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Sky Sports pundit Bernie Collins and long-serving Aston Martin Formula 1 team sporting director Andy Stevenson have been appointed trustees of the Grand Prix Trust.
The trust was founded by three-time world champion Jackie Stewart in 1987 and is a benevolent fund that helps support those who either currently or have previously worked in F1 and have fallen on hard times.
The organisation is ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen laid the foundation for his victory at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix with a brilliant overtake on Oscar Piastri during lap one at Imola.
The Red Bull Formula 1 driver made a sweeping move around the outside of the Tamburello chicane to take a race lead he subsequently never lost.
Verstappen has made a habit of overtaking at race starts, so here’s a look back at five other ...Keep reading

The voting panel had to choose two names from the Modern Era Ballot and one from the Pioneer Ballot on Tuesday, ultimately deciding on the following individuals: Kurt Busch (Modern), Harry Gant (Modern), and Ray Hendrick (Pioneer).
Busch and Gant both received 61% of the Modern Era ballot votes. Jeff Burton finished third, followed by Harry Hyde and Randy Dorton. Hendrick received 31% of the ...Keep reading

The IndyCar Series is heading to the 109th Indianapolis 500 this Sunday amid a rules infraction by Team Penske. Modified rear attenuators found on the No. 12 and No. 2 cars during Sunday’s Fast 12 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway led to an initial decision to make Josef Newgarden and Will Power start 11th and 12th in the upcoming race and new penalties arriving Monday that sent them to the ...Keep reading

It’s a scene that feels plucked straight from a Hollywood heist movie — only art imitated life a little too closely. In May 2004, Formula 1 descended on the principality of Monaco for its annual display of speed, opulence and wealth, but one glittering object stood out above all else: a $300,000 diamond on the nose cone of Jaguar’s car. What could go wrong? 
The massive rock - which ...Keep reading

It's a bit strange to think that inexperienced drivers seem to shine in this grueling five-hour marathon, but it's happened enough for it to become notable. At 600 miles, no other NASCAR race gets close to the length of the Coca Cola 600.
Born from the minds of Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner, the 1.5-mile asphalt oval known as Charlotte Motor Speedway is now the heartbeat of the NASCAR ...Keep reading

Aston Martin’s history with upgrades is rocky to say the least, with the British team often struggling to find form once it starts strapping new parts to its Formula 1 car.
At Imola last weekend, for example, the British side brought a raft of updates to the AMR25 and still left the Italian track without a point, leaving it seventh in the championship.
But Aston Martin is a side undergoing ...Keep reading

Pole qualifying for the Indy 500 took a dramatic turn as the Team Penske cars of Josef Newgarden and Will Power were pulled out of line due to unapproved parts at the rear of the car. The resulting action for the infraction sent both cars to the back of the field. All focus has been on the modifications to the rear attenuators on the No. 2 and 12 cars, but there is much more to this story. Not ...Keep reading

The Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League will return bigger than ever for an enthralling second season with a huge prize pool on offer to the victor. 
A2RL is an AI-driven racing league in which research teams from 10 countries will compete against each other on 15 November at Yas Marina Circuit.
France, Japan, USA, Germany, China, Singapore, Italy and the UAE will be among those competing ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli admitted the buzz around his Imola homecoming weekend left him short on energy as he suffered a tricky event.
Antonelli's first grand prix start on Italian soil - just down the road from his native city of Bologna - did not turn out the way he or Mercedes had in mind, with Antonelli struggling for confidence in the car on Saturday before he and ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Rubens Barrichello won both races of the NASCAR Brazil Interlagos round last weekend. His victories came more than 13 years after his retirement from F1 and marked a return to the top spot of the podium at Interlagos for the first time since 1990 when he competed in South American Formula 3.
“When I stopped racing in Formula 1, I was 39 years old,” said ...Keep reading

Rinus VeeKay barely made it to the 109th Indianapolis 500 after a nerve-racking last-chance qualifier. The Dutchman beat his rookie Dale Coyne Racing teammate, Jacob Abel, to claim the final spot on the grid for Sunday's May 25 race.
Perhaps that is why Veekay seemed upset when it was announced that the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet of Josef Newgarden and the No. 12 Chevrolet of Will Power were ...Keep reading

Cadillac unveiled the livery in which the Wayne Taylor Racing squad will make its maiden assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours next month.
WTR’s solo V-Series.R LMDh entered for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 14-15 June will be backed by oil company Mobil 1.
The primary sponsorship by Mobil 1 of the Cadillac WTR Hypercar class entry follows the extension earlier ...Keep reading

On-track overtaking in Monaco is a rare commodity – drivers were complaining about the narrowness of the streets when Tazio Nuvolari was in his pomp.
Indeed, we reckon the last time the world’s greatest drivers graced the principality with a genuine pass for the lead on anything other than the first lap was in 1985, when Michele Alboreto elbowed his way past Alain Prost at Sainte Devote at ...Keep reading

Hyundai returned to form in Portugal but it will postpone any decision to run a fourth car until it is happy with its upgraded World Rally Championship challenger’s performance.
The South Korean marque bounced back from its crushing Canary Islands defeat last month by taking the fight to Toyota in Portugal last weekend.
Hyundai appeared to have the edge on Toyota on gravel in what was the ...Keep reading

In the week leading up to the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the FIA clarified some aspects of the technical regulations through technical directives (TD) - which is a common procedure in itself. 
Motorsport.com has learned that these were not actual changes to the regulations, but clarifications of what the rules specified and their intended purposes.
The first clarification involves materials ...Keep reading

Jose Maria Lopez will be on standby at next month’s Le Mans 24 Hours as a Toyota Hypercar reserve driver for the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event. 
Toyota Gazoo Racing has formalised the role the 2021 Le Mans winner played last year when he replaced the injured Mike Conway at short notice ahead of the test day.
Lopez, who since last season has been part of Toyota sister ...Keep reading

The Alpine Formula 1 team and the FIA have condemned online abuse towards Yuki Tsunoda after a practice clash with Franco Colapinto at F1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.
Colapinto impeded several drivers in FP1 as he got back up to speed on his F1 return with Alpine, with Red Bull's Tsunoda gesticulating angrily at being blocked.
The clash was a typical Friday practice incident without ...Keep reading

The Imola Grand Prix leaves us with a key question that sums up a Formula 1 weekend that, after Friday’s free practice sessions, had seemed already written. McLaren's MCL39 looked like the car to beat — setting the standard both in qualifying trim and race pace — while the RB21 once again struggled with the set-up issues that typically plague its opening day on track. Yet, the expected ...Keep reading

Formula 1 and Disney have announced a new collaboration that will result in some of the media company’s most iconic characters entering the world of motorsport.
Mickey Mouse, and several other internationally recognized figures, will feature in F1 “experiences, content, and merchandise” beginning in 2026, it was revealed on Monday night.
F1’s chief commercial officer, Emily Prazer ...Keep reading