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Aston Martin has confirmed that it has retained Stoffel Vandoorne as its simulator, test and reserve driver for 2026.
The Belgian driver has been part of the Silverstone outfit since 2023, initially joining as the reserve and simulator driver alongside 2022 Formula 2 champion Felipe Drugovich. 
After making his Formula 1 debut in 2016 with McLaren, where he also served as a reserve driver ...Keep reading

Ferrari’s first day of 2026 Formula 1 pre-season testing was made “very challenging” by the rain but featured “no major issues”, Lewis Hamilton recapped.
F1 has reconvened for an opening five-day test behind closed doors at Barcelona, with teams allowed to run on three of those days.
After shaking down its new SF-26 at Fiorano on Friday with a 15km Demonstration Event, Ferrari ...Keep reading

Aprilia has announced that 2024 MotoGP champion Jorge Martin will miss the first pre-season test of the year at Sepang next week.
As reported by Motorsport.com earlier this month, Martin will sit out the three-day test in Malaysia on 3-5 February after undergoing two more surgeries in the winter to treat the injuries he had suffered during a wretched 2025 campaign.
While the Spaniard will ...Keep reading

The initial filming day for Racing Bulls at Imola and the collective shakedown in Barcelona mark the first steps for Red Bull-Ford Powertrains on track.
The partnership came about after Red Bull’s negotiations with Porsche – which wanted to be a partner “on equal footing” – broke down and Ford Performance director Mark Rushbrook saw his opportunity. By his own admission, he simply ...Keep reading

John Hunter Nemechek is joining a stacked field for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Nemechek, who competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series with Legacy Motor Club, will pilot the No. 62 Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota as he takes on double duty for the first official race weekend of the new season.
Halmar-Friesen is swapping the owner points ...Keep reading

NASCAR has released a full list of owner points transfers ahead of the 2026 season for its three national divisions. 
Below you can find a complete rundown of of every 2025 team that made a change, where they were ranked, and which team will have those points for the start of the new year. New car numbers that are choosing to start with zero points are also listed below each table. 
Owner ...Keep reading

Despite questions to the contrary, Logan Schuchart is not a brand new man or anything of the sort after his wedding earlier in the month but he is hoping for a brand new Shark Racing 1S to have brand new results compared to the past two seasons.
First, his wedding to wife Summer Small went according to plan, and was a wonderful event.
“Obviously, it was on the night of the Chili Bowl, so ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman hit career F1 highs. Cadillac stage a race simulation.

Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman hit career F1 highs. Cadillac stage a race simulation.

Charles Leclerc was left feeling “very excited” for the upcoming season following his opening run at the Barcelona Shakedown, with the Monegasque hoping that the opportunity posed by the new regulations can help to “bring Ferrari back to the top”.

With the second day of the Barcelona Shakedown now complete, F1.com looks at which teams were running and what the drivers had to say.

Newly promoted Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar crashes his car in wet conditions on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing.

Newly promoted Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar crashes his car in wet conditions on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing.

Newly promoted Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar crashes his car in wet conditions on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing.

NASCAR's unofficial start to the 2026 season is in jeopardy due to winter weather. Winter Storm Fern left Bowman Gray Stadium covered in snow just days before the pre-season Clash that is supposed to take place at the iconic short track. 
The track, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was completely covered in snow following the storm. Plows have been working to clear the roads around ...Keep reading

The Red Bull Formula 1 team is still evaluating its plans for a final day of Barcelona running after Isack Hadjar suffered a crash with the new RB22 on Tuesday.
In tricky wet conditions, Hadjar spun backwards into the wall at Barcelona's final corner, damaging the rear of Red Bull's 2026 challenger in the process and ending the Frenchman's day. Given the limited information available from the ...Keep reading

We round up the best social media from the second day of the Barcelona Shakedown.

Newly promoted Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar crashes his car in wet conditions on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing.

The second day of Formula 1’s secretive ‘shakedown week’ at the Circuit de Catalunya proved much quieter as only two teams took to the track. Ferrari, like McLaren, had signalled its intention to miss the opening day but the reigning constructors’ champion also did not appear on the second.
Each team is permitted three days of running during the five-day ‘shakedown’, and these do ...Keep reading

The World Rally Championship making a return to the USA next year is a step closer, with a candidate test rally planned later this year.
The WRC has long held an ambition to return to the USA for the first time since the 1988 Olympus Rally, with the project a key part of its plan to grow the category. In 2024 the championship announced a “clear roadmap” to achieving a USA event in 2026 that ...Keep reading