Motorsport

Aston Martin’s new managing technical partner, Adrian Newey, has hit the ground running, but he’s laser-focused on the 2026 car despite the team’s current on-track struggles. “100% of Adrian’s designing time is focused on 2026,” team boss Andy Cowell told reporters in Jeddah on Thursday, with new Formula 1 regulations coming up next year.
“He joined in March, so there was a ...Keep reading

Reflecting on his return to Racing Bulls, Liam Lawson denies that his confidence took any knocks after his two Formula 1 races with Red Bull, and contends that he hadn't driven enough to determine if he was truly struggling.
The Kiwi reunited with the Italian squad after just a brace of grand prix weekends with the lead Red Bull team, where his results and gap to Max Verstappen were considered ...Keep reading

They were fierce title rivals last year, but Mirko Bortolotti has brought the coveted number one to the Abt DTM team for 2025, following title success last year.
Switching from longtime partner Audi to Lamborghini cars this season, Abt has been impressed by its new driver’s input so far.
“When he was with us for the first time, it was thoroughly positive for all of us – he spent an ...Keep reading

Last week, former rally co-driver and FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid publicly announced his resignation – in an election year, the equivalent of rolling a grenade under the door.
Now he has taken to Substack to clarify his reasons for quitting the post. In the published statement he thanked those within motorsport and the FIA member clubs who had sent him messages of support – ...Keep reading

'Failure is not an option' is the tagline of 1985 film Apollo 13, as NASA flight director Gene Kranz, portrayed by Ed Harris, attempts to save three astronauts in peril aboard the Space Shuttle.
That mantra also permeates the nascent Cadillac Formula 1 team's offices as the US-owned team enters a crucial phase of its grand prix trajectory.
Around its many worldwide outposts, including a ...Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali explained the championship's current position on hosting a race in Africa, stating that the efforts to put on a grand prix are not on hold but still missing certain guarantees.
Efforts to restore F1's place in Africa, to race in all six permanently inhabited continents for the first time since 1993, have been ongoing over the past couple of years. Rwanda has ...Keep reading

NASCAR fans have eagerly anticipated the second season of Netflix's NASCAR documentary, which follows the 2024 Cup Series playoffs in its own version of Formula 1's Netflix documentary series -- Drive to Survive. Despite the meteoritic rise in F1's popularity stateside over recent years, NASCAR remains the most-watched form of auto racing in the United States of America, which Netflix was hoping ...Keep reading

We're just days away from NASCAR's latest effort to return to the historic Rockingham Speedway. While the Cup Series drivers enjoy their one and only off-weekend of the 2025 season, the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series fields will head to ‘The Rock’ in a stunning revival of the North Carolina track. The Trucks will run on Friday, April 18 while the Xfinity drivers will take part in the 'main ...Keep reading

Motorsport legend Jacky Ickx will offer his expertise to the Genesis Magma Racing team as the Korean luxury car manufacturer prepares to expand its presence in endurance racing. The team revealed its GMR-001 hypercar in New York this week, which will take on WEC and IMSA in the coming years with former Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul at the helm. For Ickx, the project offers a rare opportunity to ...Keep reading

At 45 years old, it's strange to think that we haven't seen Kasey Kahne behind the wheel of a NASCAR stock car in nearly seven years. A veteran of over 500 Cup races with an impressive 18 wins, Kahne's NASCAR career came to an abrupt end in the middle of the 2018 season.
Kahne stepped out of the car after struggling with heat exhaustion over the course of the three to four-hour races, facing an ...Keep reading

Formula 1 will look and sound very different in 2026 when new regulations sweep the sport, but a planned rollout of new hybrid engines looked to be on rocky ground as talk of a return to V10 engines wafted down the grid. Now, Alpine has welcomed Formula 1’s commitment to hybrid power following weeks of “distraction” in the sport.
The series' new regulations will bring smaller and lighter ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri may have won two of the last three Formula 1 grands prix but, much like in the drivers’ championship, it is his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris who still leads the way at the top of the F1 Fantasy points scorers.
Victory last time out in Bahrain for Piastri does make the Australian an intriguing prospect ahead of the next race, in Jeddah this Sunday, especially given Piastri ...Keep reading

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel thinks McLaren driver Lando Norris' public self-criticism is something to admire rather than criticise.
Over a difficult weekend in Bahrain, Norris was hugely self-critical over his problems adjusting to the behaviour of his 2025 McLaren, which has seen significant changes compared to the 2024 car he excelled in.
While Norris finished ...Keep reading

Lego’s offering of Formula 1 toys is steadily growing and now includes kits to build every team on the F1 grid, albeit with last year’s liveries. The series of Lego Speed Champions kits are predominantly marketed to kids, but two F1 cars carry an 18+ age rating.
The kits in question are for last year’s Red Bull RB20 and the Visa Cash App RB VCARB 01. Both sets carry almost the same ...Keep reading

Organisers of Formula 1's Madrid Grand Prix have eased concerns over the race's timeline by awarding a tender for the construction of the hybrid street circuit.
On Tuesday a contract was signed with Spanish construction firm ACCIONA (60%) and France's Eiffage Construction (40%), who will form a joint venture to construct the 5.47km circuit close to Madrid's Barajas airport, around the IFEMA ...Keep reading

Formula 1 chief Stefano Domenicali says it is "crucial" for the new 2026 power unit regulations to allow manufacturers who are falling behind to catch up.
Domenicali, the FIA and F1's present and future power unit manufacturers gathered in Bahrain last week to discuss possible future engine options for the series, as well as any tweaks to the incoming engine regulations for next year.
Amid ...Keep reading

The contract renewal that confirmed Stefano Domenicali as CEO of Formula 1 Group for another five years was met with near-unanimous approval.
“The most important aspect for me was having the complete trust of Liberty Media’s leadership,” Domenicali said. “They gave me total freedom to shape the team and the system that will be needed to keep driving growth. On a personal note, I also ...Keep reading

"Not super fun so far" - either a pithy scrawled note penned by the late Roger Ebert part-way through a tepid, multi-million dollar blockbuster (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, perhaps?) or Liam Lawson's assessment of his opening four races in 2025. As we're not Empire Magazine, you know it's probably the latter point.
This was supposed to be Lawson's big break. Parachuted into the second Red ...Keep reading

Is Red Bull really in crisis after Bahrain?
Like Monza last year, the Bahrain Grand Prix was a low point for Red Bull. Max Verstappen's sixth place finish - losing just seven points to Lando Norris - may not look so bad, but the real picture is different.
"Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong", Verstappen concluded after the race. Instead of battling the top teams, Red Bull found ...Keep reading

We’ve been privy to the renderings of the Genesis-planned LMDh (Le Mans Daytona hybrid), hypercar competitor coming to WEC and IMSA racing series within the next year or two. But the big reveal of the polished, fiery orange-clad physical competitor for its Genesis Magma Racing effort — the GMR-001 hypercar — happened Wednesday on the US shore at this week’s New York International Auto ...Keep reading