Motorsport

F1 Arcade is offering a luxury watch party experience to fans in London during next week’s British Grand Prix. Guests at the St Paul’s location of the sim racing hot spot will be treated like A-listers in celebration of the sport’s 75th anniversary at Silverstone.
Customers who purchase the package, which is being sold for £250 per person, will be waited on hand and foot by their own ...Keep reading

Brad Pitt unveiled a rare piece of ‘F1’ movie memorabilia that caused multiple teams in the paddock to “laugh their a**es off” at the film crew. During an appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Pitt gave the host a gift from the movie set: a black and gold APX GP polo shirt. 
“This is from day one,” he said, revealing that the cast originally donned the shirts ...Keep reading

According to a report from the Associated Press, T.J. Puchyr has entered into an agreement to purchase Rick Ware Racing and expand it into a three-car team by 2027.
Now, many fans are likely wondering who Puchyr is, but it is a name familiar to those in the NASCAR garage. He is a former owner at Spire Motorsports alongside Jeff Dickerson, helping to build it into the strong organization it now ...Keep reading

Franco Colapinto is expected to stay at the Alpine Formula 1 squad beyond his initial five-race stint.
This weekend's Austrian Grand Prix is the fifth race of Colapinto's run replacing Jack Doohan, who was demoted after May's Miami weekend following a bruising introduction to F1.
In Alpine's initial driver announcement Colapinto, who was signed from Williams over the off-season, was handed ...Keep reading

Ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen caused a stir with a press conference that was dominated by the words “no comment.” To every question about the FIA, the published racing guidelines, and the penalty points system in Formula 1, the Dutchman gave the shortest answers possible. “I'm not going to comment on that. I can’t risk getting another penalty point.”
When asked once ...Keep reading

The European Commission finally gave the green light for Liberty Media to buy MotoGP promoter Dorna earlier this week, paving the way for the series to come under the media giant’s wing.
The confirmation came a day too late for the press to ask the current riders how they felt about the takeover at the Italian Grand Prix – but today’s media day for the Dutch race allowed racers to share ...Keep reading

This weekend's NASCAR Cup race at EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta) will feature a full field of 40 cars. Among the four open entries will be the No. 01 Rick Ware Racing Ford with Corey LaJoie behind the wheel. He is making his fourth start of the 2025 season.
Over the past five races, LaJoie has been taking in NASCAR Cup Series events from a very different seat, watching on as an analyst for Prime ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc has given a concerning update on the new Formula 1 cars for the 2026 season - saying “it’s not the most enjoyable race car I’ve driven”.
His assessment comes after he was asked how much time he was spending honing the new challenger for next year at the team’s Maranello HQ.
Leclerc revealed that he is spending half the simulator time on the 2025 car and the other ...Keep reading

Lando Norris acknowledged that his 2025 F1 title battle with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri will be decided by whoever makes the fewest mistakes, rather than outright performance. 
A summary of Norris' 2025 errors doesn't make for encouraging reading. Norris started out of his grid box in Bahrain and generally had a messy time overtaking rivals on his way to third, and followed that that up ...Keep reading

George Russell believes Formula 1 teams should be charged a “six-figure sum” to launch appeals to race stewards in an attempt to prevent frivolous protests.
The Mercedes driver was made to wait to toast his first victory of the 2025 season after taking the chequered flag in Canada last time out, with Red Bull lodging an appeal that first of all focused on Russell’s driving behind the ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff has always shouldered the blame for Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s huge crash on his first Formula 1 outing last year, with the Mercedes team boss admitting that dropping the teenager into the car at his home grand prix might not have been the best call.
Antonelli’s long-awaited debut lasted just 10 minutes before he crashed out of FP1 at the Italian Grand Prix. A huge shunt at ...Keep reading

Tab Boyd is one of the most experienced spotters in the sport, previously working with Hendrick Motorsports, but he most recently worked with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at Hyak Motorsports. 
With Stenhouse, they won the 2023 Daytona 500 and continued this partnership until after the Cup race at Mexico City. Hyak let Boyd go ahead of the race at Pocono, replacing him with Clayton Hughes. No official ...Keep reading

This article is in partnership with adidas. 
Mercedes fans hoping for some silverware at the British Grand Prix can now celebrate the team’s heritage thanks to a new collection from its clothing partner, adidas.
Taking inspiration from the iconic Mercedes-Benz W196 driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Sir Stirling Moss, the new apparel collection features grey and silver tones to celebrate ...Keep reading

Ducati factory riders Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia are happy with the way MotoGP stewarding has evolved under Simon Crafar in 2025.
Each was summoned to race direction following their contact early in last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. The purpose, however, was discussion rather than sanction.
“For me and for the stewards it was a racing incident, but they wanted to ask what the ...Keep reading

Red Bull's four-time world champion Max Verstappen says he would welcome his predecessor Sebastian Vettel at the team in an advisory role.
Earlier this week, Vettel said he was in early talks with Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko about the idea of succeeding the 82-year-old Austrian when his contract with the team ends in 2026.
"We’re in contact about this, though maybe not so intensively or ...Keep reading

• Autosport Business Exchange (ABX) New York confirmed for October 15th at Classic Car Club Manhattan
• Toto Wolff, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team CEO & Team Principal, to appear in exclusive one-on-one conversation at the U.S. debut event
• Autosport Awards to return to London’s Roundhouse on January 21, 2026, with flagship ABX London to take place that morning at a separate ...Keep reading

Alex Albon thinks Formula 1's racing guidelines need further fine-tuning after being on the receiving end of several lunges in Spain and Canada.
At Barcelona's Spanish Grand Prix, Albon was forced off the track into Turn 1 by Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson, but as the New Zealander was ahead he didn't need to leave Albon any space on exit, forcing the Williams man onto the escape road.
A ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo says he expects to put his short dip in form behind him at Assen this weekend, where he believes he can “fight at the front” in the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix.
Having put his Yamaha on pole position at three successive race weekends early in the European season, the 26-year-old struggled at the latest two rounds in Aragon and Italy.
But the Frenchman explained on Thursday ...Keep reading

Hyundai will debut a new driver cooling system to help combat the searing heat at this weekend’s Acropolis Rally Greece, as cockpit temperatures are predicted to reach almost 70 degrees centigrade.
The World Rally Championship’s annual visit to Greece is often regarded as one of the toughest events on the calendar due to its punishing rough gravel stages and extreme heat.
Both of these ...Keep reading

Thai racer Alex Albon is working with his home government on a project to bring Formula 1 to Bangkok and has revealed some of the details behind the plans for a Thailand Grand Prix.
“It all looks really promising,” said Albon, who is hopeful of a home grand prix becoming part of the Formula 1 calendar in the near future.
With several countries keen to get a slice of the increasingly ...Keep reading