Motorsport

Reigning and four-time IndyCar Series champion Alex Palou expressed a mix of sadness and gratitude following the announcement that his longtime teammate, Scott Dixon, will leave Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) at the end of the current season.
The move marks the end of an era for the sport and positions the 29-year-old Spaniard as the de facto leader and most tenured driver at CGR heading into the ...Keep reading

Reigning Formula 1 champion Lando Norris believes securing his maiden title has made him a more relaxed and confident driver.
Speaking on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, the McLaren driver detailed the mental shift that followed his championship victory. After dedicating his whole career to reaching the milestone, Norris said achieving the goal gave him a new level of confidence.
Asked if he ...Keep reading

Zak Brown has opened up about the cultural overhaul required to transform McLaren from an underperforming outfit into the constructors' champion.
When Brown first took the reins at the Woking outfit, the team was in a competitive slump. Beyond on-track performance issues, the team had developed a blame culture the American was eager to remove.
Speaking to Will Buxton on the Up To Speed ...Keep reading

Formula 1 heads into Saturday at Silverstone with Lewis Hamilton on sprint pole after edging Kimi Antonelli in a tight sprint qualifying session at the British GP.
Hamilton beat the Mercedes championship leader by just 0.011s to take his first sprint pole since last year’s Chinese grand prix. Max Verstappen starts third, ahead of Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Lando Norris.
Saturday ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 team chief Toto Wolff turned heads with his entrance to the Silverstone paddock ahead of the only practice session and sprint qualifying today.
While Wolff and his wife, F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff, are frequently seen driving around the streets of Monte Carlo in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, he selected its hard-top predecessor for the British race ...Keep reading

1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has defended Lewis Hamilton, dismissing suggestions that the seven-time champion should have considered hanging up his helmet during his struggles in recent years.
Following a challenging end to his otherwise successful stint at Mercedes, where he won six of his seven titles, many from inside and outside of the paddock suggested that the Briton should ...Keep reading

McLaren’s expectations heading into the British Grand Prix were never particularly high with its less aerodynamically efficient MCL40. The Woking outfit is lagging on drag and energy management compared to its front running rivals - Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull - and also isn't yet fitting the new Mercedes power unit that the Silver Arrows has introduced for itself and customer outfits.
So ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton topped practice for the British Grand Prix by two tenths of a second from Kimi Antonelli, then edged him out of pole position for Saturday's sprint race by the altogether narrower margin of 0.011s.
Despite the final order of practice it was by no means ordained that Ferrari would be quickest around Silverstone – and Antonelli was visibly disappointed afterwards to have fallen ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari's predictions "scared" him about being "six tenths off" down Silverstone's straights, before taking a surprise British Grand Prix sprint race pole position. 
During Thursday's media day for the British Grand Prix, and even after this weekend's sole practice session, Ferrari kept expectations firmly in check.
With nine victories at Silverstone, Hamilton knows ...Keep reading

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Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Formula 1's British Grand Prix sprint, holding off his Mercedes successor Kimi Antonelli at Silverstone.
In a single-lap shoot-out on soft tyres, Antonelli set the provisionally fastest time, only for Hamilton to dip a mere 0.011s below the Italian's effort to clinch his first sprint pole since last year's Chinese Grand ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle has dismissed the recent flurry of speculation linking four-time champion Max Verstappen with a switch to McLaren, insisting that such paddock rumours are standard practice within the series.
Despite holding a contract with Red Bull until the end of 2028, Verstappen has been linked with potential moves to McLaren and Mercedes. The ...Keep reading

While Audi and Ferrari introduced their first ADUO upgrades of the season in Barcelona and Spielberg respectively, Mercedes also arrived in Austria with a new power unit specification.
In Mercedes' case, however, it was not an ADUO step but a reliability upgrade following the numerous retirements earlier this season, with Kimi Antonelli's DNF in Barcelona being the most recent example for the ...Keep reading

British singer-songwriter Adele recently paid a surprise visit to the McLaren Technology Centre, getting a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the Woking outfit and putting her driving skills to the test in the team's simulator.
The multi-Grammy Award winner toured the team's headquarters, describing the futuristic building as feeling like "arriving into space". The visit was ...Keep reading

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur launched a fiery response to Toto Wolff’s surprise at Ferrari continuously bringing upgrades throughout the Formula 1 campaign - believing his Mercedes rival made claims of “cheating”.
The Scuderia has been aggressive with car updates during the first eight rounds of the 2026 season, as the second-placed team attempts to close the gap on runaway leader ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes championship leader Kimi Antonelli must defeat Mercedes team-mate George Russell at the British Grand Prix to assert his authority.
Russell arrives at his home race at Silverstone following his second grand prix victory of the season in Austria. The Briton successfully converted pole position into a race win at the Red Bull Ring, and he will ...Keep reading

Following a successful debut at last year's Miami Grand Prix, Lego is back with its latest drivers parade activation as it constructed 22 individual go-karts for drivers to use on the British Grand Prix parade lap.
The Danish construction toy giant put together 25km/h go-karts made out of 28,000 Lego blocks and other component to make them driveable, designed with input from the 11 ...Keep reading

Rumours that Max Verstappen is in talks with McLaren about a potential move have gained traction since last weekend's Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, despite a belated move by CEO Zak Brown to shut down the possibility.
Naturally, both the current McLaren drivers faced questioning on this topic ahead of the British GP at Silverstone, and the divergence in their line of thought was intriguing ...Keep reading

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) announced that Marcus Armstrong has signed a multi-year contract extension that will keep him with the organization. As part of the agreement, Armstrong will transition to the team's #60 Honda for the start of the 2027 IndyCar season.
Since joining Meyer Shank Racing in 2025, Armstrong has continued to inch closer to the sharp end of the field. In his first season with ...Keep reading

Following the success of the first Lego Formula 1 drivers' parade in Miami last year, the concept returns at Silverstone this weekend.
This time, every driver has their own Lego minicar, built from no fewer than 28,000 bricks, allowing all 22 drivers to take part.
The minicars are limited to a top speed of 25km/h, although that did not stop the drivers from repeatedly crashing into one ...Keep reading