Motorsport

Alpine driver Franco Colapinto is set for an additional grid penalty at Formula 1's Bahrain GP in Malaysia after taking a new Mercedes V6 engine.
Colapinto was set for a five-place grid drop at Sepang, which he carried over from last weekend as a punishment for causing a collision with Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris in Baku.
The Argentinian will now be demoted further for taking a fifth ...Keep reading

Mercedes has revealed its updates for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, introducing a vastly reworked floor and sidepods as it seeks to increase its control in both 2026 championships.
The W17 has been the class of the field so far in 2026, although has faced competition from Ferrari, McLaren, and Red Bull intermittently throughout the season.
Although none of them has been able to ...Keep reading

Honda MotoGP development rider Takaaki Nakagami will miss the remainder of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend after breaking his collarbone in a crash during opening practice on Friday.
The Japanese rider was trying to get an early understanding of the tricky conditions at Motegi when he suffered a brutal highside at Turn 11 on his out-lap, landing hard on his left side before rolling into the ...Keep reading

Scott Dixon knows Christian Lundgaard is stepping into a winning culture at Chip Ganassi Racing, but he warns the 25-year-old Dane is facing a formidable benchmark in Alex Palou. Lundgaard was officially named earlier this week as Dixon’s replacement in the #9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, taking over the seat vacated by the 46-year-old New Zealander following his departure to Arrow McLaren after a ...Keep reading

The Joe Gibbs Racing v. Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuit was filed in the middle of February and is set to reach trial on February 1 of next year -- less than a year after its initial filing.
This doesn’t even include both defendants filing a pair of counterclaims against the plaintiffs.
All of this is to say that everything has been expedited in the name of reaching a ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen hasn't sat in a GT3 car since leading his class at the Nurburgring 24 Hours back in May, and he's about to jump into one against Valentino Rossi with very little lead time. On October 17, he'll climb into the No. 3 Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the GT World Challenge Europe finale at Portimao, sharing driving duties with Chris Lulham and Ben Barnicoat.
The seat opened up because ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Cup field will try their luck in Vegas this weekend, joined by the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. 
Denny Hamlin is the defending winner of the fall Cup race at Las Vegas, taking victory via a late-charge last year.
Hamlin enters this race 26 points back of championship leader Kyle Larson, who has two wins in the first four races of the 2026 Chase.
In this story, you can ...Keep reading

NASCAR overhauled the superspeedway package for the regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway, and it seemed to be a success. There was far more movement throughout the field and the pack just seemed more dynamic, and less gridlocked than in the past.
Ryan Preece won that race -- his first victory in 249 career starts, and in doing so snatched the final spot inside the Chase from ...Keep reading

Eduardo ‘Dudu’ Barrichello didn’t come into his first full season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with any expectations, but is right in the mix for silverware. 
The Brazilian, piloting the #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo for Heart of Racing, put together a strong early campaign with three podiums - including two runner-up results - in his opening four races to sit atop ...Keep reading

A 1991 Honda NSX previously owned by three-time Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna will go under the hammer in London on 31 October and is expected to reach between £500,000 and £800,000.
Chassis T000233, which is in Formula Red with a contrasting black roof, was one of three NSX models allocated to the Brazilian driver. The legendary car boasts a six-cylinder three-litre engine producing 271bhp ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has apologised for his Baku outburst twice now, once privately to Franco Colapinto and once publicly on Instagram. By any normal standard, that should have closed the book on what became a messy weekend. But fans of the reigning champion have found an interview between Colapinto and ESPN Argentina, and aren't too fussed with what the driver had to say as they took out their ...Keep reading

The fight for the 2026 World Rally Championship is set to go down to the wire with Toyota trio Elfyn Evans, Sami Pajari and Oliver Solberg all in contention to claim a maiden title in Sardinia. On paper championship leader Evans is the favourite given his 17-point lead over Pajari with Solberg only four points further back with 35 points to play for. However, Evans will need to score 19 points ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has brushed off concerns that close friendships between Formula 1 drivers could impact their competitive edge on track.
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown stated in his book that he prefers drivers not to be friends, explaining that off-track camaraderie can make them reluctant to race each other aggressively.
Several of the current F1 drivers went to the island of ...Keep reading

Formula 1 returns to Sepang this weekend for the first time since 2017, with Malaysia stepping in to host the relocated Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Bahrain GP was originally scheduled for April but was cancelled amid the conflict in the Middle East. The replacement event keeps the Bahrain name and instead takes place at the Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur.
Kimi Antonelli arrives ...Keep reading

There's been a flurry of unsubstantiated rumors surrounding Brad Keselowski after the unexpected news that he will exit RFK Racing at the end of the season -- a team he co-owns ... for the moment.
One of the more prominent whispers has focused on Kaulig Racing. The two-car Chevrolet team also runs a fleet of Rams in the Truck Series, and should Stellantis want to expand back into Cup with ...Keep reading

Aston Martin announced this week that both Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso would be returning for another season in 2027. Of course, only Alonso's future was in doubt given that Stroll's father owns the team.
Alonso's two main concerns have been the sub-optimal nature of the 2026 technical regulations and the disappointingly uncompetitive AMR26, which remains in the lower reaches of the ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has finished on the podium in no fewer than six of the last eight Formula 1 weekends, but one thing is still missing: a victory.
Asked whether Red Bull's form is finally starting to look respectable again after a very difficult start to the 2026 season, the Dutchman immediately makes his ambition clear: "It's true that we are scoring quite a few podiums now, but I want to ...Keep reading

The 2026 IMSA season concludes with Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, and there's still a lot to fight for throughout the final ten hours of racing this year.
Jack Aitken holds a comfortable but not insurmountable GTP lead, 147 points ahead of Laurin Heinrich with 350 points up for grabs to the winner at Road Atlanta. Jeremy Clarke  Tom Dillmann lead LMP2, just four points ahead of the duo of ...Keep reading

2025 Formula 1 champion Lando Norris has firmly ruled out extending his motorsport career into his 40s, stating he has no desire to follow in the footsteps of Fernando Alonso.
Alonso confirmed that he would continue with Aston Martin in 2027 in the days leading up to the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, which is being held in Malaysia. The contract extension will keep the Spaniard in the series at ...Keep reading

World Rally Championship title contender Oliver Solberg claimed the early lead in the Rally Italy Sardinia championship showdown after winning Thursday’s super special stage.
Solberg starts the rally 21 points behind championship leader and Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans, and knows he realistically needs to go flat out to stand a chance of snaring a maiden world title.
However, Solberg made ...Keep reading