Motorsport

With Cadillac joining the grid for the 2026 Formula 1 season, there will be 22 cars on the grid, two more than we're currently used to. Because of this, qualifying will see a small change to include the extra two cars. This is what you need to know. 
F1's 2026 qualifying format will still have the familiar three-part knockout structure that we're all accustomed to. With a larger grid this ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has revealed that he, George Russell and Alex Albon held an "UNO World Championship" that took place during travel days between some of the races of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Admitting there were "questionable rules" between the trio, he opened up on what he did during his downtime. 
Talking on F1's Off The Grid with presenter Lawrence Barretto, the Australian ...Keep reading

The F1 movie picked up two wins at the 2026 Critics' Choice Awards on 4 January.
The blockbuster, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, was awarded the Critics' Choice Awards for Best Sound (Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta and Gareth John) and Best Editing (Stephen Mirrione).
In the editing category, Mirrione competed against Kirk ...Keep reading

Will Courtenay has completed his long-awaited move to McLaren's Formula 1 team to take up a new role as sporting director, after being granted approval to leave his position at Red Bull.
McLaren had announced its signing of Courtenay as early as 2024, but the Briton was not able to negotiate an exit from his contract ahead of 2025 and remained the team's head of strategy.
Red Bull had ...Keep reading

Zhou Guanyu has been confirmed as a Cadillac Formula 1 reserve driver for the 2026 season just three days after his Ferrari exit was announced.
The 26-year-old spent the 2025 campaign in a reserve role for the Scuderia, but has left the team for a new challenge with F1’s latest outfit, which is set to make its debut this season.
It will see Zhou join forces with Cadillac team principal ...Keep reading

A sense of trepidation accosts the arrival of Formula 1's incoming cycle of regulations. While the birth of F1's 2026 generation has been admittedly problematic, with genuine concerns raised throughout the development of the new rules, many have tended to err on the side of caution in their predictions.
Of course, the landscape will change and it'll be a very different F1 that we need to get ...Keep reading

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur reckons “pure performance” is quite irrelevant at the first pre-season test for the 2026 Formula 1 season due to the regulation change coming in.
The 2026 campaign will introduce changes to both the power unit and chassis, as cars will become lighter and smaller and there’ll be more emphasis on electrical power. 
With a huge regulation switch for the upcoming ...Keep reading

Defending car champion Yazeed Al-Rajhi faces an uphill battle at the 2026 Dakar Rally after a troubled opening stage, in which he lost significant time and incurred a heavy penalty.
Shortly after his Dakar victory in 2025, Al-Rajhi and navigator Timo Gottschalk suffered injuries that forced them to miss several rounds of the World Rally-Raid Championship. The Saudi driver and his German ...Keep reading

X-raid Mini’s Guillaume de Mevius topped the opening stage of the Dakar Rally on Sunday, overhauling long-time leader Mattias Ekstrom in a dramatic late turnaround.
Ford driver Ekstrom controlled much of the day’s 305km stage around Yanbu in Saudi Arabia, grabbing the lead at the second checkpoint on 70km before stretching out an advantage of over a minute in his Ford Raptor.
De Mevius ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez could achieve two major milestones during the 2026 MotoGP season as he looks to further cement his place among motorsport’s all-time greats.
At last year’s San Marino Grand Prix on 14 September, he clinched his 73rd victory in MotoGP and 99th across all three classes. With six grands prix left in the season at that stage, no one doubted his chances of securing his 100th world ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has emerged as the best Formula 1 driver from the 2025 season, according to team principals, drivers themselves, as well as Motorsport, Autosport and their readers.
All current team bosses and racers were asked by F1 to submit their top 10s, applying the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 points system to create separate standings. No representative from Red Bull and Ferrari took part in ...Keep reading