Motorsport

Anton De Pasquale has taken his first win of the 2026 Supercars after a peerless drive under lights at Sydney Motorsport Park.
The Team 18 Chevrolet driver remained unfazed by a chaotic restart, some threatening weather and a horde of Fords to score a strong win for GM. Behind the Camaro were three Fords before the next Chevrolet, the sister entry of David Reynolds.
De Pasquale started from ...Keep reading

The FIA and Formula E will allow manufacturers to introduce hardware upgrades to their Gen4 cars through a new token-based system, replacing the current mid-cycle Evo update format.
The process is similar in principle to the system used in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, where manufacturers are allocated five joker upgrades over a five-year homologation cycle ...Keep reading

George Russell claimed his two practice starts in testing for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign “were worse” than his worst ever, with Ferrari looking the strongest in that regard.  
Changes to the race start procedure has been one of the main talking points during pre-season, as drivers must now rev their engines for at least 10 seconds to spool up the turbo.
This is as a result of the new ...Keep reading

Formula 2 graduate Roman Stanek has become a last-minute addition to the 2026 Super Formula grid, and will drive an additional car run by Kondo Racing for the new season.
Stanek’s drive was confirmed by the team on Saturday, and follows protracted negotiations with the Masahiko Kondo-owned outfit about a drive in a third Dallara-Toyota entry.
The Czech will join the previously-confirmed ...Keep reading

Following NASCAR Cup Series inspection at EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta), the Sanctioning Body has revealed that two Chevrolet teams failed pre-qualifying inspection multiple times.
The first was Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Car chief Ryan Chism has been ejected and can take no further part in the race weekend from the track, and the team will lose pit stall ...Keep reading

Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley has described Max Verstappen as "the ultimate competitor".
Discussing which driver he would like to serve as race engineer for during an appearance on the High Performance podcast, Smedley chose the four-time champion because of his self-motivation and drive to "humiliate people" as the ultimate competitor.
"Because he's my type of driver," Smedley ...Keep reading

One day after being sued by Joe Gibbs Racing over an alleged 'brazen scheme' to steal data from the organization while negotiating his employment separation and a job opportunity with Spire Motorsports, Chris Gaebhart responded with a statement that suggests he intends to challenge his longtime employer in court.
“Yesterday afternoon, Joe Gibbs Racing filed a lawsuit claiming - falsely - that ...Keep reading

Given the typical fog of war shrouding pre-season testing, the rapid rate of development of 2026's all-new regulations and the uncertainty surrounding the wildly fluctuating energy requirements of the new power unit, coming up with a definitive ranking before the first race is a dangerous endeavour. But after six days a number of clear trends have emerged from Bahrain's desert mirage, and some F1 ...Keep reading

All eyes are now on the opening round of the 2026 Formula 1 campaign after pre-season running concluded on Friday to cap off nine days of testing between Bahrain and Barcelona.
This is all ahead of the Australian Grand Prix on 6-8 March, which'll kickstart a new era for the championship with its widespread regulation changes. 
So how do the teams look going into it? Hey are the key figures ...Keep reading

MotoGP will hold its final pre-season test of 2026 at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand on 21-22 February.
The collective test will precede the opening race of the year, also scheduled in Thailand on 1 March.
MotoGP already completed six days of testing at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia earlier this month, giving riders, teams and manufacturers plenty of time ...Keep reading

As Formula 1's pre-season testing ends in Bahrain, here are all key figures from the last day of running ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
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Honda’s 2026 Formula 1 power unit lacks performance as well as reliability, the Japanese manufacturer has admitted.
Honda’s sole customer and de facto works team, Aston Martin, was slowest of all in the Bahrain pre-season test and completed much fewer laps than any other outfit – 334 in six days.
That is down to a number of technical issues, with an unspecified problem and a “data ...Keep reading

Trackhouse boss Davide Brivio has suggested a change to the way MotoGP weekends are structured, arguing the current format places too much emphasis on Fridays.
Since 2023, each MotoGP round has featured a sprint race on Saturday ahead of the grand prix itself on Sunday. The concept is also used in Formula 1, but there are notable differences in how the two championships have implemented ...Keep reading

Ferrari has achieved the fastest lap in Formula 1’s 2026 pre-season testing, courtesy of Charles Leclerc.
The eight-time grand prix winner topped the timesheet throughout the day. He was quickest in the morning with a 1m33.689s; in the afternoon, he successively brought this benchmark down to 1m33.629s, 1m33.162s and 1m32.655s with C3 rubber.
Leclerc then bolted on C4 tyres and lapped in ...Keep reading

It was continued progress for Mick Schumacher at the Unser IndyCar Open Test at Phoenix Raceway.
The 26-year-old German had a busy two days, logging 222 laps (fifth most) over the three sessions on the 1-mile tri-oval. He ended up 18th overall on the combined speedchart with a flying lap of 171.076 mph (21.0408 seconds).
“It was good,” Schumacher said. “We got not as much running (on ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli has confirmed that Mercedes has already identified the issue that caused him to stop on track during the morning session of the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain.
The 19-year-old remains optimistic for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from 6-8 March as the Brackley outfit was able to begin work to fix the issue.
"Yeah, it hasn't been the smoothest of testing ...Keep reading

Lawrence Stroll is purchasing the Aston Martin Formula 1 team's naming rights for £50million.
The British manufacturer made the move to sell the naming rights to its majority shareholder as it works to stabilise its finances. According to The Guardian, Aston Martin said "its earnings for 2025 would be worse than City forecasts, its fifth profit warning since September 2024."
The deal ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has addressed his personal management change ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season.
Heading into the new season, the Australian driver confirmed that he had made changes to his management team. While Mark Webber is still Piastri's manager, he will take a step back from his trackside support role and put his focus instead on commercial matters.
Joining the 24-year-old at the track ...Keep reading

Aston Martin curtailed its Formula 1 pre-season testing programme in Bahrain as an after-effect of earlier technical issues.
Having switched to a Honda engine supply for F1’s new era, Aston Martin is the only team to use the Japanese power units and has struggled so far.
Regardless of its mediocre pace, the AMR26’s unreliability has been the biggest issue at Sakhir.
The Adrian ...Keep reading

Tyler Reddick leads the championship standings after winning the 68th running of the Daytona 500 for 23XI Racing, avoiding two last-lap crashes and surging from third to first in the final seconds of the race.
NASCAR now heads to EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta) for a triple-header weekend. Christopher Bell is the defending winner of this event, while Chase Elliott is the most recent winner at ...Keep reading