Motorsport

"I believe it is the same lottery as you have in Europe, you buy a ticket and you hope for the best. It is going to be a bit like that. It is going to be very wild this year.”
That is how Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi described what awaits the World Rally Championship crews this week in what is expected to be the most extreme Safari Rally Kenya since the event rejoined the calendar in ...Keep reading

Ferrari will give its highly-talked about rotating rear wing its race weekend debut at Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton has revealed.
The Scuderia launched the design in testing for the 2026 campaign and it quickly became a vastly debated topic, due to the unique feature of its upper flap rotating 180 degrees.
It made its debut on the penultimate day of Bahrain running and ...Keep reading

Toprak Razgatlioglu's influential agent Kenan Sofuoglu says the Turk plans to continue racing at Pramac in MotoGP for a second season, virtually ruling out a possible move up to the factory Yamaha team in 2027
Yamaha announced the signing of three-time World Superbike champion Razgatlioglu on 10 June last year. While the statement ran to more than 2,000 words, it stopped short of confirming ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Oliver Bearman has praised Ferrari’s openness and help regarding the optimal operation of its new power unit.
F1 has switched to new engine regulations with much greater emphasis on electrical power, meaning energy management has become a key way to achieve lap time.
Teams need to figure out the ideal timing to deploy energy on the one hand and to lift and coast on ...Keep reading

In a legal filing posted late on Wednesday night, Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson detailed his long personal relationship with Chris Gabehart and expressed deep disappointment in the lawsuit filed against them by Joe Gibbs Racing.
Prior to team ownership, Dickerson served as an ex-grassroots racer, sports agent and spotter, whom eventually co-founded the Spire Sports+Entertainment ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is enduring conflicting thoughts on whether to retire from Formula 1, confirming he ‘doesn’t want to’ leave but is having more fun with his endurance racing projects.
The four-time world champion has long been a big critic of F1’s 2026 regulation overhaul, which is more reliant on electrical energy meaning battery harvesting has a greater role at grands prix.
It caused ...Keep reading

“Why should there be no good news?”
As Aston Martin’s chief trackside officer Mike Krack welcomed the media in the Shanghai Formula 1 paddock, his tongue-in-cheek opening comment set the tone of the ensuing conversation.
There remained a lot of explaining to do for Krack alongside Honda’s trackside general manager Shintaro Orihara, after Fernando Alonso retired from the ...Keep reading

In a late Wednesday night series of court filings, Chris Gabehart and his retained attorneys responded to or otherwise addressed the continued legal claims made against him and Spire Motorsports by Joe Gibbs Racing.
The first document filed to the docket was a second first-person declaration in which the former engineer, crew chief and competition director made the case that his role as Chief ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez reckons a “massive shunt” will soon happen due to Formula 1’s new starting procedure after the Liam Lawson-Franco Colapinto near-miss at the Australian Grand Prix.
At last weekend’s F1 2026 opener, Lawson was slow off the line with no battery power, whereas Colapinto nailed his start and showed lightning reflexes to avoid hitting the back of the Racing Bulls, which suddenly ...Keep reading

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff has revealed how society has changed since she was racing as the all-female racing series heads into its fourth season.
Wolff began karting at the age of eight before moving to Formula Renault, Formula 3 and DTM. From 2012 to 2015, Wolff served initially as a development driver and later as a test driver for the Williams Formula 1 team, taking part in ...Keep reading

F1 Academy has announced a new partnership with SEPHORA ahead of the 2026 season-opening round in Shanghai.
SEPHORA has become an official partner and the official beauty retail partner of the all-female racing series. As part of the new partnership, SEPHORA will also support Spanish driver Natalia Granada in her rookie season.
"I am very eager to start the 2026 F1 ACADEMY season with ...Keep reading

Every beginning your journey in Hypercar is difficult, both figuratively and literally, as the BoP graph for the Aston Martin Valkyrie illustrates.  
As a new entry, a certain 'rookie bonus' is to be expected, but ultimately, it must be said: in their first year, there have been others that left a far more clumsy impression than Aston Martin did in the 2025 WEC.
"We are very ...Keep reading

It was really easy on Sunday to see flat tires or tires come apart during the Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway and say ‘tire failure’ but everyone with a reputable resume know that teams with problems were largely responsible for their fate.  
As best described by Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 crew chief Adam Stevens, there is a risk-versus-reward balance
“It’s so tough,” Stevens said ...Keep reading

One win and one podium finish was all factory Aston Martin driver Nicki Thiim could achieve in 36 DTM races with Lamborghini.
Aston Martin had released Thiim to race for another brand in 2022, 2024 and 2025, but he struggled to get to grips with the Lamborghini Huracan GT3.
As he prepares to finally represent his employer in a Vantage GT3 this year, Thiim looks back at what was an incredibly ...Keep reading

Former F1 TV presenter Will Buxton claimed that Ferrari "robbed us potentially of a really good race" at the Australian Grand Prix.
The season-opening race at Albert Park in Melbourne started with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc taking the lead from polesitter George Russell. The battle between the Ferrari and Mercedes driver continued through the first phase of the race until the 12th lap when Isack ...Keep reading

Formula 1 continues its 2026 season with the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit, one of the championship’s most distinctive venues. As the first sprint race of the year, teams will need to quickly get to grips with their new cars to fight for the increased points available.
First opened in 2004, the track’s iconic opening sequence features a tightening right-hand ...Keep reading

Lando Norris and Max Verstappen have been praised by fans after they were spotted waving at each other after the Australian Grand Prix. 
While the two have been friends for some time, fans were pleased to see the moment after their 2025 championship rivalry and an on-track battle in Melbourne that saw the McLaren driver hold off the four-time champion for a number of laps to take fifth ...Keep reading

Let’s clarify the numbers: the current Formula 1 regulations allow an internal combustion engine compression ratio of 16:1 measured at ambient temperature. All power units checked in Australia were compliant with the 2026 technical regulations.
However, a heated controversy has been sparked by some F1 power unit manufacturers claiming that Mercedes, thanks to the introduction of a pre-chamber ...Keep reading

Hendrick Motorsports will put 2024 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion Justin Allgaier behind the wheel of the #48 Chevrolet for this weekend's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Alex Bowman was forced out of the car mid-race at COTA with Myatt Snider finishing the event for him, and later in the week, he was diagnosed with vertigo. HMS sim driver Anthony Alfredo drove the car at Phoenix ...Keep reading

It’s been a fast start to the 2026 Formula 1 campaign with this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix signalling round two after the Melbourne opener on Sunday.
George Russell ultimately led a Mercedes 1-2 at the Australian Grand Prix, but team boss Toto Wolff played down the chances of the Silver Arrows romping towards the 2026 title.
There is a lot to look out for across the grid this weekend ...Keep reading