Motorsport

At 53 years old, Rubens Barrichello quickly adapted to the Brazilian arm of NASCAR's various stock car racing divisions, becoming champion in his first try.
He clinched the 2025 championship at Autódromo Velo Città, adding another trophy to his impressive collection. The 11x Grand Prix winner in F1 spoke with Motorsport.com following the victory, talking about the learning curve he faced as ...Keep reading

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has promised an investment into the World Rally Championship following the sale of the series’ commercial rights. 
The world motorsport governing body announced last week that a tender process is now underway to find a new WRC commercial rights holder.
Current rights holder WRC Promoter, owned by Red Bull and German investment company KW25, has been ...Keep reading

20 years ago, Fernando Alonso was engaged in a thrilling championship run-in with Kimi Raikkonen, and a young tyre engineer with a bright future was about to join Alonso’s Renault team. Ayao Komatsu had got his F1 break working for BAR-Honda’s test team in a high-spending era where leading manufacturer-backed organisations had two windtunnels running continuously and fully manned test squads ...Keep reading

Performance gains have become harder to find as F1’s second ground-effect aerodynamics era matures, but for some, the process has been more challenging for others. Aston Martin has noticeably struggled to unlock more relative pace from its cars ever since making a strong start to the 2023 season. This has not been for want of trying since the Silverstone-based team has been among the most ...Keep reading

McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have given their blessing for split strategies to continue at the team as they battle for the 2025 Formula 1 title, but both feel Hungary was something of an outlier.
Norris was running third during the Hungarian Grand Prix and took the plunge to switch to a one-stop strategy - which put him out ahead of the two-stopping Piastri and offered him the ...Keep reading

Suggestions from Toto Wolff that 2026 F1 cars could get near top speeds of 400km/h have caused a stir, but both the real picture and what the Mercedes chief actually meant are more nuanced than that.
As is well documented, F1 is facing a radical regulations shake-up in 2026, driven by a desire to obtain a near 50/50 split between energy derived by the V6 turbo engines and a much expanded ...Keep reading

It was made clear over the course of 90 minutes of oral arguments in a Charlotte, North Carolina court just how much tension and animosity exists as a result of the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v. NASCAR antitrust lawsuit and countersuit.
For much of the summer, both sides have been going through the fact discovery process, which entitled both the teams and sanctioning body to request ...Keep reading

Rumours placing IndyCar champion Alex Palou on Red Bull's radar for 2026 appear to be wide of the mark, but shouldn't several F1 teams be taking a closer look at the US series' dominator?
With clarity over the short-term Red Bull future of world champion Max Verstappen, which will clear any hurdles for new Mercedes deals for George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the end of that transfer ...Keep reading

The World Rally Championship is set for a voyage into the unknown this weekend as Paraguay makes its series debut offering up stages unlike any other on the calendar.
Exactly what will unfold on brand new stages held in conditions unfamiliar to WRC crews is difficult to predict. The prospect of a wide open battle for victory therefore awaits, with only 13 points separating Toyota trio Elfyn ...Keep reading

Already a crown jewel winner with his dramatic last-to-first victory in this year's Coca Cola 600, Ross Chastain is looking to add another one this weekend as the NASCAR Cup Playoffs begin with the Southern 500 at Darlington.
“It's my favorite track," said Chastain during Playoff Media Day on Wednesday. "It's just absolutely top of my list. Whenever I look at tracks that I want to win at, and ...Keep reading

On most race weekends, there isn't much different between the three national divisions in terms of pit road rules. However, that changes dramatically on a standalone race weekend like this one.
While the NASCAR Cup and Trucks are competing at Darlington, the Xfinity Series is at the other end of the country at the Portland road course. Many of these crew members cross between the three national ...Keep reading

George Russell reckons Lewis Hamilton was talking “nonsense” when he claimed Ferrari should “change driver” after disappointing in qualifying for the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Hamilton suffered a Q2 elimination last time out in Budapest, before finishing outside of the points the following day, continuing his difficult debut campaign for Ferrari as the seven-time world champion ...Keep reading

Frankie Muniz, 39, is competing full-time in the NASCAR Truck Series this year as the driver of the No. 33 Reaume Brothers Racing Ford. Unfortunately, he will miss the 19th round of the 2025 season at Darlington on Saturday, due to a wrist injury he sustained at home.
"The phrase "FML" (Frankie Muniz's Life) takes on new meaning with moments like these," Muniz posted on social media. "I'm ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has insisted he has no regrets when reflecting on the opening 14 races of his 2025 Formula 1 title campaign, though has picked out moments in China and Canada where he could have been "a little bit smarter".
Of the two, his Canada clash with team-mate Oscar Piastri is the more obvious one; Norris had been frustrated as an attempt to pass on the exit of Montreal's hairpin had come ...Keep reading

George Russell has revealed he never thought his Formula 1 seat at Mercedes was under threat for next year, claiming ‘it was more of a question of who his team-mate would be’.
The 27-year-old’s contract expires at the end of the 2025 campaign just like that of his rookie team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli, leading to speculation either one of them could be replaced by Max Verstappen.
But ...Keep reading

MotoGP champion Jorge Martin is making inroads on his road to recovery, following his early-season injuries.
The Aprilia rider returned to racing at Brno, just before the summer break, then took part in the Austria-Hungary double-header with a high of fourth at Balaton Park – just over three seconds behind team-mate Marco Bezzecchi.
"I once doubted whether I could be competitive again when ...Keep reading

With 10 grands prix still to go, McLaren is all but certain to walk away with both Formula 1 world titles in 2025.
The Woking-based team enjoys a commanding lead in the constructors’ standings, while Max Verstappen – the first non-McLaren driver in the drivers’ championship – trails Oscar Piastri by 97 points. This means McLaren is on track to secure its first drivers’ title since ...Keep reading

MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez has revealed he is “not getting used” to the dominance which has put him on the cusp of a seventh world title.
The factory Ducati rider leads the standings by 175 points with eight rounds remaining, after winning 10 of the 14 grands prix thus far including the last seven.
Marquez has also won all but one of the sprint races, but the Spaniard knows ...Keep reading

Does Verstappen need (a lot of) rain for another Zandvoort win? - Ronald Vording
Max Verstappen has won the Dutch Grand Prix three times, but last year Helmut Marko called Red Bull’s performance in the dunes “alarming”. Lando Norris won with a 23-second lead, and over the past 12 months McLaren has only become stronger, while Red Bull’s decline has continued.
As the second half of ...Keep reading

Aston Martin chief Andy Cowell says he wants his team to become a "creative, chaotic innovation machine" as it works its way to the front of Formula 1 under 2026's new regulations.
Aston Martin has suffered a number of lean years while it is undergoing a rapid transformation and expansion process at its state-of-the-art headquarters opposite the Silverstone circuit.
The 2025 season turned ...Keep reading