Motorsport

Following Red Bull Racing's monumental victory at the rain-delayed 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Sepang, Malaysia, former team adviser Helmut Marko is already looking ahead to the next historic milestone. 
The Marina Bay Street Circuit remains the ultimate white whale for Max Verstappen. While the Dutch driver has dominated almost every other venue on the modern calendar, a victory on the bumpy ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team left a lot of points on the table in Las Vegas, despite Hamlin believing that they had a race-winning car. They scored no stage points and finished 16th after a difficult day.
The two defining moments of Hamlin's race came in the opening stage -- the decision to pit from the lead when he spun while pushing for stage points.
He already ...Keep reading

After a four-year break, a German Formula 4 championship will finally return in 2027, with five rounds supporting the DTM. The team list for the first season of the series organized by Gedlich Racing has now also been revealed. And one DTM team is surprisingly among the entrants!
Belgian outfit Comtoyou Racing, which this year scored the first two Aston Martin victories in DTM history with ...Keep reading

Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports has officially confirmed its return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for 2027, fielding a pair of Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD Pro) entries with an unchanged driver roster.
The team will maintain its core pairings for a fourth consecutive season. Tommy Milner and Nicky Catsburg will remain behind the wheel of the #4 Corvette Z06 ...Keep reading

The first car Corvette built specifically for FIA’s GT3 regulations is set for a mid-life refresh next year, with the American brand in the process of homologating an evo version of the popular Z06 GT3.R.
Since its debut in 2024, that Corvette has proved successful in a wide variety of championships, helping General Motors establish a foothold in modern-day GT racing.
But the competition ...Keep reading

IMSA President John Doonan is laying the groundwork for the next major evolution of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship calendar, eyeing 2028 as a target for fresh venues, potential street races, and deeper collaborations with NASCAR.
Doonan has made his strongest remarks yet regarding the sanctioning body's desire to expand into untapped markets – specifically pointing to the Pacific ...Keep reading

Formula 1 cars have essentially evolved into 200-mph rolling computers under the new 2026 regulations, and the entire system just crashed in front of a global audience at the relocated Bahrain Grand Prix in Sepang, Malaysia.
With the cars demanding massive amounts of background coding to safely manage the controversial 50/50 power split between the internal combustion engine and the electrical ...Keep reading

In 2027, Kasey Kahne will return to full-time NASCAR competition in the Truck Series, joining forces with Spire Motorsports to drive the No. 77 Chevrolet Silverado.
Kahne hasn’t been full-time in any level of NASCAR since the 2018 Cup season, when he had to abruptly step out of the car due to chronic dehydration issues, which was exacerbated by the lengthy three- to four-hour Cup ...Keep reading

Formula 1 remains in the south east of Asia for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, which hosts round 17 of the 2026 campaign.
It is the final race of the current triple-header that started with Baku, won by George Russell, before Sepang ended its nine-year hiatus last weekend on behalf of Bahrain.
Max Verstappen took his first victory of 2026 in Malaysia and now he will head to a track ...Keep reading

Following the chaotic relocated 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Sepang, Malaysia, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella is trying to make sense of the team's bizarre performance dip.
While Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull Racing showcased massive pace on the Sepang asphalt, reigning 2025 World Champion Lando Norris and McLaren seemingly struggled to match their development leaps. But Stella is refusing ...Keep reading

ECR and Chevrolet have finalized a multi-year extension of their long-standing partnership, solidifying their technical alliance as the IndyCar Series prepares for a major rules overhaul in 2028.
ECR remains one of only two teams on the grid continuously powered by Chevrolet since the manufacturer returned to the series with its 2.2-liter Twin-Turbo V6 engine in 2012. The partnership extension ...Keep reading

The relocated 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Sepang, Malaysia, will go down in history for its record-breaking 261,000 fan attendance - and its incredibly embarrassing technical failures. Between a massive rain delay and a highly controversial software glitch stemming from the complex 2026 regulations, the weekend was a chaotic mess for Formula 1 executives.
For retired Red Bull adviser Helmut ...Keep reading

Parts of Motegi’s historic speedway have been given a new lease of life as spectator areas, but much of the oval remains intact as part of a phased redevelopment plan.
Earlier this year, circuit owner Honda began dismantling parts of Motegi’s 1.5-mile oval that previously served as the home for IndyCar and NASCAR’s forays to Japan.
Work to redevelop the oval began in May, with new ...Keep reading

With the extreme heat and humidity of the Southeast Asian double-header taking a brutal physical toll on the 2026 grid, driver cooling systems have become a massive talking point. While the FIA specifically created a financial allowance for teams to develop liquid-cooled driver vests to prevent heat exhaustion, Mercedes shocked the paddock by confirming they opted out of the program ...Keep reading

Great speculation has accompanied Fernando Alonso in recent months as he held back on confirming his future in Formula 1. Now it appears that not only has he been able to agree favourable terms with Aston Martin to stay on in F1 for 2027, but also persuaded the car manufacturer to back him in another assault on the Dakar Rally, Motorsport.com understands.
The deal is believed to have been ...Keep reading

Christian Horner's upcoming autobiography, Drive, is already causing massive shockwaves ahead of its 22 October release. The former Red Bull Racing team principal, who departed the Milton Keynes squad in 2025, used his book to drop several bombshells about his time at the top of Formula 1.
One of Christian Horner's most controversial claims centres around the signing of four-time World Champion ...Keep reading

MotoGP officially confirmed on Wednesday the introduction of a new weekend format, first revealed by Motorsport.com during the Austrian Grand Prix, which will come into effect next year and feature a dedicated qualifying session for the sprint race.
The change was approved by the teams in a vote held, appropriately enough, at the Red Bull Ring. It was at this very venue that plans for MotoGP to ...Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier is yet to determine plans for 2027 but has categorically confirmed he will be absent from the World Rally Championship season opener in Monte Carlo next year.
The nine-time world champion set a new record for WRC starts (214) at last weekend’s Sardinia season finale, but has hinted at likely being less active next year.
When asked about his future plans Ogier was only in a ...Keep reading

Ducati MotoGP team manager Davide Tardozzi says losing up to 12 points would be an acceptable outcome at the Indonesian Grand Prix this weekend. 
He was referring primarily to lead factory rider Marc Marquez, who is in the thick of the world championship fight but does not have a good record at Mandalika.
The current GP26 may not take to the Mandalika circuit either, a point on which ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff has confirmed George Russell will indeed be taking an engine penalty for the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend. This means the Briton will be starting Sunday's race from the very back of the grid after he was forced to retire on lap 50 of last weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix. 
With his fourth power unit of the season giving up at the end of the race in Malaysia, Russell now faces a ...Keep reading