Motorsport

Thierry Neuville has previously conquered the Monte Carlo Rally twice, but a fundamental lack of confidence to push his Hyundai to the limit left the 2024 world champion on the back foot.
Neuville had flagged even before last weekend’s season opener that he would be “lying a bit” if he said he felt confident behind the wheel of his updated Hyundai, admitting he was missing the feeling he ...Keep reading

Although only two teams took to the track on the second day of Formula 1's five-day 'shakedown' behind closed doors at the Circuit de Catalunya, there was plenty of material for analysis.
During the morning, as Ferrari focused on data collection and logging mileage on its first proper day of running the SF-26, Charles Leclerc was able to complete his first laps on a soaking track surface as ...Keep reading

Karun Chandhok has backed George Russell to become the 2026 Formula 1 drivers' champion.
2026 brings in a new set of regulations to the championship, effectively levelling the playing field. While Red Bull, and then later McLaren, dominated the ground effect era from 2022 to the end of 2025, there is no way of knowing how each team will compare in the upcoming season.
When choosing a driver ...Keep reading

The F1 movie has been nominated for three BAFTAs in the Best Editing, Best Special Visual Effects and Best Sound categories.
The Formula 1 blockbuster, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, has received multiple nominations during awards season, with the latest from the BAFTAs.
In the Best Editing category, F1 faces competition from A House Of Dynamite, Marty ...Keep reading

After a two-month winter break, MotoGP bikes will return to the track this week for the first official test of the year. While the entire grid won't be in action until the main Sepang test, all five manufacturers will be present in some capacity for what is officially labelled the 'Sepang shakedown'.
Schedule for the Sepang Shakedown Test
The shakedown in Sepang will take place on 29-31 ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports F1 analyst Karun Chandhok has raised concerns about Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari race engineer changes.
The seven-time champion is currently working with an interim race engineer during private testing for the 2026 F1 season after Ferrari confirmed earlier in January that his 2025 race engineer, Riccardo Adami, would move to another role.
Hamilton joined ...Keep reading

Cadillac Formula 1 team principal Graeme Lowdon says the needle between his team and Red Bull partner Ford "adds another layer of interest" to the series.
Cadillac is making its long-awaited F1 debut this year as an 11th expansion team, initially joining as a Ferrari customer outfit while working on its in-house power units in the US. Meanwhile, Ford is returning to the series as a power unit ...Keep reading

KTM boss Pit Beirer has admitted the manufacturer has not yet "done enough" to convince Pedro Acosta to stay beyond 2026, but is confident it can show significant progress on track this season.
Acosta was groomed by KTM through the junior ranks and has become a central figure in its MotoGP programme, but his long-term future remains uncertain ahead of the championship’s regulation overhaul in ...Keep reading

Aston Martin has confirmed that it has retained Stoffel Vandoorne as its simulator, test and reserve driver for 2026.
The Belgian driver has been part of the Silverstone outfit since 2023, initially joining as the reserve and simulator driver alongside 2022 Formula 2 champion Felipe Drugovich. 
After making his Formula 1 debut in 2016 with McLaren, where he also served as a reserve driver ...Keep reading

Ferrari’s first day of 2026 Formula 1 pre-season testing was made “very challenging” by the rain but featured “no major issues”, Lewis Hamilton recapped.
F1 has reconvened for an opening five-day test behind closed doors at Barcelona, with teams allowed to run on three of those days.
After shaking down its new SF-26 at Fiorano on Friday with a 15km Demonstration Event, Ferrari ...Keep reading

Aprilia has announced that 2024 MotoGP champion Jorge Martin will miss the first pre-season test of the year at Sepang next week.
As reported by Motorsport.com earlier this month, Martin will sit out the three-day test in Malaysia on 3-5 February after undergoing two more surgeries in the winter to treat the injuries he had suffered during a wretched 2025 campaign.
While the Spaniard will ...Keep reading

The initial filming day for Racing Bulls at Imola and the collective shakedown in Barcelona mark the first steps for Red Bull-Ford Powertrains on track.
The partnership came about after Red Bull’s negotiations with Porsche – which wanted to be a partner “on equal footing” – broke down and Ford Performance director Mark Rushbrook saw his opportunity. By his own admission, he simply ...Keep reading

John Hunter Nemechek is joining a stacked field for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Nemechek, who competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series with Legacy Motor Club, will pilot the No. 62 Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota as he takes on double duty for the first official race weekend of the new season.
Halmar-Friesen is swapping the owner points ...Keep reading

NASCAR has released a full list of owner points transfers ahead of the 2026 season for its three national divisions. 
Below you can find a complete rundown of of every 2025 team that made a change, where they were ranked, and which team will have those points for the start of the new year. New car numbers that are choosing to start with zero points are also listed below each table. 
Owner ...Keep reading

Despite questions to the contrary, Logan Schuchart is not a brand new man or anything of the sort after his wedding earlier in the month but he is hoping for a brand new Shark Racing 1S to have brand new results compared to the past two seasons.
First, his wedding to wife Summer Small went according to plan, and was a wonderful event.
“Obviously, it was on the night of the Chili Bowl, so ...Keep reading

NASCAR's unofficial start to the 2026 season is in jeopardy due to winter weather. Winter Storm Fern left Bowman Gray Stadium covered in snow just days before the pre-season Clash that is supposed to take place at the iconic short track. 
The track, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was completely covered in snow following the storm. Plows have been working to clear the roads around ...Keep reading

The Red Bull Formula 1 team is still evaluating its plans for a final day of Barcelona running after Isack Hadjar suffered a crash with the new RB22 on Tuesday.
In tricky wet conditions, Hadjar spun backwards into the wall at Barcelona's final corner, damaging the rear of Red Bull's 2026 challenger in the process and ending the Frenchman's day. Given the limited information available from the ...Keep reading

The second day of Formula 1’s secretive ‘shakedown week’ at the Circuit de Catalunya proved much quieter as only two teams took to the track. Ferrari, like McLaren, had signalled its intention to miss the opening day but the reigning constructors’ champion also did not appear on the second.
Each team is permitted three days of running during the five-day ‘shakedown’, and these do ...Keep reading

The World Rally Championship making a return to the USA next year is a step closer, with a candidate test rally planned later this year.
The WRC has long held an ambition to return to the USA for the first time since the 1988 Olympus Rally, with the project a key part of its plan to grow the category. In 2024 the championship announced a “clear roadmap” to achieving a USA event in 2026 that ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar crashed Red Bull’s RB22 car on the second day of Formula 1’s first pre-season test at Barcelona.
A five-day test is taking place behind closed doors at the Catalan track this week, as teams get to grips with new machinery meeting the overhauled chassis and engine regulations for 2026, with each outfit allowed to run on three of those days.
Red Bull is the only squad that ...Keep reading