Motorsport

Helmut Marko believes Red Bull has an actual chance to win the Italian Grand Prix, despite the team’s recent struggles and Monza not being its most favorable Formula 1 track.
Red Bull is on an eight-round winless streak and had a dismal Italian GP last year, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez finishing the race down in sixth and eighth respectively.
However, Friday’s free practice has ...Keep reading

Brad Binder revealed the biggest change he noticed on his KTM MotoGP bike after leading a 1-2 for the Austrian marque in practice for the Catalan Grand Prix.
KTM enjoyed a strong start to the weekend in Barcelona, with Pedro Acosta setting the pace in the opening track session and teammate Binder leading the way in the hour-long Practice.
Binder’s best time of 1m38.141s put him 0.0139s ...Keep reading

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur admitted that he “underestimated” the time it would take to return the famed Formula 1 team to its championship-winning ways, as its 17-year wait for an F1 title continues. 
Despite flashes of promise in 2025, Ferrari has not been where it aimed to be this year. The Italian team invested heavily in its 2025 racer in the hope of leapfrogging the ...Keep reading

Brenden Queen, known by his many fans as 'Butterbean,' will make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut next weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. He will pilot the No. 11 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing.
The team has been using a variety of drivers since parting ways with Josh Williams in the middle of the season. Carson Hocevar drove the car at Iowa, followed by Michael McDowell at Watkins Glen, Justin ...Keep reading

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia was left scratching his head after finishing near the bottom of the timesheets in practice for the Catalan Grand Prix on Friday.
Bagnaia endured a woeful opening day of track running in Barcelona, finishing more than a second off the pace in 21st place, only ahead of Aprilia wildcard Lorenzo Savadori, Tech3 returnee Maverick Vinales and LCR rookie Somkiat ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Lando Norris topped second practice at F1's Italian Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari hero Charles Leclerc. 
Norris, who is looking to start clawing back a 34-point championship deficit to team-mate Oscar Piastri after a costly retirement in Zandvoort, led the early medium-tyre running from the Australian at a sunny Monza circuit. 
The second practice session was interrupted by a ...Keep reading

In 1995, the McLaren F1 GTR of JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas, and Masanori Sekiya beat the odds (and its fellow F1 GTR runners) to take a surprise Le Mans 24 Hours victory. 
That car, entered by Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing and run by Paul Lanzante, was only ever meant to run as a test car as McLaren scaled up its F1 road car into an endurance racing machine. After winning Le Mans, this version of the ...Keep reading

MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo will debut the V4 engine Yamaha has been developing for several months in a private test in Barcelona on Monday, it has been confirmed.
The Iwata-based brand initially announced last month that Augusto Fernandez would be racing the V4-powered M1 at the San Marino Grand Prix on 14 September. 
It was expected that on the following Monday, factory riders ...Keep reading

Red Bull Formula 1 chief Laurent Mekies admitted that his team's decision to build its own power units for 2026 is "as crazy as it gets", but feels this is why it fits Red Bull's DNA. 
Under Mekies' predecessor Christian Horner, Red Bull went all-in on its own engine programme for the new regulations, developed and built with help from Ford at Red Bull Powertrains at its Milton Keynes ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff revealed he would “vacate the spot immediately” as Mercedes Formula 1 boss should the ideal successor arise. 
Wolff has run the Silver Arrows since 2013, during which time he has led Mercedes to a record-breaking eight consecutive constructors’ titles, plus seven drivers’ crowns.
But the introduction of ground-effect cars in 2022 brought tougher times for Mercedes, which ...Keep reading

Guenther Steiner has outlined the background to his move into MotoGP, revealing when he started seriously considering purchasing the Tech3 team.
On Friday, it was announced that former Haas Formula 1 team principal Steiner will lead a consortium of investors and take over the ownership of KTM’s satellite team in a deal worth just under €20 million.
The agreement will see Steiner ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton led a Ferrari 1-2 in the Italian Grand Prix's opening practice session of the weekend, topping Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc by 0.169s in the timesheets. 
Hamilton fired in a 1m20.117s in the final five minutes of the session to overturn Leclerc's line-leading time, as the Monegasque had found over 0.4s over early leader Max Verstappen. 
The session had been earlier ...Keep reading

Colton Herta’s surprising decision to leave his established position as an IndyCar driver to compete in Formula 2 – a championship completely unfamiliar to him – in pursuit of his Formula 1 dream has generated plenty of discussion in the motorsport world. The American is making the move to gain experience and earn the necessary super license points to potentially join the F1 grid with ...Keep reading

McLaren is bullish it can prevent a repeat of Lando Norris' reliability issues in last week's Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix, and explained what is happening with the Briton's power unit pool.
Norris' McLaren MCL39 started developing problems with seven laps to go at Zandvoort and the title protagonist soon ground to a halt with a smoking car. Norris' retirement was McLaren's first race-ending ...Keep reading

Haas Factory Team fields one full-time NASCAR Cup team with Cole Custer, as well as two full-time Xfinity teams with Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer. There will be no changes to their driver lineup for 2026, but Haas will be making a major manufacturer switch as they leave Ford and join forces with Chevrolet.
The change brings with it a new technical alliance, partnering with Hendrick Motorsports ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says he would be happy to provide Ferrari stablemate Charles Leclerc with a slipstream in Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix qualifying.
Leclerc and Hamilton are set for their biggest weekend of the year as winless Ferrari is under pressure to perform in front of its adoring tifosi at the 'Temple of Speed'.
Hamilton in particular has a point to prove after crashing out of last ...Keep reading

Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix will remain on the calendar until 2035 after signing a fresh four-year contract extension with commercial rightsholder FOM.
The agreement is the second contract extension for Monaco in less than 12 months after organiser Automobile Club of Monaco had already hammered out a deal with F1 last November.
That initial deal ensured Monaco would stay on the calendar ...Keep reading

Wherever Lewis Hamilton qualifies on his maiden appearance for Ferrari before its home fans at the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, he will start at least five places further back.
He incurred the penalty during the run-up to last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, failing to slow down sufficiently for double waved yellow flags on a reconnaissance lap before the grid formed. The flags were ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has completed his long-mooted takeover of the Tech3 MotoGP team with backing from a consortium of investors.
The buyout was announced in a press conference at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday on the eve of the Catalan Grand Prix. Motorsport.com had reported back in August that Steiner was close to finalising the deal.
Steiner was ...Keep reading

Lando Norris desperately needs a win
Was last weekend's retirement title deciding? Potentially, but it doesn't have to be. Lando Norris still has his destiny in his own hands, but then he needs to start beating McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri on a regular basis, which he hasn't managed yet this season.
Norris' engine oil leak may by unlucky, but the current 34-point advantage for Piastri is ...Keep reading