Motorsport

Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) has signed Danish driver Christian Lundgaard to a multi-year contract to drive the #9 PNC Bank Honda starting in the 2027 season in the IndyCar Series. Lundgaard will join recently-crowned five-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou and Kyffin Simpson as part of the driver roster for the winningest team in series history.
The 25-year-old Dane is coming off a standout 2026 ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez says he fears “something bad” might happen due to the speed differential between cars with Formula 1’s new machinery.
This was a major topic early in the 2026 season, especially after Oliver Bearman had a mammoth crash in the Japanese Grand Prix. The Haas driver lost control of his car after taking avoiding action when he encountered a slower Franco Colapinto on track during ...Keep reading

Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi used his strong feel for development work to evaluate a new tail unit at the Red Bull Ring, taking responsibility for advancing the RS-GP’s evolution alongside test rider Lorenzo Savadori. Jorge Martin will assess the new solution at a later stage in MotoGP.
Despite focus shifting on the new 850cc ruleset, Aprilia is still investing on its current RS-GP26. The ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso has finally confirmed that he will continue with Aston Martin into the 2027 Formula 1 campaign, ending all speculation surrounding his future.
For months the 45-year-old had been answering questions about whether or not he will stick with F1, given his then Aston Martin contract expired at the end of the current 2026 campaign.
The double champion claimed it depended on which ...Keep reading

If there is a definition of a mixed bag, that's what the Baku weekend was to Williams. It progressed to Q3 for the first time in 2026, but didn't start there due to a grid penalty for Carlos Sainz. It scored points for the first time since Monaco, with some fortune, but also saw Alex Albon crash out.
Azerbaijan was a key weekend circled in red on Williams' calendar as it finally upgraded an ...Keep reading

Adrien Fourmaux is determined to bid farewell to the Rally1 cars in “style” at this weekend’s 2026 World Rally Championship season finale in Sardinia.
Sardinia’s gravel stages marks the final round of the current Rally1 regulations, which has created arguably the championship’s most spectacular and quickest machinery for a generation.
Next year, the championship will adopt new ...Keep reading

BMW says it was an innocent party after the title-contending car’s bid for a strong result in the Fuji 6 Hours was wrecked by three separate incidents, including two with the #51 Ferrari 499P.
Robin Frijns and Rene Rast started the Japan round of the World Endurance Championship leading the standings in the #20 BMW M Hybrid V8, sharing the points lead with the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Nyck ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon has always vocally expressed belief in his ability, and he now feels vindicated by his Azerbaijan Grand Prix result.
Eighth position in Baku marked Ocon’s highest finish of 2026 in a campaign where the Frenchman was often held back by inconsistency in the way Haas’ car parts perform – an issue that is understood to have plagued him more than team-mate ...Keep reading

If you had wandered into a quiet timber mill in northern Michigan over the last 30 years, you would have met an unassuming man in a faded red flannel shirt, smelling of fresh pine and far more eager to talk about forestry than his own place in history.
Yet beneath Gordon Johncock’s gentle, soft-spoken nature was a two-time Indianapolis 500 champion who gave motorsport some of its most ...Keep reading

Gordon Johncock, the legendary open-wheel driver who won the Indianapolis 500 twice and claimed the 1976 USAC National Championship, passed away peacefully at his home in South Branch, Michigan, on September 28, 2026. He was 90 years old.
Born on August 5, 1936, in Hastings, Michigan, Johncock began driving at just five years old on his family’s farm behind the wheel of a John Deere tractor ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin is furious after 23XI Racing driver Corey Heim was isolated and jumped by several members of a rival late model team at Martinsville Speedway this past weekend.
Following the prestigious ValleyStar Credit Union 300 late model race, the rising NASCAR star was involved in a dramatic altercation at the track's famous hot dog stand.
He had collided with Treyten Lapcevich on the ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing is projected to become the first Formula 1 team to surpass $1billion in annual revenue, according to a report by Sky News.
The report states that McLaren Racing Ltd's accounts for the 2025 calendar year will be filed this week. Sources indicate the Woking outfit will declare revenue of £588million ($779.6million). While the figures include McLaren's IndyCar operations, F1 ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill have had a multiple issues since the three-time Supercars champion arrived on the NASCAR scene.
In 2024, they tangled while battling for wins at COTA and Sonoma in the NASCAR O'Reilly Series. Earlier this year, SVG blamed Hill for wrecking him at both Pocono and San Diego, and the loss off points ultimately cost him a spot inside the 2026 NASCAR Cup Chase ...Keep reading

Williams has announced that K-pop artist TZUYU will record the official theme song for its ongoing partnership with the global anime property DAN DA DAN.
Following a mixed weekend at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where Carlos Sainz collected one point with a 10th-place finish and Alex Albon crashed out, the team now heads to the next stop in the triple-header. The Bahrain Grand Prix, held in ...Keep reading

Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has shared a touching tribute to his late dog Roscoe on the first anniversary of the English Bulldog's passing.
Hamilton has taken to social media to honour the memory of his famous bulldog, Roscoe, exactly one year after his passing. The much-loved bulldog died on 28 September 2025, having been placed into a coma after being treated for ...Keep reading

F1 TV pundit Alex Brundle says Max Verstappen relentlessly hunting down George Russell in the closing stages of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was "nightmare fuel" for the Mercedes driver.
While Russell had built a commanding lead, the safety car neutralised the field and he found himself with Verstappen right on his heels at the restart. The Briton held on to win the Baku race by just 0.1 seconds ...Keep reading

“It would be foolish to sit here and think that I will be on the pace right away, that I will be on the pace and ready to win in my first race. I may be older, but speed-wise, these guys are just as fast as anybody out there.”
This was how Colton Herta viewed his gamble of a Formula 2 switch from IndyCar as he pursued his Formula 1 dream, and he has so far been proven right – actually ...Keep reading

Genesis Magma Racing is evaluating a future expansion into the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, though establishing a firm foothold in the FIA World Endurance Championship remains the program's top priority.
Speaking during the Six Hours of Fuji weekend, Cyril Abiteboul, President of Hyundai Motorsport and Team Principal of Genesis Magma Racing, detailed the brand's long-term North ...Keep reading

For the first half of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, George Russell was able to build a gap beyond 10 seconds to the chasing pack, as the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar struggled to pass Oscar Piastri's McLaren.
That picture altered abruptly when the safety car was deployed after Alex Albon's Williams became embedded in the wall at Turn 5 on lap 31. Russell's margin vanished as the ...Keep reading

Maverick Vinales will return to action at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix after a three-month hiatus due to injury, Tech3 KTM has announced.
The Spaniard has received clearance from doctors to fly to Japan and make his competitive return in time for the 16th round of the 2026 MotoGP season.
This would mark Vinales’ first competitive outing since he was sidelined due to complications ...Keep reading