Motorsport

Katherine Legge hopeful she can attempt the Indy 500 and Coke 600 Double in the future

Sun, 2026-05-10 13:54
Katherine Legge will start 38th in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen, making her eighth career start and her first of the 2026 season. She is once again driving the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet with sponsorship from e.l.f. Cosmetics.
After she takes the checkered flag at the Glen, the British driver will travel directly to Indiana as practice gets underway for the 110th ...Keep reading

Peugeot youngster Malthe Jakobsen after Spa WEC crash: 'You cannot blame everyone else'

Sun, 2026-05-10 13:35
Malthe Jakobsen is adamant that he has to take some responsibility for the collision that forced the #94 Peugeot 9X8 out of Saturday's World Endurance Championship race at Spa.
The 22-year-old had qualified the car he shared with Loic Duval and Theo Pourchaire on pole position, with the trio remaining in the hunt for a podium in the first part of the race.
However, disaster struck the #94 ...Keep reading

Williams F1 confirms “sizeable” upgrade package planned for Canadian GP

Sun, 2026-05-10 13:32
Williams arrived in Miami carrying a substantial upgrade package developed over the five-week break, and left Florida with points on the board and a growing momentum. Now, before the cars land in Montreal, team principal James Vowles has confirmed the upgrade pipeline doesn't stop there.
In a new Vowles Verdict from the Grove team, the former Mercedes strategy director reflected on the scale ...Keep reading

David Croft: Alarm bells will ring if Kimi Antonelli beats George Russell at Canadian GP

Sun, 2026-05-10 13:23
Sky Sports Formula 1 lead commentator David Croft believes that alarm bells will be ringing if George Russell does not beat his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli at the Canadian Grand Prix.
While the Briton won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from pole position and the Chinese sprint race the week after, he has since been overtaken in the standings by his teenage team-mate. 
After ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz isn’t “going to criticise it anymore” – but still says 2026 F1 rules are “not good enough"

Sun, 2026-05-10 13:07
Williams driver Carlos Sainz has been among the more vocal critics of the new Formula 1 regulations, but he now says he’s going to be less negative in public – while still having major reservations.
Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix last weekend, the FIA introduced tweaks to the amount of energy which could be harvested and deployed in qualifying and race scenarios.
Safety and the ...Keep reading

WRC Portugal: Thierry Neuville inherits lead as Sebastien Ogier suffers penultimate stage puncture 

Sun, 2026-05-10 12:03
Thierry Neuville inherited the Rally Portugal lead with one stage remaining after World Rally Championship title holder Sebastien Ogier suffered a puncture on the penultimate stage.
Ogier headed into stage 22 seemingly on course to score an eighth career Rally Portugal victory, equipped with a 17.3s lead over Neuville.
The nine-time world champion had managed to survive the worst of the wet ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff response to Mercedes intra-team F1 battle predicted: 'Not someone you want to cross'

Sun, 2026-05-10 12:02
Former W Series driver and Sky Sports analyst Naomi Schiff has argued that Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff is not someone who drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli would want to cross in team orders discussions. 
Russell was a clear favourite heading into the 2026 season. But after winning the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese sprint race, his 19-year-old team-mate ...Keep reading

Fred Vesti reveals huge Mercedes F1 simulator push before Miami GP

Sun, 2026-05-10 11:20
Mercedes Formula 1 third driver Fred Vesti has revealed that he completed approximately 1000 laps on the simulator in the impromptu April break ahead of the Miami Grand Prix. 
The five-week break between the Japanese and Miami Grands Prix offered teams an unexpected opportunity to get back to the factory and almost reset before the season resumed. 
"Honestly, I was amazed at how cool the ...Keep reading

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