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Thierry Neuville insists Hyundai is yet to decide on its World Rally Championship future, describing recent speculation the brand has already decided to leave at the end of 2025 as “unfounded”.
The reigning world champion and Hyundai WRC stalwart has responded to a report in Belgian media that claims the Korean marque has already made a call to leave the category at the end of this season ...Keep reading

Instead of rolling the dice, Kyle Busch and Chase Briscoe's team accidentally rolled some wheels at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — the runaway tires causing cautions during the NASCAR Cup Series race. As a result, both will be without their usual jackman and tire changer this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
For Busch, jackman Joseph Moser, and tire changer Shiloh Windsor will sit out the ...Keep reading

Of the 20 drivers who have been fortunate enough to win races with the Wood Brothers Racing team, nearly half of them were first-time winners, with Josh Berry being the latest. From there, it's been fairly split on what the future held for these drivers as some never won again, while a couple went on to become NASCAR Cup Series champions. It remains to be seen where Berry will fall on this list ...Keep reading

F1 Academy is entering its third season in 2025, after a successful 2024 campaign, which saw Abbi Pulling take the title in dominant fashion.
As the series’ visibility and popularity has continued to grow, there are some changes taking place for this season, which look to provide more opportunities for female racers, and make the on-track action even more dynamic.
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The FIA has reiterated its stance on drivers using “inappropriate language” but will discuss the matter with World Rally Championship competitors following their protest at Safari Rally Kenya.
WRC drivers have elected to remain silent or speak in only their mother tongue during stage-end television interviews in Kenya this week, after Hyundai driver Adrien Fourmaux was fined for swearing in ...Keep reading

Until Lewis Hamilton landed at Maranello this past January, Charles Leclerc was widely seen as the cornerstone of the Scuderia’s project. The Monegasque driver joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016, two years before making a low-key Formula 1 debut in 2018 with Sauber.
Similarly, Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia started in MotoGP with a satellite team (Pramac) before donning Ducati’s red ...Keep reading

Several Formula 1 teams have had their freight delayed from Australia to China meaning preparations have been held up for the Chinese Grand Prix.
The FIA has stated that tyre supplier Pirelli did not have its freight at the Shanghai International Circuit on time, although the tyre manufacturer has received equipment in the pitlane on Wednesday.
At least four F1 teams – McLaren, Red Bull ...Keep reading

Team orders issued during Formula 1 races are universally loathed. Even at the squads that opt to deliver them.
In the years of the modern era when they were officially banned (2002-2010), “Fernando. Is. Faster. Than. You.” from then Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley to Scuderia star Felipe Massa summed up the awkwardness of the act.
It was, after all, delivered to a driver leading the ...Keep reading

World Rally Championship drivers have continued their stance opposing the FIA’s move to sanction drivers for using “inappropriate language” by limiting comments in stage-end interviews at Safari Rally Kenya.
Drivers refused to comment or only spoke in their mother tongue to explain why they are not commenting during stage-end interviews during Wednesday shakedown in Kenya. It is ...Keep reading

For the majority of Denny Hamlin's career dating back to 2005, FedEx was his primary sponsor. He drove FedEx colors to Victory Lane in 47 of his 54 Cup wins, but in recent years, the brand quietly decreased its presence in NASCAR. Last year, they sponsored Hamlin in 13 of 36 races before finally exiting the sport.
It's been a difficult hole for Joe Gibbs Racing to fill, securing smaller ...Keep reading

"I've not performed at the level of a world champion. Simple as that."
Lando Norris took some criticism from the media last year for being too hard on himself when speaking about his own imperfections. Yet at the same time, the admission he made in Zandvoort, facing the media on Thursday ahead of the grand prix that would bring him his second career victory, was probably no more than just ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff always said it was going to be strange watching Lewis Hamilton race in the red of Ferrari – and it seems the Mercedes boss has still not quite come to terms with it.
Hamilton, who won six of his seven F1 world championships with Mercedes before leaving for Maranello this winter, struggled on his debut for the Scuderia at the Australian Grand Prix last weekend.
A few ...Keep reading

Wood Brothers Racing is the oldest active team in NASCAR, having competed in the sport's top level since the early 1950s. They were there as the sport transitioned from a small local series to a national spectacle, racing on the beaches of Daytona and later the high banks, but the iconic No. 21 car nearly disappeared from the track completely not so long ago. During the Great Recession ...Keep reading

It’s Friday afternoon of the 12 Hours of Sebring race weekend and Nico Mueller had at this point put 30 laps on the Porsche 963 of JDC Miller Motorsports. Those would be the only laps he’d put on that car before race day as the team prioritized setup for Gianmaria Bruni’s qualifying laps just a couple hours before (9th on the grid for Saturday’s race). The difference was that Mueller was ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez is in favour of allowing MotoGP riders to test their current bike before returning from an injury - but does not want the rule to be introduced right now.
During last weekend’s Argentina Grand Prix, Aprilia lodged a special request to allow its star rider Jorge Martin to test his RS-GP before making a comeback from injury.
The reigning world champion has missed the opening two ...Keep reading

Stefano Domenicali has left the door ajar for a future Formula 1 Thailand Grand Prix after seeing “impressive” plans for a street race in Bangkok.
The F1 CEO travelled to the capital of Thailand after the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and ahead of this weekend’s race in China.
Thailand has been keen to land a place on the F1 calendar for some time and previous prime minister ...Keep reading

The new Ferrari combination of Lewis Hamilton and Riccardo Adami made the airwaves and headlines during and after Formula 1’s 2025 Australian Grand Prix. But they were far from the only new driver/race engineer combo making a high-profile bow in Melbourne.
There was Richard Wood and Liam Lawson at Red Bull, Aston Martin's Andrew Vizard and Fernando Alonso, Josh Peckett and Jack Doohan for ...Keep reading

Will McLaren crush the opposition in China?
McLaren confirmed its status as the clear favourite with what should have been a 1-2 in Melbourne. The changing conditions on Sunday made it difficult to get a good read on the real gap, but the almost four-tenths of a second advantage over Red Bull's Max Verstappen in qualifying tells at least something. One could argue that Albert Park hasn't ...Keep reading

Since the first season of F1 Academy in 2023, there has been a notable growth in the involvement of women and girls in motorsport - whether that be in karting, a career within the industry, or just simply as a fan.
Formula 1 is, and always has been, a male dominated championship. There has not been a female driver to regularly contest F1 since Lella Lombardi in 1976, and only five women drivers ...Keep reading

Ferrari drivers are always the centre of attention in F1 paddocks around the world. But the signing of Lewis Hamilton took the Ferrari craze in Melbourne to another level at last weekend's Australian Grand Prix, with red tifosi hats competing with the papaya-orange-clad supporters of McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris as they witnessed a seven-time world champion gearing up for his debut in ...Keep reading