Motorsport

Porsche LMDh factory director Urs Kuratle believes Acura’s departure from IMSA only hurts the sport and is concerned it may have kickstarted a similar move by other manufacturers.
Honda Racing Corporation USA (HRC US) announced nearly two weeks ago it will pause its factory effort in the top flight Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class - which it currently runs in partnership with Meyer Shank ...Keep reading

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has promised to end the ongoing 13-year hiatus of V8 power units from Formula 1 by 2031 at the latest.
The V8 was ditched for a V6 turbohybrid in 2014 and F1 has now entered its third regulation cycle since the electrified power units were introduced. However, the 2026 ruleset is proving contentious.
That’s because of the move towards a power unit that ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has likened modern Formula 1 to a series of 24 Super Bowls for fans.
Speaking at the Autosport Business Exchange Miami ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, Brown discussed how dramatically the race weekends have changed from a commercial point of view.
The American, who has been instrumental in McLaren's impressive commercial turnaround, believes modern race weekends ...Keep reading

Jaguar driver Mitch Evans claimed an unlikely Formula E win from 17th on the grid in Sunday’s Berlin E-Prix, while Pascal Wehrlein finished third to retake the points lead.
Having missed out on the duels in what appeared to be a tactical move, Evans bided his time in the early phases of the race, with Saturday’s opener proving that conserving energy at the back would pay dividends later ...Keep reading

Valtteri Bottas was upbeat following qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix because his Cadillac felt “like a different car” compared with previous rounds in the 2026 Formula 1 season.
It has been a testing start to Cadillac’s debut campaign, as it is one of two teams alongside Aston Martin yet to score a point with the season now on its fourth race weekend in Miami.
Cadillac has usually ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar believes the gap to his Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen in qualifying for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix doesn’t represent the actual performance deficit.
Hadjar qualified a disappointing ninth and was 0.825s behind the four-time world champion, who took second with an additional 0.166s to Mercedes polesitter Kimi Antonelli.
But Hadjar, who was disqualified over a technical ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar has been officially disqualified from qualifying for this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix after his Red Bull fell foul of the Formula 1 technical regulations.
The 21-year-old’s RB22 was in breach of Article C3.5.5 of the F1 regulations because his left hand side and right hand side floorboards were beyond the permitted dimension.
This announcement is no surprise though because it ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez says he still needs to understand if he has made a genuine breakthrough after bouncing back from a tough start to the 2026 MotoGP season to win the Spanish Grand Prix.
Having finished runner-up in the standings last year and received a factory-spec bike for 2026, the expectations were high for the younger Marquez this season.
But the Gresini rider struggled for performance at ...Keep reading

George Russell reckons his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli is more competitive than him at this weekend’s Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix due to the track being very low on grip.
Antonelli stormed to his third consecutive grand prix pole on Saturday and qualified four tenths above Russell, who only mustered fifth having been second best to his stablemate throughout.
It started in sprint ...Keep reading

A total of 208 drivers have been verified for the second round of the Rotax Max Challenge Euro Trophy, which takes place at Germany’s Prokart Raceland Wackersdorf circuit this weekend.
With the grid split across Senior Max (90), Junior Max (47), Mini Max (35) and DD2/DD2 Masters (36), there is, once again, a strong turnout for the Euro Trophy. More than 35 nations are represented on the grid ...Keep reading

Red Bull has surprised friend and foe alike – and even Max Verstappen himself – with second place during the Formula 1 qualifying in Miami. Whereas Verstappen did not even make it into Q3 in Japan, he has now secured a front-row start for Sunday’s race.
When it was pointed out that those who bet on Verstappen starting on the front row must have made a lot of money, the four-time world ...Keep reading

"Fortunately, I’ve had my truck driver’s license for over ten years, from when I used to drive around the world with my father’s team," Porsche Penske driver Kevin Estre said with a laugh. Of course, his answer followed our serious question.
The Porsche 963 had a record weight of 1,100 kilograms at the IMSA race in Long Beach; at Laguna Seca Raceway this weekend, it has been reduced to ...Keep reading

Red Bull's Isack Hadjar is set to be thrown out of qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix for falling foul of the Formula 1 technical regulations.
During scrutineering Hadjar's RB22 was found to be illegal due to the dimension of the floor board, which was found to be protruding two millimetres beyond the dimension defined in the 2026 technical regulations.
"After the Qualifying, legality ...Keep reading

Saturday morning at Texas Motor Speedway featured a regularly scheduled competition meeting between NASCAR and Cup Series drivers and much of the proceedings focused on superspeedways.
The Sanctioning Body wanted drivers to know that they are aware that work still needs to be done to improve the racing product after the Jack Link’s 500 at Talladega last weekend.  
This is welcomed news to ...Keep reading

Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix will start at 1pm local time on Sunday, three hours before the originally scheduled time, as a response to incoming weather.
Heavy rain and thunderstorm are forecast for Sunday afternoon, so F1 management, governing body the FIA and Miami Grand Prix organisers sat down on Saturday evening to discuss potential schedule changes.
With conditions expected to ...Keep reading

Louis Deletraz delivered a breakthrough performance to put Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing on pole at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. 
The 29-year-old Swiss driver wheeled the #40 Cadillac V-Series.R to a flying lap of 1m13.221s around the 11-turn, 2.238-mile natural terrain road course to take the top spot. It marks the first pole for Wayne Taylor Racing since 2024 (Road ...Keep reading

McLaren felt the “real picture” of the Formula 1 pecking order appeared in Miami Grand Prix qualifying, as it went from a sprint pole position and 1-2 in the race to fourth and seventh in qualifying.
The reigning F1 world champion squad enjoyed the perfect start to its Miami GP weekend with Lando Norris taking pole for the sprint race, which he duly converted into victory while team-mate ...Keep reading

Right now, RFK Racing has three teams and drivers but only two charters secured for next season, leaving the appearance of musical chairs for the organization co-owned by driver Brad Keselowski.
In addition to Keselowski, the team also fields Ford Mustang Dark Horses for Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece but the latter has driven a No. 60 that utilized two different leased charters from Rick Ware ...Keep reading

Kyle Larson led a JR Motorsports 1-2 at Texas Motor Speedway, winning Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race over Justin Allgaier. JRM drivers have managed to win seven of the first 12 races to open the 2026 season.
 
This is Larson's 19th career NASCAR O'Reilly Series win and his third at Texas.
Sam Mayer finished third, Brent Crews fourth, and Parker Retzlaff fifth. Sheldon ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen says Red Bull's swift turnaround in Miami following a poor start to the 2026 season is "incredible", as the team rolled out upgrades that allowed the four-time world champion to push the RB22 instead of "being a passenger".
Red Bull looked to have missed the mark with a 2026 challenger that proved impossible to balance over the opening rounds of the season, leaving ...Keep reading