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For Mick Schumacher, the IndyCar adventure is slowly but surely getting serious. In preparation for his first full season in the series, the rookie from Germany has now completed two road course tests and one oval test. During the two-day road course test in Sebring on Monday and Tuesday this week, Schumacher had the chance to test alongside most of the field for the first time.
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Cadillac Formula 1 team principal Graeme Lowdon has admitted that the positive start to testing for the American outfit has not changed his expectations for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Pre-season testing started today in Bahrain after a private shakedown in Barcelona from 26 - 30 January. As Cadillac prepares for its first season in F1, it used the shakedown to test every part of ...Keep reading

Daytona 500 qualifying is unique, and different from every other race on the Cup Series schedule. It always delivers the drama, both in the battle for pole position, but also those trying to make it into the field.
While the Indianapolis 500 has Bump Day and Fast 12, NASCAR has the Duels at Daytona. Four drivers and teams will be sent home on Thursday night as their dreams of competing in ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris opened the book on the first day of official Formula 1 pre-season testing by going 0.129s faster than Max Verstappen, although the Red Bull driver completed more laps than McLaren managed all day.
Oscar Piastri set a best time of 1m35.602s over 54 laps in the morning, before Norris took over the MCL40 and set the fastest time of the day – 1m34.669s – in the afternoon ...Keep reading

Fans got a first look at all the 2026 Formula 1 cars on track on the first day of testing in Bahrain.

NASCAR Cup cars got on track at Daytona for the first time on Wednesday, shaking down their cars in morning practice for the 68th running of the Daytona 500.
With qualifying following later in the day, most times were in qualifying trim and focusing on single-car runs. However, there was the occasional drafting and very small groups that formed, impacting the final speed charts. While some ...Keep reading

Valtteri Bottas has revealed that his talks with the Cadillac Formula 1 team started more than three years ago, as he offered an update on the outfit as Bahrain testing for the 2026 season starts today. 
Bottas was confirmed to be part of Cadillac's line-up alongside former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez for the squad's first season in the championship. But while its arrival on the grid wasn't ...Keep reading

Cadillac Formula 1 executive engineering consultant Pat Symonds has defended Sergio Perez, arguing that the bad press the Mexican driver has received in recent years is "undeserved".
The American outfit joins the F1 grid in 2026 after gaining entry as the 11th team. It comes with the experienced driver line-up of former Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas and former Red Bull driver Sergio ...Keep reading

In NASCAR, every car number has its own identity, statistics, and emotions around it. Some carry with them nearly 80 years of stock car racing history, evoking strong reactions from fans whenever it appears on the track. Others have yet to find their place in the pages of stock car racing greatness, but numerology has always been an interesting trend to follow in a sport where the car numbers are ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says splitting with race engineer Riccardo Adami was “a very difficult decision to make” ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season.
Hamilton’s first campaign as a Ferrari driver was perhaps the toughest in his lengthy, glittering F1 career, amid a clear lack of chemistry in his communication with Adami.
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Lewis Hamilton says that "none of the fans are going to understand" some of the new rules introduced into F1 this year.

The Mercedes engine is at the centre of attention at the start of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain. Although Toto Wolff emphasised that Red Bull is the benchmark in his view, that does not change the fact that rivals are working on plans to get the compression ratio checks adjusted before the start of the season.
Rivals are urging the FIA to change the procedures, as Mercedes complies with the 16:1 ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff believes new power unit manufacturer Red Bull Ford has come out of the gates with the best engine at Bahrain testing.
During a spell in which Honda decided to withdraw from F1, a decision it later reversed to partner with Aston Martin, former CEO Christian Horner pushed ahead with the decision for Red Bull to start producing in-house power units. It then ...Keep reading

The last few years have been difficult for Lewis Hamilton after he struggled to extract performance from the ground-effect Formula 1 cars following a deflating end to the hybrid era. And after an equally difficult 2025 season - his first with Ferrari - a new set of regulations will undoubtedly bring a refreshed seven-time champion. 
Jenson Button believes his second year with the Scuderia will ...Keep reading

F1 movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer has confirmed that a sequel to the blockbuster is officially being worked on.
Following the immense success of the film, which has surpassed $630million at the global box office since its release in June 2025, there has been an abundance of chatter about a potential sequel. While conversations surrounding the topic have been confirmed previously, Bruckheimer ...Keep reading

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has been pleasantly surprised by the all-new 2026 cars following early fears that performance levels would be similar to Formula 2.
This year will introduce the biggest regulation overhaul in F1 history, as a chassis is approximately 32kg lighter with significantly less downforce, while power units are now more reliant on electrical energy.
This follows four ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri arrived in Bahrain for the first pre-season test accompanied by two new faces – at least as far as the Formula 1 paddock is concerned.
This represents a direct response to the issues which beset him during the second half of his world championship campaign last season, when he lost a commanding lead in the drivers' standings to a flurry of mistakes and sub-optimal race ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin, who returned to riding on Tuesday, sought advice from Marc Marquez before undergoing surgery again this winter to address persistent issues with his collarbone and scaphoid.
The winter has not unfolded exactly as Martin had planned. Despite making his comeback in Valencia at the final round of last season - after missing the previous four races due to the crash he suffered in ...Keep reading

A new documentary about four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, Max Verstappen - New Ground, has been released on Viaplay.
The three-part documentary follows the Dutchman as he sets up his own racing team and works with sim racing driver Chris Lulham to get him into real-world racing at the 24 Hours of Spa.
"Viaplay and I have worked together for many years to show what racing is ...Keep reading

The first session of 2026 pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit has seen Max Verstappen top the timesheets.