Motorsport

Max Verstappen enjoyed a steady start to his weekend at the Nurburgring 24 Hours by finishing third in the opening qualifying session, which was topped by the Winward Mercedes.
The four-time Formula 1 world champion set an 8m18.539s lap around the Nordschleife aboard the Mercedes-AMG GT3 he is sharing with Lucas Auer, Jules Gounon and Dani Juncadella.
This was 3.582s slower than the #80 ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says last weekend’s French Grand Prix marked the first time he had “felt fast” on a MotoGP bike since 2024, suggesting he may have had a breakthrough.
Bagnaia’s well-documented 2025 struggles carried into the start of the current season, with the Italian failing to finish higher than ninth in a Sunday race across the opening four rounds. 
Ducati’s competitive ...Keep reading

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff has detailed how signing makeup giant Charlotte Tilbury as a partner created momentum for huge sponsors in the series. 
After gaining the backing of all 10 Formula 1 teams, with that number increasing to 11 with Cadillac in 2027, Wolff had the task of finding six primary sponsors for the remaining cars. 
During an interview with Talks at Google ...Keep reading

While the opening race weekends of the year proved particularly challenging on the chassis side for Red Bull  – before it made significant progress during the April break – the team managed to surprise some of its rivals on the power unit front.
Although Toto Wolff’s remark in Bahrain about Red Bull being the “absolute benchmark” was clearly politically motivated, it did underline ...Keep reading

The victory at the second Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) round likely didn't quite fit Rowe Racing's preferred narrative. It is not the style of Hans-Peter "HP" Naundorf's team to stir up dust so early in the season.
But a win is a win, and otherwise, preparations followed a standard path – aside from the cancelled season opener and the interrupted races during the 24h Qualifiers, of ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles believes that the Grove outfit should be in a position to consistently score points following the summer break in August. 
After a rocky start to the 2026 season due to delays on the FW48, Vowles hopes the team will be able to turn things around in the latter half of the year. The five-week break between the Japanese and Miami Grands Prix offered ...Keep reading

Alberto Puig will step down as team manager of Honda's factory squad at the end of the current MotoGP season to become an advisor to the Japanese manufacturer.
The news comes less than a week after it emerged that Davide Brivio, currently team principal at Trackhouse and previously a senior executive at Yamaha and Suzuki, will leave the American outfit at the end of the year to join HRC from ...Keep reading

Could the DTM introduce draconian penalties in the future for teams that hide their performance to gain a more favorable Balance of Performance (BoP)? In the US-based IMSA series, this is already common practice - and according to information from Motorsport-Total.com, teams and manufacturers in the DTM are now calling for similar measures.
At the heart of the debate is the Manthey team ...Keep reading

After the Japanese Grand Prix, Haas sat in the heady heights of fourth in Formula 1's constructors' championship, two points clear of Alpine. Yet, a muted weekend at its 'home' race in Miami has now put it five points behind the Anglo-French outfit, courtesy of Pierre Gasly's sprint race point and Franco Colapinto's run to seventh.
Much of that can be put down to the efficacy of their ...Keep reading

Conor Daly throttled to the top of the timesheets to lead the second day of practice for the 110th Running Indianapolis 500.
On a gusty and chilly day, the native Hoosier received a massive tow and put down a stout run of 228.080mph in the #23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet. 
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, the four-time and reigning IndyCar Series champion who is also the defending ...Keep reading

Winning comes with a price, and when it becomes as frequent as it does for Alex Palou, some fans can become restless for change.
And the Spaniard can hear it. 
Since joining Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) in 2021, Palou has done a lot of winning. A four-time and reigning IndyCar Series champion, he’s stood on the top step of the podium 22 times, including his first oval victory in last ...Keep reading

Katherine Legge knows nearly every move she makes is another milestone in motorsports, but her focus is on results and not the history books. 
In the late hours of Tuesday night, it was revealed Legge is set to attempt the rare ‘Double’ by running the Coca-Cola 600 and Indianapolis 500 on the same day - Sunday, May 24. She was already set - and wrapped up the opening day of practice - for ...Keep reading

Back in 2024, Red Bull banned Max Verstappen from taking part in sim racing events during Formula 1 weekends. But the Dutchman has since found a new side hustle.
These days, his focus often shifts hundreds of miles away in the evenings after F1 races to his own passion project: the Verstappen.com Racing GT3 team.
In the GT World Challenge Europe, Verstappen is far more than just the name ...Keep reading

Attempting to complete 1,100 miles in a single day of racing is quite the challenge (unless you're an endurance racing driver), but it's even more daunting when you're doing it in two wildly different race cars and at two race tracks that are multiple states and over 500 miles apart.
That is what it means when a driver says they are attempting 'The Double.' Their day will begin at Indianapolis ...Keep reading

Joan Mir has had a unusual journey in MotoGP. Crowned Moto3 champion in 2017 and finishing sixth in his sole Moto2 season the following year, the Spaniard endured a low-key rookie season - marred by injury - at Suzuki in 2019, before clinching an unexpected title the very next year, amidst a season defined by a reshuffled calendar due to COVID-19 and Marc Marquez's injury.
In 2022, Suzuki's ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli has received praise from former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Karun Chandhok after successfully dealing with the pressure of reigning drivers’ champion Lando Norris at the Miami Grand Prix. 
While Antonelli started the race from pole position at the Hard Rock Stadium, he had a fight on his hands when he lost the lead at the start to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and ...Keep reading

Praising the executives leading Aprilia is the easiest thing in the world today. Far harder was defending them not so long ago – at the end of 2024, for instance – when Maverick Vinales, the best-placed rider from the Noale-based outfit, finished the season ninth overall while practically cursing a bike whose performance, in his view, changed dramatically from one circuit to another.
At ...Keep reading

Three and a half years after taking over the DTM from Gerhard Berger, the ADAC made one thing very clear at the season opener in Spielberg: despite the ongoing criticism surrounding internal combustion engine (ICE) motorsport, the club has long-term plans for the series that extend well beyond the year 2030. "The ADAC's commitment to operating the DTM for the very long term is crucial," explains ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez suffered an accident at the start of the MotoGP Indonesia sprint race last year, and missed the rest of the 2025 season due to a small fracture in his right shoulder. Since 2020, his right arm has undergone surgery six times, and after a crash at this weekend’s French Grand Prix it underwent a seventh procedure.
Although the Spaniard recovered from his 2025 injury in time to face ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen will add another remarkable chapter to his motorsport career this week as he makes his debut in one of endurance racing’s toughest and most prestigious events. Entering the Nurburgring 24 Hours will mark his first experience in a 24-hour race, but despite being his debut, Verstappen is already setting the bar at the highest possible level.
“Success is winning. That’s why ...Keep reading