Motorsport

Nico Hulkenberg has revealed he only found out about Audi team principal Jonathan Wheatley’s departure when his mother shared a news story with him.
It was announced last Friday that Wheatley was leaving the Switzerland-based outfit “due to personal reasons”, just a year after joining it. Motorsport understands the Briton is set for an Aston Martin move to replace Adrian Newey as team ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has shared an insight into the five-year plan of his production company, Dawn Apollo Films, including an update on the sequel to F1: The Movie and other projects he is working on.
F1 has made several appearances in the recent awards season, with the latest recognition at the Oscars, where it won the award for Best Sound. After exceeding $630million at the global box office, it is ...Keep reading

Subaru announced plans for an all-new rally car that will make its competition debut in Japan’s national rally championship later this year.
The Japanese brand is synonymous with rallying through its factory involvement in the World Rally Championship in the 1990s and 2000s, claiming three manufacturers’ crowns from 1995-1997.
Since pulling out of the WRC at the end of 2008, the brand ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton believes Formula 1’s new regulations have delivered “what racing should be” so far in 2026 – a very different stance to Max Verstappen’s.
Verstappen has been perhaps F1’s most vocal critic this year, likening the energy management aspect to “Formula E on steroids” as lift-and-coast becomes preponderant.
“It’s terrible, if someone likes this, then you really ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has announced a multi-year partnership renewal with leading sim racing hardware company, Fanatec, ahead of the F1 Sim Racing World Championship 2026.
The extended partnership will result in the addition of Fanatec simulators at all F1 grand prix events within the Fan Zones, as well as a new generation of officially licensed F1 products, including advanced steering wheels.
For ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has made no secret in recent years of his disdain for the British media in Formula 1, suggesting that as a group it is institutionally biased against him – but it’s rare for him to engage in direct retaliation.
At Suzuka he took the unusual step of refusing to speak in a pre-event press conference until one of the journalists present – The Guardian’s Giles Richards – ...Keep reading

David Coulthard, who conducted the televised post-race interviews at the Chinese Grand Prix, has recounted his emotional interview with Kimi Antonelli after the Italian driver scored his maiden Formula 1 win.
Antonelli became overwhelmed with emotion following the race at the Shanghai International Circuit as he became the second-youngest driver to win an F1 race. "I’m speechless," the ...Keep reading

Mercedes' peculiar straight mode activation of its front wing, which caught the attention of some of its Formula 1 rivals, was the result of a reliability issue rather than a deliberate exploit, Motorsport.com has learned.
Mercedes caught the eye of its rivals at the Chinese Grand Prix when footage emerged of maiden race winner Kimi Antonelli as his front wing appeared to close in two separate ...Keep reading

Aston Martin and Honda are confident their 2026 Formula 1 car can complete the Japanese Grand Prix thanks to improved reliability, though driver comfort remains a concern.
The Silverstone-based team’s campaign got off to a disastrous start amid F1’s regulatory overhaul as the new Honda engine damaged battery after battery and sparked driver health concerns.
Fernando Alonso and Lance ...Keep reading

McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri suffered two separate Mercedes HPP battery issues that prevented them from starting the Chinese Grand Prix.
A fortnight ago, the reigning world champions suffered a disastrous Sunday in Shanghai when Norris was unable to get to the starting grid, with the team scrambling to fix what was described as an electronics issue on the power unit side. Soon ...Keep reading

During Formula 1 qualifying at the iconic Suzuka Circuit, drivers will now only be allowed to harvest eight megajoules of energy, whereas that limit had initially been set at nine megajoules. The FIA has cut the rate of harvesting in an attempt to reduce the amount of super clipping at a track that, like Melbourne, is described as ‘harvesting poor’ in the paddock.
In Albert Park, that led ...Keep reading

In a Wednesday night legal filing, Joe Gibbs Racing says Chris Gabehart was not able to entirely comply with the expedited discovery order issued by the Western District of North Carolina due to text messages he deleted prior to the lawsuit brought against him.
Additionally, JGR believes it has been able to construct a narrative that shows its former competition director ‘immediately ...Keep reading

Rucker joins an ownership group that includes seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and Knighthead Capital Management. NASCAR legend Richard Petty, who owned the team before it morphed into Legacy, now works as a team ambassador. 
The acclaimed country singer and Hootie & the Blowfish frontman announced this on the Dan Patrick Show, noting how he has loved NASCAR for years. He is a ...Keep reading

Before the stewards stepped in to strip the NLS2 win from the #3 Winward Mercedes-AMG GT3, Max Verstappen, Jules Gounon, and Daniel Juncadella delivered a historically fast performance at the Nurburgring.
The #3 Mercedes entered under the Verstappen Racing banner completed 29 laps on the 24.358km combination of the GP sprint circuit and the Nordschleife. In NLS 4-hour races, reaching the 29-lap ...Keep reading

Ten days after the inaugural Grand Prix or Arlington, IndyCar has determined that Kyffin Simpson should be issued an avoidable contact penalty for a Lap 69 incident, coming to a one-to-go restart.
The incident, which forced the race to end under caution, collected both Nolan Siegel and Romain Grosjean. Series officials have since determined that Simpson initiated the incident, and should have ...Keep reading

In a series of social media posts over the past two months, Lee Pulliam has posted pictures of his Late Model Stock heyday with captions that tend to read something like ‘I never did get over you.’
It’s actually kind of silly to think about a heyday taking place a decade ago for a race car driver that is still only 37-years-old. In a just universe, this would be the peak of that heyday ...Keep reading

Formula 1 is set for round three of its 2026 campaign this weekend with the Japanese Grand Prix, where Mercedes arrives with a perfect record to defend.
The Silver Arrows has nailed the significant switch to this year’s cars, having finished 1-2 in both the Australian and Chinese grands prix, plus a win in the Shanghai sprint.
It has resisted any challengers from nearest rival Ferrari ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen, Daniel Juncadella, and Jules Gounon were stripped of victory in NLS2 at the Nurburgring Nordschleife due to a tyre infringement, and Motorsport.com has uncovered what exactly went wrong. 
The #3 Winward Mercedes AMG GT3 was disqualified from the 58th ADAC Barbarossapreis due to the use of an additional set of tyres. It is now understood that the error occurred during qualifying ...Keep reading

Ben Barnicoat would like to see a few tweaks made to the IMSA schedule in the future, including a race on the streets of Arlington.
When IMSA revealed its 2027 schedule last week ahead of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the most significant change for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship was planned series-sanctioned testing at venues that host the endurance rounds.
“Yeah, it's a ...Keep reading

JR Motorsports has announced Jake Finch as the driver of the team's No. 9 Chevrolet for five races, later this year. 
Finch, who turns 21 later this year, will make his first appearance at Atlanta on July 11. He will also run races at Darlington on September 5, Bristol on September 18, Charlotte on October 10, and Talladega on October 24.
He made his NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series ...Keep reading