Motorsport

While there have been loud claims made by local – and even national – politicians about the return of Portugal and Turkey to the Formula 1 calendar, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has now confirmed interest from those countries – and Germany, in the form of Hockenheim. Interest in F1 is at an all-time high, largely as a consequence of the so-called ‘Netflix effect’. Next year there will be a ...Keep reading

The news that former Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric will race a Supercar in the championship finale on the streets of Adelaide in November is great for fans of both NASCAR and Supercars. 
But any expectations that Cindric, who will drive a Tickford Racing Ford Mustang in the twin 250km races, may be able to replicate what Shane Van Gisbergen did when he took a victory on his NASCAR debut in ...Keep reading

Yamaha has announced that Jack Miller will remain at Pramac for the 2026 MotoGP season and partner World Superbike Championship star Toprak Razgatlioglu.
As reported by Motorsport.com last month, Miller has been given the nod over current team-mate Miguel Oliveira after months of speculation over the team’s line-up.
The Australian had been growing desperate over his future at Pramac and ...Keep reading

Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri will sit out Free Practice 1 at the Italian Grand Prix, where he will be replaced by McLaren junior Alex Dunne.
Current F1 sporting regulations demand that teams run rookies – drivers who have not competed in more than two grands prix – on race weekends on four occasions over the season. This typically happens in Free Practice 1 on well-known ...Keep reading

Cadillac has received a double Balance of Performance hit for its home race in Austin this weekend after scoring a maiden World Endurance Championship victory at Interlagos in July.
The Jota team’s pair of Cadillac V-Series.R LMDhs will go into the Circuit of the Americas WEC round on 7 September with minimum weight increased by 19kg and base power decreased by 5kW (6.7bhp) compared the ...Keep reading

Given his tender age, his rapid rise through the ranks and his immediate promotion to a top team like Mercedes, there was plenty of anticipation around Andrea Kimi Antonelli's F1 debut this year.
Mercedes' hand was perhaps forced by Lewis Hamilton's earlier than expected departure, but it still decided to press ahead and promote its homegrown talent after a generous private testing programme ...Keep reading

Lance Stroll has exuberantly hailed Adrian Newey’s impact on the Aston Martin team, as the legendary engineer contributes to its 2026 Formula 1 car design.
Newey joined Aston Martin on 1 March as a ‘managing technical partner’ after completing his Red Bull Racing-induced gardening leave. The Briton has reportedly refrained from giving the current AMR25 any consideration, despite yet ...Keep reading

The federal district judge overseeing the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR federal antitrust lawsuit has ruled against the teams over an injunction request that would have restored their de facto chartered status and prevented the Sanctioning Body from issuing charters to other organizations.
“The Court concludes that in light of NASCAR’s renewed commitments to the Court, a ...Keep reading

Austin Cindric, who is currently competing in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with Team Penske, will make his Supercars debut in the BP Adelaide Grand Final from November 27-30.
He will pilot a Ford Mustang provided by Tickford Racing, competing as a wildcard entry. There have been recent attempts to bring NASCAR Cup champions Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson to the event, but neither plan came to ...Keep reading

At the time of his runner-up finish in the Southern 500, Tyler Reddick wasn’t going to override his disappointment with waxed poetic about one of his better runs of the summer of big picture satisfaction about a directionally playoff opener.
He wanted to win a NASCAR crown jewel, and at this point in an otherwise winless season, any race and that was the most prevalent mood immediately after ...Keep reading

Just one day after his 17-year tenure at Team Penske officially came to an end, two-time IndyCar champion Will Power has already announced plans to race for Andretti Global in 2026.
He will pilot the No. 26 Honda, replacing American driver Colton Herta, who ended the 2025 season seventh in the championship standings. Herta will be leaving IndyCar to chase the Formula 1 dream, announcing on ...Keep reading

At some point this week, the judge overseeing the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit will issue a decision that will determine if those two organizations will be recognized as charter holders for the rest of the season.
In a letter issued to the teams that signed the agreement last year, NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps says the outcome could decide up to an ...Keep reading

The Cadillac Formula 1 team has named Andretti Global IndyCar driver Colton Herta as its test driver, with rumours intensifying over the Californian leaving IndyCar for an F2 campaign. 
Herta, whose Andretti IndyCar squad is owned by the same TWG Motorsport group that is the majority shareholder of the nascent F1 squad, will complement regular drivers Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez as the ...Keep reading

MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta has assured that Dorna will not intervene to “stop” Marc Marquez's absolute dominance in the world championship, adding that the 32-year-old is not getting “the global importance he deserves".
On Wednesday, Ezpeleta attended the launch event for the 2025 Catalan Grand Prix at the iconic Miró Foundation, a few metres from the original Olympic mountain track ...Keep reading

"Markham, start your engines! The Indy race is coming to our city!" exclaimed an excited Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti while announcing today that the IndyCar Series will move its Canadian event from Toronto to a brand-new street circuit in Markham beginning in 2026.
Toronto's Exhibition Place has been home to IndyCar racing in its various forms since 1986. However, due to logistical ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton is feeling the pressure ahead of his first Italian Grand Prix as a Ferrari Formula 1 driver.
Monza hasn’t been a happy hunting ground for the seven-time world champion lately; although he is a five-time winner of the event, his latest podium in the ‘Temple of Speed’ dates back to 2019.
More importantly, Ferrari is yet to win a grand prix this season, and Hamilton has ...Keep reading

Luca Marini says he has “really high expectations” from Honda for the 2026 MotoGP season after being impressed by the progress he has witnessed so far this year.
The factory HRC squad has enjoyed a strong run of form since MotoGP returned from summer break, with Joan Mir finishing sixth in Austria and Marini going one better at the returning Hungarian Grand Prix.
In the sprint race at ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has declared that Red Bull’s Dutch Grand Prix battle with a Racing Bulls car “shouldn’t be happening”.
Verstappen and Racing Bulls Formula 1 driver Isack Hadjar ran third and fourth behind the McLarens during most of the Zandvoort race; both of them ended up on the podium, courtesy of Lando Norris’ late-race retirement.
“Of course, happy to be on the podium, but in ...Keep reading

Ferrari will celebrate the half-century anniversary of Niki Lauda’s legendary title-winning triumph at Monza this week by taking to the streets of Milan with a ‘Tifosi Tram’ – and unveiling a special Monza Limited Edition Collection of team clothing with partner PUMA. 
Driving the iconic Ferrari 312T, Lauda secured the first of his Formula 1 title with third at the Italian Grand Prix ...Keep reading

“Lando Norris’s title campaign just got a little trickier. His DNF at Zandvoort effectively burns his only ‘joker’ for the second half of the year, meaning he can’t really afford any more retirements if he wants to beat Oscar Piastri to the title. The Australian boosted his chances with yet another win, but which score will he have to drop at the end of the season?”
This kind of ...Keep reading