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Formula 1 teams have detailed their low-drag aerodynamic set-ups for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, in line with the traditional approach to the high-speed Monza circuit.
Every year, teams tend to produce bespoke rear wing options to satisfy the straightline speed requirements needed to be competitive at the 'Temple of Speed' - by reducing the cross-sectional area of the wing ...Keep reading

The Williams team lodging a right of review against Carlos Sainz's Zandvoort penalty shows more unease over the Formula 1 racing rules, which vindicated Liam Lawson's driving in the clash.
Lawson and Sainz made contact on lap 27 of the Dutch Grand Prix when Sainz attempted to overtake the Racing Bulls driver around the outside of Turn 1, and was then crowded off the road by Lawson as the pair ...Keep reading

One does not often see proven professional racers stepping back to junior formulae, yet that’s exactly what Colton Herta is doing for 2026.
Having signed with the Cadillac Formula 1 team as a test and development driver, Herta is in contention for a full-time drive in 2027. F1 has been his dream all along, and he’s putting his career on the line for it.
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GMS Race Cars has purchased the ‘vehicle fleet and equipment’ formerly used in the Superstar Racing Experience.
The company, which also owns GMS Fabrication and the former GMS Racing NASCAR organization in Statesville, North Carolina, now owns all 16 fully-assembled race cars that were used in the IROC style short track series that aired on CBS and then ESPN from 2021-to-2023.
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Lando Norris made an extremely relaxed impression as he faced the media on Thursday in the Monza paddock, which would have been curious if it hadn't been for his similarly remarkable restraint after last week's hammer blow in Zandvoort.
With his gap to Oscar Piastri suddenly swelling to 34 points after an engine oil line on his McLaren broke - an issue on the team's side and not Mercedes' - ...Keep reading

Liberty Media won’t rule out selling Formula 1, with company chairman John Malone admitting that it would sell the championship should a buyer offer up the right price.
“It's a public company,” he said. “If somebody gets carried away and they want to buy it and they're willing to pay more for it than the board thinks that they can deliver to the shareholders, then we would sell ...Keep reading

Williams has submitted a right of review to the FIA over the Dutch Grand Prix incident between Carlos Sainz and Liam Lawson, which left the Spaniard to soak up a 10-second penalty.
Sainz and Lawson made contact following the resumption of the Zandvoort Formula 1 race last week, touching at Turn 1 after the opening safety car was withdrawn. Both drivers were left with punctures, and their ...Keep reading

Colton Herta has been racing full-time in IndyCar since 2019, and he holds the distinction of being the sport’s youngest race winner in history. Since then, he has won a total of nine races and finished as high as second in the championship, while his interest in finding a path to F1 has been a multi-year saga in the background ... until now.
First, let me say that Herta has my utmost respect ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris still believes he can beat team-mate Oscar Piastri to the 2025 Formula 1 title without any drama to even out his own Zandvoort retirement.
Norris lost a certain second place at last week's Dutch Grand Prix when his smoking McLaren ground to a halt with seven laps to go, allowing race winner Piastri to race 34 points clear in the drivers' standings.
Norris still has ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez says he would rather not wrap up the 2025 MotoGP title at next weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix, as doing so would mean his brother Alex had suffered a disastrous home race in Barcelona.
The older Marquez arrived at the Catalan Grand Prix on Thursday with a 175-point lead in the championship, having been unbeaten in the last seven race weekends.
If the factory Ducati rider is ...Keep reading

There is something irresistible about the allure of racing for Ferrari, regardless of the considerable baggage which often comes with it. Pressure, infighting, and relentless media scrutiny come freighted with all that passion, emotion, and the best company cars in the Formula 1 business.
That template was set down by marque founder Enzo Ferrari, the self-styled “agitator of men” who viewed ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta believes Marc Marquez is on the verge of completing the “biggest comeback” in sporting history, likening it to Michael Jordan’s successful return to the NBA after a stint in baseball.
With 10 grand prix victories and 13 sprint wins in the first 14 race weekends, factory Ducati rider Marquez is closing in on his seventh career title in MotoGP, which would put him level with ...Keep reading

Following comments from Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali suggesting that the championship's chiefs would look at shorter races, Fernando Alonso suggested that the argument of shorter attention spans was "a problem of society and the kids", and not for F1. 
Domenicali suggested that F1 could look at reducing the duration of grands prix as part of a series of considerations to boost F1's ...Keep reading

It is one of the more intriguing hypotheticals of the 2025 Formula 1 season: how would Max Verstappen fare if he were not driving for Red Bull Racing, but instead for Racing Bulls? Especially given that experts like Ralf Schumacher believe the junior team has “a better base this year than Red Bull." 
"I’d almost go as far as saying Max could theoretically fight for the championship with ...Keep reading

The acquisition of the Tech3 MotoGP team by former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner and a group of investors will be made official this Friday.
As Motorsport.com revealed last month, both parties had agreed on terms for the deal before the summer break. At that time, only the signature was pending, which has now been completed.
On the agenda for this weekend’s Catalan Grand ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says Ducati has made a major set-up breakthrough on his MotoGP bike, one he believes has finally resolved the issues that plagued him all season.
Although refusing to divulge the changes, Bagnaia revealed that Ducati went in a completely different direction at the Hungarian Grand Prix out of necessity, after he was knocked out in the first segment of qualifying.
While from ...Keep reading

Frederic Vasseur has admitted Ferrari may have underestimated what it would take for Lewis Hamilton to successfully switch to the Scuderia in Formula 1.
Ferrari team boss Vasseur snatched Hamilton away from Mercedes for the 2025 season after the Englishman had the longest and most successful collaboration in F1 history with the Anglo-German outfit. Over 12 seasons, their shared record included ...Keep reading

Miguel Oliveira has admitted that he was “surprised” by Yamaha’s decision to invoke a performance clause in his contract and drop him from Pramac’s 2026 MotoGP line-up.
On Thursday, Yamaha announced that Jack Miller will remain at its satellite squad for a second consecutive season, partnering with incoming World Superbike Championship star Toprak Razgatlioglu.
The news leaves an ...Keep reading

Nine-time IndyCar race winner Colton Herta will make a shock switch to Formula 2 in 2026, Cadillac Formula 1 team CEO Dan Towriss has announced.
Cadillac has hired F1 veterans Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas as its race drivers for its maiden campaign in the world championship, and named Herta as a test and development driver on Wednesday – with the American brand eager to promote drivers ...Keep reading

Formula 1's power unit manufacturers and its governing body the FIA are set for the next round of talks on the series' next engine formula.
F1 is moving to new power units in 2026 with a near 50/50 split of internal combustion power and electric energy, but meanwhile the FIA's focus is already on what comes next as it remains concerned over the high cost, complexity and weight of the hybrid ...Keep reading