Motorsport

Jorge Martin believes the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya needs to extend the run-off area at Turn 12 after a crash during Catalan Grand Prix practice left him with a concussion.
The 2024 MotoGP champion lost the front-end of his Aprilia into the right-hander, with the bike smashing into the air fence before bouncing back into the gravel. With limited run-off available to slow him down, Martin ...Keep reading

Computing giant Intel is returning to Formula 1 after nearly 20 years with a new partnership with McLaren Racing. 
The Woking outfit announced the new multi-year agreement this week with Intel joining as the official compute partner, providing Intel Xeon and Intel Core Ultra processors to support McLaren's workload.
In addition to returning to F1, Intel's logos will feature on one ...Keep reading

The idea that Formula 1 drivers sit behind a velvet rope and look down at the IndyCar Series has been a talking point for a while. American racing driver Conor Daly has said that the series deserves "more respect from over there." So, when Daniel Ricciardo joined him on his Speed Street podcast ahead of the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500, the question was quickly asked. 
The eight-time ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta led the way for KTM in Practice for the Catalan Grand Prix on Friday, while in-form Aprilia rider Jorge Martin struggled to 17th after crashing twice.
Acosta posted a time of 1m38.710s with 15 minutes remaining and held on to the top spot, beating the Gresini Ducati of Alex Marquez by just 0.018s in another ultra-competitive session where the top 10 riders were separated by just a ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has reacted to his opening two days of the Nurburgring 24 Hours weekend amid leaving rivals in awe of the four-time Formula 1 world champion.
The 28-year-old is making his debut at the manic event, driving a Verstappen Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Lucas Auer, Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon.
Thursday saw Verstappen set the third-quickest lap time with an 8m18.539s, before ...Keep reading

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff has shed light on how she managed to get all 10 Formula 1 teams to support the all-female racing series in 2024. 
After the first season of F1 Academy made it clear that work needed to be done to get more eyes on the series, Wolff set out to gain the support of every F1 team.
"I remember when I took on the role, I drove to the first race we raced ...Keep reading

Formula E believes the unveiling of its Gen4 car has helped shift perceptions among traditional motorsport fans about the championship.
Since its birth in 2014 as an alternative electric racing series, Formula E has largely struggled to win over long-term fans of combustion engine-based motorsport.
Scepticism around electric racing and the series’ unconventional style has so far limited ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen will start his debut at the Nurburgring 24 Hours from fourth on the grid after co-driver Daniel Juncadella set an 8m12.005s behind a Lamborghini 1-2.
Juncadella’s time put the Verstappen Racing Mercedes 0.882s off top spot, with pole going to the #84 Team ABT Lamborghini thanks to Luca Engstler’s 8m11.123s. 
Engstler, who shares his Huracan with Mirko Bortolotti and ...Keep reading

The question of which car defined a driver's career tends to produce diplomatic answers. Two-time Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi doesn't need to be diplomatic. Speaking on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, the Brazilian got straight to it: the Lotus 72 was the finest machine he ever sat in.
"The Lotus 72, to me, was the best car I ever drove in my career," he confirmed. "From the ...Keep reading

George Russell's viral 'T-pose' was created by accident, according to the Mercedes Formula 1 driver.
What started as a moment of rest for the Briton during a long photo shoot ahead of the 2023 season ended up being one of the most viral moments of the year. It quickly made its way across social media with many fans taking the opportunity to recreate the pose.
All of the drivers have to take ...Keep reading

While the 33-car field of 2026 Indy 500 entrants is currently preparing intensively for the upcoming highlight of the season by driving six hours a day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, this experience is a completely new one for the three rookies in the field. One of the rookies is Mick Schumacher, who is competing for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL).
At RLL, Schumacher can draw on a ...Keep reading

Former FIA head of aerodynamics Jason Somerville has officially joined the Alpine Formula 1 team after completing six months of gardening leave.
As first reported by Motorsport.com in November, Somerville agreed a deal to join Alpine and then served a six-month notice period before joining his new employer.
With that gardening leave period having now concluded, during which Somerville was ...Keep reading

The engineering work is done and the parts exist, at least on paper. Williams team principal James Vowles has confirmed that the solutions for addressing his car's weight problem are in hand, but Formula 1's cost cap makes deploying these upgrades all at once financially impossible. 
Speaking on The Vowles Verdict on YouTube, the Grove chief offered a detailed explanation of why fans of the ...Keep reading

Jenson Button has detailed the mental challenges of driving in Formula 1. 
The 2009 F1 champion said that the extreme ratio of race wins to losses makes the series incredibly tough mentally. Over his 18 years in the championship, he entered 309 grands prix and won 15. While that is an impressive number of wins and he has a drivers' championship title to his name, he noted that he had to go ...Keep reading

The 2026 24 Hours of Nurburgring is set to feature a very special journey through time. As Timo Glock heads into the "Green Hell" this year, he isn't just bringing the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo back to the Nordschleife with Dorr Motorsport - he’s doing so in a livery that is making fans' hearts race worldwide.
Sporting the Bitburger design, Dorr is paying tribute to the Benetton B195, the ...Keep reading

Ahead of the progress shown in Miami, the opening weeks of the 2026 season had not been easy for Red Bull. While the new power unit surprised some of its rivals in the paddock, the picture on the chassis and aero side initially proved underwhelming.
Moreover, news emerged that Gianpiero Lambiase, Max Verstappen’s right-hand man and also Red Bull’s Head of Racing, will leave the team for ...Keep reading

2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has praised Lando Norris for speaking openly about mental health.
While reflecting on his own career in the championship, Button detailed how every driver is "flawed" and "insecure", which he argued could be seen in some of Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari radio messages.
"As drivers, we're flawed. We are insecure," Button told Tom Clarkson during an appearance ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen scraped through to the pole shootout for the Nurburgring 24 Hours by only finishing sixth in Top Qualifying 2 - topped by Nick Yelloly in the Team Abt Audi.
The four-time Formula 1 world champion set an 8m11.614s which was faster than last year’s overall pole time of 8m12.741s, but Verstappen was still in danger of dropping out late on.
Qualifying is slightly different at ...Keep reading

Pending an agreement being finalised in the coming weeks, Izan Guevara will move up to MotoGP next season in a deal to race for Yamaha’s satellite team Pramac, Motorsport.com has learned.
Guevara extended his contract with the Iwata manufacturer by one year at the end of last season, so the agreement between both parties runs until the end of 2027, without stipulating, at that moment, which ...Keep reading

Has the boost pressure for the BMW M4 GT3 Evo been radically slashed this year? One might certainly get that impression looking at the 2026 Balance of Performance (BoP) in the DTM or at the Nurburgring 24 Hours race. However, as Motorsport-Total.com has discovered, the car was equipped with a new turbocharger over the winter, which explains the discrepancy compared to previous years. But what ...Keep reading