Motorsport

VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio believes Aprilia has closed the gap and is probably “ahead” of Ducati in the MotoGP pecking order following Raul Fernandez’s victory in the Australian Grand Prix.
Phillip Island marked the second weekend in a row where Aprilia had a clear advantage over the rest of the field, having previously dominated the Indonesian Grand Prix weekend.
But while a ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton had a rather uneventful race at the United States Grand Prix until the final lap, when an unidentified problem cost him four seconds and put him under threat from Oscar Piastri.
After getting a good start that allowed him to move ahead of George Russell while keeping Piastri at bay on the outside of Turn 1, Hamilton spent some time as a privileged spectator to the battle between ...Keep reading

MotoGP has confirmed the return of the Repsol brand after the lubricant supplier ended its Honda partnership at the end of the 2024 campaign. 
Repsol will become the official lubricant supplier to Moto2 and Moto3 next year, as well as serving as a title sponsor at a grand prix and enjoying prominent trackside branding throughout 2026.
This comes after Autosport reported earlier this month ...Keep reading

Zak Brown personally apologised to Nico Hulkenberg after blaming him for the retirements of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris from the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix sprint, according to Sauber boss Jonathan Wheatley. 
The McLaren drivers crashed out on lap one of Saturday’s race after championship leader Piastri attempted a cutback on team-mate and title rival Norris at Turn 1 in the fight ...Keep reading

Cadillac Formula 1 test driver Colton Herta will join Hitech for his highly-anticipated move from IndyCar to Formula 2 in 2026.
The 25-year-old will combine his newly-announced racing commitments with development work for Cadillac’s new grand prix team in the “simulator and at selected grands prix.”
The TWG-owned squad said that “the close alignment of the F2 and F1 schedules will ...Keep reading

Red Bull Racing’s rise during the second half of the F1 season has been, to use Laurent Mekies’ own words from Singapore, “spectacular”. Since the summer break, Max Verstappen hasn’t finished lower than second. The pure pace wasn’t there in Zandvoort, but from then on, the form has been impressive: three wins (Monza, Baku, and Austin) and a sprint victory. 
It confirms that Red ...Keep reading

Antonio Felix da Costa will return to the World Endurance Championship in 2026 as part of Alpine’s factory squad in the Hypercar class.
As reported by Motorsport.com last month, da Costa will join a revamped line-up at the French car manufacturer after ending a three-year spell with Porsche during which he primarily competed in Formula E.
The Portuguese will combine his new WEC ...Keep reading

Developing a brand new car to compete under the World Rally Championship’s new 2027 technical regulations remains the priority for M-Sport , rather than upgrading its Rally2 car. 
The WRC is gearing up to introduce a new ruleset for 2027, which is designed to be more affordable and flexible in a bid to attract more manufacturers and teams. 
Built to a €345,000 cost cap, the new WRC27 ...Keep reading

United Autosports is stepping down as McLaren’s representative in the LMGT3 class of the World Endurance Championship for next year to be replaced by Garage 59. 
The British Garage 59 squad will field a pair of McLaren 720S GT3 EVOs in the 2026 WEC as United gears up for its graduation to the Hypercar ranks with the marque’s forthcoming LMDh prototype in 2027.  
Testing of the new ...Keep reading

Yamaha's MotoGP test rider Augusto Fernandez will compete in this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix with the aim of boosting the Iwata-based manufacturer's new V4 engine project.
The constant pressure Fabio Quartararo is putting on Yamaha to make progress in the development of its new V4-powered bike has led the Japanese manufacturer's engineers to enter Fernandez in the Malaysian event.
The ...Keep reading

Jenson Button believes that Lando Norris has shown more confidence over recent races as he closes the gap to his McLaren team-mate and current championship leader Oscar Piastri.
Speaking ahead of the United States Grand Prix, the 2009 Formula 1 champion explained that if Norris could “come out on top” at the Circuit of The Americas then he would go into the remaining five race weekends of ...Keep reading

This is an important week in the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports vs NASCAR lawsuit and countersuit.
It could also be the final off-ramp, one final chance to reach a settlement, before preparation begins in full for a trial by jury in a Charlotte, North Carolina courtroom on December 1. To be sure, a settlement could be reached at anytime before then, but a decision from the judge ...Keep reading

2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has offered advice to championship leader Oscar Piastri as he deals with the pressure of fighting for his first drivers’ championship.
The Australian driver is currently in an intense battle for the title with his team-mate Lando Norris, and now four-time champion Max Verstappen has made a late surge in the standings to threaten the McLaren ...Keep reading

To win the NASCAR Cup Series championship in less than two weeks, Denny Hamlin and the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 team will need to be perfect at Phoenix Raceway.
On one hand, they executed last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to become the first driver to lock into the final four but this past month has also seen the team experience power steering and stuck throttles at Kansas and Talladega ...Keep reading

Two Joe Gibbs Racing drivers are guaranteed a spot in the Championship 4, while the remaining six drivers will be left to fight over the final two spots at Martinsville. NASCAR leaves Talladega after a dramatic race from start to finish, featuring an incredible number of lead changes and nonstop action.
In the end, Chase Briscoe passed Bubba Wallace on the final lap as Hendrick Motorsports ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen claimed his fifth Formula 1 victory of the year at the United States Grand Prix – three of which have come after the summer break.
With two pole positions and two wins in Texas – including the sprint – Verstappen increased the pressure on both McLaren drivers in the championship fight. The leading Red Bull driver has now reduced his deficit to just 40 points, having made up ...Keep reading

Alex Albon has lamented a lack of "rhythm with the circuit" during the United States Grand Prix despite having "good pace".
The Williams driver finished the grand prix in 14th after qualifying in 19th. While he had more success in the sprint race on Saturday, picking up three points with a sixth-place finish, Albon revealed that he wasn't "clicking in the corners".
"A frustrating day. We ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has criticised the “silliest” rule in Formula 1 after receiving multiple track limits warnings during the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of The Americas.
The McLaren driver fiercely fought with Charles Leclerc after losing second position to the Ferrari driver at Turn 1. With Leclerc putting on a strong defence, Norris eventually made the pass stick after 51 laps of ...Keep reading

If just two more drivers had spent a single lap out in front of the field, Sunday's 500-mile NASCAR Cup race at Talladega would have matched the record for different race leaders in a single race. This is the first time since the era of the tandem draft NASCAR has seen these kinds of numbers.
The 2010 Aaron's 499 at Talladega holds the record with 29 different race leaders, followed by the ...Keep reading

Ferrari World Endurance Championship driver Antonio Fuoco is set to take part in practice 1 ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix for the Maranello outfit on Friday. 
In addition to his WEC commitments, the 29-year-old Italian serves as a development driver for the Ferrari Formula 1 team. He had his first F1 test in 2015 with Ferrari during a two-day test at the Red Bull Ring after the Austrian ...Keep reading