Motorsport

Marc Marquez has described Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as “one of the hardest” tracks for him, adding that he would hate it if it wasn't his home MotoGP venue.
Six-time MotoGP champion Marquez was born on 17 September 1993 in Cervera, a town located just 85km west of Montmelo, the home of the Barcelona MotoGP track.
The Spaniard has won two premier-class races so far at the Catalan ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris has opened up about wanting to do things his own way, despite sometimes wishing he were as uncompromising as Max Verstappen.
Norris is competing in his seventh F1 season and has emerged as one of the world championship’s first drivers to pour their hearts out when it comes to mental health.
Having managed the pressure factor better as he gained ...Keep reading

Formula 1 weekend formats are likely to undergo radical changes as the category adapts to cater for younger audiences and shorter attention spans, according to F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.
Packing the calendar with more sprint events, adjusting the format of these races, and shortening the grands prix themselves have already been discussed with stakeholders including the drivers. Domenicali ...Keep reading

Ferrari will run a one-off Formula 1 car livery at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Niki Lauda’s first world championship victory.
Lauda won the 1975 championship on 7 September at Monza, with this year’s running of the race taking place on the exact same day.
At the time, a third-place finish had been enough for the 26-year-old Austrian to be ...Keep reading

Following a slew of announcements at the start of the week, the 2026 MotoGP grid is virtually complete.
Honda kicked off the latest round of rider news by confirming that Luca Marini will stay at its factory squad next year, while Johann Zarco will likewise be retained at its satellite squad LCR on a new two-year deal.
Then, on Tuesday, VR46 revealed that it signed a contract extension with ...Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali wants to ensure that the 2026 F1 rule changes are explained in "simple terms" across the media to preserve the championship's appeal to casual audiences.
Next year's regulations affect both the chassis and powertrain; F1 cars will be smaller next season, with active aerodynamics and further commitment to hybridisation. This includes a near-50/50 split between ...Keep reading

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff thinks Red Bull Powertrains has "Mount Everest to climb" as it introduces its 2026 Formula 1 power units - but he won't underestimate its long-term chances.
After current partner Honda initially decided to pull out of F1 and a subsequent deal with Porsche failed to materialise, Red Bull's former CEO Christian Horner decided the squad would go alone and produce its own ...Keep reading

At the beginning of the year, Rinus VeeKay was one of the last drivers to secure a full-time seat for the season ahead. After several years with Ed Carpenter Racing, the Dutchman joined forces with Dale Coyne Racing for 2025.
However, that partnership has come to an end after just one year, as confirmed by VeeKay himself on social media.
"I want to thank Dale Coyne Racing and in particular ...Keep reading

In a response to a Friday legal filing from NASCAR stating the Sanctioning Body would hold six ownership charters through the results of their antitrust lawsuit for 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, the teams responded on Tuesday in advance of a ruling later in the week that will determine the status of several disputed charters.
23XI and Front Row suggested that NASCAR’s recent ...Keep reading

While making his Formula 1 podium debut, French racer Isack Hadjar scored the sixth podium for F1’s other team from Italy in its 40-year history. But just how did the David that is the Faenza-based team take on the championship’s Goliaths to stand on F1’s podium?
For the past 40 years there have been two teams from Italy competing in Formula 1: Ferrari and the squad from Faenza. While ...Keep reading

Darlington Raceway just hosted the 76th running of the Southern 500 -- a coveted crown jewel that has been part of the NASCAR Cup schedule since 1950.
By winning it the way he did, Chase Briscoe guaranteed himself a place in the history books. He became just the eighth different driver to win back-to-back Southern 500s, and the first since Greg Biffle did it in 2005-2006. 

Greg ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton shocked the Formula 1 paddock with his move from Mercedes to Ferrari for the 2025 season. But while the change in teams hasn’t heralded the change in fortunes he may have hoped for, it did mean that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff avoided making a call he “dreaded”.  
Hamilton’s first season with Ferrari hasn’t resulted in the change in fortunes the seven-time champion had ...Keep reading

If Isack Hadjar was an early frontrunner for the 2026 Red Bull seat alongside Max Verstappen, then his breakthrough performance over the Zandvoort race weekend, taking a maiden podium from fourth on the grid, has surely made him the runaway favourite.
Hadjar came into the Racing Bulls squad only after Red Bull relieved Sergio Perez of his duties and tried Liam Lawson - and soon after, Yuki ...Keep reading

Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has revealed his Formula 1 squad still gets left “amazed” by the capabilities of its world champion driver Max Verstappen after the Dutch Grand Prix.
Verstappen has raced for Red Bull since 2016 and during that time, he has clinched the last four world titles and broken countless records. 
Although he isn’t in contention for this year’s championship due ...Keep reading

In Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri achieved a feat that only 26 Formula 1 drivers previously accomplished.
The McLaren driver took pole position with just a 0.012s gap to team-mate Lando Norris, then led the whole race despite three safety car interventions jeopardising his lead.
Piastri withstood Norris’ and Max Verstappen’s pressure to take the win; he even set the fastest ...Keep reading

Will Power has been a member of Team Penske since the 2009 season, and he has enjoyed incredible success since signing with the legendary team. Of his 45 career wins, 42 came while racing for the organization.
Power, now 44 years old, won the championship in both 2014 and 2022, and he’s been within arm’s reach of several other titles during his career. But his most impressive statistic ...Keep reading

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff thinks it was wrong of Lewis Hamilton to say Ferrari should replace him in Hungary, adding: "Did you ever hear Michael Jordan say that about himself?"
Hamilton was dumped out of Q2 in Budapest, finishing 12th while team-mate Charles Leclerc defeated the McLarens to pole. Coming at the end of a difficult first half of the season for the Scuderia, Hamilton slammed ...Keep reading

Two-time MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia made a striking admission last month when he revealed his race time in the Austrian Grand Prix was 12 seconds slower than in 2024. Remarkably, this year’s winner Marc Marquez completed the distance in exactly the same time Bagnaia had managed on his way to victory last season.
“The winner did it in the same time it took me to win last year. So I ...Keep reading

Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar will be sent a replacement trophy to commemorate his maiden Formula 1 podium in Zandvoort after breaking the original.
Hadjar achieved a breakthrough podium spot in the Netherlands by finishing third behind Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen, the sixth in his team's 20-year history, which the Frenchman and the Anglo-Italian squad abundantly celebrated ...Keep reading

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has never been shy about admitting that his DNA pushes him to seek the limit of the bike almost every time he takes to the track. That tendency usually makes him prone to more crashes, and he has ended most seasons in MotoGP among the riders with the highest crash tally.
This year, however, something changed. In his second campaign on a Ducati, and the ...Keep reading