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Several Formula 1 teams will run special liveries at this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, adding even more to the show in what is already a spectacular event under the city lights.

Even before the NASCAR Cup Series began utilizing the single source supplied NextGen car, Chase Elliott was waving a red flag urging the community to consider the perils of spec racing.
He said that passing in the previous generation car became an increasingly more challenging proposition because the tighter rule book kept teams in a tighter box. In short, the more cars are the same, the closer ...Keep reading

Chase Elliott basically says his 2025 season was good but not great.
Two wins 11 top-5s19 top-5s
While Elliott finished eighth in the current championship format, he did score the fourth most points overall from Daytona in February to Phoenix in November, a testament to the season-long consistency the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team is known for over the course of the past three ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia ended the Valencia MotoGP test “happy” with all the parts he tested on his factory Ducati MotoGP bike, despite his outing being curtailed by a late crash.
After enduring what he described as “maybe the worst” year of his premier class career, Bagnaia kicked off his 2026 campaign with his first run on the new GP26.
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The Racing Bulls Formula 1 team has presented a one-off 'holographic' livery for this weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix in collaboration with title partner Cash App.
The holographic livery adds iridescent colours to the usually white nose, sidepod and engine cover of the VCARB 02 driven by Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson. The design is the team’s fourth and final one-off livery of the 2025 ...Keep reading

Raul Fernandez and Marco Bezzecchi made it a 1-2 for Aprilia in MotoGP’s post-season Valencia test, as the Noale-based marque carried on its form from Sunday’s final round.
After Aprilia dominated last weekend’s Valencia Grand Prix, with Bezzecchi winning from Fernandez, the Italian manufacturer was again out front in the official one-day test, only with the order reversed between its ...Keep reading

It’s hard to imagine a much better showcase for the Macau Grand Prix in the event’s brave new Formula Regional era than the conclusion to last Sunday’s main race.
A stunning double overtake on the run down to Lisboa allowed Theo Nael to beat his team-mate Mari Boya to become only the second winner of the FIA Formula Regional World Cup, which debuted last year in less than auspicious ...Keep reading

Audi boss Mattia Binotto believes the Formula 1 team able to calibrate its simulation tools and develop its car quickest will enjoy the biggest success in the first year of the 2026 regulations overhaul.
F1 is preparing for a new era from next year, with both the power unit and chassis rules changing drastically this winter.
On the engine side there will be more emphasis on electrical ...Keep reading

McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella has explained how the squad have taken steps to resolve their Las Vegas Grand Prix issues following a “difficult” race for them back in 2024.

Formula 1 and Mattel are bringing the thrill of racing to one of the world’s most loved card games with the release of a special F1-themed version of UNO Elite.

When a Formula 1 driver arrives at a racetrack, he selects full race mode and puts everything else out of his mind to focus on the day job. Over the course of the last decade covering the sport, that's usually the mode they're engaged in when I get to talk to them through my role as an interviewer for F1. But for a change of pace and as part of an exclusive new series, I headed Off The Grid to hang out with the sport's elite racers away from the office.

Fresh off finishing runner-up in the 2025 World Superbike Championship, Nicolo Bulega got an early opportunity to sample MotoGP machinery as he joined the factory Ducati team for the Portuguese and Valencia grands prix.
Substituting for world champion Marc Marquez, whose season was curtailed by an arm injury in Indonesia, Bulega finished both races in 15th place. Considering these were the only ...Keep reading

Gresini star Alex Marquez is making his debut on the factory-spec Ducati GP26 in the Valencia test, as he begins his preparations for the 2026 season.
After finishing runner-up in the championship behind elder brother Marc Marquez this year, the Spaniard will get to race the newest version of the Desmosedici, while remaining at his current team, Gresini Racing.
With Marc Marquez still ...Keep reading

Prema Racing boss Rene Rosin says the Italian outfit is “evaluating different solutions” to remain on the IndyCar grid in 2026 amid speculation regarding its future in the series.
The European junior single-seater racing giant made its IndyCar debut this year with a pair of Chevrolet-powered cars for Callum Ilott and Robert Shwartzman, and made headlines when rookie Shwartzman grabbed pole ...Keep reading

The Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend will kick off a three-race run that goes all the way to the end of the 2025 season on 7 December in Abu Dhabi. Over this period, the Formula 1 drivers’ championship will be decided, as well as many positions in the constructors’ standings, which equates to a lot of prize money for the teams. 
However, while almost every F1 squad still has things to ...Keep reading

ASP is prepared to campaign the Lexus RC F GT3 for another season in the World Endurance Championship, with Toyota offering no clarity on when its next-generation GT3 challenger will finally appear.
Long-time Mercedes customer ASP joined forces with Toyota at the start of the WEC’s LMGT3 era last year, fielding a heavily-revised version of the long-running RC F GT3.
A replacement for the ...Keep reading

The easiest way to leave a casino with a small fortune is to enter the premises with a large one. Perhaps that's why Mercedes is actively discouraging predictions of a repeat of last year's 1-2 in the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, when George Russell and Lewis Hamilton not only controlled the race, but left the championship protagonists some way down the road.
It simply wouldn't be a safe ...Keep reading

Vauxhall will make its return to motorsport by fielding a factory backed car in an all-electric rally championship next year.
The British brand will enter the ADAC GSE Rally Cup and it will see aspiring Welsh rally star Ioan Lloyd pilot a Vauxhall Mokka GSE Rally car. 
Formerly known as the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup, the ADAC GSE Rally Cup is a European competition launched in 2021 ...Keep reading

Genesis has signed Jamie Chadwick as its reserve driver for the 2026 World Endurance Championship after she completed her first test in the GMR-001 Hypercar.
Chadwick, who was already a part of Genesis’s Trajectory Programme this year, will step up to the role after finishing third in the 2025 European Le Mans Series in an IDEC Sport Oreca 07.
As the team’s official reserve, Chadwick ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez is back – in more ways than one. Yes, he's got himself a seat on the Formula 1 grid in 2026 with Cadillac after a year on the sidelines, but more importantly for the Mexican, he's got his spark back after a tumultuous and confidence-sapping final year with Red Bull.