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Being among the World Rally Championship’s top flight, traversing the start ramp in Monte Carlo’s glitzy Casino Square in front of thousands of fans, is the stuff of dreams for any rally driver. Next week the WRC’s latest top class debutant Josh McErlean will turn that into a reality after a whirlwind off-season that has resulted in the Irishman landing a dream full-time Rally1 opportunity ...Keep reading

Formula 1's driver market for 2026 is expected to be a lot less lively than the seat-swapping antics that spanned the entirety of last season, as many of the championship's key players are locked in for the advent of F1's new regulatory overhaul.
That said, there's one key destination that many of those left out in the cold for 2025 may choose to pursue, as Cadillac's welcome to the grid opens ...Keep reading

The Dakar Rally has been held in several countries since its inaugural edition in 1979, but no driver had managed to lift the Touareg trophy on home soil until Yazeed Al-Rajhi this year.
The Saudi driver won an atypical 2025 event in which a number of favourites fell by the wayside early on, with Carlos Sainz Sr and Sebastien Loeb being the most high-profile departures.
Emerging winner in ...Keep reading

Last year, the MotoGP transfer market remained stagnant until Ducati decided on Marc Marquez as Francesco Bagnaia's team-mate for 2025 and 2026. The verdict from the Bologna brand was made effective in Mugello, and that's when Jorge Martin and Aprilia moved quickly to announce the arrival of the Madrid native once he found out that he had been discarded to wear the red overalls.
Aprilia rushed ...Keep reading

Mercedes has decided not to organise its traditional launch event for its latest Formula 1 car this season, Motorsport.com understands.
The new W16, which will be driven by George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli, will first emerge when Mercedes runs a filming day at Bahrain International Circuit on 25 February, with pre-season testing set to take place on the same track from 26-28 ...Keep reading

The Brand Partnership of the Year is an award that recognises a brand that has made highly effective use of a motorsport platform to convey its brand message and to add value to the team, driver or series it has partnered with.
The winning sponsor’s activation will have shown high levels of creativity, scope and execution and will be announced at the Autosport Awards in London on January ...Keep reading

Ex-Haas engineering stalwart Gary Gannon has been signed by Aston Martin ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season, Motorsport.com can reveal.
Gannon left his previous post with Haas at the end of the 2024 F1 campaign – signing off alongside Nico Hulkenberg, for whom he had worked as a race engineer at the American squad since the start of 2023.
Before that, Gannon held the same role for Mick ...Keep reading

Yazeed Al-Rajhi outgunned factory Toyota rival Henk Lategan in a customer Hilux to claim an against-the-odds victory in the Dakar Rally.
With newcomers Ford and Dacia still finding their feet in cross-country rallying and last year’s winner Audi having pulled out of the competition, the 47th edition of Dakar was effectively an all-Toyota affair.
But while the Japanese manufacturer fielded ...Keep reading

Daniel Sanders put in a dominant performance on his factory KTM to claim a maiden victory in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.
In one of the most one-sided bike contests in recent history, Sanders led the bikes category from start to finish in the two-week marathon, outgunning Honda rival Tosha Schareina by a comfortable margin of 8m50s.
It marked the 20th victory for KTM in the world’s ...Keep reading

McLaren completed their return to the top of the F1 pecking order in 2024 by overcoming Red Bull and Ferrari to win the constructors’ championship for the first time in more than 20 years. It marks a spectacular recovery from the Woking outfit, who only recently found themselves running at the very back of the field. F1.com relives the rollercoaster journey…

A Mercedes F1 car driven to victory by five-time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio – and that also set a fastest lap with legendary driver Stirling Moss at the wheel – is going up for auction, with the price set at $50,000,000.

The 2025 F1 season will see numerous driver switches across the grid, with only two out of 10 teams running an unchanged line-up this year. Amongst those left without a seat when the music stopped was Kevin Magnussen, and the Dane is now set to embark on a path away from Formula 1 after signing with BMW Motorsport as a works driver.

Two-time champion Jarno Opmeer has returned to winning ways in Round 2 of the 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship, while Bari Broumand bounced back from difficult races earlier in the event to triumph during Round 3.

Toyota driver Ty Gibbs isn't as experienced with dirt racing as some of the other big NASCAR names (like Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell) taking on the Chili Bowl Nationals this week. But the challenge has him fired up.
"It's been fun," he told Motorsport.com. "Every time I've gotten in the car, I feel like I learn a lot. I've had a blast. I wish I could do more ... I'd love to do ...Keep reading

New Hyundai signing Adrien Fourmaux says he already feels “quite comfortable” within his new World Rally Championship surroundings heading into next week’s Monte Carlo season opener. 
Fourmaux emerged as the key player in the driver market after deciding to move from M-Sport-Ford to Hyundai, where he will pilot the Korean marque’s third i20 N Rally1 entry on a full-time basis.
The ...Keep reading

Martin Truex Jr. will attempt the 67th running of the Daytona 500 in the No. 56 Toyota -- a throwback to his Michael Waltrip Racing days. He will be driving for TRICON Garage in the Truck Series team's Cup debut. Longtime partner Bass Pro Shops will sponsor the effort, Joe Gibbs Racing will offer technical support, and Truex will reunite with former crew chief Cole Pearn.
Truex has started ...Keep reading

New Red Bull driver Liam Lawson has insisted he was not "trying to set an example" with his hard racing during his six-round campaign in Formula 1 last year.
The Kiwi replaced Daniel Ricciardo at RB [now known as Racing Bulls] ahead of the last two triple-headers of the 2024 season, as Red Bull was keen to evaluate him with a view to promoting him to the main team – and eventually did ...Keep reading

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer has described joining Genesis for its World Endurance Championship entry in 2026 as “a golden opportunity”.
The reigning WEC Hypercar champion, who is moving to the South Korean manufacturer after eight seasons with Porsche, told Motorsport.com that the move would allow him to build something that will stretch beyond the end of his driving ...Keep reading

Aprilia revealed its 2025-spec MotoGP bike on Thursday, but its launch event in Milan was also significant because of an important announcement from new star signing Jorge Martin.
The Spaniard had previously been secretive about the number he was going to race with this season after beating Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia to the 2024 title, having insisted he was going to make a decision over the ...Keep reading

Ford driver Mattias Ekstrom was fastest in the penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally on Thursday, while Overdrive’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi took a decisive lead over factory Toyota rival Henk Lategan.
In what was the last major test of the 2025 Dakar, competitors had to traverse 275km of dunes through the famous Empty Quarters in Saudi Arabia before halting for the night at Shubayth.
Lategan ...Keep reading