google Gemini livery for F1 British GP

Tue, 2026-06-30 17:05
McLaren has launched a one-off Google Gemini Formula 1 livery to be used for its home event this weekend at the British Grand Prix.
The Woking outfit will race in a predominantly chrome colour scheme at Silverstone as part of its ongoing partnership with Google from 2022.
It also takes inspiration from the livery of the McLaren M2B, which was the team’s debut car at the 1966 Monaco Grand ...Keep reading

Valtteri Bottas calls for Cadillac reliability fixes: 'We can't learn if we don't finish'

Tue, 2026-06-30 16:11
Valtteri Bottas says Cadillac must improve its poor Formula 1 reliability record after both he and Sergio Perez retired early from the Austrian Grand Prix with brake fires.
The Spielberg race continued a trend as Cadillac suffered a spate of reliability issues and operational errors, with Perez thwarted on Friday by electrical gremlins while Bottas' front floor tray caught fire due to a build ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff: Kimi Antonelli’s mistakes in Austrian GP will never happen again

Tue, 2026-06-30 15:09
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff says Kimi Antonelli will never make the same mistakes again, which lost him a better shot at Austrian Grand Prix victory.
The Italian saw his world championship lead trimmed to 40 points following George Russell’s win at the Red Bull Ring, as he controlled proceedings from pole position, holding off a late attack from Max Verstappen as Antonelli ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen's F1 future: Are McLaren talks serious, or a way to put pressure on Red Bull?

Tue, 2026-06-30 14:15
Max Verstappen is still under contract with Red Bull until the end of 2028, but just like a year ago, his future remains one of the main talking points in the Formula 1 paddock.
At the start of this year, the main question was whether the Dutchman would even remain in F1 because of his dissatisfaction with the technical regulations. However, because of the step-by-step adjustments towards a ...Keep reading

New WRC constructor gearing up for maiden 2027 car test

Tue, 2026-06-30 13:26
The first tuner operation to commit to the World Rally Championship’s 2027 regulations is gearing up to test its WRC27 challenger in August ahead of next year’s impending change in rallying’s top tier.
Founded by experienced motorsport engineer Lionel Hansen, former FIA rally director and Citroen WRC boss Yves Matton and Prospeed, Project Rally One announced plans to design, build and ...Keep reading

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