Motorsport

Mick Schumacher has completed the first four races of his rookie season in the IndyCar Series with at least one race weekend on every track type – oval, road course, and street circuit. 
But the biggest challenge is still ahead and the official pre-test for the Indianapolis 500 will take place at the end of April. Free practice for the Indy 500 will begin in the second week of May.
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M-Sport-Ford’s new signing Jon Armstrong feels his head turning pace in Croatia last weekend has proved he belongs in the World Rally Championship’s top tier.
At the start of the year, the 2025 European Rally Championship runner-up outlined that one of his objectives was to prove he deserves a place in rallying’s elite after M-Sport showed faith in the Northern Irishman to make the leap ...Keep reading

After the Japanese Grand Prix – and due to the cancellation of the Middle Eastern races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia – Formula 1 has entered an extended break, which provides an ideal opportunity to take a closer look at the data and analyse how the new regulations have impacted the field.
After looking into the team-mate battles in 2026 and the dominance Mercedes is exhibiting, we’ll now ...Keep reading

Mike O’Gara is joining IndyCar and taking on the role as its Vice President of Competition, Race Engineering.
A longtime veteran of the industry, O’Gara will serve as the “senior technical authority” for IndyCar, and lead everything that includes vehicle performance strategy, race engineering, and technical governance across the IndyCar Series and Indy NXT. Additionally, he will be ...Keep reading

Lando Norris says McLaren won’t give up on the 2026 Formula 1 campaign to focus on its 2027 project, despite a difficult start to the season.
As F1 switched to new technical regulations, reigning constructors’ champion McLaren has established itself as the third-fastest team so far. Its qualifying deficit to Mercedes shrunk from 0.862s in Australia to 0.354s in Japan, where Oscar Piastri ...Keep reading

Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane thinks Formula 1 should be ready to continuously trial energy management tweaks because of the upcoming pair of sprint weekends.
F1 stakeholders, including governing body the FIA, the 11 teams and their respective power unit representatives, are holding a series of meetings to formulate and then vote on solutions to improve the 2026 regulations.
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Many MotoGP rider deals have been agreed for the 2027 season, with official confirmation pending the signing of the commercial framework for the next five years between the manufacturers’ association (MSMA) and MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group (MGPSEG, formerly known as Dorna).
Once that deal is finalized, a wave of announcements is expected.
One of those will involve Alex Marquez, who ...Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali is confident the world championship will make the required adjustments to improve the 2026 regulations but insists F1 is on the right track amid growing worldwide interest.
F1 overhauled its technical regulations for 2026 with a much bigger reliance on electric energy, featuring a near 50-50 split between the internal combustion engine and a larger ...Keep reading

Honda MotoGP test rider Aleix Espargaro will undergo surgical intervention on Wednesday in Barcelona following a vertebral injury.
Espargaro fractured his T3 and T4 vertebrae last week on Tuesday, in a heavy crash on the first day of what was meant to be a three-day test in Malaysia to develop Honda’s RC213V.
“This time it has been brutal... But we will have to fight and be positive as ...Keep reading

After the first three race weekends under the new-for-2026 ruleset, the April break offers a few weeks of reflection for the FIA and Formula 1.
On 20 April, team principals will meet to further discuss possible adjustments that have been brought up in technical discussions, including a meeting of technical experts last Thursday.
The possible tweaks are mainly related to energy management to ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has argued that mental training is possibly more important than physical training.
The McLaren driver found himself in the championship fight in his third Formula 1 season in 2025, and while reflecting on the intense year, he claimed that having mental strength was imperative.
"It's a really important part of it, and I think for me it's probably equally, if not even more ...Keep reading

With the Formula 1 calendar hitting an unexpected five-week break, the drivers have been making the most of the additional time away from the track. 
While Lewis Hamilton has been spotted in California for Coachella and Kimi Antonelli spent time at Valentino Rossi's Italian ranch, Alex Albon, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto and Oscar Piastri came together to watch Jannik Sinner at the Rolex ...Keep reading

Former Formula E driver Sam Bird has shed light on what it actually is that Formula 1 reserve drivers do for teams.
Bird, who previously served as a reserve driver for the Mercedes F1 team, shared insight into the gruelling reality of the role during an interview with Lucas Stewart.
"A lot of simulation. So, pre-event and post-event," Bird explained. "Pre-event, it will be making sure ...Keep reading

Tickets are now available for the 2026 Miami Grand Prix at IMAX locations across America. 
Following Apple TV's acquisition of the exclusive broadcasting rights to Formula 1 in the United States, the technology giant joined forces with IMAX to bring a select number of races to the big screen.
The collaboration kicks off with the upcoming Miami Grand Prix on 3 May, and tickets are now ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen's father Jos has revealed that he and his son had known that the four-time champion's Red Bull race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase was going to leave the Milton Keynes outfit. 
Lambiase has signed with McLaren from 2028 after his current contract expires. The British-Italian engineer will join the Woking outfit as chief racing officer, reporting to team principal Andrea ...Keep reading

Christian Lundgaard believes the bye week following a pitstop miscue that took away a possible victory was an opportunity to bring the team closer together.
The 24-year-old Dane was in the fight for victory in the previous round at Barber Motorsports Park, but was left settling for second to rival Alex Palou after suffering a delay with the right-rear tire on his final pit stop.
The error ...Keep reading

On Monday night, Joe Gibbs Racing submitted to the Western District of North Carolina photographs from over the weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway that accused Chris Gabehart of violating a temporary restraining order.
Specifically, as part of the lawsuit from JGR that alleges a ‘brazen scheme’ from Gabehart to steal and potentially share proprietary information in violation of a non-compete ...Keep reading

Martin Brundle has set the record straight after reports began to circulate that he was taking a step back from his Sky Sports Formula 1 duties.
The former F1 driver responded to reports claiming that he was reducing the number of races he would be covering in 2026. 
One fan commented on their disappointment at the prospect of seeing less of the Briton on the F1 coverage. "Nooooo! I love ...Keep reading

It ultimately didn’t factor into the finish on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway but Ryan Blaney continues to lose track position on practically every NASCAR Cup Series pit stop and the sample size is growing with every start.
Before Sunday, Blaney had lost 86 combined spots on pit road. 
On Sunday, Blaney was the leader and poised to win the race until a late caution forced crew chief ...Keep reading

13-time Formula 1 grand prix winner David Coulthard believes the current generation of drivers has lost the raw "anger and hunger" that defined the sport's more dangerous eras.
Having raced in the championship from 1994 to 2008, Coulthard reflected on the contrasts between his own time competing and the modern era. 
"My generation, we raced in all weather conditions. You couldn't see, you ...Keep reading