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We catch up with Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman as they race into F1’s new era.

We catch up with Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman as they race into F1’s new era.

We catch up with Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman as they race into F1’s new era.

After Kimi Antonelli's stunning performance in China, we look at the youngest F1 stars to ever win a Grand Prix.

NASCAR has issued a four-race suspension for three members from the Big Machine Racing NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts team, due to "loose or separated ballast" on the #48 Chevrolet, driven by Patrick Staropoli.
As a result, crew chief Patrick Donahue, car chief Dillon Bassett, and engineer Morgan Olsen will have to sit out the next four races. They will miss upcoming races at Darlington ...Keep reading

NASCAR Truck Series rookie Cole Butcher spent his first off-weekend back in something more familiar, driving a Super Late Model at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, and nearly won the race in a spirited duel with Richard Childress Racing development driver Carson Brown too.
It was a much needed reminder to himself that he still knows what he’s doing after three races in which literally ...Keep reading

The 2026 edition of the Sebring 12 Hours will be a career milestone for Jack Hawksworth as he makes his 100th career IMSA start. He has a dozen wins, and the majority of those came while driving a Lexus RC F GT3.
"It's crazy, really," said Hawksworth about his upcoming 100th start. "Time flies, and obviously, I've been fortunate enough to be with Lexus for the best time. I mean, for a decade ...Keep reading

This weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix marks MotoGP’s first visit to the South American nation in more than two decades. The last time the premier class raced in Brazil was in 2004, when the now-demolished Jacarepagua circuit hosted the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix for the final time.
In the ensuing years, MotoGP made several attempts to return to the world’s fifth-largest country. The closest ...Keep reading

This is the most invested and involved Mark Martin has been in NASCAR since his retirement after the 2013 season.
For a while, even on both sides of his Hall of Fame induction in 2017, he just didn’t know what he was supposed to do within the space after practically four decades of driving at the highest level. He would still watch races but didn’t know what his role was supposed to ...Keep reading

Rumours of BYD’s increasing interest in the world of Formula 1 have been intensifying in recent weeks and months. The Chinese automotive group’s vice president, Stella Li, attended the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last December and was also seen last weekend in the Shanghai paddock. Li is considered the key player in the Chinese manufacturer’s global expansion and, in 2025, she was named World Car ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli became the latest Italian driver to win a Grand Prix when he crossed the line in China on Sunday to seal his maiden F1 victory.

Every few years, Formula 1 goes through the same ritual. New regulations are introduced; some adapt, others protest. Drivers complain about how difficult the cars are to handle, teams worry about the technical headaches they cause, and fans look back nostalgically at the good old days – whenever they were.
For some reason, new regulations in Formula 1 always seem to raise the question of ...Keep reading

Audi Formula 1 team principal Jonathan Wheatley reckons Max Verstappen's criticism of the 2026 regulations is partly down to the difficulties Red Bull faced over the first two weekends of the new season. 
Having warned about the prospect of severe energy saving issues for years, Verstappen has been frustrated with the reality of driving and racing F1's 2026 cars, going so far as to label the ...Keep reading

Kaulig Racing will put A.J. Allmendinger behind the wheel of the #10 Kaulig Racing Ram 1500 at Darlington Raceway this weekend, replacing Daniel Dye.
Dye was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR and Kaulig for mocking IndyCar driver David Malukas with a homophobic voice on a recent livestream, making inappropriate inferences about the Penske driver's sexuality.
He has since apologized and will ...Keep reading

“The Mustang destroyed my hearing,” says Gerd Ruch, as he asks people to speak louder. And yet the Berlin-based heating engineer and amateur racer still looks back with great passion on the years between 1988 and 1994, when he and his brother Jurgen Ruch turned the Ford Mustang with its legendary sound and flames shooting from the rear into a cult icon in the DTM.
“That was the best era ...Keep reading

With Mercedes winning two of the opening races this year – and an additional Formula 1 sprint in Shanghai – it looks as if the Silver Arrows are set to clinch both titles.
That was the most predictable outcome of the first few races: long before the 2026 season got underway, Mercedes was seen as a clear favourite – and little suggests that it won't result in both titles going to Brackley ...Keep reading

Find out who topped the Power Rankings table after the Chinese Grand Prix weekend.

The son of a motorsport legend, a racer since childhood, Formula 1 was Jacques Villeneuve’s destiny. In 1996, the young Canadian arrived at his first Grand Prix and immediately proved he belonged there by taking pole position.

The start of the 2026 Formula 1 season has been one to forget for Aston Martin, but the squad are making progress despite failing to improve their fortunes at the Chinese Grand Prix.

World Rally Championship drivers believe Safari Rally Kenya deserves to remain on the World Rally Championship calendar as work to secure its future for 2027 and beyond continues.
The iconic African classic rejoined the calendar in 2021 after a 19-year hiatus, but the 2026 edition was the last of its current contract. However, a new deal is predicated by a significant change in how the rally ...Keep reading