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The motorsport community has come together to pay tribute to 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force as the 76-year-old officially announced his retirement on Thursday.
The driver and owner of John Force Racing confirmed his retirement from racing as he continues to be under the care of doctors for a traumatic brain injury sustained in a horrific crash during the 2024 Virginia Nationals at ...Keep reading

16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force has officially announced his retirement at 76 years old.
Force's retirement comes after he suffered a traumatic brain injury from a violent 300mph crash during the 2024 Virginia Nationals in Richmond. After months of intense recovery, he made his return trackside but was replaced in the John Force Racing PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS by Jack ...Keep reading

Ben Keating will line up in just one car at the 2026 Daytona 24 Hours in January, ending his long-running tradition of splitting driving time across two entries.
After years of pulling double duty in the blue-riband round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the American has revealed that he will focus his efforts on a single LMP2 effort with PR1/Mathiasen.
While the California-based squad is ...Keep reading

2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has responded to Ferrari chairman John Elkann's strong message to the team's drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
The Brazilian Grand Prix was a weekend to forget for the Maranello outfit after it slipped from second to fourth in the constructors' standings. While Leclerc and Hamilton converted eighth and 11th-place starts in the sprint race to ...Keep reading

Cadillac will give its first Formula 1 car a maiden run before the Barcelona pre-season test, which is taking place from 26-30 January, provided everything goes to plan.
Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas’ Ferrari-powered machine is set for an initial engine fire-up “in less than 50 days”, team principal Graeme Lowdon said on Friday at the Brazil Grand Prix – in other words, before ...Keep reading

Former Haas team chief Guenther Steiner has revealed that the American outfit banned him from visiting the stewards to discuss driver penalties because his meetings often led to fines and more penalties.
Steiner, who is known for his blunt approach and colourful language, which were partly behind his popularity on Netflix's Drive to Survive, joked about not being allowed to see the stewards ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle has hailed Max Verstappen's "drive for the ages" at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver managed to turn around what started as a tricky weekend into a podium finish in the grand prix. While he converted a sixth-place start to a fourth-place finish in the sprint race, he struggled during grand prix qualifying, which left him ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Formula 1’s current driver crop is better than ever, as his drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri battle for the world title.
No fewer than 10 current drivers – half the field – are grand prix winners, with 10 polesitters and a whopping 15 podium finishers. That’s everyone but Yuki Tsunoda and rookies Oliver Bearman, Liam Lawson, Gabriel ...Keep reading

Penske IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin is looking increasingly likely to race for the team’s IMSA SportsCar Championship squad for the first time at next January’s Daytona 24 Hours.
The inclusion of the seven-time IndyCar race winner on the Porsche Penske Motorsport driver roster for the three-day IMSA pre-season Daytona test starting on Friday has been described by team boss Jonathan Diuguid ...Keep reading

After being dropped from 2024 due to flooding, Valencia returns on the MotoGP calendar this year to host the season finale.
Newly-crowned nine-time world champion Marc Marquez remains absent due to injury, but Jorge Martin returns to action this weekend on the factory Aprilia.
Martin, however, will have to serve a double long lap penalty in Sunday's race, with stewards blaming him for ...Keep reading

F1 Academy has confirmed that 16-year-old American driver Payton Westcott will join the grid for the season finale in Las Vegas as the Wild Card entry.
Supported by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (Visit Las Vegas), Westcott will sport a Las Vegas-themed race suit and livery.
"I’m so proud to be racing as the F1 Academy Wild Card driver in Las Vegas, especially as an ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi has explained why he feels “it’s a shame” not to have Marc Marquez competing at the MotoGP finale in Valencia, despite having a better chance of victory without the 2025 world champion in action.
This weekend, Marquez will visit a MotoGP paddock for the first time since the accident that ended his season early at the Indonesian Grand Prix. But the injured factory Ducati ...Keep reading

As Motorsport.com does at the conclusion of every NASCAR season, it's time to take a look back at the ten closest finishes of 2025 in the Cup, Xfinity, and Craftsman Truck Series. Stock car racing is known for its action-packed events with no shortage of dramatic finishes.
But surprisingly, the closest finish of the year would have only been good enough for fifth on 2024's list. Even still ...Keep reading

On Wednesday night Audi kicked off its 2026 entry with a launch event in Munich, showcasing a concept livery for its first-ever Formula 1 challenger.
Here's what we learned from the event about Audi's approach and ambitions.
1. Audi views F1 as long-term project and wants to win titles by 2030, but thinks it can "compete" before
There has never been any doubt that Audi sees its F1 project ...Keep reading

Alpine managing director Steve Nielsen said the team was caught by surprise by how its midfield rivals continued to improve their cars during the 2025 Formula 1 campaign.
The Enstone-based squad started the season in decent form, carrying momentum from a strong finish to 2024. Pierre Gasly reached Q3 three times in the first six grands prix, including a stellar Bahrain Grand Prix with a ...Keep reading

Ryan Hunter-Reay will join Arrow McLaren for the 2026 Indianapolis 500, completing the team’s four-car lineup for the 110th running of the event.
The 2014 Indy 500 winner and 2012 IndyCar Series champion will drive the No. 31 Chevrolet alongside full-time drivers Pato O’Ward, Nolan Siegel and Christian Lundgaard.
Arrow McLaren continues its tradition of adding a high-profile fourth entry ...Keep reading

Australian fast-food chain Grill'd has responded to reports of an Oscar Piastri 'curse' after the brand changed its campaign about the McLaren Formula 1 driver.
The food chain changed its promotion surrounding Piastri after he failed to finish on the podium in any race since a third-place finish at the Italian Grand Prix. The campaign promised a free 'bonus' burger every time the 24-year-old ...Keep reading

As the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League readies itself for its second-ever live race at Yas Marina on 15 November, the series readies itself to put on an incredible show for packed out grandstands.
With a stage as special as Yas Marina Circuit, A2RL’s dusting off its fineries, and making sure that race fans will have a spectacular weekend to mark the series’ second ever live event. As ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin has admitted that the 2025 MotoGP season has been “shitty” for him, but insists it won’t shape how his career is remembered.
Martin has endured a wretched first year with Aprilia after winning the 2024 title on a Pramac Ducati, with a series of injuries derailing his title defence.
Two separate training injuries during pre-season kept him out of action until the Qatar GP ...Keep reading

Opinion among the manufacturers appears split on the potential introduction of success handicaps in the Hypercar class for next year’s World Endurance Championship.
Ferrari is among the marques that has come out against the idea of bringing in handicaps, provision for which has been made in the 2026 WEC sporting regulations, to supplement the Balance of Performance as a means of levelling the ...Keep reading