Motoring News

F1 Correspondent Lawrence Barretto looks at the situation surrounding the second Alpine seat.

Discover the hidden talents of Formula 1 drivers beyond the track, from music and cycling to gaming and cooking, revealing the elite skills that define the grid’s best.

With less than two months until the fire-up of Cadillac's first Formula 1 car, the series' 11th squad is currently resorting to the virtual world to both develop its maiden challenger and prepare its trackside team.
Cadillac recently announced a full complement of simulator drivers, with 2016 IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud, Corvette works driver Charlie Eastwood and two-time F1 starter Pietro ...Keep reading

Defending winner Brodie Kostecki will start from pole position for Sunday’s Supercars Bathurst 1000 after snatching the fastest time in the Top 10 Shoot Out on Saturday.
Kostecki headlined a Ford lockout of the first two rows, when he steered his Dick Johnson Racing Mustang around the track in 2m04.0413s, just 0.01s down on the time he set in Friday’s qualifying session, in which he also ...Keep reading

Sacha Fenestraz was declared the winner of Saturday’s Super Formula race at Fuji Speedway, which was abandoned after 14 laps amid poor weather conditions.
TOM’S driver Fenestraz claimed his second career win, and his first since returning to Super Formula at the start of the year, in a race that was red-flagged twice due to the amount of standing water and poor visibility on a day of ...Keep reading

Much of what 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports offered in a Friday night legal filing in response to a NASCAR motion for summary judgement was a rehash of previous defenses to a countersuit from the Sanctioning Body.
NASCAR countersued 23XI and FRM, who sued the league on antitrust grounds in October 2024, by arguing that it was the two teams that were in fact acting in violation of federal ...Keep reading

Jenson Button has revealed on his Instagram that he will be entering the Hyrox fitness race to raise money for Women's Empowerment. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion confirmed that he will compete in the doubles category at the Anaheim round and will match the donations made by his supporters.
Explaining the event, Button tentatively revealed what he will be taking part in.
“As it's coming ...Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has credited the "little kick in the butt" from Mercedes following the Italian Grand Prix at Monza for getting him back on the right track. 
The Mercedes rookie started the 2025 Formula 1 season strongly with a fourth-place finish in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. He secured his first sprint pole position in Miami and his first grand prix podium finish at the ...Keep reading

According to a report from Puck, Apple is expected to confirm its United States Formula 1 media rights agreement at the United States Grand Prix in the Circuit of The Americas later this month. The package is reportedly worth around $140million per year, substantially more than what incumbent broadcaster ESPN is currently paying. 
According to the industry outlet, there is still friction ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen earned his fifth win of the 2025 NASCAR Cup season at the Charlotte Roval, winning by ver 15 seconds.
Far behind him, his Trackhouse teammate Ross Chastain was in the middle of a wild fight to keeps his playoff hopes alive. Needing one point, he dove into the frontstretch chicane, wrecking Denny Hamlin and himself. Chastain rolled across the line in reverse, losing the final ...Keep reading

Aston Martin's Lance Stroll has detailed how he tunes out online criticism and backlash.
Stroll, who currently sits 13th in the 2025 drivers' standings, made his Formula 1 debut in 2017 with Williams, driving alongside Felipe Massa. He remained at the Grove outfit for the 2018 season before moving to Racing Point in 2019 when the team was bought by a consortium of investors led by his father ...Keep reading

At least from a short track and road course standpoint, Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to reset the NextGen car, or at least simplify it.
He issued some commentary about the state of the seventh-generation Cup Series platform on Tuesday during the latest episode of his Dale Jr. Download podcast. This was following the race on Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, which featured a tremendous ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen is honoring his country of origin with this weekend's paint scheme for the NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The track is about as close as the series ever gets to New Zealand during the year, but still nearly 7,000 miles apart.
The car features the silver fern all around the wrap, as well as the southern cross, and several red stars.
"We have our friends at ...Keep reading

F1 TV commentator Alex Jacques looks at Alex Dunne's career so far – and what might come next as he tries to plot a route to the Formula 1 grid.

Taking place October 9-11, Extreme H retains the short, fan-friendly cadence and mixed-gender lineups familiar to Extreme E but shifts the spotlight to hydrogen fuel-cell racing, placing sustainable technology at the centre of a new pioneering event.
It’s only fitting that such an ambitious and trailblazing occasion is staged at Qiddiya City, where the same adjectives apply. Qiddiya City is a ...Keep reading

Esteban Ocon has reflected on his 2022 Miami crash as possibly the most violent accident he has experienced in his Formula 1 career.
The one-time grand prix winner, who made his F1 debut in 2016, tackled the subject in an in-depth talk with French YouTube channel Legend, when interviewer Guillaume Pley brought up French rugby player Sebastien Chabal suffering from partial amnesia – which may ...Keep reading

Two-time IndyCar champion Will Power will make his sportscar racing debut in the Indianapolis 8 Hour on 16-18 October, racing a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for 75 Express.
Power will partner with team owner/driver Kenny Habul and Supercars star Chaz Mostert as part of an all-Australian line-up in the final round of the 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
The announcement makes the 44-year-old the ...Keep reading

If you're interested in the a comprehensive list of NASCAR Cup Series driver ratings, you can find that HERE. 
In this story, we're going to focus on the top drivers from the lower divisions of the stock car racing, which are all included as part of the brand-new NASCAR 25 video game, produced by iRacing Studios.
Read Also:


NASCAR CupEvery Cup Series driver rating from NASCAR 25 ...Keep reading

Without marshals, we wouldn't be able to go racing. In their bright orange jumpsuits, they are hard to miss. Hundreds of them are dotted around the track to ensure the safety of all the drivers competing in every series during a Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend.