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Mercedes deputy team principal Bradley Lord has given several reasons behind Kimi Antonelli’s rise into a Formula 1 title contender this season.
Antonelli endured a tough rookie campaign last year as F1’s third-youngest driver in history, having bypassed F3 to spend just one year in F2 before joining one of the most successful teams in the world championship – courtesy of Lewis Hamilton ...Keep reading

MotoGP’s new 850cc era will kick off with a special season-launch event at Rio de Janeiro on 21 February 2027.
As reported by Motorsport.com last month, the entire MotoGP grid will travel to Brazil at the start of next year to mark the launch of the new season. 
The main event will take place at Botafogo Beach, with the famous Sugarloaf Mountain serving as the backdrop
The launch will ...Keep reading

Leonardo Fornaroli has reflected on a busy and “very helpful” eight months as part of McLaren’s Driver Development Programme, with the young Italian “trying to learn as much as possible” while edging closer to his F1 dream.

How is Audi's first season as a works outfit in Formula 1 going? We recap everything so far in their half term report.

From all the teams that wrote off 2025 or shifted focus to 2026 much earlier, Alpine is actually the squad that saw the biggest benefits from that approach. Powered by Mercedes engines, the squad enjoyed a strong start to the season. But Alpine's first half of the year has been slightly downgraded to a B- as it got caught by its rivals ahead of the summer break, ending the first half of the season ...Keep reading

Formula E’s Gen3.5 era is set for an epic conclusion in London this weekend, with the fight for the 2025/26 title going down to the wire.
As many as nine drivers remain in mathematical contention heading to the ExCel double-header, the most since the chaotic 2020/21 season when 18 drivers went into the final races in Berlin with a chance of becoming champion.
Prior to last month’s races ...Keep reading

MotoGP has not ruled out moving the Qatar Grand Prix to another country amid the uncertainty caused by the war in the Middle East, and could potentially follow the same strategy Formula 1 has taken by hosting its Bahrain race in Malaysia. 
The conflict that erupted several months ago in the Persian Gulf between the United States, Israel and Iran has had a direct impact on this year's sporting ...Keep reading

McLaren says Ferrari's vast number of Formula1 car upgrades over the first half of the 2026 season is an "inspiration" as it aims to keep rolling out updates of its own.
The dawn of a new era of regulations triggered a huge development war over the first half of the 2026 campaign, with Ferrari and Red Bull in particular impressing rivals with the quantity of upgrades they have been able to ...Keep reading

Formula 1.com is delving into F1 driver bubbles to gain a greater understanding of the lives of those who work closely with the stars of F1. Carlos Onoro, manager of Williams' Carlos Sainz, provides an insight into working with his cousin, his responsibilities, and dealing with the famous ‘silly season’.

While Aston Martin introduced its first major upgrade package for the AMR26 in Hungary, Honda will bring its first update of the 2026 Formula 1 season to Zandvoort.
With Adrian Newey’s first upgrade package of the year, the deficit on the chassis side has been reduced considerably. Aston Martin is still a long way from where it wants to be, but figures from Paceteq show that its deficit in ...Keep reading

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions.

Denny Hamlin’s brake situation at Iowa Speedway appeared so dire on Sunday prior to the race that he effectively forced NASCAR to call his bluff.
Hamlin, alongside fellow Toyota alliance stablemates Chase Briscoe, Riley Herbst and Bubba Wallace, each spent extended time in the garage to make pre-race changes. Those changes were detailed in the stories below.
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Spire Motorsports is bringing Shane van Gisbergen back for one more race in the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. 
Van Gisbergen will pilot the No. 7 Chevrolet in Friday night's Truck race at Richmond Raceway, with sponsorship from HendrickCars.com. 
It will be Van Gisbergen's fifth start in the Truck Series, and his third on an oval. In his most recent outing at North Wilkesboro ...Keep reading

Ryan Blaney was set for a big day at Iowa Speedway on Sunday.
Starting on pole, Blaney had an opportunity to make another big push up the NASCAR Cup standings with a win at the short track.
Blaney had a good day, leading for 129 of 350 laps — more than any other driver in the field — but ultimately finished third. After winning the first stage of the race, Blaney battled near the front ...Keep reading

Fresh off a commanding victory at the Grand Prix of Portland, reigning and four-time IndyCar Series champion Alex Palou and his race strategist, Barry Wanser, brushed off calls from rival drivers to overhaul IndyCar’s longstanding blue flag regulations.
The defense from the Chip Ganassi Racing pair comes in direct response to post-race frustrations voiced by podium finishers Felix Rosenqvist ...Keep reading

F1.com's Lawrence Barretto will be on hand to answer reader questions ahead of the season resumption in the Netherlands.

As F1’s summer break continues, we take a moment to look back at Aston Martin’s season up to this point.

At the halfway point of the season, Mercedes lead the Teams' Championship by 72 points, with Kimi Antonelli topping the Drivers' Championship by 50 points.

Marco Bezzecchi admitted for the first time that his poor run of MotoGP form in the summer took a mental toll on him, revealing it triggered an overthinking spiral.
The Aprilia rider’s troubles began at the Hungarian GP, when he was taken out by team-mate Jorge Martin in an opening-lap pile-up. Still in pain, he crashed out of the Brno sprint and hit a marshal in frustration, earning a ban ...Keep reading

The NASCAR universe is still in mourning after the sudden death of legendary driver Kyle Busch earlier this year.
Busch, just days removed from winning his 69th race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and days before he was set to compete in Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, died after "severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated ...Keep reading